The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-09-05

something in aremote corner. Suppcs-
ing it to be a burg lar employed in ria.
ing his trunk, he was upon the poist Il
alarming the police, when the ,mas al.
vanced to the window, into full view, "a
II for the purpose Of looking out fnsn
the street. 1t seas De Hsne Ainss,fr
the scholar, author. profeasor.---lss
head, his face. his features, eyes. month
nose. chin. every one, skullcap, ssudr-
gown, neck-tie, all, everything: hers
was no mistaking him. no decept;a.
whatever: there stood d.. De We,,s iaI
his own library, and he out in tho asrees::
why, nc must pc somsooay else. The
Doctor instinctiyelv grasped his bods
with bis hands, and tried himself With
the psychological tests Of self- conscious
ness and identity, doubtful. If he sould
believe his senses and black were nes
white. that he longer existed his former
self, and stood, perplexed. bewildered.
and COMPOUNDED, gazing at hi. other like
ness looking ont Of the window. Upon
the persons retiring from the window,
which occurred in few moments, De
Wette resolved not TO dispute the pos.
session of his study with the other Dvv-
for before morning, and ringing at the
door Of house, opposite, where an &C.
quainsance resided. he asked spre,nissien
to remain over night.
The chamber occupied by him son.'
manded q full view Of The interior Of HE
library, and from the window he could
see his other self engaged in study and
meditation, now walking up and dowa'
the room, immersed in thought, now sic.
ting down at the desk to write, now ria.
ing to search fora volume among tho
book-shelyes, and initiating in all respects
the peculiar habits Of tho grcst Doeso,
engaged at work and busy with eogisa-
tons. At length, when the cathedral
clocks bad finished striking through frst'
four and then eleven strokes, as Gernaa
clocks are wont to do an hour before
twelve, De Wette Number Two mani.
Tested signs Of retiring to rest, took ous
his wstch, the identical large COLA one the
other Doctor in the other chambss lsl,
sure was at that moment safe Ia bic
waistcoat-pocket and wound it up, re.
moved portion Of bis clothing, came to
the window, closed the curtains, and In
a few moments the light disappeared. De
Wette Number One, waiting lice
time until convinced that Number Two
had disposed hiluselfto sleep, retired also
his-self to bed. wandering very s.ssh'
what all this cold mean. o~~tm
Rising the noxt morning, he, crossed
the street, and passed upstairs 10 Lila d.
brary. The door was fastened he ap.
piled the key, opened it, and entered
No one was there; everything appeared
in precisely the same condition in which
he bad left it the evening hefoFs.~~Aia
pen lying upon the paper es be bad drop.
ped it On going ont, the candles on the
table and the manteI-piece eyiasnuy nor
having been lighted, the window-curtains
drawn aside as he had left them; in ane,'
there was not single trace of any per-
sons having been in tho room. Had
be been insane the night beforef He
must have been. He was growing old l.
something was the matter Of his eyes az
brain; anyhow he had been deceived and
it was very foolish of him to have remains
ed away all night. Endeayoring TO satiss
fy his mind with some such reflections
as these, he remembered no had not yet
examined his bedroom Almost asham-
ed to make The search, pow ,conyireed IL
was all an hallucination Of the senses, be
crossed the narrow passage way, and
opened the door. .Hc was t.lunlerstruck. :.
The ceiling, lofty massive brick areh..
hac f;silen during the night, filing the
room With rabbish and crushing his bed
into atoms. De Watte the Apparision,'
had saved the lifs Of the great Germant
schalar. gT8.saaao sFsgTaA5k
Tholaek, who was walking with me in
the folds near Halle whea relating the
anccdote, added, upon concluding, IL do
not pretend to account for the phcnomer-
M; no knowledge, scientific or metaphy--
steal, in my possession, is adequate to ex-
plain it; but | have no more doub: il
actually, positively. literally did occur,
than have of the existsape as shs suR
i'm Himnael d."