Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-17
An 0rigimal Sturg.
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE SEVEN NSISTERSOF YORK.
CHAPTER. V.

bne llLtle party dSSeluUleu III 'tue paiioA PAo-
vious to setting out for the Curtises, on the
evening of the lecture. She is bent on COM
pleting poor Henry Curtis destruction. l
feel quite thrown into the shade by her mag
nifcence"
Dolly merely raised her eyebrows, and
turned herself slowly around before mirror
to contemplate the effect of her toilette.
II don't know what you call magni6cence,
Jennie" she presently remarked. II have
only my blue silk on
"And your Valenciennes set, and your coral
brooch and ear-rings-those corals you say
you only wear on special occasions. Oh !!
Dorothea, Dorothea, how can you practice
such wicked arts ?"
"Is my hair all right, Edna ?" calmly asked
Dolly.
1T looks very nice, my dear" said Edna,
in her matronly tone and then she turned to
give a final touch to Claribel's dress.
"White is the prettest, after all, - she re-
marked
"Do you think SOP" asked Dorothea, little
anxiously. Thought, as it was cool even
ing"
"And blue suits your complexion so WE'LL"
put in Jennie.
GAS to that, Charles complexion and mine
are exactly alike; but this silk is so light, it
doesn't look inappropriate, does it?"
"It looks lovely, Dolly" said Claribel and
Dolly, satisfied with this dictum, asked no
more questions, but went into the garden to
gather the finest red rose she could find,
wherewith to adorn her faxen braids; for, in
spite of Jennie's badinage, she was resolved to
appear to the very best advantage on this oc-
casion.
At length the light wagon, which was the
most suitable vehicle for the accommodation Of
so large party, drove up to the door, and all,
except Edmonia, who had decided to remain
at home, took their places in it, and were
driven off, Virgilia wondered, on the way,
whether she would again meet her acquain-
tance of the previous afternoon. AS he had
then been on his way to DIR. Curtis, she
thought it not unlikely that he might be
among the guests Of this evening.
When they reached their destination they
found quite number of guests already assem-
bled. DR.. Curtis two large parlors, which
opened with wide doors into each other, had
been emptied of their ordinary furniture, and
were occupied instead by school-benches placed
in rows. At the farthest end of one room was
clear space for the Professor. Here stood
small table with a pitcher of water and a
glass, and 8 couple of arm-chairs one for the
mesmerizer and the other for whoever chose
to place themselves in his hands, for the pur-
pose of demonstrating his skill to the audience.
"How formidable it looks" said Jennie,
who had seated herself next to Lucy Curtis,
the doctors youngest daughter. 81 suppose
the Professor is a solemn-looking individual
with melancholy eyes and cavernous face,
and long black beard, like those necroman-
GERS we see in pictures"
'Not at ALL" said Lucy. "He is pleasant,
mild.looking individual with a fair complex
ion and light-brown moustache, and no
beard at all and the only remarkable things
about him are his eyes, which seem to look
you through and through"
81 knew there must be something remark
able about him." responded Jennie.
"Hush here he comes now," whispered
Mary Carroll, who sat just back of them.
Lucy, will he be introduced to any body
first? ?"
"Ofcourse; there is papa going round with
him now
Virgilia, to her surprise, recognized in the
Professor the gentleman to whom she had
acted as guide. The recognition was mutual,
and he accosted her with a look of great pleas
ure, when the doctor presented them to each
other.
miss Vaughan, am delighted to meet
you again Now can more 6tly express my
gratitude for the service you rendered me
yesterday"
"Oh was it you, Miss Virgiia ~ said the
DOCTOR "My friend here informed me that
he was indebted to Miss Vaughan for rescuing
him from difficulty, but of course could not
tell me which Miss Vaughan it was
"What on earth is all that about?" asked
Jennie of her neighbor. "Virgilia never told
US she had met the Professor
"How animated Virgilia looks" said Lucy.
"She is much pretter than usual this evening""
Such was indeed the case. Virglia, though
her features were good, usually lacked color
ing and her habitual expression was too cold
and serious to be attractive but now she had
a brilliant color. Her dark eyes sparkled with
vivacity, and she laughed and chatted gaiy,
first for a few moments with the professor,
and afterward with some friends who were sit
ting near her, while DR.. Curtis conducted his
distinguished guest round among the rest of
the company.
Presently eight o'clock struck; and with
out any preamble the professor at once moved
to the place assigned to him, and commenced
his lecture. He spoke in calm, measured
voice, and with great dstinctness, often repeat
ing such of his sentences as he thought might
not be sufficiently explicit, or not clearly un-
derstood by his hearers. He spoke of the
Sights which were cast upon mesmerism, and
the general incredulity with which the world
regarded that which it could not explain or
comprehend, and condemned the folly of dis
believing simply because fact was beyond
the actual grasp of the understanding. In
that case, he said, what became of the mystic
ries of religion? Did not the Bible contain
mncb that was incomprehepsible vet was not