The Morris County chronicle., 1902-02-14
AN.
ABDUCTION
A story OF nypnoeis,n.

neil known house at the lower end OF
Broadway, kept by jolly, light eyed.
tight haired. fat German lady. the Wild
ew OF professor" Nine. Steinberg.
Az for myself. 1 was quiet. old fash
tnned teacher OF languages, and the
place suited me. Among my pupils
was the daughter of rich widow.
Hvlng In Washington square, which
WIS the height of fashionable as
niration in those days. My depart
Dcnt was instruction In the German
language, and in Ella Cameron found
a pupil so completely and naturally
smbued with the mysticism deemed Pc
ruliar to the Germans and the orientals
ahot I 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-
tora
Ella Cameron had inherited sufficient
af the natural Scotch intellectual force
40 give her balance without bunting
the subtle sensibilitles Of her mind.
One day there came to our house
foreign gentleman TO board. NO one
knew his nationality. and to this day
am Ignorant OF It. He spoke Englisn
auently and automatically correct. Dut
with euch an accent as he might have
learned by being educated abroad; yet
he was not an Englishman. for ne saiu
M His German was perfection. MS
French Partisan, his Italian and Span
nah n marvel. AS for his age. he might
have been thirty or he might have been
nfty.
Naturally enough. with our assimilat.
ing tastes. education and pursuits. ana
through the kind intervention OF NINE.
stelnberg. Paul Stolberg and | became
anon acquainted and then Intimate.
.Creat men" he would say. "are Dur
.he embodiment of an abstraction anu
as purely accidental rs anything WIKI
M the meaning Of the word
Thcsc and similar enunclations ne
would give utterance to. rot in any
dogmatic or self sufficient spirit. ou.
-simply as stating the result of his STUDY
and experience.
Most cultivated and educated persons
I have met have possessed Eobbles Oh
some sort. and Stalberg's hobby was
the collection of crystals. His co!lec-
-4ion, however. was certainly the hnest
1 ever saw. containing specimens oi
q. l.. nVt. u
quartz. spar and other minerals anu
even the diamond In various forms-
Ebey were arranged in his cabinet I'M
Ger glass and numbered several nun
Ared. Besides these. lie had In anothcr
ease q collection OF magnets. comprss-
ing about fifty. and also of all sizes.
Such a curious concatenat!on or tastes
surprised me. and | remarked upon IT,
asking why he had selected two such
diverse objects for collection.
mot so diverse as you think, my
dear friend" said he. for ! at least
think that where two powers, appal-
emily different in form and character,
produce the same results. II exercised
b the same manner there must be con-
sanguinity somewhere
'srhe magnet attracts" said !. "and
the crystal. excited by friction. VIII Go
the same. but so will glass bottle or
stick Of sealing wax"
He smiled and. going to his crystal
cabinet, selected from 1t one of the lar
ger ones. Then he said es he returned
10 my side. .Sit easily In your chair
while show you something else the
crystal will do and mark your sensa-
lions" 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 1t slow
u, perpendicularly, before me. from my
head TO my feet. As he did so ! no
tlccd Q sensation as of light breeze
blowing upon me. The operation was
repeated. and this time felt pleasant
erowsiness creep over me, the cool
wind still blew upon me. and seemed
10 see nothing but the crystal which
assumed a larger appearance and be-
came luminous ut the angles. A third
oass. and 1t occurred to me that
would mention this luminous appear
ance. which was increasing, but ON
trying TO do so found could not
speak and move. and, with dim fancy
that was rude to fall asleep under
such circumstances became insensi-
Nle.
When I became conscious the WIN
dow was open aud the cool October
wind blowing upon me. My forehead
vas wet. and my chair had been wheel
cd In front Of the window. Stolberg
sat by me. and observed that he look
ed paler than usual and anxious
"What Is the mattcr?" said 1.
Nothing" he replied. II do not care
% walt until you should come naturally
eut OF your coma, so used physical
means to awaken you. What do Tou
think OF the power Of the crystal now n
replied that had never heard OF Il
eefore and described my sensations to
aim, but he did not pay much atten-
lion. and his mind seemed dlstinught.
''But how is It about the magnetT'
said l. "You have not yet proved tc
me any Identity between these two
forces"
-One experiment Of this sort is
enough for an evening"" he replied
'Nln another occasion will convince
yva that the magnet possesses precise.
U the same power. But tell me-you