Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-28
Correspondence of the New York Times


The hero is a student fond of buoks of mag
ic. His young and pretty wife failing to woe
him from their dangerous study, waves the
smoke OF opium under his nose snatches the
book and herself reads magic He mounts
tower, Ia chair on table, summons the tu-
ture into his presence and gets terrible scare
for his pains. She conjureS up all sorts and
shapes OF monsters that finally knock her off
her little feet. Then they repent, are lovely
and retire behind Il screen TO their beautiful
home. But the ticnds they have evoked will
not so down again; beautiful vampire APP.
pears, but before she is sole claimant for the
blood OF her victim she has sore trials to pass
through a clown thumps her with baubIes
punches her with spears, and at last himself
cOllapscs under her well aimed blows. Then
merry giant, ten feet high, gives her chase
She thinks she settles his hash at last by
jumping up and striking the soes OF her feet
fiat ia the pit OF his stomach. The merry
giant is literally doubled up with the blow, but
continues to run about on two feet, Jolly as
ever, but now with two other feet dangling
and kicking aoft while his face grins and
ogles her from the centre of his body.
Mistress at last o the field, vampire takes
up her position before the students door. and
with syren song would entice him out. The
wife comes first Of course, and with one blow
is knocked dead on the ground. Out comes
the widowed student next; vampire eXats her
charms, and in five minutes is an accepted
bride. They retire to the cottage, when
mercy she is sucking the blood of her quiz
ering, screaming victim. Full fifteen min
utes this pretty pantUmine goes on. She
snatcheS out his heart, chcws and swallows it
greedily down returning TO the charge,
she rips out his-the very organs with which
we yeam over erring man. She washes
them down with cup of tea, and
staggers surfeited Oft. Now risk every.
thing, ye stringed instruments here is pref
ty kettle Of troubles for a comedy Sister
comes in, grieves over the dead wife, and she
comes to- A grimmed and dusty pilgrim APP
proaches, with staff and bag, and in a very
nonchdiam way, offers to cure her of all her
grief if she will take the only remedy poor
wayIarer can offer. Pilgrim pulls out Il tea
cup, brushes it half full of--aeas, we will pre-
sume-frum his beard and hair. She drinks it
down with shudder-but i'll faith, and now
comes the deliverer, Il generous medicine
man.
The doctor produces new heart from his
store, rubs it with life. giving powder, puts it
into the dead mans chest and bids the wife be
OF good cheer; produces a new yearning APP
paratus tucks them into the corpse, sews all
up snugly, and mounts the table. He beck
ons, and the dead man walks forth, very much
refreshed for his nap, and all the better for his
new heart. OF course he takes tea, and in
comes the vampire. The doctor watts one
pinch OF powder at her, and she uses her nails
like beggar in Rome; another and her
yearning is over forever; another, and all her
heart goes out Of her-singing, meanwhile,
such hgh-keyed, plaintive strains that with
the appropriate music in accompaniment, you
fancy yourself back in Connecticut listening TO
regiment OF school boys marching past, each
with pumpkin.vine trumpet. And so, virtue
being rewarded, and vice paid off, and med
ding with magic rebuked, the orchestra re-
light their pipes, and actually suspend profess
sional demonstrations tor fifteen minutes, al
the end OF which the historical drama begins