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I throi out of consideration . the bodies of
the .dancers. and only 'ohserved..their heads.
A strong %•olitiott of a few minutes' duration
enabled me entirtily to lose the ternetnbranee
Of, *Wks, i ad to free myself from the sense;
thins coming front the sound of the musk.;
and So; from.' the silent
, } motions of thedan
eel* and the aeConipay Mg expressions of the
fiteeS, - in rit4irdrille dances'espcs:ially,-, there
arose before- tite - a - "spectaele' et sueli intense
absurdity that !I Was tbreed to• break off my
occupation 1 to avoid .an ,obtrusive laugh. - I
was', beholding Only faces, it wilt be reinem
bered, as sidely as if I had 'been lOoking . at
6a4:14 cut eft: . .' , .l,The. expiessinits upon nearly
all etheir) jWere of intense solemnity...,
Nearl •Uponla level, :they bobbed up. and
,down in couples and fours; awam about,
Teuckin . theitiselves oddly to one side or to
the et ,: r iii.the alternations of rest, and gib.
bered slightly; anon; launched liirth again
f ,
upon! the . 'Anie ' Vagaries of ' their solemn'
rennin - wry:, I i nearly laughed
.aloud, but
ceased gazing ;"land, Ilitrihwith,.7grew angry.:
-Apiji plunitasm's or. Silly sport, the.winking,
wiggling heads were a fair representation of
the ea mestitess . wit h , Wit ich ,the ' first Circles '
bury .thentaelves in the Mindless. frivolities of
pulite society; ', I was angry that the obserr
anc*i of faShien should be so much-regarded,
even by the brainless tuilfeclies. who gabbl e d
and. fluttero before, to ; and with a most
expansive and , ardent spiration after - :the
Apotheosis of; Labor, left the dancers. to
i ii.
their itimle.ts evolutions
Then 1 - mate a., .situil
.-
- , the; - heterogeneouS_
volt
! r. - CI I PTER4 L '
I ' i . \ arose from-thtii Social ht
• I wits -at a party ';1 Avhere,ls none of your Net fistenirigth any sin,
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business, and imitiaterial, to tin, following, re- ..onlYthe clavkhigielatte
latioM On Second thoughts, however, ass. jet turbulently up from so 1
calization increases toe interest of a narrative, with the nionetutious dit
I willisay, at New York , : in a Fifth Avenue German fiddlers, the-hat
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,
palace. , , - 1-. .-- , : fatedonie as orchestra.
. ' Perhaps it Would he well to say sohne. It was as if : 00 Englisl
thing i . introductery 1 about myself. I Wai tore into ragged angst
and !v ()ciferatec
t
twenty-fiv(---between ',ou and me,:fit'r re:loer, mends,l;, : ara not So very I much •ohleri..4-'all, speed, and entirely ut 1
well-l'ortned, strong and active, both mentally company. - Nlw arid ti
and Physically, and an extensive tininiyorious one Or two ecii fleeted w
reader and student. j The, only trait of 'toy tei - k j\iiiiped In from t
character 4 Inch hasl any: special Significance, the contused 1 ',noise. 'I
relative to the matter in,hand is, that I have darted and - sti4ittne(l up
considerable .of that magnetie p e wer used tuinuit, like so many v'
in thri;witig , • sensitives; •as .they are techni, 'harp and piano were
callyi teritied,... 'Mu; 'the inesinerie . state,. al- . %Mute or two of such '
though I very seldom exerted it, and •my and .1 returner' to my
possession of it wit;i, kiiewn; I' :believe;, only watching iity . :: neighbors:,
to myself. - 'Did , itl never happen , to you, re-A .fiaxelOktired and flaxen-moustached
Spetted reader, w.. looking intently into dandy, whc4se .unuatturally slender. limbs,
a person's eyes during (..otiversatiOn, that yoti cased, sect/401;k ariemj 'in skin-tight 'pants,
sate the. thoaght,and even the Very Words, wohld-alitioit Lqualify him for theworkbouse
which passed through his or her Mind, m under the vagrant I ws,las 'having no visible
comment or` reply I . 4111 e whole group. of met:inset suilnort '.i ood 'diddling' (i..e.; ittii,
e l. •
Phentiteitaor which that•is (ine---einbriteing tating the inpVcine ts t.) . a. wretch in an ague,
soma ClasseS of dreams, much mental aetion lit,) atter thd approved fashion, and expending
animal neignetisin, biology,•tt:e Whole circl e , i ashy conviiri,;ati, at and wit:shier smiles ,upon
in filet, of 'physico-P, sy c IR) ii pgi cal iseieneeis, a telltale coNitei.part. j Two, or three '• city
at
. this piesent wilting, the tnik'it profound; ditlins44s, volyitntieli alike, ail. having the flit
comprelatisiVelv', Multitudinously and vari- comPlexions
Slender forms and large lying
ously related; tite.most proinising,..importatit e 0 eyes, so eonimon 'acsig . m-nropditaut.
i ni
and; intensely interesting, and the least'ari- beauties,—here - giggling and• chattering, hi
derstocid, of all the. departments. of Malian the enjuynicad of fluent, ladies' talk so • in
ksiewledge. I .wisli I could' stop to indicatel ckanprebensible and .unattainable to us stupid
a feti-Ter the complex and astoiti l s hingly inti and slew-totigned inn..: Two - or three, wiz
mate-rainificationShy which .thia philosorihf zled eatiques z , of the .same sex munibled,
—the philosophy of the combined and recip- sourly together, upon , a 'sofa. Several 'fat
total iiiter-action of mind and",'=axis,' the mothers corm ei-sed in atrial ,00n.clave,:en. the,
Wondrous march 11 .. bordert when.
, other whe , . o:her side of ;the room; and ,"sin the Middle,:
On...,mind and matter. bear &inflicting- and the varying dances wove their interminable
collieling sway—underlies and' entwines it tangle • , - :!,'
.
self .with human interest.; mud human actions . . ' 'With her back towards me, so near - that
Bid that, i 5.1144 my- present design; and for I &Ails' . altrioSt. hear the words, stood it
the narrator, espedaily, mast hoc age be in- 'tall . young Woman .dressed in black, with
scribed upon his pen. Mind thi;: not that. magnificent shoulders and arms, with. raven
tier the-other.
