East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-10-18
Ion ID AnanLIe M-nlhlr.
A GHOST STORY.

"lt is constantly urged among other
objections to tho credibhty O. sapeI.
natural apparatlons, that the name of the
witnesses have sngalarly aud suspicious
~ disappeared, that ynu Gnl them, upon
Investigation, substauiated thus, A very
worthy gentleman told another very wor-
thy gentleman, who told very iutelH-
-, gent lady, who told somebody else, who
told the individual who finally commui.
Gated the incident 20 the world. There
+ are, however, as Just intma,ej, instances
in which such ambiguity is altogether
wanting Among these is ono SO we'll
authenticated by we'll known witnesses OF
undoubtcd veracity, that, having never
before been published, venture 70 relate
il here.
Ny informant vas Prof. Tholuck, Of
Halle University, the most eminent Hy-
ING theoloean in Germany, and the priu-
cipal ccelesidst Of the Prussian Church
lie prelaced the account ly assuring me
that it was received from the lips OF De
Wette himself Immediately after the oc
cnrence,-- that De Wette was an intimate
personal licpd, c plain, practical man, of
remarkably clear aud vigorous intellect
with no more poetry and imagination in
his nature than Just sufficient 20 keep him
alive ina word, that he wouldrcly upon
his coolnesg ofjudgnent and accuracy Of
observation, under any possible combina-
tlon OF circumstances, as confidently as
upon those Of any other man inthe world.
DIR. De Wette, the famous German
rBiblical critic, retaining home one even
inc between nine and ten o'clock, VAS
surprised, on arriving opposite the house
in which lac resided 10 see bright light
in his study. Ia TACT, he was rather
more than surprised; for he distinctly re-
mcmbOrca 60 have eXtinguished the can
dies when he wcut out, an hour or two
previously, locked the door, and put the
key in his pocket, which, upon feeling
for il, was still there pausing a mo.
ment to wonder 10y what means and Tor
what purpose any one could have enter
ed the room, he perceived the shadow of
person apparently occupied about some
thing in remote corner. Surprising it
to DO burglar employed in uliing his
trunk, he was on the point of alarming
the police when the man advanced to the
window, into full view, as if for the pur-
pose Of looking out into the street. II raS
ID Wette h'mSeyl-tho scholar, author
professor--h height, size, figure, stoop,
Ibis head, his face, his features, eyes,
mouth, nose, chin, every one -skull-eap,
,stuayCrown, -neck-tid, al, everything;
there was no mista1ing him, no decep-
tion' whatever there stood Dr. De7Wette
in his own library and he out in the street.
s. Why, he must be somebody e'ac!
The Doctor instinetiyely grasped his
,botiy with his hands, and tried himself
with the psychological tests of scli7eon-
seriousness aud identity, doubtful, if he
gould believe his senses and black were
not white, that he longer existed as his
former self, and stood perpleXed, bewil-
,dered and COMPOUNDED gazing at his 9TH
CT likeness looking out the window
Upon the persons retiring from the win
dow which occurred IN few moments,
De Nctte resolved not to dispute the
possession OF his study with the other
Doctor before morning, and ringing at
the door OF a house opposite, where an
acquaintance resided, he asked permits
zion 70 remain over night,
Tho chamber occupied by him com.
handed full view Of the interior Of the
library, aud from the window he could
see his other self walking up and down
Immersed ia thought, now sitting down
to his desk 10 write, now rising to search
for volume among the book-shelves,
and initiating in all RESPECTS the peculiar
habits of the great doctor engaged at
work aud busy with cogitations. At
length when the cathedral clock had
finished striking through first four and
then eleven strokes, as German clocks
are wont to do an hour before twelve,
De, Wette Number Two manifested signs
5fretiriRg to rest-took out his watch
the identical large gold one which the
othey Doctor in the chamber, felt sure
was at that other moment safe in his
saisteoat pocket, and woundit mp, re-
moving a portion OF his clothing, came
10 tho window, closed the curtains, and
in few moments the light disappeared.
De Wette Number One, waiting a little
time until convinced that Number Two
had disposed himself to sleep, retired also
his.scf TO bed, wondering very much what
all this could mean,
Rising the next morning, he crossed
the street, and passed up stairs to bis
library. The door was fastened; he ap.
piled the key, opencd-it, aud entered
No one was there; everything appeared
in precisely the same condition in which
he felt It the evening before,-bis pen
lying upon the paper as he had dropped
it on going out, the candles on the table
aud the mmtalmece evidently not having
been lighted, the Window Curtains aside
as lie had left them; in fine, there was
not single trace OF any persons having
been IN the room. "Had he been insane
the night before? He must have been.
lie was growing old; something was the
matter with his eyes OF brain; anyhow, he
had been deceived, and il was very fool
ish Of him to have remained elsewhere
ilal1nightl Endesvoring to satisfy his
mind with some such reflections as these,
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