Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-19
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ABDUCTION
A Story of Hypnotisnn.

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Many years ago was boarding in a
well known house at the lower end of
Broadway, kept by a jolly, light eyed,
light haired, fat German lady, the wild
ow of a professor" Nine Steinberg.
AS for myself, was quiet, old fash
ioned teacher of languages, and the
place suited me. Among my pupils
was the daughter of a rich widow,
living in Washington square, which
piration in those days. My depart
ment was instruction in the German
language, and in Ella Cameron found
pupil so completely and naturally
imbued with the mysticism deemed pc
culiar to the Germans and the orientals
that l found she grasped the instinct
Of that grandly expressive language as
an infant learning it's mother tongue.
There was German blood somewhere
in the long pedigree of Elias ances-
tors.
Ella Cameron had inherited sufficient
of the natural Scotch intellectual force
to give her balance without bunting
the subtle sensibilities Of her mind.
One day there came to our house a
foreign gentleman to board. No one
knew his nationality, and to this day l
am ignorant of it. He spoke English
fuently and automatically correct, but
with such an accent as he might have
learned by being educated abroad; yet
he was not an Englishman, for he said
so. His German was perfection, his
French Partisan, his italian and Span
ish a marvel AS for his age, he might
have been thirty or he might have been
fifty.
Naturally enough, with our assimilat-
ing tastes, education and pursuits, and
through the kind Intervention of Nine.
Steinberg, Paul Stolberg and l became
soon acquainted and then intimate.
"Great men," he would say, "are but
the embodiment of an abstraction and
as purely accidental as anything with
in the meaning of the word"
These and similar enunciations he
would give utterance to, not in any
dogmatic or self sufficient spirit, but
simply as stating the result of his study
and experience.
Most cultivated and educated persons
have met have possessed hobbies OF
some sort, and Stalberg's hobby was
the collection Of crystals. His collec-
ton, however, was certainly the finest
1 ever saw, containing specimens OF
quartz, spar and other minerals and
even the diamond in various forms.
They were arranged in his cabinet un-
der glass and numbered several hun
dred. Besides these, he had in another
case collection of magnets, compris-
ing about fifty, and also of all sizes.
Such a curious concatenation of tastes
surprised me, and I remarked upon it,
asking why be had selected two such
diverse objects for collection.
"Not so diverse as you think, my
dear friend" said he, "for at least
think that where two powers, appar-
emily different in form and character,
produce the same results, if exercised
in the same manner there must be con-
sanguinity somewhere"
'aThe magnet attracts" said 1, "and
the crystal, excited by friction, will do
the same, but SO will glass bottle or
stick of sealing wax"
He smiled and going to his crystal
cabinet, selected from it one of the lar
ger ones. Then he said as he returned
to my side, 'Sit easily in your chair
while | show you something else the
crystal will do and mark your sensa-
tions." took an easy position, resting
my hands on the arms of the chair, and
waited.
Seating himself directly in front of
me, he raised the crystal with both
hands, and at about a distance of six
inches from my person drew it slow
ly, perpendicularly, before me, from my
head to my feet. AS he did so no
ticed sensation as of a light breeze
blowing upon me- The operation was
repeated, and this time l felt a pleasant
drowsness creep over me, the cool
wind still blew upon me, and seemed
to see nothing but the crystal, which
assumed larger appearance and be-
came luminous at the angles. A third
pass, and it occurred to me that l
would mention this luminous appear
ance, which was increasing, but on
To n GO n0r1ld
speak and move. and. with dim fancy
that | was rude to fall asleep under
such circumstances | became insensi-
Bile.
When | became conscious. the win
dow was open and the cool October
wind blowing upon me. My forehead
was wet. and my chair had been wheel
ed in front of the window. Stolberg
sat by me, and | observed that he look
ed paler than usual and anxious.
"What is the matter?" said L.
Nothing" he replied. 81 do not care
to wait until you should come naturally
out of your coma, so | used physical
means to awaken you. What do you
think of the power of the crystal now?"
/ replied that had never heard of it
before and described my sensations to
him, but he did not pay much atten-
tion, and his mind seemed distraught.
''But how is it about the magnet?"
said l. "You have not yet proved to
me any identity between these two
forces"
"One experiment of this sort is
enough for an evening"" he replied.
"On another occasion | will convince
you that the magnet possesses precise
ly the same power. But tell me-you
have pupil whom should much like
to meet-Miss Cameron
I was surprised that he should have
heard Of her and said so
''You mentioned her name when you