,- i ' I . black hair cif great' fineness - , length and vol-
The relevailey:of these ',remarks consists lin mine,•and a 'dark "2.but Peculiarly transparent.
this, , namely : that the 'few (ircumstitheesi Complexion.. ! She wasiSurrouniled by sever
, Which I propose to! narrate are 'in actual ex- at gentlenter4. whunt she seemed at\ no loss
einplificaticin of the' working of this laws to' to entertain, at least so fir as to bear her full
Whose existence and Influefice I have alluded. share in theiconYersation, and in the coins
l haVe peneissi o n from the lady most inter- t inerceof witty whatever they- might be; for
ested to record and publish them ; for, butt there seemedito be in the circle much laugh-;,
ever insignificaet.in themSelvei, they will, at ter, though nOt of the Pleasantest sort. As
least,:forin :some pertion.c&thearchives from I watched the grcitip, I saw Ow, and tinetber
Which a futnre generation is certainly to drew of - the - gentlemen's fins redden, when the
fiat s (x,-operative ill constructing a fabric Of 1 (titters. laughed; one or twOlgrew preltemat;
univerSal philusoPhY, . More marvellous in urallysober,:and . quietly left) that part of the
• attlaitclattreaud entre immeasuriblymagnifi- room. - The lady's noble head, haughtily set
cent in dirneusiens,
.than any of the wildest upon her neck, Moved -runt and-then with an.
dreams I.ii hate fiured - by the loftiest human almost, impreeeptible gesture of di dais or
intellea. This splendor, - . however, is of anger, ..I (iniely drew a little nearer; not
dirse. . Systemiscif actual
. OM/4-the work tu. listen to the conversation, but to observe
of All-puwerftil—.is their awful .vastnels. the heads. The . faces of the men were all,:
tmyeils itself
_before 'human eyes,--muSt as foeli,h and conceited; and they were, as it
much transcend: the beauty and: the size of happened, all lair-haired . Although .1' could
the otie-sided .little elaborationa of human nut See tile lady's . ..thee; yet, the dark masses
maids, us the uniinag,inablespleridors ofeven- 'Of her hair and dress, and the height and Vot
ing clouds exc*.J the blue and yellow daubs 'of ume ()Cher head, her self-pessessect attitude,
that landscape geat of a
,' paintaster; Skuni-. the minute gestttre of which I spoke, and the
ble; as the great palaces. of the 'heavenii stir- short and k4u replies:which sht shot about,
pass the ecelesiological glories,,c)f . the Wealth rendered theeontrastofehanteters,asshestood
- GOthic.. . i .:' _ /- ,. : amono el the yOut* men, extreme and striking.' : .
!
~I had selected, itecording to : .:My custom, , a She stood. talking with her retinue fur a
comer, front which I was making my ordina- consideretile4ime; anal afterwards with. oth-.
ry use of the coinpauy,- viz: studying: their- ers who approaehed, I observed her steadi
:liye.s from their r filet.-•s- - and working the de IY and intently, watching 114 head, her tem
tad of expressions and .p.uturea into.connee- perament„ her form, and herdetneitner. ~ All.
. , tion with the pre-existent ;mass of mental were fisultlesS ; at leak, even with a stifficient
philosophy, whose acquisition and arrange- .Iy, - critical disposition,, and much experience
meat. had been- my study for years. '
_. in estimating . pbremilogicid, -physiological,.
All the usual varieties. of piing, men . and Ind psyCholiktical characteristics, I . cOuld:not'
women passed in review before theuninte- 'see anythini to chatige. I did net, however,:;
'restieg person in
.the ''corner.' -.I was not ltal . 'said, see the trout sifter head. I gaz , di
dre'Ssed in fine,riiiment, wore rie gloves , andgazed,- Until. l became absorbed in my
a
... not known as a'' liras,' ' known, indeed at all,
.lixintemplatiOns, and at considering their con- ,
loaonly two or• three 7 besides my "cousin, the ,Sequent and ':,. collateral relleetimia, my inedi,
datighter of the helise, and only very slightly initionS eventuated in.a profound reverie, of
ktiOwn eveu to theinand-to her. So,'nehody . it' dim
. and undefinable diarader. :All . my.:
,sitOpped to talk *With \ rne ;... and , as I arranged itiniughts,'atl:firs' t, seethed. Centered upon the
. with cousin Ellen toi let me alone, save when lindividual - Wy at whom 1 had been lookiug,,
I Shouldask . to beintrt`idneed,. I had. a fair tut I lost track of - them; and it seemed, at=` .
opportunity fur nty-sweetnspials. •It was ii . . iterward,as if, [had entered into a -state re,,
Curious and entertaining :spectacle, mu hen '.fre.nablitg.that' .which Asiatic ascetics:believe!
rightly viewed., 'First: Igeneriliied my eye- jthey tan attain"; by
.unending reiteratiuns of
ei ght' — if the . expression be atlowable--and 'it.' hen' sttere&ttanies. ', 1 : i
gazed upon. the: moving •mu " - toe, ;1 1 - Was aroused froth fentire k)rgetftilness Of
**boat referenee to auy 'par ids :time andplace, by some sudden. and uncent,-. 5.
Si.l _This, especially duri ng A far; -fortable sviisatiOn, Which made me .for. an
Milted a droll . speetael e . , Su (
may ;instant suspect =that - 1 had been struck, al
be observed . by gazing iti tt ,'.
tend ;though I ; amid:- nut 'ay Where., .UpOn thins
manner.- at a church, all tv
like,it noelis of groit butterflie s over a bedfanoNf , i,.
unceremonioutrlrecall of ..my fugitive i witS,
, , Whatever its nature might be, I !nuked again
.. .gay cabbages, on a . hot Sunday in. summer: at the fifirobjeet of! my speculations; and:
and another,: • more decided Hin
be obseving' the sintaltanentis , nutatien s ',4'
. chattir, with sueita ; feeling tai if I. had not. seen 'bor .
h - wid , s, fingers
and arms ,
in . =
Drell 1 _ \ for a l i ongiti .a tne. - ..FOr.'the sudden (change
:from aystract..,
These effects are different from - '''
!It.--reverie of, intense: cuntent-:
from - that , a band' \platiou to mere ordinati intuition, wacquite
or marching - men • fur the entire \body of . i g
;vat t'uouiiii:,to canoe ".-...e.req uisita bro4l.c -. ii
these last move eirward . bY rhythride: pro- Ith
..... ettirt. ' - i
•titot m v coutteiousews--,limi - st,nint
.
gressiontywhile in the ett:v just ittstanco, the /.i iitei, : ty, r or l 6o Inle reason or-ot t ee.vivas Wu:.
.;
• company, txmsidered together,' its Stationary; 1 4"ng eepl).'- . -'' at least itis ttn"' probable drat 10
and the rhythmie , movement' of individ*,l jhrilhat . it a eularwouldinciirnadine her necki
- bulbs and instruments ihrolks only an - at- andnot.her .checks and brow.. , Deeply
.shei,
untisPhere,ai it were, of 'Ordered motion over\ blushed .fori' l : , lime unknown reason, -and- all
'the whole. ' - - :„.,..,.,..-
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..... - :i ns:m a - l on ' jef h a ' • 'tat t y' she moved.awaz o ..Woo4;
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LINES BY ICATII _ •.• I
}itheri mac sink of the " beautiful west,"
( the unbounded Sea, r ... j
r ising glory," by till confessed, , i
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of the song for me. "I
l'at this land is tnost-beautifhl-f-. ~.. .
Stunmer uplifts her - waitd, .
willed coquette, she Wishes and Sidles,
~ 1 silken winged ze''phyrus fanned.
