Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-26

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why. certainly agree. said my
friend with equaI enthusiasm. ] can
imagine great results. il the diseln-
bodied spirit could be hypnotized. Il
might be compelled 10 reveal what ur
TO now all materialized spirits have de
clined to tell
.s1'hat day was long one for US all
for every one impatiently awaited the
hour for the experiment. and may at
once come to that. This time was
not taken by surprise, but saw the APP
partition when she first came into the
ROOM | was not so much astonished
as on the night before. yet must con
fess that for a moment was tempted
to abandon my experiment For one IN
slant l felt that it would be sacri'
legious to interfere with what after
all, might be supernatural What If II
were a spirit? | could not positively
know to the contrary. Suppose my
hypnotic experiment should succeed,
and that some great secret of the uni
verse should by this means be reveal
ed Was prepared to endure the con-
sequences. to suffer the displeasure of
my Maker? Thus, with all our Wanted
faith in scientific knowledge our firm
est beliefs may be shaken in moment,
for, after all. belief is not knowledge.
II waited till the pantomimic pray
er was over and the little girl was
walking toward the door; then ! inter
cepted her path and stood perfectly
still until she came quite close to me.
She did not appear to notice me until
she had come close enough SO that her
outstretched little hand touched me.
Then she stopped and stood still. /
gently took her hand. whispering. BE
not afraid
GAS | touched her she started and
trembled violently, but as / spoke she
as quickly became quiet recognized
at once that my experiment was to
succeed and SO proceeded with regain
ed confidence.
g Sleep, said l. Sleep deeply. More
deeply still I touched her eyes light
" with the tips of my fingers, and they
closed do as bid you, | continued.
Come; follow me- walked across
the room, and, the girl followed. Ste
phanie uttered a cry of establishment
mingled with pleasure, but at sign
from me she became silent again. The
girl sat down in chair, and / stood in
front of her
!" You are asleep, | said You are
asleep, but you are awake. You see
me- Open your eyes and look at me
closely Slowly the eyes opened, and
the little one gazed at me. SO. Look
at me well. Will you know me again?
Speak! Answer! You can speak
II fancied I could hear the heart
beats Of those in the room as they
waited breathlessly for their ghost to
speak At first the girl merely looked
long and earnestly into my face, but
presently the lips trembled, and saw
that there was an effort to speak
Speak! Answer said again,
more commandingly. You see me!
Will you always know me againY
Yes.
sShe spoke. 1t was but one word, but
to my auditors hypnotized material
lied spirit had been compelled to speak.
You may imagine their interest in what
should say or do next.
".You know how you came here?'
said /.
Yes
.You can come again2'
ayes.
You will come again if wish?'
"sYes.'
"sThen listen. Listen and remember.
Remember and do. Come again. Come
tomorrow When the clock chimes II
come again But come at the Ginning
Of the bell in the daytime not in the
night. You are not afraid of the light? 2
emo
Then you will come? This time
there was no answer. touched the
eyeiids again, and they dropped and
closed. so Sleep. said 1. Sleep deep
". Now you are asleep. Listen! Lis
ten and obey. Come tomorrow when
the clock chimes u in the daytime.
Come at that hour and in the daytime.
Come. Now, answer. Will you conner
yes.
That will do. Now turn whence
you came Immediately and swiftly
she turned and glided away out of our
sight. | was at once surrounded by
my friends, congratulated on my sue
cess and at the same time criticised
because had not asked more impor-
tant questions. In answer to this /
declared that we should treat this spir-
it as we would any hypnotic subject.
At the first experiment too much should
not be expected. Monosyllables were
all that we had been able to obtain BY
way of speech. but we had charged
this spirit to appear to us in broad
daylight. A hypnotized living person
would obey such an injunction. It
would be great achievement to COM
pei ghost to do so. To this they
agreed aud went off to bed satisfied
that the experiment promised to be a
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