, 1879-07-18
ANGEL Or DEMON2
A Child Of Air Tint Could I3o Hoard nnd
Felt, hut Nat Seen.

A Child Of Air Tint Could I,o Heard and
Felt, hut Nat Seen.
10 The Editor Of The 1fort.i Afr. Julius SAKE |
-tlc real name OF the gentleman who first OBJ |
served these strange thIngs atn noL at liberty |
to give, but that name will be as good 40 npy-
Is m orttEt having studio III oMc of tho large
at,,tlio buildings in this city. On the evcnin. of
tho 10th of January last he was lying OH
lounge III bls studio reading when suddenly he
beard rustsins behind an ease which stoud In
a'cosner OF the roo,u, and presently tie pic.Mre
tlnlt WAS On II fcl 10 the floor. Mr. SAKE was
surprised, and went to the corner 10 sce what
WIS the matter, but nothing VAS vsidle there
beyond what be lad expected. lie replaced the
Picture antl returned to bis reading, when again
lie wns disturbed, at,d thought that he heard
footsteps in the satne corner Of the room as of
soma one shufIlt,Is along the carpctcd floor, md
presently there wns q sound a. II heavy body
had stumbled agunst the tall Dutch clock
which stood there against tho wall. BIZ th!a
time, although he Is by no means supcrstitsous,
he was thoroughly Interested and excited,
! md as nothing unusual WIS to be
found iu tho room, wlile the strange
noises continued. he stepped out aud into the
| reighbort1,g studio and asked wellknown ina
1nc pnintcr-tllu occupant OF the roou-to
como Into the studio, as most understandable
| things wcro occurring there Alr, S. readily &C.
cotnpauIcl Mr. SAKE, but nothing out Of the
| ordinary occurred. aud after conyeraing for no
hour or two Mr. 8. returned to his room und
Nr; SAKE wen. 70 ;.,, Ie9. H. Is 'lshs sleeper, PC
sound as II somebody were tossing in sleep upou
| Turkish rug which 1ay before but at some dis
tance from Ills crate iire. The, tte Was bright
but ne could see not'iias. anu stl,, sne nome
st.ppcd across to tho Fireplace, but In attempt
ln., 10 cross the ru. hr stumbled against some.
thing nnu 1eil, Sst not!Et; eoa'u ~ sen Tnlsn
he distinctly leit oodS neasath ,ha, m wnen
moyett. lie was no" thoroughly frightened.
nn1 ran hastily t1 III rs studio, at ne uoor o.
nsns s s,s. s to s room seaa Tic
stuuio was well enoaeh .Entca 70 enanse .nc.m
to ece cvcfysh'ng "'.nm ~ ei, una theae ea,,
was no tr4vs 81 nnrcIar Mr,,,t nasi ,hg: ecsn
eept ths two uritsts seemed TO DC IN the
room. Then nolse was neata hitter lne peo.
md IN moving th!s slf' 80 loot stSacK aeainst
In the place wl,ero tls body should b ha9e M been,
and to his anlaze1ncnt anu certainty to ny horror
for alt thlnIs c,nstlercd, 1Mc atuaIioil mas
iriEhtt,il enongh-he ssi1co VIA wnat sesmeo 10 &c
crgr II wah, strore 10 tear ltsel lfhh h'e ef1sp,
nnd low .'oaillnK so.lud was pearl Ar. .; IS
nmsn Of strong nrrye aud did not reiinqnfsh
Its held upon tle ankle. aud PEosentiy Al5 snxe
;" visible, set plainly possessed OF weight, VA,
t!5aGe1 from ~, under & Tue peo, moaS'og anu nt
si s 81 s sa ms Il - o. 'eSsas yes "as su. G'
: struggled Violently, nnd .sot nat i,s srns Wers
riniunca to It. slrs t'td Il cease in ita endeayors
: /" cscape. tue surface ol III body waa Of velvet
softnrss anil had the room been dark nc
: gentlemen would undoubtedly have believed
il .has they were ensaeed With 'itlle naked @ child
but s!uec tlAs room was bright with light they
Q ts,u strange faris, for they ,.segcd te
q lavc mustered child o! solid air. ~
!. they struggled With It tue walls and floor could
u plainly he seen between their hands, whish u
sSenn ,rs.s sn,sns a'nIll nl l sh Il suei
- II is 10 he called was PLACED upon The bed. boil
c gentlemen Keeping their halMs upon 1t. II
" orca,htd ntd dubbed, but thnscstoftt' Was rer
o body, Mir. SAKE fouad at the shoulders tws
organs liku WINGS, which could easily be moved
= nln onc Of which seemed to laye been broken
% pisy wns now mingled wiI Wonasr @ 70 'hs hsa.t ~
Of the two tnen who held thIs child OF mir WILD
y In their pQurr, and tAey tried to s0otfc II Us
|, 1t lnd been II hatnau tnfaut. but 1t lay sitnpl
Il still md palp!tatinE under ths!r hands Ihe.
r + upon pillar, where the imprint of ia form
~ ~. could be seen and Its limbs coud be ie!t pse
~ ~. csely a. inothvr wssclipg III thsdhrk bes!d
=. -. her bows bed would fee! 'hen. The two me-
:, was agreed lhat the iucts Should be kept who'll
- quiet, at least until IL should Lave been decide
what was the hest co,,tse ~ pursue IN 10 strabg
a matter. The child Ind apparently sep
~ 6ouudly Alter It's struGEcs. hnA IN vi
:, morning Il stirred, nnd, giving Anun
~ a. u Joy rose, In tho bed and a. Mr. saxe to
h. light h0ld Of !ss hand II ATTEMPTED to i5y nt
ward, but In a second fell back NTH noar
-, wing. Ihetn,eu were who'y at Ions rs to "llu
.c 70 they should do Wlue ana water wtre place
At ut the ch!ds month, nut with !ta hands
',r to nan,it Dr. l.. 10 their confidence and susnmo
/. lin to th!a stranca bedside Ila wus brouEh
10 the room, without being told the e'rcu,f