Above and below,'‘ how etptmded her vision,
• Whilejthe hetivens and earth are soft Wending 1 •
And Helertut gleams abovelthadows Elptian,
As din night like a queen is deseending.
Tet tbesd wide spreading shades, and ocean-like plains,
All so glorious, breathe not of health, i . • .
t e l we.st in the life-giVing goddess' domains, !
'Twe a boon far more , precious than wealth.: .
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Aye.giv me_ to breath 'mong the clogd4isaing hifis
On ,n own "Susquehanna's side,` '
Arid ever to drink of her bright gnshing'rills, '
'ere the " witch" of the'west can't abide. '
Then a !long to my home, my well beloved home,
The !lime of
M y future dreams,
The goa' where " , my thoughts w,ill . - e'er love to roam,'
Thou4h far in the distance, it gleams. 1 '
Joliet, Feb: 1855 I ' • .'
Though
So Ilk
Of its "
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An un
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select e.
From INstiaasn's ifonthlk.
REE CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS
CHESTER.
EMT
ur experiment opon:
1.
line of sounds that
bbub of the rooms. :
gle.vtiiee, I regarded
ring rattle that flowed
maily . ivoiees„ mingled .
lee-music of.the two
vist and pianist, who
The din wm Out - suing.
i language had beezr
lar sips and (rag
at utmos t possible
Wont, by the whole
en.a shrill laugh, or
•,or4- loudly articular
be rough average of
he harsh fiddle-noteS
and down among the
)cal squibs; and the
4rttely audible. ' A .
r stering satiigied me,
invidious business of
Ti,t()S,'E.H, ,iT . AY'
1310 N
.
J
Om : higher head, saying something' which I
could not :hear, to a distant part of ithe rootr,
I recurr ed to my cogitations upOn the thy ( '
ting'figures before use, but still i 4 thought.*
recurred' to the dark ladye? I felt certain
that;: she Must,/ be well Worth accpiaintance
It could hardly she possible that one evidenti.
IY Of so . remarkable .natural jerd-wment , l,
-should not present a rare study or the phi
lesopher4especially for the, Philosopher iii
living, minds. • I desired to complete my net}
:discOvery; : My-snug corner became du11..: I
lelt.:•it ; : and edged and twisted about the lec
ty rooms; pretending great need tb arrive at
sonic point in advance,- which, likel the beetle
With bUttered horns, I carried forward as l
, I
'went.. •Up and down I wormed anbut; soire e 1
times looking earnestly at the other side !cif
they room in general; • sonietimes peering
With emphasis at a feigned something among
the,:elosely crowded male and . female 'shoal
ders around me; until; after making a 'go o d
deal of trouble, and many \skilful F .t.orutiono,
1 tinsu4etedly .established myself tp my
sotkactitip, en echelon and to the front of my
unknown; Thus. -1 WIN in better luck thab
6e.thiT, ill • my philosophical pursuit.- -Fdr .
:while I Was as. well 'hidden from her as Ito:
forti,-by t;he deesAy aggregated and 'moving
mass of the crowd, a skilful adjustment of my
OperationS would preserve rue froi annoying
1
het while I could study her face acid gestura
language‘to much better advannige. (
Of her y ,tiice the , lower half was perfect
hut.. not ipeCullar, unless for the firin closure
Of the full lips. The eyes were li'rge, blach„
and deepi : seti The eyebrows fell vittran on
usual slope iit the outer end of tht, eye. The
fOrehead rose high above, full and -steep. - lihe
tin-intellectual man's forehead : and in theie.
portions l which would be its flair angle's;
were in a: parallelogram laid athwiirt the fac'e,
fuller than any I had l'ever observed.: Add
in looking,: again I glided into deep and ( *il l .
Cetir,_.ated ,musings; and again, from a state
cf : ' profound reverie,.! was aroused by such
aunther shock as I had felt before.- Again
. 1 .
gatheredl together my scattered • thoughti;
and-as.'sOon' as I had retraced tlie'r lost clue
.tip.to thd , passing Moment, again looked ti:).
Ward the, dark beauty who had s much 4-
irneted'Me: She, had changed h r position ;
and was: looking another way; but again,
whether from seine casualty of conversation;
orifrom having noticed my.'pers stetit gale,
she:was blushing. '
.
•; -;Beginning, now to be aCtuatedjiy- a desire
to. obtain by conversation the ciornrililneilt
ofl my scanty knowledge with which mere
exterior •oliServation -bad suppl ed me, and
this' to secure sonic satisfactory a naiihanee
'Marc one, Who, I did not dial!, , po s s es i 3 O.
ininsual kyls, I forthwith resorte i to Cousin
Ellen. • From her I requested i n introchic-
tiOn. to' : My :ftir unknown; at ibet same tiiie
inipiiring in general as: to her nallie and craf t
Onion.' IShe - wits, Ellen said, a_ :Miss Irene
Cliester the daughter of a firmer in tale 4:
the small sea port towns of Fairfield County,
Cemnectient ; an assistant teaehei j in. one; 'of
the :city schools • an old schoohn: to of hers,
'Cou s in 41en's'' ; 'here in society fo almoSt the
'first timk but already makingq ite• a serii-a
-44M-;'iii•knanied 'The Twts.edg d Sword,'
;from 44 keenness of her report es,; always
4 Ktraiio girl ; invited on the gr anid of the
4 „ °41-fel lowship, having. I think, een Ellen's
pan - a
-mate • 'perhaps not known all 'in city- •
society, -, beyond Ellen's immed ate cirele..; -
- eifgreat Corriersational \ talen`. Si , student,' a
(reader, and otherwise aceomplish d.
These: last, namely, thestudy, evading find
:ateom
plishinents, a trine . unsett l ed hie; =for
bilk with • those recce, mendati ins usuallV
gabble •;and
,dabble, hut little I--e.,. l'a 1
took cornfort„ from the.oMen oil . ower in 4he
. ; ► . •
n lek-inkine, ; and
.persisted, . .
'.lliss }Chester heard my name n d the : e
chat-of-My couins.hip to the .pr sty posters,
with , considerable frigidit y ; me clear ;
ly, in tit eye as I
.accosteoo4 'd me d
her, red waited,
Opulently under the influence&oroe dislike
or disinclination to speak , for m to-begin.i .--
"These mild receptions are very much Madre c.
Idifited to vivify one's anger 'th n One's :, fl..
'tellect..., I burned in inward wrath and oat.
Ward speechlessness, fur a minut
suddenly adopting .a resolution, I
the',rage; assumed as pretty a
could muster, and ventured to n
an 'air Of great interest and (I -fla
. •
*Well executed 'diddle.'
