Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-10-15
FFrom then. Y. Sunday Mercury
STRANGE REVELATIONS.
By A. MEDIcUs.

the third of last month. This an.
may not be Of much
interest 10 the reader; but II is nee.
essRry that should make 1t, so as
to insure whatever respect he may
be inclined 10 accord to good,
round age, as well as to satisfy him
that If be a fool am not young
one. am a medical man OF some
standing, and am regarded by some
who are not intimately acquainted
with me, as n person of fair attain.
ments outside my profession, Nay,
more, il can bring myself to say
il, am looked upon by no incon-
siderable number as an able scien-
tist and sound logician. My bo-
som friends, however, have recent
ly begun to view Inc with an eye Of
suspicion. With them all my edu-
cation, experience, good digestion,
and sober habits go for nothing
and all because | call n spade "a
spade" aud refuse to wear my great
grandmother's spcctacles. | may
write a paper on the Office Of the
spleen or the ciiary muscle; but,
after all, | have "sOit spot" in my
head, and it is a great pity that a
man of my Otherwise excellent
understanding" should be so un-
philosophic as to attribute TO super
natural agency phenomena capa-
bic OF being explained on perfectly
natural principles"
Now this, is exactly what | want
the reader to sit 10 judgment on. l
want him to take up a case that l
am going to lay before him, and see,
after a calm and dispassionate in-
vestigation Of all the circumstances
connected with it, whether this
"sOft spot" can properly be substan-
tiated against me. There are a doz-
en- medical practitioners in this city
who know something of this mat
ter, and one who is thoroughly con-
versant with all its features-in
fact, who plays the principle part
in it-and yet, rather than bend to
its stern logic-to the inexorable
necessities of its sequences, they fly
off into impossible arguments and
absurd propositions.
| was born in New York, and
have resided on--avenue for
many years. A short period since,
or rather on the evening of my last
birthday, was enjoying myself at
my own residence, in the midst Of
my family and a few friends, when
a sharp tug at my Ofice-bell remin-
ded me, as usual, that a medical man
had not q single hour at his dispO-
sal even in his own castle. The clock
struck ten as IarOse from the table
and decended to the hall, where q
domestic informed me that he had
Just admitted a lady to my study.
On entering the apartment l found
a stranger, dressed in deep mourn
ing and seated ut my table, examin-
ing with APPARENTLY great interest n
skull which had come into my pos
session that day only. On perceiv-
ing me she arose, aud, with a grace
full obeisance, begged to know II
she was addressing DIR -. l
bowed, and, motioning TO her to re-
sumo her chair, sat down TO await
whatever other observation she
was about to make.
"Doctor," she began, after mo-
ments pause, "have you ever In the
course of your studies or practice
found any certain remedy for mind
i'll at ease? l have for the last
twelve months been suffering Sc
verely from malady for which /
can find no name, but which, at
times, seems to consume or para
lyzc all my being. Indeed, while
| now speak to you, feel sensa-
ton as though the laws Of gravity
had no power over me, and rs If |
could walk on air, so to speak, |
know that DR.. J-dinGs with you
to-day" she continued, "and beg
that you will not mention this visit
10 him, as have, during the space
named, been consulting him occa-
sionally, but without advantage"
of course expressed my readi-
ness 10 accede TO her wish in this
connection, and at once arrived at
the conclusion that her intellect
was suffering. | nevertheless be-
gan to make some inquiries into the
general state Of her health but
here she cut me short, by obser-
wing:
Nothing whatever of that sort ;
my disease is mental, and this fact
YOU must keep steadily in view, If
you would be OF any benefit to me.
But" she resumed as II a new idea
struck her, 81 am keeping you from
your friends, and as shall make Il
point of calling on you at future
period, and perhaps more reason
.ble hour l shall beg to bid you
yood-evening, and leave you to
my case in the interim"
Upon this she took her leave, and
at what l considered an un-
ieemly pace through the outer Of
ice, opened the door, aud before /
lad recovered my surprise was lost
II the dimness of the crowded
treet.
During our conversation | had
.mple opportunity to familiarize
ny self with her form and features.
They were lovely beyond express
ion. Her face, although pale and
with a melancholy that
ouched me to the quick, was a mira
lie of beauty. Such pearly teeth
had seldom seen, while tho PEN
i've glory of her large, purple eyes,
vas actually OverpOweriDg. Her
Iair was as dark as midnight, and
Ter hands and throat fair and ex-
Iuisitely faultless. She appeared
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