, 1873-01-19

murderer ut the instant ho struck the 1st.} ,,,o.
How this may ho, cannot toll but tbena ~" ~
mental retina, my friend capable Of reprodnc;a'
and retaining anF scene OF exceptional hor1n,uu
sue, where this power becomes morbid or 49,
gerated, AZ unfortunately il tho case with me !;
leads-lt must lead-to na6uess = 4es q
I think that understand vou.' yaa M.
swer; sbnt surely, Hamet yours is, after ~ ~ !.
nero ocular Illusion, however visil, and I'll
judicious treatment "''a
"'No, no, no. he broke in violently. s',;. :.
tinitely worso than any illuaion at all ho,ss -.
waking or asleep, I have that con1iaerat;on ~
fore mo, cnd the forms nnd faces staodine ~, y
Yea, continued he. with =, s+;as; re-;
ehriek, and pointing to tho farthest part of ~
room, there, there it II nov!' and tha ,eas ~
haunted wretch, burning his face in his h.nja
fell backward on his seat, shudler;ng T;oIanti.
from head to foot.
~ could not cure: could not sven SCOTIA
and, consequently, after = fortnighs'a ps;n5n}
residence at tho Abbo:, I sozTowfplly Ieft ~.
unfortunate Harrington to hia fate. A' ZIG
"Gradnally his disease, rs learned froro IT.
physlcian, assumed now and complex nJ,.eas
The last Of these baftled the skill Of the Frbes:
college OF London surgeons, and, indeed, a,nona
tue score OF foreign scientists Who came mar IS
England on purpose to examine the csaa s't ~ ~
themselves, there was not solitary doc.0r VIZ ~.
failed to retire, in the end, perplcxed and hons
less! n0p7-
"For tho patient, one morning, after sn9a,;n,
from an access Of unusual terror, had fajlan ;n,e
condition OF cataleptic trance, from uhici nc
efforts could rouse him Vita limbs cold ind
heavy, aud Wide-opened, staring eves. vhosa 80
expression OF horrer seemed frozen into the Ktor.
lmmutabiity OF marble, he lay upon h;s III
week after week, month nftcr mouth. an5 w.
aftor year, with no sign Of lie but fa;1t
warmth about the heart, the g1nallest qnantf~ -
81, t.
teeth once only in the course OF forty-e;eht
louEsi "s
ut was impossible to feed him ofsene.. IN,
excepting ut noon, every other day, his for,.
wero 30 firmly locked, and his teeth so ius1or.
ably set together, that nothing short OF "a.
structiye violence could hayo wrepcaed them
apart:
a. When Harrington mad actually remained T.,
his abnormal and amazing condition for N,
Rod OF Elk years, an object OF curiosity to Il.
nblest physiologists Of the age Ill Of whom
confessed that his disease, it NOT wholly uuosT.
al1eled. vas still beyond their individual o, col~
lectiye skill, the end cau1o une1pectedly. and IN
way powerfully contrasted with the nnnsnlaI a j
ghastly calm OF the spectacle and circumstance,
which had preceded it.
''One windy, tezopestuous night in December
whea the nurses, as nfterwaTd appeared, had
abandoned their charge to hold 'highjinks' ii
the kitchen; when tho butler aud other men per.
took fire, and, before eEectnal aid could ayziye.
was burnt to the ground.
In the confusion and terror no attempt VIA
made to savo the stricken master, who tay. AZ
Usual, IN one OF tho uppermost chambers.
But two OF tho maid-serrants, who hsd fed
to the lawn outside, reported land subsequens17
made oath) to the effect that, whilo the hsnsa
wcro at their height, 4 figure they recognized u
Harrington's appeared ut the great ilIn1ninateJ
window Of the middle hall, wildly gesticulaia9
with arms and hands, but uttering not the fsint-
est cry.,;.
'Whethsr the women we're deceived: n
whether the intense heat OF tho fire acted in
some mysterious manner upon the body Of tho
dead-alive.' who shall now determine? for an
We positively ascertained was, TINT the nobls
mansion cntombed somewhere under its rui;s
Tue ashes Of the master who had 80 long liugar-
ID in that mystorions twilight between Ito ind
49,
Sand now, mon nmi," concluded the Old
gentleman, with an un1nistakablo sigh OF relief,
your curiosity has been gratified; you know
he history OF the man yonder likeness repro.
Tents but how procured tho likeness liz
needless to toll. All that concerns you ut pres-
mt is to smoke your valedictory cigar and to
ay good night"
Good night, indeed !" I grumblcd ungra:e-
ully, as my excellent host turned from mo to
etire "good night! Who the devil, I'd Ike
o know, could expect to sleep in pcsce after
uch q raw-head- and bloody bones story "a
hat old Laurence has RECALLED one with this
vening Coun1ound the portrait It won't
wen allow mo to smoke in comfort /"
Nhereupon I mounted chair, and witha
[uick, vicious twist, turned the picture to tie
H. Uuyne in Appte!on's Journal