Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-17
A WONDERFUL
J5RRATIFE Or OLD ALEXANDRIA,
OR THE
CHAPTER 5.


took position, by my guardians advice, in
the French Diplomatic corps a few months
there sufhced to rid me Of my boyiSh error,
that to win success, it needs only TO deserve it.
Ny abilities were acknowl dged-ln one in-
stance by the Emperor himSef-but | soon
tcund that no real advancement awaited me-
, had become a mere thinking machine for
others Pleasures too, however we'll handled,
c?ili not last forever and very soon | stood face
to face with the fact tnat | was failure.
vas just about to drop quietly into the Seine
and slip away from lite-it was such bore,-
when my India friend, DR.. Wroe, left his card
It my hotel We renewed our intimacy, aud [
found that he had learned from the Indian Bra
:,lins, an art similar to what is now called ami
rsl magnetism or meSrnerisnl, and that he was
most thorough master of it, One night, too,
&c we stroed through the Illuminated walks of
Ire city; whilst Paris without was wild with
icy for the victory of Borodino, and Paris
7ithin, wild with grief for the horrible harvest
CT death which won it, he told me the main In
oiGents OF his life. "
lie was, like myself English by birth had
oeen brought up with his sister in the family
CT John Agram, q ships mate, to whose care
lis dying mother had left them. His sister was
>dopSed by the wife of French officer attach
ed TO the West India service, whilst Wroe, af-
ter few voyages in Agrams ship to India, had
obtained situation at Calcutta In the service
Ct the East India Company. Agram's ship
toundered at sea, the year after Wroe took SER
rice ashore, and at the news, his wife left Lon
Con; thencetorward Wroe lost all traces of her
End of his sister, He promised to Initiate ME
into the Braminical art he had acquired, and in
:7hich he had more than once showed me his
power, by causing waiter, who came for our
glasses, to drop into chair in stupor; attract
ing to him pigeon which was flying past,
suG some like fea1s. He had great faith in the
aIt, and more than once expressed to me the
3elier that renovation of the whole physical
md moral world might be effected by it. He
aaG. without knowing it, the same ambition
:ound, from his instructions, that perfect calm
?ull exercise of the power; that the least per-
surbaton of spirit weakened it, and it was lost
entirely in the presence Of any emotion which
mastered the soul. Long before [ was intro
juced into the mysteries of the science, Napo-
leon fell the Allies entered Paris, and we fed;
my guardian, who had been prominent in the
civil administration under Napoleon, to Russia,
:;nd [ and Wroe, inc9gn:to, to Portugal Not
thet we had cause to fear the Allies, but Wroe
lad lett India too suddenly to make his accounts
correct, and did not wish to meet the accounting
officers of the East India Co., and would have
followed him to the world end for chance to OBJ
:aln ''the power of which I believed he was
matter. We took the first vessel leaving Lis
BON and sailed for the Isle Of Martinique We
.eached Martinique in due season, and soon
=7ere the lions of the Island Cordiality greet
&C. Us every where, and all the Indian cline can
oEer TO entice and delight, spread itself before
&C. Before time was given us to settle into
cuietneSs and resume our studies of the mag
let:c power" events happened which changed
.le whole Tenor Of our lives.
1T one OF the many social parties which greet
&C us on our arrival, chance led me from con-
ce2vatory where [ had been chatting with my
Sir hostess, to the drawing room. a clear,
1!eet, resonant voice was ringing amid the
symphonies of the harp, cne Of my tayorte
songs-a suggestive trlll-the words of which
:. had written myself, long years ago, to chime
in With an old melody caught one day from
the lips of an Egyptian, as wandered by the
c.lle the song was nothing, but the gushing
zousic told in deep rhythm, the march of con
oueror-such time as the pulses of the Mace
,7ere no worlds to conquer. Poor fool, there
'ery Hebe, that wiped away his tears. So
thoreht l, as entered the room, and the state
" music dashed in resonant waves against the
;7alls A glance at the musician and [ stood
SpcIl-bound Her eye was agow with the fire
q the strain, and in every graceful motion she
cesmed to triumph with the notes of victory
wbich rang from the strings. Juno! halt
;57hispered and stood entranced. The music
echo was yet upon the walls, when a jeweled
hand touched my shoulder. "Let me show you
he Princess $50 she laughing called the tair
ru3lcisn-andl was in the presence OF majesty!
Stately, yet graceful, her queeoly form rose
:roro the undu!atioa which acknowledged my
greeting. She seemed, indeed, the mould of
orn, the union Of elegance and grace before
<AdreGmcd OF. Her eye, diamond when she
.!5feEed, flashed like sword when she spoke,
ING Greclan nose, perfectly feminine in the
1o't1es9 OF It's outline, relieved the masculine
SS::'ellaG Of the upper lip and made womanly
-: entire contour Of her face. Her hair lay
. is raven 6ri!liancy, as if it had been chiseled
s2or ner noble forehead. On such features
12Cse Tote sn air Of command, and emotion
Oc.-. statuliness 0..-.
IL an aieoFe, ali hour after, my blood was leap
-a9:n my veins and making eloquent nv tongue,
CO : 1&t tnat Blanche Fordenhame hung upon
m, M, ,:Eo:ds.
one snail De :aine, murmured to the
H'i!nS :H'S i2;oon, as from the western horizon it
-,ietsi;i2G ny pillow; but sleep touched my lips
''lsn hac hnGer a1G they were silent.
.1oi 8ee!;s Blanche filed my soul. Looking
'ac- through the months that have passed
- tSs5 n &eeS5-aiace ! a7owed my passion in
:ns Ssh' o. ne only eyes that did not catch fire
;iyH a1en -; cords, can see that did not love
|s'' me LUST Of triumph took so completely
ca;nSi av s1fe oI true passion that even I was de-
=, ..,!EeH, nth ali my wordly wisdom. But before
Ut celicste instinct Of her womanly heart, some
3e.c' ;a-c isss wanting shat bid her doubt. All my
;.,y ;Hoqrence was answered calmly with the
HDlS WorG. wv AIT ~ T saized hor b.n1 ond