New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-24


side nv the high road hut am fond Of boating and
/ had constructed therefore, q little wicket, with q
fight Of wooden steps leading down to the waters
edge near which my small rowing-bo lay incorrect
This evening came along by the meadows winch
skirt the stream the meadows are here and there
Intercepted by villas and private enclosures. NOW,
mine was the first and could walk from the town to
my own gardcn-fence without once dlvergng from
the river-path | was lnlsng, and hummlng to my
self some bars Of popular melody when, all at once,
began thinking of Albert and his theories. inns
was asseverate the first time he had even entered
my mind for at least two days Thus going along,
my arms folded, and my eyes fixed on the ground,
reached the boundaries of my little domain before
knew that had tlaversed half the distance. Smiling
at my own abstraction paused to go round by the
entrance, when suddenly, and to my great surprise
saw my friend standing by the wicket and looking
over the river towards the sunset. Astonslment and
delight deprived me at first of all power of speech
At last" Albert" cried, y" this is kind of you
When did you arrive?" He seemed not to hear me,
and remained in the same attitude. / repeated the
words and with similar result. "Albert, look round
man I" Slowly he turned his head, and looked me in
the face and then, OH horror even as was looking
Mt him he disappeared. He did not fade away; he
did not fall but, in the twinkling Of eye, he was
not there. Trembling and awe-stuck, went into the
house. and strove to compose my shattered nerves.
Was Albert dead, and were appaIitlons truths!
dared not Think dared not ask myselfte question.
passed wretched night and the next day was rs
unsettled as when first he left me-.
It was about four days from this time when n cir
cumstance, wholly ineXplicabe, occurred IN my house.
was sitting at breakfast in the library with volume
of Plato beside me, when my servant entered the
room, and courtesed for permission to speak, l
looked up, and surprising that she needed money for
domestic purposes pulled out my purse from my
pocket and saying: dwell, Katrine, what do you
want now ~ drew forth norin and held it towards
| her.
She courtesed again, and shook her head. "Tlank
you, master but it is not that
me to look up hastily. What is the matter, KaT
trne? Has anything alarmed your
al you please masterif it is not rude question,
las-has any one been here, ately?' -.
:. Here y | repeated. " What do you mean!'
" In the bed, upstairs, MASTER
Isprang to my feet, and turned as cold as statue.
The bed has been slept in, master, for the last
four nights"
flew to the door, thrust her aside, and in a mo-
ment sprang up to the staircase and into Albert's
bedroom; and there, plainly plainly, beheld the
impression of heavy body left upon the bed! Yes,
there on the pillow, was the mark where his head
body! It was no deception, this, but strange, an
incomprehensibe reality. groaned aloud, and stag
gered heavily back.
I" 1t has been like this for four nights MASTER" said
the old woman " Each morning ! have made the
bed thinking perhaps, that you had been in there to
lie down during the day: but this time | thought |
would speak to you about it,
swell, katrine, make the bed once more let US
give it another trial : and then"
I said no more, but walked away. When all was
in order, returned bringing with me basin of fine
sand First of all closed and barred the shutters
then sprnkled the floor all round the bed with sand
shut and locked the chamberdoor and left the key
under some trivial pretext, at the house of friend in
the town. katrine was witness to all this That
night, lay awake and restless. Not q sound dis
turbed theutter silence of the autumn night not q
breath stirred the leaves against my easement
rose early the next morning and by the time
katrine was up and at her work returned from
Ems with the key. !" Come with me- Katrine,
said let us see if all be right in Herr Lachner;
BEDROOM
At the door we paused and looked, half terrified
in each others faces then I summoned courage
turned the key and entered. The window shutters
which had fastened the day before, were wide open
Enclosed by no mortal hand and the daylight stream
ing in fell upon the disordered bed-Hpon footmark
in the sand Looking attentively at the latter saw
that the impressions acknowledgment and heavy
if the walker had rested longer upon foot thar
the other like lame man.
will not here delay my narrative with an accoun
of the mental anguish which this circumstance caused
me; suffice it, that left that room, locked the doc
again, and resolved never to reenter it till hat
learned the fate of my friend.
. The next day set off for Casse The journey wa
long and fatigungs and only portion could b
achieved by train. Though started very early in thu
morning, it was quite night before the diligence, b,
which the transit was completed, entered the street
of the town. Faint and weary though was, coult
not delay at the inn to partake of any refreshment
: but hired youth to show me the way TO Albert
lodgings and proceeded at once upon my search. II
3 led me through labyrinth Of narrow, old-fashone'
, dwellings with projecting stories and curious
carved doorway. An old man with lantern, answer
4 ed my summons and, on my inquring if Her
Lachner lodged there, desired me to walk mp stairs
the third floor.
q Then he is liying!i I cried, eagerly
Living 4" echoed the man, as he held the lanter
at the foot of the staircase to light my way
living! lIein Gott, we want no dead dodgers here!
After the first fight, found myself in darkness
l. and went on, feeling my way step by step and lolt
e ing by the broad bansters. As assembled the thr
; fight, the door on the landing suddenly opened, an
T. voice exclaimed:
+ Welcome, Heinrich! Take care !; there is a loos
a plank on the last step but one.'
II It was Albert, holding candle in his hand-a
u well real, substantial cleared the n
o naming interval with bound, and threw myself int
lie his arms.
+ Albert, Albert, my friend and companion, ally
4, Yes alive, he replied, drawing me into the rool
ii and closing the door, j" You Thought me dead!"
s. al did, indeed said |, half sobbing with joy
81 Then glancng round at the blazing hcartl-for no
lie the nights chillthc cheerful lights and tn
le Widespread supper-tabe Why, Albert eXclan
j; ed, you live here like a king
" mot always thus he replied with melanchol
G. smile. - lead in general very sparing bacl
elorlike existence. But it is not often have Wis
g tor to entetan-and you, my brother, have never
d. fore partaken of my hospitality"
IS Howl" l exclaimed, quite Supplied !" you Enc'
-
Certainly. / have even prepared bed for yo
rs in my own apartment
ID gasped for BREATH and dropped into seat.
te And this power, this spiritual knowledge
~ simply the effect ofmagnetie reatioa-of VIII;
y is called rappOrt.'
e, Explain YOURSELF
-. Not now, Heinrich. You are exhausted by Il
Ell mental and bodily excitement which you have tn
er day undergone. Eat, now eat and rest. After SUI
OF per, we will talk the Inject over.
II Wearied as I was, curiosity, and a vague sort
as horror which found it mpossibeto control deprive
ed of appetite and re0lced when, drawing toWart
ed the hearth wife our meerchaums and Rhine-wine, "
10 resumed the former conversation.
e. "You are, Of course, ayYaGe,' began my frien
II, " that in those where meslneric power hi
ut been established by one mind over another certa
ke rapport, or intimate spiritual relationship, beeOm
en- the mysterious link between those two natures TIL
OF rapport does not consist in the seepproducil
e; power; that is but the primary form, the simple
as stage of its influence and in many instances may
10 altogether omitted By this l mean that the me
merist may, by supreme act of VotOn, step
cd to the highest power of control over the patie
as without traversing the intermediate gradations
ed somnolency, or even clairvoyancc. This highc
ny power lies in the will of the operator and enables hi
e- to present images to the mind of the other, even
le- they produced in his 7 cannot better d
Ia scribe my subject than by comparing the mind
the patient to mirror, which reflects that of the oper
ed tor long, often, and fully he may desir
III This rapport have long sought to establish betwee
IS, us
se But you have not succeeded"
nj Not altogether; neither have my efforts bee