The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-06-16
"A CHANG OF SOULS.
what Came ofTt.2 2

CT upon tulS point, lOt ~ II IS not dCInl
ted that such is the case, the aciscuu
> atanee which am about to relate coul
not possibly have happened -1siC
We were n1t yet engaged to- each 9th
er; for although hadafuily mad 1rp m
mind to marry her, and felt sure sb
would accept me, was not quite read
to ak her yet [ had not got thing
qIite into shape Besides, / wanted t
pace my acceptance beyond the possibil
, ity Of failure. for,-to person of my pc
cuIiar tenrerament, disappointment w5nI
have been nothing short Of jmadness
Carrie was a Very. Attractive girl, and 70,
may be sure size did not lack admirers
Lots Of young chaps were constantly send
ling her invitations TO go to concerts ant
Lectures. and 10 take drives, fello VS., too
who were better off in the world than
vas, but they we've very rarely successful
for L kept myself we'll posted 10. regard
] TO everything that was going on, and
always managed it so that Carrie would
have previous engagement with me-
when their notes ncame to hand. Like g
truly devoted lover waslat her house
every day, and oltendme, when nobody
else called, she and 1 would sit in front Of
/ tie gra;e- fire in the parler, during,the long
winter evenings, cOnyersing for hours in
the contest manner possible. These
were the sweetest days Of my life, and
look back upon them now. through the
mist of the dead years. with unalioy Cd
| pleasure. The position l have described
Is the very best one possibieto make love,
and L advise all of you youngsters. who
want to do it, to arrange matters as did,
have always been a firm believer 10
the power of the will | am not well
enough read to know whose doctrine /
hold; as far as / am concerned it is my
own, for l have never heard of it, nor
seen it anywhere. ! hold that she Will of
a strong man is always omnipotent It
would be in every case, if men only knew
how sto control it, but it generally re
quires Tesolute effort thstVery few men
are capable Of. lido not pretend to ex-
plain the principle of my doctrine, but L
am confident Of its practice, forI can so
exert my will that | can force myself up
on the mind of other persons no matter
how far distant l may be from them
They think of me unconsciousIy, and do
not know that they are under the con troll
of my mind, but it is nevertheless so, and
| have proved it often to incr, dulous per-,
sons and can do so again. | speak OF
this, to explain to a certain extent tbeex
traordinary phenomenon which l am 90
ing to relate. am a mesmerist, too,
naturally, though net at all superstitous,
for believe mesmerism is merely the
exercise Of the willof one person upon
another. Well it happened that as Car
RE and l sat one night In front of that
pleasant CRATE fire, talking tosether upon
various subjects. l feltsin my soul that l
could control her thoughts if l choose.
l said nothing about it, Of course, and
went on talking quietly, when all at once
it flashed upon my mind that il would
not be impossible to put Carries soul in.
20 my body, and mine into hers. was
stupeied at the thought at first, but grad.
ually became used 10 it, and limited it
TO her. She was a little frightened al my,
tarnes tness, and then affected TO treat il
as a isst.- Thinking to gain my end bet.
ter, teated it loosely, also, and atIength
| laughingiy proposed that we should try
ii. Little dreaming of the consequences,
she consented. l arose 4rom my chair,
caused her to fix her eyes. steadrasuy up
OF mine, and then mesmerzed her with
a lew passes of my bands. Every one
who has ever seen a meemerized person
knows that all of her mental faculties
were now completely upder my control.
Then by fierce and terrible exertion of
my will, l forced my miad upon hers, and
summoned her mind out Of her body. 1t
would be utterly useless to attempt an ex-
PLANTATION of the exact manner in which
this was accomplished. l will explain it
when any one win tell me what the spirit
is; | cannot do it until then, / dealt
with mighty power that was only par
daily under my control, and no sooner
had I summoned her spirit from lis abode,
than found myself, in her fygre, rest
ing in that cushioned arm. chair BY the
fire, while l saw nag bodily form standing.
in front of me, with a species of terror
aud amazement depicted on its eounte-
nance. was Somewhat bewildered nv
self at this novel state of affairs. and Car
RE no doubt. would have cried, if she bad
been in her own body, but lhs physical
frame which she Snowy occupied had got
out of the way of shedding tears, so she
merely remarked in a frightened tone.
"Oh, Joel what on earth shall we
do ?s''@1 $50 t' 81 1LA.L
DO" said l, regainihg my c6Hpos
ure, why let things remain Just as they
are for while to see how we Ike it, l
can change back again whenever l want
to, and move we make the exchange for
a few-days, until the novelty Of thefthing
wears of" Carrie that was, acquiesced
and seated my form in its old position,
and We talked ever the strangeness of the
transformation, aud its probabls 7conse-
kqdeHees. ~ LS1GAzfL ,LsAI u az
l., Lsgot along pretty well 10 her splendid
efgure. but still, T. now and then did an
awkward thing. l tried to run my iug-
ers through my hair. aud was tsarprised
fol The moment to fed itz7smosthr and
lglossy, aud fixed tight to my head. / in.
unlarilysopght totwiFlmy Enoustache
but /; wasn't there. Carrie, too. behaved
rather strangely She sat with her hand,
in lherrlap,in avratheg pEim soptgof man.
ner, and was nothih g like as forward as
/, was, when 1 oecppied that foi m of mine
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