Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-07-18
VOLUME 20, NO. 35.


Of bed mechanically. and received IL at the
door.
Good heaven ! IL was Eiward's handwrit.
ing-bors. too. q postmark only five days
old. IL must have been pos,ed after his
death by some one who had taken possession
Of his papers tore II op'n. More -.
,oni.hed ,ull. it bore date the same day on
which !, wa. posted. A passage in which
Cle,cland's name appeared. at once attract.
ed my eye. II ran as follows:
"My unlueky oomPagron d, royogs has
left me. Was forced to let lin 60 for hs
quarrelIed with me, and would have struck
me, on PERCEPTIONS path. with sheer des.
cent Of hundred feet on ons eide. aud an
equally steep asccn. on the other, where ono
ial-o step would have cost one or both OF us
our lives. lie had been moody and restless
all the morning, and, finally. as ss reached
the mos. dangerous part Of the road. stop.
ped. refused to 90 any farther, and declared
tba, he mus, Immediately return TO England.
wa. surprised. and when ! noticed the eI.
preston Of his eyes, u little alarmed. | tried.
ho werer. 10 laugh him on: Of his sudden
fancy, but had no success; no grew angry.
and, when I persisted. struck n, me with bis
alpcn.,oek. warded the blow and he in.
.,anily turned, and ran down the hill, as II
the furies pursued him. waited iill no
wa. out o! sight, AMI then re,raced my steps
hoping TO find him at tho hotel But ho
bad been top rapid IN his movements. had
paid hi. bill, and va. gone, an hour before
| arrived, nor could | follow him, Tor no
vehicle or hor.e va. left in the place. IL
he get. safe back TO England, my dear fel.
low, pray look after him fur-ior though
you mus, keep i, TO yourself, or only hint
to DR.. vane-I am firmly convinced thas
Cleveland u, or soon will be- ISsASEr'
Insane here was III, solution Of the ter
rible mystery. Edward Wa. saie and we'll (;
and the whole story Of tho murder was tho
creation Of diseased brain. Of which oil
who heard !, b.d been the dupes. aud Of
which the deludcd author was the wretched
victim. The vision Of the oiarroyaaic. co.
incidips a. i. did with tie story previously
written out by the -elf.imasinet murderer.
was mere reflection Of his telasion, which
ha,tened hi. end before Elward's return
could d,pcl the horrible fancy. The event
gave such shock to Arnold. ,ha, he never
returned to practice the art again.
'' And has /, no, bad the same effect on
you?" inquired. IL should have thought
IL would have caussl you 20 shrink from all
such mysteries aud mummeries for the ia.
turc'
+" Far from IT." returned Clay, seriously.
" I, seemed IN throw n certain light on
difficult and ob.,rusc part ofphysical science;
for need hardly .ly tha, regard the pho-
nomena OF me.meri.m and oidirroydHoc s
purely physical, however abnormal and
intend 10 follow out the clue. at least ill
have learned whether or no all these phe.
nomena may he traced % one causc-which
We know TO be operative in mcsmeri'm-,hs
influence Of one human mind upon another.
as me,aphy-icIans would ay; or, moro
properly speaking, Of the brain Of one hu-
man being on the nervous system OF another
ar,ifclally excited and peculiarly susccP,i.
bic. If IL be true, as suspect. that no
e'airroydnce ever la. told us or ever can tell
~ anything tha, has not already Pssset
through the mind Of some liyrg and present
mortal-,ha, they are all mere receptive
mirrors Of other minds-sueh evidence as |
shall collect will 90 far to establish tho
truth, and to set mems minds at rest about
the mystery; perhaps TO teach them that.
while on the stage Of life, We are 10 be In.
dulsed with no real elimp.e' behind tho
curtain. You have le, your pipe go out;
mine !. smoked TO an end good night"
Ibid no, sleep well that night. i confess.