The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-07

''"'', "hocNcf "aS INC composer,
ANA whatever might havo boon his
emotions when he composed that
mc!ody, tho expression you give
IT proves that yon received it from
somo one in distress. The first
strain represents nn effort to ar
rest attention. The very first
noto Of the second part is an np.
poal for help, anal the supp!ica.
ton is continued, by refrain dos.
ccndlng through several bars, un-
TIL at the end tho.tonc leaps up
expressive OF thanks. The story
connected with it mast be IL mel.
ancholy one. | tell you Fred
eric, it Ernest will relate it to us,
1t will certainly prove sad his.
tory. Yes, those sounds arc an
appeal, which is recorded in Urav-
ell, and will ring il fearful cvi-
dcnce against observation-disclosures, if
tor nothing else, because it was
made IN the language Of mu-
Sic-a language, which no Ba.
bel has ever shallcrcd-which
has only to be uttered by the
Hrathcn TO he understood by tho
Christian. ! must hear this story,
Ernest, or cannot sleep to.
night"
Ernest pnt away the guitar from
him, and drawing his chair near
or to his friend, looked ut him
with astonishmcnt.
"llcrmnn'-said he, "tell me is
it so--is il really SO !--do you pos
scss power Of penetration which
does not belong TO mortals? ? ask
because | have read, or drcamp ut or
theorizcd, that, in certain advanc.
cd conditi )ns uf disease, this NOR
tai blends with immortality, and
the mind, half freed from matter,
becomes inibucd with divinntion.
You have, several times, this
night givon expressions TO ideas,
which filled me with awe, and
what You have just said, is really
the commencement Of the story |
would tell you 1t is so! Her
man--do you know what I have
to rclatc-do you know aught Of
the Music Girl of the Ruc dc la
l[arpc ?"
"Aha! Ernest r'--interruptcd
Frederic. rs he tossed up the
stump Of his cigar, and kicked it,
while descending, with his foot,
there Is SIrl IN the case Is there?
lou rascal, out with the facts,-I
am alt attention."
But the young physician needed
him not. lie continued his gaze,
and urged his inquiry upon Her.
man, with Il supcrslitious intent
Hess, that called forth the dcrision
of Frederic.
81 do not know how to answer
your question ErncsL" L"-said Her.
man Il cannot say whether there
Is really II separation OF my mind
from my body ; or whether it is
only goudcd to an effort at scpura
ton, hy mortal suffering. But this
l do know am conscious Of u
mental elevation, which I did not
possess in my days ofhcaith. This
has enabled me (and, no doubt, il
is II gift from II mcrciful Creator
to all in my extreme situation,
for this very pnrposc) to secure
that resignation, which is but II
compact Of amity between the in
valid and death. \ calm submis
sion to tho inevitable, is n suro in.
Gication OF the change which on.
in your theory, consider an at
lalnment Of divinulion while the
desperation, to which rcmorsc
clings, is the mark Of u mental de.
basement, that does not even cx-
citc pity. Ah gentlemen, when |
contrast my situation with yours,
and think how many, who arc
now radiant in health, will bo in
their graves, while | am set loitcr-
about mine, it is this Same intel,
lcctual cXaltation, resulting, you
may say, from prolonged bodily
suffering, that enables tho con.
suml'tivc to acknowledge the pro.
pricty Of the prayer, which bcgs
for preservation from sudden
DEATH"
The soicmnity with which these
last words were pronounced, i'm
posed silence upon tho friends.
Herman, at length, repeated his
request, for ~ history Of tho mclo.
dy that Interested him so much
and Ernest began ~ follows:
my story is II short and simple
ono You remember, | told you
tonight that whiIo. residing in
tar", lodged in tho Ruo de ia.
ll"rpe. Ycs-Ruc dc In ITarpc,
NO lol, IN q strip OF rooms that
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