The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-02-25

SVH"so"sss " E's"~s'" O'
CHAPTER IX-coSrSUED.
An that you have explained TO me- said.
IL understand perfectly. But own am pur-
,lei on one point which you have not made
clear 20 me yet
what Is the pointf'
Il don't understand the effect Of the lsuds-
nan On me. don't understand my walking
down stairs, and along corridors, and my open
lag and shutting the drawers Of . cabinet, and
my roing back again 10 my own rom.
All these are active proceeiings. thought
the influence Of opium Vas hrst to stupefy you,
and then 30 send you 10 sleep
The common error about opium, Mr.. Blake
I am, at this moment eKerting my intelligence
(sueh Is Il is) In yosr service, under the infiu-
epce of dose OF lsudsnum, some ten times
larger than the dose Mr.. Candy administered 10
wa. But don't trust TO my authority-eyeu
on question which comes within my own per-
~,mal experience. | anticipated the objection
You have Just made !; and have again Proyid-
ed myself with independent testimony. which
viii carry lis due weight with IL ], your own
mind, and in the minds Of yosr friends
He handed me the second o. two books
which be had by him on the table.
There he said, 'are the hr-famed Comics
sions Of an English Opium EAter!' Take the
bul away uith you. and read IL AT the pas
..re which have marked you will End that
when De Quincy hal committed what he calls
"a deoauch Of opium he either went 10 the
gallery at the Opera 10 enjoy the music, or he
wandered about the London markets on S,tur-
,lay night, and interested himself in observing
ali the little shiits and bsrgainings Of the poor
in providing their Sunday dinners So much
for the capacity Of . man 10 occupy himself
actively, and 30 move about from place 70
place snder the influence Of opium
Il Am answered 50 fsr.' I said but I am
not answered yet IS 10 the effect produced ty
the opium on myself -.
IL win try TO answer you In few words, said
Ezra Jennings. The action Of opium Is CON-
prisci, In majority Of cases, in two influences,
!. stimulating influence hrst, and sclative in
iuenee sfterward. Under the stimulating in
aucsee, the latest and most vivid impressions
teft on your mind-nsmely, the impressions ~
lating 10 the Diamond-wouh be likely, in your
morbtlly sensitive nervous condition, 10 10
come intensified In your brain, and would sub
ordinate 10 themselves yonr Judgement and your
will-eIAetly a. an ordinary dream suoord.-
mates 10 itself your Judgment and your will
Little By little. under this scton, any appre-
hensons about the safety Of the Diamond which
YOU might have felt during the day, would be
liable 10 develop themselves from the state o.
dosht 10 the state Of crrtainty-would impe
you iuss practical setion to preserve the jewel
uosla direct yosr steps, with that motive N
view. into the room which you entercd-and
would guide your hand u the drawers OF thu
cabinet, until you had found the drawer which
held the stone. In the spiritualiIed intoxIca-
ton Of opium, you would do all that. Later
n the scistive action began TO gain >on thu
,timuisnt action, yoa would slowly become In
ert and stape6ed. Later still, you would fsi
into Q deep sleep. When morning came, AM
the effect Of the opium had been all slept Oh
yos uouh wake as absolutely ignorant OF What
YOU hsd done in the night as II you had beer
living at the Antipodes. Have made It toler'
ably clear 10 you, 80 firN
-You have made il 80 clear 1 said, that
want you to 20 no farther. You have shown
me how | entered the room, and how | came to
take the Diamond. But Mss yerinder saw me
leave the room again, with the jewel In my
hand. Can you trace my prooeciings from that
inomentt Can you guess what did next
That Is the very point was coming to- he
rejoinel. 1T is question with me whether
the experiment which propose As . means oi
male means Of recovering the lost damon
ss we'll when you len Mss verinder's sitting.
rcom, with the jewel In your hand, you went
back in all probability to your own room-'
YES, and what then =
1T II possible, Mr.. Blake-I dare not SAY
more-that your idea Of preserving the Dia-
suond led. by . natural consequence, to the
IDEA of hiding the Diamond, snd that the place
In which you hid II was somewhere IN your be'i-
RON, In thai event, the case Of the Irish pr
ter may be your cAse. You my remember,
under the influence Of the second dose of opium
the place in which you hd the Diamond undel
the influence Of the 6rst.'
twas my turn, nov, to enlighten Ezra Jen
niug.. stoped him before he could say an!
more. 80,
You are speeui,tins.' said. 'on rcsul
which can not possibly take place. The D,s
moai is, at this moment. In London
lie startei. and looked at me In great surpris'
'In London p he repeAiel. 'How dill IL gv
TO London from Lady Yeriuder's housef
Nobody knoxs'
you removed il with your own hand FROM
Miss yerinder's rocm. How Was Il taken ou
Of your keeping!'
i have no ijea how Ii vas taken out Of my
keeping
ibid you see ii. when you woke in the morn.
ingi'
mo-
HAS Miss verinder recovered possession O
it!'
mo-
Mr.. Blake there seems 10 be something
here which wants clearing mp. May ask hos
yos know that the Diamond Is, at this moment
In Londoni'
Ih.i put precisely the same question to Mr.
Bruff. when made my 6rst inquiries about tn
Moonstone. on my return 10 England. In an
s~ering Ezra Jennings. accordingly repeaie'
what hal myself heard from the lawyers owr
lips-snd what Is already familiar 10 the Rad
ers Of these columns
Tie shovel plainly ths, he was not sstishet
with my reply.
with all difference TO YOU he said. 'an.
with eli deisreace 10 your legal adviser. I main.
tain the OPINION which eIpres-si just no~. L
rests. 4 am auarr, on assumption, Pardon m,
for reminding you that your opinion also rest
on.a mere assumption ~ we'll
The view he took of the matter Was entirely
neu ,o me. uAitsi snIiously To hear how h
soald defend IL
.Tssume,' pursued Ezra Jennings 'ths
the influence Of the opium-afer impelling yo'
topo~scss yourself Of the Diamond. with tn
purpose Of securing its sAfsty-might also I'm
pei you. acting under the same influence and
the same motive. 70 hide Il somewhere In youI
own room. Yos assume that the lIindoo co.,
spirsiors could by no possibility commit mis-
take. The Indians went 10 Mr.. Luker's houss
after the Diamond and, therefore. in Mr.. .Lu-