The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-16

who received ID from the lips of DIR. d.
Wette himself, who was his intimate person
al friend
DIR. De wette, the famous German biblical
critic, returning home one evening between
nine and ten O'Clock, was surprised, upon
arriving opposite the house in which be resi-
ded, to see q bright light burning in his
study. In fact, he remembered TO have Elk.
/ tinguished the candles when be went 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 moment TO
wonder by what means and for what purpose
any one had entered the room, he perceived
the shadow OF person apparently occupied
about something in q remote corner. Sup.
posing it TO be a burglar employed in rifing
| his trunk, he was upon the point OF alarming
| the police, when the man advanced to the
window into full view, as ii for the purpose
/ OF looking Gus into the street. * pas he
| Ustfe htmself!--the scholar, author, pro
| fessor-his hight, size, figure, etoop-his
| head, his face. his features, eyes, mouth,
nose, chin, every one-skull-cap, study. gown,
neck tie, all, everything; there was no mis-
taking him, 10 deception whatever. There
stood DIR. DE Weste i'm his own library, and
be out in the street-why be must be some
/ BODY else The doctor instinetivsly grasped
/ his BODY with bis hands, and tried himself
with the sociological tests OF self conscious
| meas and identity, doubtful, il be could be-
| lieve his senses and black were not white,
that he longer existed bis former self, and
stood perplexed, bewildered, and eonfound.
/ ed, gazing at his other likeness looking out
| of Tbs window. Upon the PERSONS retiring
| from the window, which occurred IN few
! moments, De Weite resolved not to dispute
the possession OF his study with the other
doctor before morning, and ringing at the
| door Of house opposite, where an acquaint.
ance resided, be asked permission TO remsin
over night
The chamber occupied by him commanded
! a full view Of the interior OF bis library, and
from the window be could see his other self
engs ged i'm study and meditation, now walk
ing up and down the room, immersed in
thought, now sitting down at the desk 10
write, now raising 10 search for . volume
among the book shelves and initiating In all
respects the peculiar habits OF the great doc.
tor engaged at work, and busy With cogita
tions At length, when the cathedral clock
I had finished striking first four and th en- elev-
en- strokes, as German clocks are wont TO do
an hour before twelve, De Wette number tw 0
manifested signs OF retiring to rest, took
out his watch, the Identical large gold one
the other doctor in the other chamber felt
sure wac at that moment safe in bis waist
coat pocket, and wound il up, removed por-
ton of his clothing, came 10 the window,
closed the curtains, and In few moments
the light disappeared. De Wetse number
one, waiting little while, ,sat! convinced
that number two had~disposed himself to
/ u Nan had
very much shat all this could mean.
Rising the next morning, be crossed the
street, and passed up stairs to bis library
The door was fastened he applied the key,
opened it, and entered. No one was there ;
everything appeared in precisely the same
condition in which he had left il the evening
before,--h,s pen lying on the paper as be
dropped il on going out, the candles on the
table and the mantelpieoe, evidently not hsS-
ing been lighted, the window ourtalas dsiswn
aside as be bad left them in fine, thsre was
not q single trace OF any PERSONS having been
in the room. Had he been insane the night
beFose lie must have been. lie was grow
ing Old something was the matter with hi,
eyes or brain, anyhow; be bad been deceived
and il was verv foolish OF him 10 have re
manned away all night. Endeavoring to sat
: isfy his mind with some such reflections n,
y these, he remembered be had not yet exam
e ined his bed room. Almost ashamed TO makt
the search, now convinced it was all hgllu
cination of the senses, be crossed the marrow
passage-way and opened the door. lie wa
7 thunderstruck. The ceiling, lofty, massiv
D brick arch, had fallen during the night, fill
. ing the room with rubbish and crushing hi
bed into atoms. DE Wette, the Appartion
had saved tho life OF the great German
I scholar.
= Tboluck, who was walking with me in CD
. fields near Halle, when relating the aneodott
!, added upon concluding, III do not pretend Z
account for the phenomenon no knosledgt
: scientific or metaphysical, IN nv possess OF
b is adequate to explain il; but have no NOR
q doubt 1t actually, positively, liter ally did OF
cur, than | have of the existence of the su
sa Himmel da.n