, 1860-01-26
3rfss &TriithI;tlltj|t


ratlre.
There existed in the year 1s45, ,-nud is stil
continued, in 1ivonia, about thirty-si1 mile!
from Riga and mile and half from the small
town Of Wolmar, an institution Of high tcputt
for the education If young. ladiee, entitled tht
pensionnat Of Neuweicke. 1t is under the su
periutendenee Of Moravian directors; ofwhon
tho principal, ut tue time Of tue occurrence:
about to be rellted, WIS named Bucll, :.
There were, in that year forty.two vouus
ladies' residicg tiero as boarders, cLicH5
daughters Of noble Liyonian families ~amonofe
them, Madcmoisel:e Julie, second daughter o
the Baron dc Gulderstubbc, then ts.iltet,
years Of age. !
In this institution one Of tile female teachers
Mt that time was Nademoiscl1e Enelie Sacce
q French lady, from Dion. She was Of the
Northern typeGa blonde, with very fair con,
plexion, light-bluc eyes, chestnut1lair, slightly
above the middle size and Of slender li9ure
In character she was amiable, quiet, and good
tempered; not ut all given to anger or impa
tlence; but Of an anxious disposition, and rs
to her physical temperament, somewhat ner.
yous1y e1citable, Her health was usually
good; and during the year and ha1f that she
lived as teacher as Neuweicke she had but one
Or two slight indispositions. She was intclli.
gent and accomplished; and the. directors,
during the entire period Of her stay, were per.
fectly satisfied with her conduct, her industry
and her requirements She was at that time
thirty-two years Of age.
A few weeks aiter Madcmoiselle Sagee first
arrived, singular reports began to circulate
among the pupils. When some casual inquiry
happened to be made rs TO where she wos, one
youn. lady would reply that she had seen her
in such or such q room; wiIereupon another
would say, "Oh, no! she can't be there; for !
have just met her on the stairway" or perhaps
in some distant corridor, At first they natt,-
rally supposed it was mere mistake; but as
the sa,ne thing required ngain and again, they
began to think it very odd, and finally spoke
to the other governesses about it. Whether
the teachers ut that time could have furnished
an explanation or not they gave none: they
merely told the young ladies it was all fancy
and nousensc, aud bade them pay no attention,
to it.
But nfter time, things much more extraor-
dinary, and which could not be set down to
Imagination or mistake, began TO occur One
day the governess was giving lesson to i
class Of thirteen, Of whom Mademoisel1e de
Gu!denstubbo was one, and was demonstra-
ting. with aoperness snrna nronos;tion tn il,
lustra,e which she Ind occasion to .vrito v;th
chnlk on hlacklnar,1 Wills sI,a M w,s ~ ao;no
50. and the vounr Io3;os 7rero loo.;,v NJ 1,or
to their cnostornntion Inv suddnnlr eau t,ra
Maaennistl]o Saoeep the ono liz tho s;da ri
the other They 1vera ero,s1r ,1;ie. md ,bay
used 1he sane gestures on1v that ,,,e re,, ~.
son Ield hit ef c,,aiI- IN NJ 3er c 1,nd Nd and nd r.,
actually write: while The douhle Ind no chalk;
and oa}y initiated the motion.
This incident natur,].v cansa,1 = cro,t son,
sat5on in the establishment. It was ascer-
tanned IN innt,;rv that everv ono of tho th;,tnon
your.. la,i;es in Tho class ind sccn tho second
figure. and that thev al] agreed in tl,eir IT,
scr;ntion Of its appearance and If ;ts n,nt;ons.
Soon sftcr one nf ti,a nrn;ls Mado,no;soila
Aut;one DE- yranr71 hayinr ol,ta;nod nor,n;s.
sim. with som, ot],rrs n attand :, ~ Cby,n.
metre in tha nairhhorIood and h,;n,, enr,,-od -
in comn.ct;np her to;jct Nodemo;ss11e s,4eo
lad md naturof,1v x.oT,ntsors1 ho- a;d I'D
was booking, her dress behind The voun9
ladv banncninr IN t,rn ronnd and to 1ootr ;1
an adjacent mirror nerca;vci ,.ro Hfade]no;. =
sc]lo S,.ces 1onk;nr hor dross Tho sudden
anp,r;tiS, nrodnci 81 n,,ch efi;.ct m ,,er ,l',,
sha fa;nted N-"''' ~''eo' oNN 49," ''''N'
Aoniils passed by. anu similar phenomena
were SILL repeated Sometimes, at dinner, the
double Appeared standing behind tho teacher
ccar ana initiating Aer motlons as she ate
thai there was no anncaronce of f;,od tha ill., ti~.
,,rp alone wos reneu,od All tho minis nr,,
Tho soryants zvo;t;ro m tho t,hio w;snsosad I
this N'' ~ ~
IL was only occasionally, however, that tho
'uole appeared to initiate tho motions Of the
real person. Sometimes, when the latter rose
from chair, the figure would appear seated
on it. On ore occasion, Madcmoiselle Sagce
being confined to bed with an attack Of iDtlu-
euza, the young lady already mentioned, Mad
eno!sefle de Wrangc1, was sitting by her bed.
side reading tu her. Suddenly the eovcruess
bec:lino stiff and pale; and seeming as if about
to faint, the young lady, alarmed, asked if size
was worse. She replied that she was not, but
in 4 very feeble and lapgu;d voice. 4 few
seconds afterward Mademoiselle do Wransel
happening 10 look round, saw, quite distinctly,
the figure Of the goycrness walking up and
down tho apartment, This time, the young
lady had sufficient selEcontrol to remain quiet
aud even to make no remark to tho patient.
Soon aftcrward she came down stairs looking
very pale, and related what SHE lad witnessed
But tho most remarkable example Of thi:
seeming independent action Of the Two figure:
happened in this wise.
Que day all the young ladies Of the instit1
t;on, to the number Of f1rty-tvo, were assem-
bled in the saae room, engaged in cmbroid
crr. 1t was a spacious hall On tho first tlofu
windows. or rather piass doors f:,r the,