MYSTICISM IN THE PLANT WORLD 
neath the Trellis arbour there were dark shad- 
ows and outlines were indistinct. A Palmyra 
Palm was growing in the corner of the fence 
under the arbour, and the fingers of one of the 
leaves pointing downward seemed to be the 
hand of a man. When expectation is running 
high, a fingered palm leaf may easily become 
the hand of a human being or of a shadowy 
ghost. We had the electric burners brought to 
the windows upstairs and the light thrown 
toward the arbour, and the shadows cast by the 
electric rays rendered the situation all the more 
mysturious. 
» “The noises were plainly among the Wis- 
taria vines. But, strange to say, the stones which 
seemed to be striking the vines came from no 
particular direction. They seemed to burst like 
shells the minute they struck and the pieces 
were heard to fall or strike in different direc- 
tions. By this time the thought of ghosts had 
not only occurred to us but was gaining force 
in our minds. Indeed, a first-rate romance was 
developing — subjectively, I-should no doubt 
ada.” 
Again the party abandoned the quest, re- 
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