Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-07
STOLE In HER SLEEP.
Notifying Experience Of Girl at
q House Party.
An Intense Passt0n for Jewels WeriG-
ed Upon Her While Asleep
and She Committed :
the Theft.

1t gives one weird feeling TO be told
of words said and acts committed when
one is unconscious of external condi-
lions. 1t is for this reason that walking
O, talking in ones sleep is SO tcrrify
ing 4 young woman who for years
was in the habit of walking in her sleep
said that she felt as if she were pos
sessed of some uncanny power which
without her yolition might at any time
cause her TO do something dreadful.
unfortunately / have passion for
fine stones" she said, land that, COM
bined with my somnambulism, brought
me once into a most uncomfortable po-
sition. was invited 10 go with house
party to q large country place on the
Hudson. knowing my intirmity, l had
never heretofore dared to accept such
invitations, but as ] had not had any
recurrence of my trouble for over u
year l hoped / was rid of il forever,
and, urged by my family, finally ac-
cepted. For She first two nights 1
probably remained quietly in my room,
but oh the third n strange thing hap
pened. At dinner that evening Miss
peculiar jewel. II was a large pearl
hanging from an equally large ruby,
which was suspended from diamond,
which in its turn quirered from an en-
erald brooch. | admired the effect OF
the stones resting on the white lace OK
her gown and she unfasfened the pin
and handed me the valuable ornament
to look at. 1t was really a pleasure to
me TO hold the beautiful gems and I re-
member telling her as | returned them
to her that it was actually a physical
pleasure to handle them.
THE next morning walked feeling
that something had happened and i'm
mediately became possessed with the
idea that / had walked in my sleep, al
though | saw no evidence that j had
done so. i felt most uncomfortable,
however. and my feeling of vague APP
prehension was not iessened when I
went downstairs and found that during
the night Miss B. had been robbed of
her jewel, which she had carelessly left
sticking in the pin cushion.
AS it happened no one had come
down except Miss b. and our hostess,
and the latter seemed euriously indis-
posed to make a disturbance by an
nouncing the loss publicly and begged
of the guests This Miss b. readily
promised, as she realized what dis
agreeable finale it would be TO the par
ty, but she insisted upon sending nc
once for detective and she quilted the
reom to wire her husband, who was in
town.
White Miss B. was telling Of her loss
I had the most curious feeling OF being
in some way connected with the affair,
of my somnambulism and strange inn
preston. Whereupon she In her turn
told how in the middle of the night
she had been startled BIZ a noise like The
shutting of her door. and, being of
nervous disposition, she had sprung
from her bed, opened ii and hooked into
the dimiy lighted hall and was aston
ished to see that lny door, which was OPP
posite, was open. 81 n
when she missed her pin In the
morning she concluded not to ,speak
of the incident, as she really attacked Il
no importance to the coincidence. but Il
now we both regarded the occnrrfuc1
as significant and together ~ kxxttI
TO my roan. Theirs, ~
iy laid on chair near my bet1s m u NJ Sss
missing jewel, which had csc 4 y ~
notice while was dressing
covery was a great xhcc1 IT II, IL Y q nv
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