, 1866-12-30


y doEn thcse threats were fulfilled, The tbr
or derstorm which had been all day coming
SC -As 1t seemed TO us, against the wfnd-b1
Fc over The place where We lodged. with W
1e great violence.
er There are some prnctIcaI.minded perso
u u Hiih strong constitutions, who deny round
II that ti.eir fe1low-creatuses arc. Gr cnn h
lie Affected, in m!nd or body, by ntmosnscr
!; Influences. | am not disciple OF H.
school, Sin ply because cannot believe III
J. tnoee changes of weather which have (
u much eject upon animals, End even o. ina,
e anaa .mate objects, can fat1 TO have some ind
. intricate ~ the human hnme. think, thc,
mat It was In part owing to the dt.tnrhe
Q STATE Of the atmosphere that, on this parti,
l mar evening, felt nerrons aud depressed
tor mnSh 81. ny n.9e new friend Strange and parte
: TEL as ever did in my life. The thpnae
% nes SUI lingering among the mountains /
, the midst Of which our Inn WAS Ttac,d
sometimes 1t seemed nearer, and at othe
a,ta ma1ta as.hef od; but it never LEFT of alto
eether, except for few minutes at time
! Haa quite unable 10 shake OF a sqcce.sio,
Q, Painful lucas which pesalstenly besleees
, 1T Is hardly Decessary to add that
ca1nT.n,, Mon time to time Of my travelling,
l
was almost continually before me, He hat
peen Gull and depressed nll the evening. anr
Nnsh We parted tor the night there Vas
1ook IN hls eyes which could moi get out
There was a door between our r,o,n, .rl
INC partition dividing them was moi yer,
solla and ret had heard no sound since
parted from him which could indicate tbat
ne Has there at all, much less that be Val
fhIs sI|:n,a vas ID mood. sir, which made
foolish fancies-as that be was lTinr thets
oead, Or in fit, or what not-took nosse..
zion o1 nc TINT At last could bear it NO
toceer. vent to the door, aud, after listen.
anv snngd sy da'fen'1veiJ but qalte in rain, fof
mere WAS no ansver. Feeling that lonret
suspense would be unendurable. /. withnnt
more ceremony. turned the handle and went
vas great bare room, and 20 inner,
almost impossible when fhc i s,eIss ~
ming fiashed-to see into lts great dark cnt-
nefs- Asmall Eickety bedstcad stood acaInst
ohe Of The Talls. shrouded by yeIlow cur
,aains, rsssed through great Iron ria. in
inc ceillrg. There was, f0r s{l other furni.
ture, IN old chest of drawers which served
aiso as washing -stand, having d small h..
sin and ever and a single towci nrrrpyrd an
ne top of1t There were, moreover. two
nuelent ehai!s and dressing table. On this
!
With acafved frame. e. ANe'
must have seen all these thlars. he.
muse Iememoer them so well now but I
ao not Know how could have seen them.
n,r ,"r IL seems. seems to nc tna1 from the moment Of
sepsea aud of the faculties Of nv mind wax
held fast by the ghastlt figure which stond
-mouonlcse before the looking+gluss In lie
mic1lc Of the empty room. '1S
NOW terrible 1t Wnsl The wesk lIyht of
r n fFt@hk u
ssrsnge's face, lighting it from below. a md
thfowing tas now rcmcmbcr) bis shadow.
saSl and black, upon the wall behind hin,
ana upon The ceiling overhead. he was
teSahtne tSn satier forward with his hands upon
the glass which stood before hin viii o hoS'
f1bir tixity. The sEcat was on Iii whitr
iace; bis rigid ifatuscs aud his na1r Ina
shown IN that feeble light, were horriEfe'
ss mose "a saan Words can tell, to look At. liz
the noise had made In knockips sud % enterI 4.
ing The room vas uuobserved hy him. Not
even when called lin loudly by name iii
ne move or did his lace change
or,,s nat Fislon Of horror that was, In tho
efeat, dark, empty room. in a silence thas
Nas something more than negattyc-that
ehsstlS hEuie frozen into stone Hr solne m.
explained terrori And the silence and the
stiffness The very thunder had ceased now.
ny neart stood still With fear. Then moved
1uence l acted mechanically, l crapt with
sioE stcl,s nearer and nearer tho tabie. ard
nj last. half expecting to see some sDectrr
even more horrible than this Which / saw nj.
