The native American., 1838-04-14

parted, and barred my forehead to the cold breath
of the winds, and proceeded.
i Would that had never walked from that glo.
|rious enraptment would that / could have been
arrested and fixed forever in the world of melody
created by that voice
j entered the Hall OF Experiment, but eyerv
space was crowded. ! climbed to the topmost
bench Of the amphiheatre to see where Imogen
and her cousin were. Several dark looking men,
on whose shoulders placed my impatient feet.
glared at me with threatening eyes. i gained at
last position where could command view Of
the entire assembly. glanced eagerly around
among the dense mass for my beloved, but no.
where could | find her. ! gnashed my teeth, and
the blood went swiftly through my BODY. AT
length, in distant part of the room and near to
the magnetizer, saw them sitting together. Oh
God how beautiful she looked Her auburn
locks were parted on her ample brow, and fell in
ringlets her shoulders; delicate rose was en-
twined in her hair. and her cheeks were glowing.
Had she too been spelled by that superhuman mel
ody! If she had heard that glorious and youp-
tuous music, what had been her feelings? A cold
shudder smote me through the heart when saw
| her dark-eyed cousin gaze earnestly in her face
and then his eyes fell with an distracted and va
cant air, and he appeared absorbed in thought
Had he too been poisoned by the intoxicating mel
| lody? He was transcendently handsome, and he
had languid look, that is more dangerous to the
female heart than all the flashing eyes and eo-
lquent tongues in the world. | could not reach
the pair, and terrible emotions crowded to my
brain when reflected upon the effect of that ter
rible but delicious symphony. | burned with
an inward and almost frantic fire, and several times
was upon the eve of screaming aloud at him,
when he cast those banefu and languid looks upon
hor fnon tow INV hair e,l I,,t
menting rage, and there was doomed to witness
the exaggerated scene, without the power Of ma
king them know that was watching them like
hungry serpent. was absorbed in the one vision
of the hated cousin and the beloved girl. saw
him speak to her with his mouth close to her ear.
Whathe said was urged vehemently. She smiled
timidly. Oh that smile! it dispeed every gloom.
She shook her head, but he opened his large-his
ustrous and splendid eyes, and gazed reprovingly,
and beseechingly into hers, and in moment an
alarmed and dubious expression fitted over her
face, and she averted her look. could have plum
ged my dagger into his heart but trembled and
stood still, while murmur ran through the crowd
and suddenly the Enigma stood upon the plat
form. He was clothed in full suit of black vel
vet, and his forehead shone like STAR his hair
fell down in long wavy curls, and his face was
pale and his eye dim an ashen corpse-but
even in death beautiful. Had he been commu-
| ming with that pelodious being, and was he just
| from the conference
| pin might have fallen and been heard among
that absorbed and entranced assembly, and for a
moment my attention was diverted from Imogen
and her cousin Ernest and directed in concentra-
ted curiosity towards the operator.
There seemed sound from afar off, like the
dying cadence Of harp, but none heard it dis
tinctly, yet all were startled at its mystery, and
then all was still as the grave.
| once more turned towards Ernest and Emo
gen, and she was deadly pale, while he was flushed
and his actions were agitated and nervous. Then
was renewed within me the hell that had before
felt.
| The magnetzer turned his full eyes from the
crowd towards the twain-they were sitting near
to him, and sudden change was visible on his
| face.
In front of him were the skeptics, or philoso-
piers, who had tainted him to this final trial, and
every solemnty had been put in requisiton to
sustain him in his hour Of need. tried to force
my way through the crowd. | could have torn
them to pieces, but they moved not, and SO was
constrained to be mere spectator of that scene,
which taxed every fibre of my heart to bear.
i Suddenly the magnetiZer waved his hand up.
wards and gazed upon Imogen. She was moi
Hooking at him at that moment, but no sooner had
he made the gesture, than with quick start she
turned towards him. ! was struck mute with hor-
ror and amaze-my tongue Glove to the roof OF
my mouth, and l could neither call aloud nor
make sign.
Horrible sight! In a second, like stroke of
lightning the truth flashed across my mind, and
saw that Ernest had staked his hope Of success
with Imogen upon the magnetic influence of the
master.
The gestures were continued, when all at once
the powers of speech and motion came back to
me, and shrieked aloud to the dreaded sorcerer
to stop. He did not appear to notice my sum-
mons, but proceeded. Again shrieked and swore
that would strike him dead if he did not desist.
Imogen did not hear me! She sat like statue
| hewn out of the solid rock, with her eyes like
those of a corpse, and her mouth open. Her cheeks
were deadly pale.
| Twas possessed at that moment with the strength
of giant rushed forward-I trampled under
foot those whom overthrew-l swept with my
arms ssage through that solid mass, and stood
by the side of the magician. Ernest sprang to
me. and we stood face to face. With blow
struck IN to the ground, and grappled the arch
i iend b., the throat. When he turned from his
pallid and piteous victim upon me, his eyes gar-
let-his hands were clenched together like the
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