Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-08
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ABDUCTION
A Story Of uypn, ti.m.

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Many years ago was boarding In n
well 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. Stelnberg.
As for myself. ! was n quiet. old fash
Ioned teacher Of languages. and the
place suited me. Among my pupils
was the daughter Of n rich widow.
living In Washington square. which
was the height OF fashionable as
plraiIon In those days. My depart
mcnt was instruction IN the German
language and iu Ella Camcron found
pupil 80 completely and naturally
lmbued with the mysticism deemed pc
cullar 20 the Germans and the orienials
that found she grasped the instinct
Of that rrandly expressive language as
an Infant learning rs 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
20 give her balance without bunting
the subtle scnslbllltles OF her mind.
one day there came 10 our house
foreign gentleman TO board. No one
knew his nationality. and to this day
en- ignorant OF a. lie spoke English
fluentiy and Automatically correct but
with such an accent as he might have
learned by being educated abroad: yet
be was not an Englishman. for he said
No. His German was perfection. bis
French Partisan. his Italian and span
lsh n marvel. AZ Tor his age. he might
have been thirty or he might have been
dfty.
Naturally enough. with our assimilat-
ing tastes. education aud pursuits. and
through the kind Intervention OF Nine.
stclnberg. Paul Stolberg and became
soon acquainted and then intimate.
Great men" be would say. "are but
the embodiment Of an abstraction ana
as purely accidental as anything with
In the meaning Of the word"
These and similar enunclauons 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
1 have met have possessed hobbies ot
some sort. aud Stalberg's hobby was
the collection Of crystals. His coliec-
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
dr,-d Besides these. be had in another
case n collection % magnets. compris-
ing about nfty. and also % all sizes
Such a curious cuncatenation OF tastes .
surprised me. and I remarked upon Il. !
asking why De had selected two sucd .
diverse objects for collection.
''Not So diverse as you th.nk, my .
dear friend" said be-. FOR I at least .
think that where two iowers, appar.
entity different In form and character.
produce the same results, II exercised
IN she same manner there must be con
somewhere"
The magnet attracts said /. and
he crystal. excited by friction. will do
iie same. but so VIII glass bottle or n
tick OF sealing wax"
lie smiled and. going 90 his crystal
ablnet. selected from Il one OF the lar
,er ones. Then he said as be returned
o my side "Slt easily In your chair
While | show you something else the
rystal viii do and mark your sensa-
Ions" took an easy position. resting
ny hands on the arms OF the chair. and
raitcd.
Seating himself directly In front Of
De-. he raised the crystal with both
ands. and az about a distance OF six
iches from my person drew II slow
I. perpeudicularly. before me. from my
cad 10 my feet As be did so ! no
ced a sensation as OF light breeze
INV AAAa NNNNN AAAAa 4 AH NAiNA AAANM vas . :
.peated. and this time felt pleasant
rowsincss creep over me- the cool
ind stlll blew upon me. and I seemed ,
see nothing but the crystal. which 1,
isumcd larger appearance and be- >
imc luminous az the angles. A third
lss. and Il occurred to me that | [,
ould mention thIs luminous appear /,
ice. which was Increasing. but on t,
wing 90 do so I found could not
.eak and move. and. with a dim fancy
at | was rude 10 fall asleep under
ch circumstances became inscnsi.
2.
When became conscious. the win =
~ was open ana the cool October "
ud blowing upon mc Nv forehead =
rs wet. and my chair had urcu wheel. !.
la front OF tie window StoIlarg :.
{ hy me. and ! observed rHlt le look =
paler than usual auI a1y'Hus. "
What is the maitrrf" said O.