, 1874-03-07

spiritual eascnco waH dispatched to diatant lattls
tho llorr, by tito ahmo power, permitted other
spirits to ontor hs body and 1ao its 1nomlors for
II was allegod made tile youths lifo inbupport-
ablo, for. on awakng from thoae strange and, ill.,
voluntary frances, ho would at timeB find OH his
perHon cnta aud br1liapa lo waa all unconscious
Of an Iooe.yng sometimes ,;a bis p't1se would 30
money and tottors to and from individuals Of
whosc cxiatotico ho know nothing.t !, i
AL till. was dome by ono, whose power: to
eoa neitor 5opG ner defy ana now ho hs
obey tho bohoHts'of thoao spiritual iftruders.
he might be led Into aomo horrible prodioament
tho comn1ittal OF \. 4,..u
: - %. DREADFUL CRIME. "
Another might even como In h'a p1aco and
Ono ovoning az tl,oy ant on tho. grassy RAM
part that overlooked the great canal, tho girl
Btrovo to rouse or sootho him by singing with
great awoatnoss ono Of Jan Van Doer's Fomish
aongs; but tho music OF her voice and tho
On 'Hendrik's oar in vain.' Whom Hho panse1,
T. =" tlreatnt Of you last night, darling Lonora,"
said tho young man, loohlnE.at her with inox-
pressiblo tondorness "but such dreams aro 40
tantalizng, oven moro 30 tllnn tho droama ono'
-; = All your lilo Hooms ono hazy dream now,
uonirik,' sad Lonora somewhat potulantty. 4
: y u Forgive me, dearest, Jou know not what ydu
talk Of. Ny mind, grant YOU, is chaos, full
Of strange terrors, porplexlty, aud coufusion :;
and timos there are when / four for my reason,"
ho addod wildly, passing hand over Ills foro-
head, and looking aside.
'"" Dear Hendrix do not speak thus, imploro
you." l..
= must-in vhom can conado, Il not In
you? And yet daro not
:. After panso ho anoko again., but With his
oyos flIea, not on herr but on tile still, deop
water Of tho shining cannl. - =.
"rhta much I will toll you, Lonora. Yoator-
Of hio TO-. tic house of M advocate,
Pera Daas near tic Boguiuage, house
IN which I had never boon: bofore,
and waa shown into a room to wait. On look
ing round, to my nstonishmonk, every article in
it-aud tho room !taolf-.tho coiling, tho Htovc,
the wialowBss and tho paintings ESPECIALLY ono
by Hans nomling-woro a1l familiar to mo, and
seemed to recognize evory object shoro. I was
mover here before, thought /; mud yet must
window bolind this picture which opens to tho
and 1ol tllero was tho little window i,l question
Haw through 1t the garden with all ita oherry-
trees md two or tl,roo bcgninos fitting about.
msttST ns pt'Tng that tho soul is independent Of
lit must have beon n tlrohm."
UT WAB NO DREAM"
replied Hendrix glooMily.
~, .Dut It, how do you account for tho strange
"Aly t1iHombodied spirit must lavo boon there,
sent on some accursod orrHud by my unclo l'ss
"Dus you would die, Houtlrik.""..
Not II another tenant were at hand" rop1iod
Hontril, gnashing his tooth - =
Thon the girl wopt to hear him, Is sAo natural
" doomed 1t, raying thug.
Such things cannot bo," said she, sobbing.
My uncle says thoy may; and tho theory ls
aso1d as tho days Of pythagoraa."
tt,ia know, that tho Herr Van Gansondonck is
strange and bal man. Pardon me, doAr Hen
drik; but ho never ontors a church door, nor has
lo boon to mass OF confession for years. Lenvo
him, and DEngea too, ratt,or than become the
victim OF such dreadful deluBions."
"I'o do either is to
LEAVE AND TO LOSE you!
nm 1fH leir and wo havo but to wait lis pleas
ure-or, it NAV be, lia dohtli, to DO 40 Happy" !"
replied. Hendrix sadly; and then they totapeod
into silohco. With Lonora it was silence in-
tlpcod by sorrow. and alarm, while hor lover
aeemod to lot his thoughts slip away into droanl-
land.
The sultry summon -oroning broozo r71atlotl tho
leaves noar them; the llonoy y-hees bnzzod aud
that grew on tho old rampant; and far away
could DO heard tho ccaseloss olirping Of tho
criokets. -
Lcnoraa hcad rested on Hondrik's shoulder,
aud he was loat IN thought, though mechanically
toying with her lair, Which shown like ripples Of
gold in tho light Of tho setting sun.
Ho was aware that Lonora Ind begun to spoak
to him again; her voice soomod to mingle with
tho drowsy hum OF tho .bouB and tho evaning
ohimeB or carillons in tho distant spiroH; but ho
heard her as it ho hoard hor not; till sud-
denly q -.
THRILL SEEMED TO PASS OVER H13t,
aa Hocrat hnl iuIuitiyo gonao or knowledge that
his torribo relation required Ills immediate pro-
sence made him start from tho grassy bank,
snatch hasty kiss, and hurry away by tho arch
sorrowfnl, and uttorly hewildercd by tho abrupt
ness Of his departure. ~.
"Oh, how changed !,e ,sl' thought aha, As she
proceeded slowly in tho other direction towards
her homo on the Quai Espagnol.
On two or; threo occasions tho unhappy Hen-
drik had what ho conceived to be un-
doubted proof Of his body having boon, in tho
Intervals Of ,ne8naorc frances, tennnteA by
another spirit than his own; and this strange
md wild conviction causod such intense horror
md }onthing OF his uncle that tho. expressions
to which lilo gavo uttoranco to more than ono Of
his frionds-uoro than NIL to Lonora-wore ro-
calscd. most fatally for himself, at future
time.
/, One;aay, Ii, the Rne: des Ausnattnos. no was
aooosted by Brother Eusobils, a Capuchin.
"Friend Hcndrii,"', said ho, severely aud
grayely, twas 1t beeouasng Ii, you
TO ne noYaTEn1Na -
as YOU were yesterday at tho low eataminot In
tho unrket-place and With such companiouE--
follows in blousos and sabots ?'''
p" Impossible, Brother Euscbius; was not
thoro," faltered Hendrik, as the usual fear
ii, myself, aaw you. And, moreover, you
looked at me-"
When-at what hour7"
"si1 in tho evening"
Hondrik felt himaef grow pale. Ho rou.ern-
berad that Ut that identical. time ho was under
tho hands Of his undo. He groaned III sore and
dire porploxity, and hsH tongue cloyo to tho roof
Of his mouth, while tho uapnahin continued to
address him in tones Of robuko and earnest ro-
''Hayo double -ganger, .or am L becoming
crazod ?" urgol Hondrik. "Dolievo me. Brother
Eusobius,
." I WAS NOT TuEnG1'
he added piteously and earnestly.
" At the hour of 67" persisted tho unbeliov-
ing Capuohin.
N swear to you that at tho hour Of 6 I was,
and had been for some t!no. In one Of those un-
accountable trancos i'll which my nnelo has tho
powor to cast me---one Of those hours
Of bodily torpor TINT, have como upon
NO." he added, whilo tho porapiration
poured in bead.drops from hl4 pallid brow. I
awoke about 3. ! Heard tho chimes ringing III
the Church OF St. Gilos, aud near mo sat my