Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-03-28
AN.
ABDUCTION
a Story Of HypnoIlsm.

Many years ago ! was BOARDING. IN q
we'll known house NJ the lower end Of
Broadway. kept by a jolly. light eyed.
light haired fat German lady. the Wild
ow Of a professor" Nine. S'einberg.
As for myself. I was n quiet. old fash.
Toned teacher OF languages. and the
place suited me. Among my pipils
was the daughter OF a rich widow.
living In Washington square, which
was the height OF fashionable as
plration IN those days. My depart
ment was instruction In the German
language. and in Ella Cameron ! found
a pupil so completely and naturally
lmbucd with the mysticism deemed pc
cullar 10 the Germans and the orientals
that / found she grasprd the instinct
Of that grandly expressive language as
IN infant trarning It's mother tongue.
There was Herman blood somewhere
In the long pedigree Of Elias ances-
tors.
Ella Cameron had inherited sufficient
Of the natural Scotch intellectual force
10 give her balance without Hunting
the subtle s%pnsiblllties Of her mind.
one day there came to our house g
foreign gentleman to board. No one
knew his nationality. and TO this day
nm Ignorant Of H. He spoke English
huently aud automatically correct. ID
with guch an accent as hp might have
learned by being educated abrond; yet
he was not an Englishmnn. for he said
SO. Ills German was perfection. hls
French Partisan. his Italian and Span
ish n marvel. As for his age. he might
have been thirty or be- might have been
Hfty.
Naturally enough. with our assimiiat-
ing tastes. education and pursuits, n
through the kind Intervention OF Vine.
Stelnberg. Paul Siolbsrg and ! became
soon acquainted and then intimate.
Great men" he would any. ARE out
the embodiment OF an abstraction D
as purely accidental as anything with
in the meaning Of the word
These and similar enunclations be
would give utterance to. not In any
doamatic or self sufficient spirit. but
simply as stating the result OF his study
and experience.
Most cultivated and educated persons
| haze met have possessed hobbies OF
some sort. and Stalberg's hobby was
the collection of crystals. His coilec-
ton. however. was certainly the finest
I ever saw. containing specimens or
quartz. spar and other minerals II
even the diamond In various forms.
They were arranged in his cabinet I'M
der glnss aad numbered several hun
dred. Besides these. be had In another
case a collection Of magnets, compris-
ing about nifty. and also Of all sizes.
Such n curious concatenation Of tastes
surprised me. and ! remarked upon It.
asking why be had selected W sucn
diverse objects for collection.
Not 10 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, II exercised
in the same manner there must be con-
%sangulnity somewhere"
"ThP magnet attracts" said |. land
the crystal. excited by friction. will 90
the same. but so will q glass bottle or q
stick OF sealing wax"
He smiled and, going to his crystal
cabinet. selected from 1t u of the lar
ger ones. Then he said az he returned
TO my side. "Slt easily In your chair
while show you something else the
crystal viii do and mark your sensa-
tons" 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 II slow
~. perpepdlcularly. before me. from my
head to my feet. AS he did so ! no.
ticed q sensation as of a light breeze
blowing upon ne. The operation was
repeated. and this time | felt a pleasant
drowsiness creep over me. the cool
wind still blew upon me. and | seemed
to see nothing but the crystal. which
assumed a larger appearance and be-
came luminous at the angles. A third
pass. and II occurred to me that
would mention this luminous appear
ance. which was increasing. but on
trying 20 do 30 l found | could not
speak and move. and. with q dim fancy
that l was rude 10 fall asleep under
such circumstances | became insensl
Bile.
When ! became conscious. the wig.
dow was open aud the cool October
wind blowing upon me. Ny forehead
was wet. and my chair had been wheel
ed In front Of the window. StolberG
sat by me. and } observed that be look
ed paler than usual and anxious.
what Is the matteFY' said J..
Nothing" DO replied. - do not carr
TO waIt until you should come naturally
out Of yOuB coma. 30 ! used physics
means 10 awaken yon. What DO yol
thinh Of the power Of the crystal nOwT
replied that , had never heard Of !
before and described my sensations 4
him. but be did not pay much atten
ton. and his mind seemed %dlstraugbt.
"But how In Il about the magnetT
said l.. you have moi yet proved L
me any Identity between these twI