It is Very flue weather, Miss I
Yes,. sir:„
' *.titnieuallY, crowded rooms t
flow tiresome it be squeeze
so insuiy disagreeable vulgar peo
`Do , yet! think , so,V said she
ofglimmer in her eye. Ifitis so'
What:made you conic'?' •
`Self4einal,' answered' I,
the soul. And aside_ from thi
'*astin:—here I rather exa. , :ger.
per and: my -diddle, to the' youni
dent disgust—' I must have hat
tnent f pleasure reserved fOr-n
Auisiti(4l of so valuable an aeq
Miss Chester:- I amompaniedth
With a Fulminating grin, and 'as
as 1 could contrive. '
" 'Are you acquainted with me:
With a curious observing expre
and lip, as; much as to say. '6
Thew said strange variety of baboon.' •
.sniggered after the most approved sqle,' ; ',
And am.vrered after the most. fashionable
Phuistie dialeet, which'l could easily; e.c;-
, that 24i53 Chester's disdain and anger were
ilamitig almost imendurably.
He he, hu! Ah flattah meselfthat
.
compeTent to elucidate and ana yze ehataet.
tabs at, short notice. But you nnst be wets
ry. with :standing so long.. Pa mit ta.
wait uPun you to the tele-a-tete posits Ottiti
it iwill •me,,ah shall exceednigtSt
delighted to fahnish you a Bp inters ofloy
I . ,boWtillk in that line.' •
IBY t 'all means, sir,' said Mi
st I thank you.'
. -Bo We sat down.
Oust make one preface,'sai'd I. ' I jire.
fatale that a young lady ,of Miss Chester's:tel , ..
fents aid information' (another ,risdain-pritvo-1.
'king .w from me), is aware that such ',oh-
Servatlon as I shave eerrable to Make,- 4:ati
not' reVeal what 'modifications 'eircurristaheds
•1 „
and decupation may have en *rafted mpop.
vour iiriginal character. Perin t tne,:. there
tore, .to ask that you will just ll me 4hit.
'and .where your life has been.'-:. .
''Nnt one single syllable,'
rn ' etued
With . eviden.t pleasure in a sho refulad:--4-
:''You (pretended to - an tuluaint withfi4,
and offered to prove it. And now when .0-
eonmitothe trial, you already 'begin
I ii-hoof,,tor such pews and, hwte ea You, :may
:-. ..,
hope to Coax out of me, afte l r the i . O:
lon of fortune-tellers. j I thought it
So.l.: . l'dOn't believe you know yoto
.o pretend to know nee, whilm you
before, and probably never till agin
iilsialdyoti l• And : why should yOtS
: il,knOW this, at least,' said 1, - gall
i •
dropping my babi'onery, ' that you
tinny, and that youbave aiquired
r.t
jiodiiturneasurable contempt forin
tint so r- .
.: '; i
.:-.. # Yes?, said she PrOmptlY, and
,Sitleratebut full sincerity ; 1 for sh 4
answer. to all my conversation ar4 .
tip: to the last quistion. Then . shb . sai
kind' looking at me in hastyalarm;:and-tf
lug what her Answer had been, added, , 'l,
. 11 1 . ; u re , : , s r l v ie .. comprehended fin- the fill . st . t.iitie
indications Afforded by the', newftis'
•• 1 i
i,. '"llot' i and cold,' 1' replied. t'l
Moth antowers are right,: 4 ,N0 malt
liipparent inconsistency. - Peet - Jeri
tban . either. , of us have decided that
)ifien -tithes best be presented 14 •,
tion of iticompatible extrenies.' 1 J
~-',',l think you arc correct; said IIis:
1 -lei , ' ' bat I don't :know lAA , : yoa 'eau
~3
; ', 4. tit:h-ever .
as' to that notion, about pre
:truth, it t;elmoVes to be careful.lest flit
Cri!aturo perish between - 11.. s two incot
ble bundles of hay. Well;; sir; ilbw,li
: Will 'please commence the proof leositi ,
;leg uititilance V ' —'. 1 •
. 1
-.•:' i' Y.e . .' I scanned her'fiice ato meal
a dded, -"YOu do tot like to atten .hutch
I' 1 dpi , too , ' she replied, hastily, ' Xu,
-1 . ~ .., ..), ;
:Wrong there.'
i .- -j You are glad, to think .s. o,' I . id. - "BO
,Aitilt It
, . ,
moment. I do niit mean tilt you
.dilflike4•el'aious Services.. btit'di4...s tie very
r , 't• -,,
much of the . eltur; choir . music di please
1 l'
.
•:,.., i41.-ei„, i !
'
1
1
' . - I,' And the prayers—wee you Inev.l '
ielexe&with A troublesome feeling that
fla?vy thil were tart your prayersili ' i
7.- ;Anil the sermon—l au . sure y ; ,ou hi
`te t tio.i.-Ito4ed your friends by staying ail
-and reading one, I l tylien they were sut,
:ought to have been at eltar,et.' : ! r e
' Pshavr !'• said Miss .eliester, - iyoll
'that out from cousin Ellen;' L . , - 1
V. I' Not at all: .11 stated Us!. partieil.
ituerely (in one phase of a characteristi t•I
iratoilieS into litany nianifeCtatietfs. ,• 'I,
';.;ghat ill sometime ; called ':remirial, '
0 •
, i l 7 ,' low ot beliel, - and independent MI re:
'!!Yett examine doe' trine and ereeeet tor v
The rapid statements ot a sernioni-of•
'discussion of a subject, do' not stitistyl,
sal want to examine, to comearto 1
"I'llat accounts for you preferring t ' o rite.
i
I;ttions rather than to-hear them. 111 a 'en
Ilyiru diSlike lectures and p'ublie a; dre e:t.
1 r
, i,tiliateVer subjects; -and ut general, y n.
; : fer to on them rather i than .lo fie: r.
ito the.prayeN, you are wrong to ~ 1 . 1 10 ye
;self in .the feeling, thOugh I am ;righ in st
tug it -toyott., .The eli.,:satisf ! reiiot, i owl s
,i . tai your defect of sy,'lnp. thy, eitliiir iv - 11 - en
ii,
!gregation'or preauher. • It, you ;woo ' abai
-idUit -yourself to a genercius particle ion i
petititins which are only such asidniv •sai pc
!titions' must of necessity, lie, yoUivoi d reap
:good from the prayer.- The ‘mtisle,' not, to
speak of its usual wretched exeentio is un- .
pleasant -to you, us is dishonest! Ipret t enee of
praise, offered usually by the irreligidus lips
of persons who.chant . hymnsto - - ,(sod,-not be
cause. hymns. overflow front h i plirtst full of
live, but because in their indidtial. eases,
the laryngeal mentbranes . and tiS i ues l eossess•
Unusual motive and vibratory eewe:4 .You
see that my observations are merelyl'ndivid- .
nut corollaries from the premise - of lUnesty,•
good Observing mar .reflecting hictilOes, and ,
Ittusiettl- tent perment.' - '', 1 11 .-
1 i ' ltappears, then;' said Miss (hester, 'that,
youraCquaintance is one ofnut very lOngstand-
Mg,' and hypothetical - and• eatenleor . eou to
-an extreme.' .-- .. ; t ~ ,- ;
-., ' BLit have I not spoken truly ft{ :1 ' • i
.‘Yth, 1 believe .so, said - she, ' : Althcugh the
thing* you say ,are such, as for, tome reason'
eir other had-not-been articulately presented,
tin inci,iti exactly that - way. I lurdlY knew'' ,
them„lif at all. And what is na'. re,' ishe ad
ded -with a troubled look; '1 ddr,i - notil like to
;he so Ca.sily. read. I had thought myself safe
:in unintedigibility.' 1 111
- • i . 4!