'ea;y, '5ea;dy, looked ovcs his shoulder into the
though only IN the ii ghtest manner. In that
one moment, the spell which had held him
who knows how long ?-cuchafncd raomad
broken, and be lived In this world araine
ne turned round upon me, as sundenly ns a
Tiger make. Its spring, and scized me BY tue
II hare told you, that. even before on.
tescd 10y friends room, had felt, ali that
nEht, depressed and nervous The nereSs,-
y for action at this time was. IoHeyer A.
obvious, and this mans agony made ali that
~, ma 1eit appear 20 trf!rg, that much Of my
TINT na.st be strong
,,, tAe face before me almost unnamed me.
The eyes which looked into nluc Tcra 20
sc1fed With terror, the lips-If may say 80
mtoohea a.ad 3s so sl'eechlcss. The wrctched man
ing mo BY the arm, slowly, yery sloTiv
turned his head. had gently tried TO moye
hin nway from the lookluE-cIass. hui hc
= you'd not Str, and now he was looking into
,sn = as hxedly as ever: T could bear tits no
=, drew him gradually away, and sot him
TO one q the chairs at the foot Of tie htal>
Come1 said ,-af1er the long sIlepcp nv
VOICE. even to myself sounded stranre nnS |
noilow+->comel You arc orer-tired. add Won |
to be in bed: Suppose yoa iie doDu' uo' III
M try my, medical skin in mixing yon
VIC held my hand, and looked eare,ly
spesiSe III Il last xe1y an esdS; nT neM s he said
at nc III that wistlnl way It seemed se a. If
there were something that be wanted 10 do
Or say, but had not sufficient RESOLUTION.
~ lenelh ne got up from the chair to which |
! t,l LAD icd bin, and becloning me to follow
tabtc, and stood again before the Clnss. q
Sioient sludder passed through bis frame a.
nc looked into II, but nppafcatly f,rcin.-
himself to 60 through with what be had now
begun, ne remained where lie wa., and With
out looking aTay, moved to me With his
piled. '4AA"' eolo'
":Look In there!' lie said, In an almost
tnandible tone. He was supported. as be.
fore, BY Ills hands resting on tl.e table. una
could outy bow With lis head towards the
siass' s'sas 70 intimate what be meant. 'Loos In
~ did as lie asked me.
hat DO Sou SEE y he asked next.
See: repeated, trying to sncak an
{ ~ could, and describing the re.
Te..oh ~ VI ms own lace IS nearly as I could. |
! see a very, very pale face with sunken |
What = he cried, with an alarm in h;s
Voicc which could not understand.
With sunken cheeks went on .snd
ETo hollow eyes with large pupils
saw the reflection OF my frfend's facc
:hangc, and felt his hand clutch nv arm even
nore tightly than be had done before,
Topped abruptly and looked round at him
de d!d not turn bis head towards me. hnt
~ gazing into the looking. glass, seemed 10
abor for utterancc,
"1Wbat J. he staumcred at 1,st .no !
Ion = see lt-toop ,
See what = asked, quickly. {
That face = he cried. In ACCENTS of to,.
or. That facc-whfch Is not 1uinr-Anh I
'alch-l SEE INSTEAD or MlHK-al1aysl'
Was struck speeehless By the words.
n mcmeut this mystery was explained 8
mt what an explanation! Worse. a hnnz
red times worse, than ANYTHING / had In, !
eined. What! Had this man lost The I
'ower Of seeing his own image as it wns ~ 2
scsed there before him: and, In It's place. :
,as there the image OF another? Had be u
hanged reaecdons with some other mani
he frigltfuloess Of the thought struck me-
peechlcss for time; then saw how faIse !
Impression nj silence was conveying. v
20, no, no! cried, as soon as could ;
peaI-ta hundred times, no! see you. or a
oursc. and only you. Ii was your ace Iat. :,
.mpted to describe, and no other n
Ae seemed not to hesr ME. WHY. look a
here" be said, In low, indiatInct voice, =
oin1irE to his own image in the glass
'Shosc lace do you sec therc.'
why. yours, Of COURSE Aud then. affer y
moment, added, Whose do you see y
lie answered, like one In trance, .Ha- r
o1y his-always his 7 He stool still a mo- +
ent. anu then, with loud, terrific scream,