Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-16

hand, and that was rather drawback
Ooe visit led TO another, the liking still
increasing, until he preached the subject
of biology, with a wish, fervently felt,
that this might be the woman he sought.
She was fully acquainted with it, and, in
answer to bis question if she was suscept-
ible to- its influence, she replied that she
didn't know, but was willing TO have the
matter tested.
What position for Martin Seated by
her side on the sofa, with her hand in his
her rich dark eyes resting upon his with
look equal to that which the Widow
'Wadman poured into those of the unsus-
pecting Toby in the stiffness of a summer
evening. But silence held him secure
and his nerves were calm as the simmer
day of that evening. By and by the
besutiful lids dropped, the head bent
gently forward, aud the widow, with &
sweet smile upon her lips, lay fast asleep
Martin could have shouted, Eureka" in
his delight at the discovery. Now biz
o ulsa quickeund and he stopped to kis,
he lips that lay uuresisting before him
but he didn't. By the exercise of his
power he awakened her, and she wa
much surprised at being caught mapping
aiud blushed at the strangeness of it; and
blushed more when Martin told her how
he bad been tempted ; and laughed lit
j when she slapped his cheek with her
fingers as he took pay from the widows
lips for his self-denial, and went home
half crazy with Joy at his new found
treasure, more like q boy of nineteen
than matured man of forty.
Every night found him visitor at the
| widows, and every night the success o.
the science was proved, until by a mere
look or wave of the hand the beautiful
widow became a subject of his will, and
he became ct the same time a subject Of
| hers. She was such a splendid creature
too. You would not find in long jour
ney another fairer. or more intelligent OF
more virtuous. The question might be
| asked which magnetism was the most
pleasant or most powerful, his or hers
But he thought only of his own, not
| deeming that he ives in a spell more pow.
erful, that was irrevocably binding him
| What could an old bachelor know of such
| thing?
This state of things grew to a crisis, al
| last, and Martin formally proposed to the
widow that the two should be made one
| nv the trAnsmutation of the church. Tt
this she assented. and it was announced
aeon after to the establishment of all that
Martin Speed had m married. the Widow
| Good. The punster of the village made
| \ notable pun about Good-Speed, at which
the people laughed very much and the
editor of one of the papers who was q
very funny man put it in print.
It happened, shortly after the marriage
that they had lannon's party, and some
of the guests bautered Martin about bis
marriage, upon which he told them of the
manner it came about. They were a lit
tie increduloua. and be volunteered to
give them s0me specimens Of his remsrka-
bic pow T over his wife.
She was in another room attending TO
some female friends, when he called her
TO him. She came obediently, aud he
asked her to sit dow. which she did. He
took her hand and looked into her eyes,
to put her to siaeP. Her eyes were wide
open, and lorking spirit of miaebiet
looked out of them broadly into hi-. H.
waved his hands before them. but they
rempiued persis'eutly open. He bent the
force of his will to their subjugation, but
il was of no Use.
MT. ope60s SilA SUE tau&bAhE
don't believe the magnetism of the bus
hand ia equal to that of the lover; or,
perhaps science and mahinony are at
war"
She said this in manner to awaken
strong suspicion 10 his mind that she had
humhnpged him, and had never been put
to sleep at all. Ujs friends, as friends
will when they fancy poor fellow has
gor into hotble, laughed at him, and
Told the story all round the village. For
months Re was an OH ct Of sport TO every
body. People would make passes over
each other rs he passed, and women would
shut their eyes and look knowing. But,
whether hia power had gone or not, hers
remained; and he cared not a fig foE
'hejr tnuating for he was happy in the
heautifnl spell If affection which che
threw over him, that bound him IS chain
of fl ,wtr4.
Tlasptsen2t 10 close her eyes was never
repeated. Tor ne was too glad to see them
opan tx Wf3f t61' lose sight of them. Life
With Speed sped we'll. He never regret
ted the x pe3I-nt he adopted to get his
wife, though h never could make ont
x,ctly whether she hambuggfd him or
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