1; ' While,' I rejoined, 'you fan led-that no
b:My -else had got beyond-' ba.ker ' amid'sha
dy :I -
-.•-, • ~ . .
.1. `Eicuse the long .word: I .will dead the
:privilege of my pedagogy-for thine, theugh.—
.But as to your discoveries . ; I see -that things
I:Whieli I never told to anybod4 are linown
knitside of toy own mind., Theifror: .I think
I,4tUt,-;the less I like it.' '. - - .
.', I . 1
'BOt you Should- not' dislike ti t uth,ll sriid.- --
'The truth is not to, be' spoken at- 1 tinies.',
Nor hi it always best or necessary ti' haVe it:
-kbovt4l even.' • .. -
.. .
' l'i."•rhaps.not,' I answered.; ,i But 1 will
irocVed with my analysis.' • -
. l 'NO,' • said Miss Chester,
have said enough already.' -
' ' Cktie siugle remark let . nn , it; waver;
I answered, and I now 'loot Lea . ' ily into
4(..',2 that did.nut endure :az ', . 'Just
Otte thing. Yuu do not deset, f ite
, - ty ling
•er.. ;And you are half afraid Of ine, and the
rest, d fear, is dislike.' - - - ' . -•-: '
' liWon't tell you anything about it,' : she
• replied`, with an alarmed sharpness. 1 ,_i . .:
• y i ery Well ; quite as
i well ; t 1 reloitted.—;-
A -good - observer is like's .goed . :Titbit - let!
O :
en:: . He proves his work as ti gols alUngl
he dues nut need, to look for,', t e aPsiver in
the boOk.' • Butiet - meissk v ' 'if you play
. ..
izhese V - -i 1 .'-. - • i ' '• '
Vdo.' Not much; but Ili ve fond of
it.'. ,-: - . •
'. 'Will you give me leave toiom 'andintly -
:a gatne with'yuu. I' -I asked., d • ij ' ' : ,
- i Lhad permission ; and thus Our ponversa
'tioaeuded for the evening. •
It'is no' part of the ''
de.-igi4 of' this plain
.;:,statement of facts, to produce ny Ildram atie
;
isurprises. ..f3e, I will plainly - 4 ' tl4t by thii
;time I was •exe*edingly : delig, tad t Witlf,
.try
iniw'acquaintatiee and, indeedoo ad iti . tents
'Anil' purposes, i thoroughly and! sudllenly•! in
duve. at first sight.' • ' il '.i '-
Bat as to the nature of her platens; in. re
!gard ..to sue,. except tor . the rief itsynopsis
:which I had mentioned to he '
li If , .whichand
„ albt4,l . wits confident' (r, iu res t.t•ci my esti
-mate of their kind but nut of t.heirgtlegree; I
could form nciluess.• But reispectput much.
.1 • K 1
,
or so; then
drove away
imper, ai I
Inark, %Y 111
ter ritYse)f)
:
t‘; ,
hester::' . :
is ev'ping. I
up at . aptig.
ler
with a sort ,
i:•agreeahle,.
l ealtbfol;for
i
eicelleriti
1 ,
'ted m F un; .
lady iivi-i:
a p rescii)tirl
ire, in the ht-i
-1 aintalwe i a
..'
last woidg'
billy it Lew
' she ash'ed
'., , 00n of eye
•hold- here A'
Chester`:
murritii SEGOND
Miss lCutsrss, ,in truth, volts it most my
ideid, in peint!olyeitionat aurktion i s; name
ly, the embodiment of an d etrongqi.
- 'I
w
: • . - . , ,
under the ovely , feminine limitationslimposed
by - did la -anth_graceful: lines of otpanly
beauty ; ' n I felt_ a certainty whit long ~obs
ervation n study in psychology id fplays
iologpini littlest ify,'that 'her mind NV tV,O !thy
even a , older casket, if such an- ne'; were
imaginaW. i The fine ,hair,..so in; ertitably
dark;i th deepiliquid eyes, whose unfathom
able itise - s - tlemed, as 1 gazed into thein.ovier
flo%ing a .redandaait'f aunians into thti clear
whitekl .Mills; the dark and clear itrit\hspar
eney f s ini demonstrated (a ratlecnjune
tion) qui kness and endurance, not odily on-.
ly; bnt i telleettial. The great, vol inc iof the
head, the
I I
noble; lofty forehead,:the height of
the upper, cirebral - region,- proved i uS surely
- tier. intellectual excellence ; . which, lin itich a
character as! hers, must have -!teen i sit:it-alined
and 4..vcloiled by the severe disciOind of her
work as' a tiaeher. For, although thelfact is
seldom rreogniits.l, - and indeed litt e known. '
no ocenpatimi on earth furnishes s a
~ctimpre..
..
' hensifre, inVigorating, and sy millet 'eat an-ex
ereise fu the, Maturing, or mature • ".mind, !as '
' the quiei, and 'neglected busines's of :!: teaching
sehodl.' I And' although disairreca le toneltv,
sions might Seem suggested" . by Ithei sharp _
words Which j I Was eertain•she, had distributed
'• plenOully to the mailable youths, itriylprede
cessdrs in conversation, of which s e had giv.
' en nie a c ispeein i i ien or two, and Of vhieh, the
Pu maul sh ; lid acquired !might he reckoned
a boding o enl yet the • pleased) l ( n el For
the
, 3, 1 , . or
the Wrtleh dandies - riehly dese i k•e4.l them:
And!how aturat . W . as it,l for a strong and.
demi m'inidike hers, full luf noblethotglits
and the, werto live thent mit, tol.be kindled
a l,
into Spa rliuff'and hlazinglaterer 4 The wit-'
lesS drlel 'orthebutterflies . ;he v*4lo !-:-
Mot i.ays• r; ;.I remembered with keen delight,
how itl le w lilt hitt] coil te ni ilt- Whiehl';my simn .
fated 'fb ly had Iprovoked, tided out ferthivith,
lis Hon as I spoke true anfl. clear .4houghts to
her;, how her Maiden pride, six ard:Ouably
f_.
andbeautiftallY• lofty and: outs! akan4 when
she Tel . that 'her intcrlocutorif welt. in a
sphdre ar belOw her—when she aslitil light
nings of si*.irndown upou their, • amyl heads ,
firm 41tereal air of her own, naceessible
and.nninvaded ; realm of thought . hid fled,
tiba4hed ; how. . with truthful an maidenly
honesty ndinitely more lovely than luir beau- ,
tiftd an rer'il and which was the bisis, ;to me,
reflectit g neon it, of deep, delich tads ni t asia l g s !
she 'had reho,, , tized in me an intelirgence hon-i
est itnd ike•*, own, in kind at least,leven ifl
(which iii.; , Ver doubted) her won aith4ot.l had
c.otited bet! with the greatwomai ly preroga
tive o deeper iutuitions and rnor i e.unlathom-I
able en hiOattans. ! And that, she iwasi a true!
woman std), and not a mannishriselfed:tru-;
nut !from 1 lierkight life-limits, I ••nevi, ; first,!
