The Witch Hypnotizer

ZENA A. MAHER
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR
SAN FRANCISCO THE BANCROFT COMPANY 1892
COPYRIGHT, 1892 BY ZENA A. MAHER
Issued from the Press of THE BANCROFT COMPANY
CHAPTER
THE WITCH HYPNOTIZER
Let there be light. Genesis i, 3.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. Matthew v, 16.
In the world of imagination many Witches have lived and died since the one of whose existence and wonders I am about to relate, came into prominence.
She lived quite alone in a little cottage on the outskirts of a large city in America, of course, and why should not the free soil produce all sorts when it is the dumping ground for all creation?
Alone, with the exception of her dog and several cages of canaries which, by the way, were a new departure in the line of pets, for the old-time Witches were supposed to favor cats and parrots, she commanded the respect of all, but there was something so very peculiar about her that some of her more superstitious neighbors looked upon this woman as a kind of good Witch.