Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-07-06
HOW CARRIE AND CHANGED.
AND WHAT CAME OF 1T.

Carrie and were in love with each
other. 81.
There must be no doubt whatever
upon this point, for fit was not admit
ted that such was the case, the crcum-
stances which | am about to relate
could not possibly have happened.
We were not yet engaged to each
other; for although | had fully made
up my mind to marry her, and felt sure
she would accept me, | WAS not quite
ready to ask her yet. | had not got
things quite into shape. Besides, |
wanted to place my acceptance beyond
son OF my peculiar temperament, dis
appointment would have been nothing
short of madness. Carrie was very
attractive girl, and you may he sure
she did not lack admirers. Lots OF
young chaps were constantly sending
her invitations to go to concerts and
lectures and take drives fellows, too,
who were better OF in the world than
| was, but they wee very rarely sue
ccss.ul for | kept myself we'll posted
in regard to everything that was go.
ing on, and | always managed to see
that Carrie would have previous en-
gagcmCnt with me when their little
notes came to hand. Like a truly de-
voted lover, | was at her house regu-
larly every day, and, oftentimcs, when
nobody else called, she and would sit
! IN frun* of the CRATE fire in the parlor,
during the long winter evenings, con-
versing for hours in the coZicst man
ner possible. These were the happicst
days of my !iGv, IiiJ look back upon
them now, through the mist of the
dead years, with unalloycd pleasure.
The position / have described is the
very best one possible to make love, and
/ advise all OF you youngsters, who
did.
have always been a firm believer
in the power Of the Will. | am not
well enough read to know whose doc
trine ] hold; as far as am concerned
it Is my own, for | have never heard of
it, nor seen it anywhere. hold that
the Will of Il strong-mindcd man is al
most omnipotcnt. Itwould be in every
case, il men only new how to control
it, but it generally requires rcsolute
effort that very few men are capable
Of. don't pretend TO explain the prin-
ciple of my doctrine, but | an conf
dent OF its practice, for ! can so exert
my VIII that | can force myself upon
the mind Of other persons no matter
They think OF me unconsciously, and
do not know that they are under the
control Of my mind, but ii is neverthe-
less so, and | have proved it often to
incredul0us persons and can do SO
again. l speak of this TO explain to q
certain extent the extraordinary phe-
nomenon which / am going to relate.
/ am mesmoTist, too, naturally, though
not at all supcrs,it!ous, for | believe
mesmerism to be merely the exercise
Of the VIII OF one person upon another.
Wen, it happened that as Carrie
and | sat one night III front of that
pleasant Crate fire, talking together
upon varions s3Li,acls, / felt in my
soul thai 1 could control her thoughts
If chose. l said nothing about it, of
course, and went on quietly, when all
at once it flashed upon my mind that
it would not be impossible to put Car
rie's soul into my body, and mine into
hers. / was stupefied at the thought
at first, but gradually i became used
little frightened Mt my earnestness,
and then affected to treat it as jest.
Thinking to gain my end better, / treat
ed 1T loosely, also, and ut last laugh
ingly proposed that we should try it.
Little dreaming Of the consequences,
she consented 7 arose from nav chair
caused her TO fix her ewes stnadfnstlv
800, ~ anI ibnn T a,oo,,sarisaI hcsr
Will q few nasscs Of NV hsnds Evarv
one who has seen n mesmeriscd person
knows TINT all Of her mental facultins
we're now comnletelv under nv controJ,
Then nv fiarce and terrible excrtion
of NV will | forced INV mind unon
hers and s,mmnned her mind ont of
her BODY. II would he utterly useless
to atten,nt an exnlanntioi, Of the nxact
manner In which this was aceon,nlish-
ed, + will explaiu IL when any one