. becaas I had i Seen so plainly--a ;d I (.7evelledi
in the_
,entembrance, not from se fish !pride of':
po‘or,'lmit,. blleause the act vindi gated to nay-,
selfi a clainaj ahem', relationship to i r;ueli a noble
.1 :1 1,
soul ---,because I had seen so plan ly how she!:
mot 0 •ii' ! to respect my masculine prerogal
Civil of - .Iffetiitidetit'and,aggresAVe intellec.;
t;.l
tied; alidi lset.atid ',. because it wils only with
such inStinetiVefrainknessoind wi 'la suOt Sweet!,
t l
and.clOse-o,llpwing recoil into 're netaitet',,that
shut retltagiiized my hold aPpeals;to her owit
inttirior consciousness—my sudden invasion
of her lawii realms of silent thoUghti-where
.sheihad b t lore sat, scale empress, ti" I.' , ' I
b maiden meditation, fancylfree.i
_:-,
• Su.cil
thiakiglitS burdened tits in daily dreams;
• and the current cf any studiousti heel, -before
floWing s4ililv on in reading :bar thought;
- • . • •
now spreading itself outin a utt, quiet c..t
: 1
.pansespfreverie;:reflecting infarties pf sweet
thongt4s, but flowing onward nu i tom I was
• deeper thUni eve; plummet sounded,' in (I
flattered .ItaySelf,) a reasonable, 'noble, and
, 1 •
beatiticul hive. i s.,
' After tWoUr three fruitless em Is, tirade, to
my gr !atidisi,anst, . when Miss Ch4terlhappen
ed 'to be' cant Of town, or otherwiSe eritplo2;"eti
,aiwity front hOme; I succeeded ini , finding her
at leisirelforlthe chess game which Elie had
ptlnni.e4ll inn. _ ' • i j : '
i
• I Was•shoW,n, that evening, in..° a well fur.
.
nisnedlpallor4 and-. in a feW Oinutes , Miss
Chester entered; dressed as usu 11, in black
Sh m gileeeed the as if I had beetan old ae
quaiiittinc : , . .Hi . -
IYe , faidl . , ' that is right. ,Wei are no.
quailyd,liire we nut t 10fact, Id fiiends 1'
• .',ln tone sense', she replied, it certainly
does s nitiasOt I had known yo - alonglime ;
or er 63 if you had. knowi me a long
time, or II don't feel as well a mented with
yon a ycii i i dki with me. ' Yon Lead - hoeght
with a.ease which.frightens rn ' ' .1 -
e re
NV the fountain is so cl ar,' Isaid, ' it
It .
is no v 'under that its depth's ar . searched.- 7
Tdrbi and muddy thoughts !`would hive
shamed yOur,inind into a cloi l idy Secretive
. fear. Bui that Would have ret .
ale 4 its own
.sterv, totij' .: . - •
5 ,.1 believe,' Said Miss Che.stel'ohall : •won't
I, . •
talk - any More mental philosophy with -you.
But here,LS Mir battlefield. I sulPpose I might
asfwell surrender without - a saiinnkins,' • it it:
we're noelttlie shame. . So I "iihatllZuge you .
toithe M with sharpened •sliars,las Iviiii
hi* di his wic ked'enemy, Briatia;<de Lois Gull ,
,_-(
.bert.' ~ .1!
. 1 ' . ',
; ' . ~
I 114•drit the Challenge,but, aot inithe spir
it l ade - sOis•Gailbert,.. And it ttake:n• that ,-I '
bdar ytauno - ill:will,:1 - offer you e right hand -
ofut fointilan'S friendship.' -I : '..1 .-• . :
Shel,h6itated almost impe L ept bly, bet
took iheieffered hand with lista de. : 1 4 had of
fered her! mine,indeed, that I might t+ue..h hers
t;a l
in 'arid I tink some eonscieus Or uncoil
'', ~ i• i
sqourtlalrcePti-n of it withheld' hersi
` NOw' then,' said I, as I hel m .hel hand a
i
Inoent' let it ges, sat down by the table,
• ~ .
eMptiedithe.cheismen upon . the 'beard, . and:
qiwtedi With assumed ferocity, the
to-the
Ilucrumint !.. Fagot-and Flamer . i . .
e. i , . •-
M . CU t
.1 iS les er replied promp
' c 'Bu . the bragart - tetreatedl
1
h 4 can e'l There a a- Roland ti
sir.. Still,
.your random shot
Mothef Was.of a , Hugtienot fui
Sbuth,f l' . 'rituce, .which camti
i
ebuntr • "4ixtut,1690., and sett
York, When' JOhn Jay's ancest
i,• • • ,
riv inortcgood,.inin and wow
fl malice to escape •tlie dragonn
! 4 1nd0, ,, t i3utattimt please 1
You foyne t h e quotation witht
Swered ;Mine?' ; ,
,I . ' If I Gin remember, certain'.
did you get yOursr
i I reflected a moment: 'lt is
i suspeet—a splinter from. sot
eta, flo'iting aniung miscelta '
Hurried leading. I declare I
Stay, lit tell:you. No.' *A .
it, up.
,I, • „.
i 'l'm fiot.so honest as you,l
ter. 'llithaveLtinlciced my li
li
suiti 4t-ik
ivottiltlitbe
tsel a !Hi
? 1
!weirs:lw
in ! OW
r I I
red* find
tun qpite
n srlen
nl-4 it
'ittipineoti
s Ictt in
tnajnners,
' tea,
'ect
t_ .1
the
the
ne t
llo °, l
er- L
till
truth
thel
'Over,
)r the
i'kers
ITEM
asser-
heg
tel 1.
poor
pati
-Yqu
,•o of
CM
frE
1 5 11r,-
some
[
1 -
ace of
you
founli
.'You
on
8.,- 18a5.
I FA AZ LER
=1
fee from Walter Seo' tt'S 'Search - oiler happi
ness.' The last two. lines, you - know are, • .
"Aida the king, disappointed, in. sorrow and .ahtene,'
cut back to Serendib as sad as'he came.'
1 4,1 think I caught it by -the jingle at the'eed,
as one might a rattlesnakehy the tell-teqe.—;.
Dices° the pun; please:: The requisite alter;
ation 1 extemporized.' 1
1 By this time the battle Was ranged: Miss l .
Chester, "by lady's privilege, having the white
pieceS, and I the bloodY red.
