"KLEPTOMANIA"--THE TENDENCY TO SUPERSTITION--AN OLD KNICKERBOCKER FAMILY--A VERY "PROPER" OLD GENTLEMAN, A MR. GARRETSON--HE CALLS ON ME AT MY OFFICE, AND FINDS A CURIOUS-LOOKING ROOM--HIS STORY OF WONDERS--"EVERYTHING" STOLEN--TALK ABOUT DISEMBODIED SPIRITS--THE MYSTERY DEEPENS--PROBABLE CONJECTURE BAFFLED--VISIT TO MR. GARRETSON'S HOUSE--MRS. GARRETSON A BEAUTIFUL AND CULTIVATED OLD LADY--WE SEARCH THE HOUSE--AN ATTIC FULL OF OLD SOUVENIRS--WE LINGER AMONG THEM--MR. GARRETSON'S DAUGHTER IS CONVINCED THAT DISEMBODIED SPIRITS ARE THEIR TORMENTORS--SHE PUTS AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION--A DANGEROUS DOG AND THE SPIRITS--TEDIOUS AND UNAVAILING WATCHING FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND NIGHTS--THE "SPIRITS" AGAIN AT WORK--RE-CALLED--THE MYSTERY GROWS MORE WONDERFUL--THE "SPIRIT" DISCOVERED, AND THE MYSTERY UNRAVELLED--THE FAMILY SENT AWAY--THE ATTIC RE-VISITED WITH MR. G., AND ITS TREASURES REVEALED--A RE-DISCOVERY OF THE "SPIRITS"--THE FAMILY REVIEW THEIR LONG-LOST TREASURES FOUND--REFLECTIONS ON THE CAUSES OF THE MYSTERY--A PROBLEM FOR THE DOCTORS. 273 =A SORCERESS' TRICK; HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT.= CLASSIFICATION OF MEN--THE SUPERSTITIOUS ELEMENT IN MAN--THE OLD CULTS CONTINUED IN THE NEW--FIRE WORSHIP--THE SORCERERS--MY LEGAL FRIEND'S STORY A LAUGHABLE ONE INDEED--THE DESPONDENT OLD MAID, THOUGH ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED--AN AUNT ARRIVES IN "THE NICK OF TIME"--THEY HUNT UP A FORTUNE-TELLER--MRS. SEYMOUR, THE SORCERESS, AND HER PRETTY LITTLE "ORATORY"--THE "PRIE-DIEU"--THE OLD MAID MARRIES--MRS. SEYMOUR'S PLAN FOR INSURING THE AFFECTION OF HUSBANDS--HER POWERS AS A CHARMER--THE SACRED BOX AND ITS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTENTS--MRS. SEYMOUR IS LOST SIGHT OF--SEARCH FOR HER IN BROOKLYN AND AT BOSTON--THE CHARMED BOX OPENED BY MR. AND MRS. ----, AND THE CONTENTS FOUND TO HAVE CHANGED FORM MATERIALLY--MY LEGAL FRIEND AND I LOOK AFTER MATTERS--A PORTION OF THE TRANSFORMED VALUABLES FOUND--A MRS. BRADLEY, A "MEDIUM" IN BOSTON, PROVES TO BE THE IDENTICAL MRS. SEYMOUR--THE HIGH-TONED DEVOTEES OF BOSTON--SUDDEN PROCEEDINGS TAKEN--MRS. SEYMOUR AND HER HUSBAND COME TO TERMS--RESULTS--RESPECTABLE VICTIMS OF THE SORCERERS NUMEROUS--DUPES IN THE "ATHENS OF AMERICA." 309 =DISHONEST CLERK AND FATAL SLIP OF PAPER.=