Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-12-11
DECEMBER IL. 1856.

Agrlppa permission to consult his magic
mirror; yet the Strangers words made SO
great an impression upon him, that he
consented AT once to crafty HIM.
"Whom do you wish to behold p
asked he
My daughlcr-my dear and loving
Miriam ~
Cornelius closed up every aperture
through which the declining light of day
could have penetrated, aud having placed
the stranger on his right, he began 10
chant some lyric verses in an under voice.
and in II strange language. Several
times the stranger lanricd he heard Il
voice responding to that of the magician,
but the sounds were so feeble that ii
would have been difficult to say.
While the magician continued chanting,
the chamber became illumined by de.
grees, but without its being apparent
whence proceeded the light AT last the
stranger perceived nt one end Of the
room Il large mirror that covered the
whole wall, across whose surface thcl.
cloud kept fitting to and fro
odd your daughter die married :"
asked Cornelius.
mo, She died n virgin"
"How many years ago did the grave
close over here
The strangers brow was overcast; and
he replied with a degree of petulance,
MANY ycars--ihan | have time to count
Just now
"Yet ! must know the number" said
Agrippa ; "for this wand must trace as
many circles as there are tens Of years
since your daughters death; and it is
only when the lasl circle shall have been
accomplished that you will be enabled TO
see her appear IN the mirror
Begin tracing your circles, then,"
said the stranger, with bitter sigh
"and above all, take patience"
Irriio,cd by this inperious tone, the
fortunes his guest seemed 10 have expe-
rienced. Ills hand now began to trace
circle after circle, but ii seemed us If the
wand had lost its power, for the surface
of the mirror was still dlmned 10y the
cloud. Cornelius then turned towards the
stranger, saying, You singular being I!
who can you be, for your pre'encr lhns
to disturb my incanta,ions! This wand,
guided bv the rules Of my art has now
described IA space OF four hundred years,
vet the surface of the mirror is slll the
same. Answer me! Would you mock
me, and has the person yon describe never
existed =
$50 on-go on was the strangers
only reply. .. ..,
Cornelius went on tracing the circles
with his wand. BY dint Of turning round
and round, his arm grew tired, and he
was about to cease, when the solemn,
/ thrilling voice of the stranger urged HIM
to persevere with the words, "Go on-go
on! And ON he went; nor was II until
according to his calculations, the wand
had gone over a period Of more than
twelve hundred years that the cloud on
the surface of the mirror rolled away
on seeing which, tie stranger uttered al
exclamation Of delight, and rising from
, his seat, razcd in ecs,acy at the scene tina
met his view.
A splendid landscape lay before him
, intersected 10y rapid torrent, and beIte'
. bv hiph mountains crowned with magniii
. cent cedars. In the foreground fe'
/, camels were grazing, and not far iroI
B them ran a little stream, TO which her
4 Of sheep had come 10 queHch their thirst
, while under the shade Of a tall palm ire
e sa, youny maiden OF uacgaai!cd beau''
@ dressed in a very costly Oriental gar'
d coolly sheltered from the noontlde sun.
h IT'S She! It's She" cried the strange
e vehementy; and he was about 10 rn'
towurds the mirror, when Cornelius saI
IF .sDo not stir from your plnce, imprade
n slrangcr-for every step yoH take to a
N proach the mirror, viii only DIM the o
,e iects depicted on It's surface, and so'
ID make them vanish entirely"
il These words restrained the strange
H. but so great was his agitation that he "
obliged to lean for support on the mas
~ clans arm. lncohercnt expressions
h. surprise, pain, or pleasure, burst eve
is now and then from his lips.
or IT'S shem repeated he. "She Is ali
\; \; ones ,..ors-ai.a a2w beautiful She lool
lo- Miriam, ny child. speak TO me, {
n. heavens, She moves her hand-s
,b- smiles! Oh! for one word, my 10y
,ed dauyhler-only one word from your III
isl. Nav. were il but sigh--let me hear !
in breathe. Alas! all Is silent and dret
md as my own heart! Yet she smiles az
ms lis the same smile, the remembra
en- Of which not even the shadows Of a h
ich sand winters have chilled within
no. heart In vain you seea 10 restrain
uld old man." continued he, addres:
the Agrlppa Il must press her in ray arr
So saying, he rushed fran'ically