I invited her to the attack • with as much
puliteness as did the CMoncl of the English'
.household troops his French adveriaries at
,Fontenoy, and mitt(More literature; for I
tAialfeliged again in Verse—
Charge; Chester, ehargelt • •
For shame exelahmed my fair foe, laugh
ing however, to f•perVert and-,parody , right
road left in iat way 1 ' I fear you. don't - rev
-
creme anything, saerlidor profane. . I won't
begin, now, Unless thejlot shall decide it so,'
• By lot the first moi l ie tell tome.
don't know,' - saidi stainning MiSs . .Ches7
ter's face, "whether. tai attack you in an ordi
.
"nary or an extraordinary Manner:. Let. me
:consider. You like glibst stories: I shouldn't
wonder if you specialty enjoyed Poe's . mar
.vellaus'imagination 'The Fall of the House
iof L slier.'
. She laughed.
Do Your .
'I do, indeed: So,i seeing that you take
such delight in 'thingS 'strange and vague,"., I
will treat - you to a chess opening of that.pre
else description.'
And I moved, king's - kinght'spawn one._
- 41 - giving a cursory accountof the progress
of the game , I cannot ofoaurse expect to make
understood detail hy_.unteentlical :
I readers. But the garne of chess is one whose
combinations.and varying -fortune's Can per
' haps be more readily, represented by filustra
tive phraes drawn from the language per
to departments of life and action nut
merely lusory, than any' other transaction so
insignificant us .sedentary ainusetileut. - I
shall therefore 'pause!, a little for an explanato
ry. , .
excursus.! l - • I,
. .the main series of evol utiotia of a &nit a
chess may very
,aptly be narrated in , phrases
m
applicable' to a ilitary:campaign. There is
1 the same set of material conditions; namely,
lan area fur combat, invasive' and .defensive;
a given :fine to . coironand ; main points of
attack and defenee; centres bl operati. .ns ;
acid necessity fur intricately adjusted eutitiii
nations of .eifort, for In...both cases, each, Sella
rate. et.irps or soldifr. must subserve, some
leading purposes, iriunediate, - or remote, or
both, and must also 'strengthen his neighbors
without impeding them. The .strife is deci
ded by the same conditions in the-op p onents,
viz.. equality or inequality of
. furee; 'or of
both. 'And the same qualities. of Mind:are
required; clearness 'of perception, lunganirn -
ity, boldness, decishin and perseverance.. • ';
Having premised thus much, I may more.
1 intelligibly proceed to state that the move
f. With which I commenced may genie was the
" first stepot.ii plau Of campaign - like that of
Fabius the Delayer,; a movement designed
ly insignificant, upon My own . flank; de=
sinned to induce the eneniv. to deploy rapid:.
ly and unwisely and so io lay, her positions
Open to some deadly. attack when. the game
should be in.mid. career. 1 intended to hold
my centre truOpi ClOse around my king,, and.
to Carry on my attack and defence: from the '
sides,of the game, allowing my opponent what
is usually supposed the decisiVe advantage
of' occupying al l
, the central open field f asthe
old sly Homan 1 Mentioned, who!" lurked
and wandered in the 'bailiwicks" of
and of Latium, lying close: "-among the hills,
watching Hannibal,; and waiting for ehaiices
to annoy him.- .
The game progressed-as I expected ; and
in truth much more. so too. Fur Ches••
ter's forees.had been .tuammil vered more skill
fully than . ' had presumed upon; indeed she
was the only lady player ever saw whd
marshalled the mimic ranks, ~With man
like and purposefuldecislon and force atom
• binations. My .plan,, like an illogical urge. •
meat, seemed likely to develop itself only to
its own confusion. My deceitful Fabian-pol
icy, allowing my' opponent time and space to -
construct an impre.gliable-array, had erinnp
ed up my .own hosts within a space so limited.
as to
,prevent me from developing their pow
er any-whither.- ; It Seemed likely that (in- a
" chess point of view") I should-be slain help:
less and motionless, like a'rat in a hole:-
&it it was not merely the difficulty of my
Chosen course of play, either, that: prevented
the operation of my coMbinatiens.
.1 .had
been struggling hard to confine my attention'
wholly to my game; for, - a good player and
a genuine lover. of chess ; -1 abhorred.. to be
beaten.- My sexual prie, moreoVer,.revolt
ed; in spite of philosophy, against being beat-.
en by . a woman,- and I experienced -much re
pugnance, also, at the prospect of sharhig the
undesirable sensations of that disingenuous :
machinator cominernurated by Shakespeare
as affording special delight to beholders- 7 '
• - knavish engineer
Hoist by his own petard.'
Therefore 1 strove 'to centre any mental pow
ers upon the analytical and mnemonic opera 7
tions mrinly valuable in Chess. - But, for :th
first time, I could not Atone .move
after y another; I inught myself gazing at Miss
Chester,—instead of at t'he 'pieces, and my
thoughts intensiy occupied in yeti-acing the
occurrences of the. eveni.ig when • 1 first met.
her: • The-violent effirrts 1 made : to diszotiiiti- -,
ue this it oceupation;must themselves
of course have tiseiltnuchot the power which
I could otherwise have bestoMed wilily genie';
and their ill ! sumess, again, left.more and more
of their power. to expend 7 itself
. upon unrea-,
sonable and absurd reterie.: But 'so - it was ,
and
rind I could-11ot preverit-it: 'The-time which
I should have oupieit—whieh_lldiss Chester
did occupy—in planning and tarnibining,
used in gazing at her, as she leaned-iii steady
study over the table; in gazing, riot merely
with the - close attention to curves and forms:
which, nevertheless, 'artistic. knowledge . and
experience did cause Me - to use; . but with
that mere rapture, of euntemplatien
which we look at: what - is grand and per&etly
magnifimnt, even to the.. satisfaction of our
,ideal-. of :perlcetion, She . nearly -surprised
Inc Gait, Onee„or twice. 1 escaped by quick
ly dropping my eyes, nut altogether ingenu:
ously, I fear, upon the board. Nor, had she - ,
been .disposed to' critical ebservatioCeOUld',
the fact have escaped her that - sweet irlg,kr*
postessed me.ll6i - not Airily did 'eyo .
,
sions cause ray - ekeeks• to tingle,
tries`,
were followed by partieularlyStisinihv • pro=
ceedings in my, conduct of, tha:gairie. For,
having wasted the minutes which 11141.144Ve"
y .
ion) sad thin
`ffotir
told" , for' niy
? the
•
from
•ove.a. to this
,ed near New
'?rs aid ,so,nta
-n fled out. ; 01'
i \ cies.l 1-
ell tate where
t which you, am-
. _ And Owe
the 0 fl!)taapa,'
e half-read po .
*fa debri s
, of
locate ' it ?
had to glee
said Miss Ches.
11 - 41 is A Iran*
I -
& SMITE, PIJ - BLISHERS- - STOL: L
'Y4 arc right, I declare,'.
4w .
. -
founttme a strong inoie, in dreams, I then,
ashamed of further delay, moVed - uoi only
unPreparedly,ibut with the additkrrilil :blind
ness of embarrassrrient and anger. ! ! '
We had played- without remarks, Mis!°-
Chester studrOusly and- I inoiosely: - .Or'rtF .-
stractedly, forinearly an hour. • I It wa4 only
the slow developemertt eonsitqaent UllOll the
line otplay which-I had rulopted, which kept.
me from being checkmated bt.tf:ay. r But -at .
last I thoUght that [discovered thiiineVitable '
impendeney of checkinate is five nuilfes. 1
waited to study the position fairly, and in
stead of thitt, fel! off into unseasonable au& pro
found meditation. I can hardly assert that I
was, precisely Lin the voluntary exereiseof my
ordinary inecrlat faculties, such -we.4 . the ex- .
treme of . myiabstraction. ! .41, least .:I quite, '
forgot, for the_ time being, My place arid my
occupation, itiT dreams of delightful inernory, • _
and deliettful though groundless, vaticinv,
tion. But th;e 4 were suddenly shatteTed In
to destructiog by a spasm or bl'which i'...-
brated in sonic mysterious, way through .9:II
the chambers!, - of my being. I I ked uz, al. I .
( L
was astounded. Miss Chester st erect i?P
(bre me, her largeeyes dilated, and her breact
I. heaving with] anger anti fear; lad- tie' r , .d
blood crimsoning her fair stee, her fitir neck.
into a deep blush. ' - - . - ..
- -`• How dare -you,' said she, rapidly and az- -
gray' use such a power - over me?. This it
thethird tine that—. .But you may ,u n- -.
- derstand that even if you haie it, you etin -
never subjeci'me to it: Did you not nude:-
stand 'that the will of your subject, must he
subdued, or ;surrendered? If I werenotablq
and willing to defy all you - can do; I pri mis::
!you I vould i have left you without a. word.
t - So often - 7
-in my own home, too!'
'ln utter extremity of surprise, I too-arose.
.
She bad spoken as if.profOundly convinced o:
same pernicious attempt designedly made by
me; . but what her precise belief could' be, I
wondered, arid had to answer nearly at. ran
dom. - .
Would Ivou believe me,'. I -asked,- ' under.
anrsinetion I', •
She replied hesitatingly; don't
I .swear you; said, before - God, dor..
I neVer. entertained 'the most distant wish
purpose in ittipeet .to you,. dis
please; on Shohld displease the proudest u:-
noblest - woman. -
She stood - yet hesitant in angry.
Even - when? truth is intellectually believed,-It
is often not feit same corrobtOatory cir - -
gumstance be furnisled. r 3-4
- "You know 't is -so,' I added7earnestly„ 'I
-know you savt, hipirlunexpected your, -w0r..13
were to me.'
• I did;' she answered. tan/ it. I be.
lieve you. But . it NVlS_naturai, you know, to
be indignant.'
But , I don't know, either; I replied.--.
' There is sennething here villa' I don't half
understand. - And you must let me talk_ with
you about it. Let, me lead yon to sofa.',
-Ske sat down, and I sat, imrebuked,, nea:
,her. What do you mean, I continued, `by
speaking of the third time s'_'. t .
You know,' she answered, halt suspicious
ly, as if thinking that I pretended ignorance,.
l think I partly do; but
,I Want to be mt--
EMI
Don't you recollect,' `said Miss Chester, '
that you treated me in the same way, twice..
,the other evening? And hefore you had.
spoken to me, too?' -
I remember keen,' said I, being twice sig.•
prised myself, by some one striking me a se
vere' blow, as I supposed And,, I acknowl
edge that I •looked much and often at you.—
But to-night, it must have been your anger, 1.,
think, that '{ struck me. At least, .I autl;B4. -
you •-Were angry. I . say struck. But it war.
not; a , It was something like a spasm
• or, indeed; not that either; a sudden ant_
f poWerful repellent force exerted - upon me,
"and operating, it seems to me, now 'that
'''consider if, neither On my body nor my t uirt.-2L
3-But I don't understand it at . all;
..altbough 1.
confess tog you---. But tell 'me, pleae
what. was the sensation that you experial
For It seems to me' that you have been. ag:
tated- much more than I.' •
You Magnetize:ll, me,' said she; 'or tried.
Don't you know what that is I' : '
. Yes: 'ii know what that is, perfectly well,.
I know that I have some_power of that kind_
But I have never met - with any .phenomenan
like these (which seem to have occurred to yau
and certain!y have appeared in respect to n;y
self. Please tell me all about it. For there
are, I think,-many, things Which I can lettirn
I from_yott"; and I shall be rightglad to' letti.b.'
I 1 sie.tke, with twa meanings; if,' indeetill
I needed any. instruction -in the love-lessiin
t
which I •
was intuitively learning .froin
beautiful Companion.-' Whether she saw bot:
of.them I'do not know. But she blushed::.,
she answered.
I will tell you just what haPpened to ne-
You know what the sensation is which. ind .
cams the coming of psychomagnetic powe. -
front some person other than one's - Behr
'No indeed,' I replied ;:-''that is, imle3:
these three curious, sedden reltuffq, if rmigte
call them; so, whielt I have . felt so lately, wer,
such. In truth, I have perhaps an unreason '-
ably keen horror of coming under any sud - .
infruence.J, 1 have often !bought,. that if i r
should find any person, rni?g,netizing 'me; 7
would kill him, as surely a ifit'were necs."4,-
ry to pievent him from entting my throati
• - Yes. ' Then
,you can understand:said
how justifiably t wadi tpl l eas. d when foiu,' . .cc
you trying to magnetize me.' - -4'
'Don't you believe 'me !yet'?,
do most soleninly assure
,'yon that I hid
not the remotest intention] of the ktud. It:!.
did it, it Was entirely - unit most inuocentl'„
oluntiry.'
Do you mean to say,' returned Mit7s C„hK:
ter, now ';apparently much! serprised, but iL
ereduj-‘,l:tsly, .'that you did not undertake it -
put my volition into a state of suljt eetion
your own, either this evening or the iltherr
`Most assuredly I do," I answered., '
not telt You so, before? I nOyei_usad
• •
such power '-at all, except tet relieve ctn
'feeble person from thellenog*.
So speaking, I grew angry. 'Foe now, fr.:-
the first time, l understoOd:what was the su
piCiou that Misi Cliester,entertained of Mt : "
viz.: that I had endeavared Ict make tnyte
master or - tier wilt, by taking:ideating° ofile,'
suseeptikle„ fitrvoty: tetnperament. I So I lay.
self nevi spitke further ;And disdainfully
wrathfully.
And; mace you think that I prolioseta ar
'vile and devilishly Wicked -A, snare to rob
womap Of the control of her awn spikit,i
well •to be angry. I wilt not -even,:deny the.
• hase'aeCtisation. Believe it„ K.1011:01r1. Afie,
gtooll - b$ toloij. FIN t dimied 11, 1 '4;4 tirsityi
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