The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-06
KITTY'S DIAMONDS.
4 Tale OF Mystery.

KITTY'S DIAMONDS.
4 Tale Of Mystery.
In these sober, matter-of-fact days.
when everything is reduced to law, ex-
planned and accounted for; when, daily,
new and astonishing discoveries and
inventions are announced. and hourly
the impossible becomes the possible,
the inconceivable conceivable; when
space seems nearly annihilated; when
personal converse with friends miles
away is easy, and to hear the voices of
the dead no longer an impossibility-it
is almost refreshing to meet with an
incident which battles the scientific man
to account for, and which common So
Der sense is at q loss to explain.
I am q searcher into the dark and
difficult questions of psychology and
physics; also. into the phenomenon,
real or apparent, of (so-called) Spiritu-
aiism. Mark, do not say am a be-
lever or an unbeliever; but I am an
inquirer, open to conviction one way or
the other. without basis to either side.
Are ghosts myths or solemn realities?
Can the dead revisit this earth and hold
converse with those they have left be-
hind? reply TO these questions, 81
know not l have sought to know. but
as yet have sought in vain"
1 have heard strange stories from
friends, whose evidence on other SUBJ
Jects should receive without hesita-
ton. l have visited celebrated medi-
ums, attended the seances of medium.
istic friends, seen strange sights, heard
nnvo folk AZ -
strange hands and strange faces, while
lurid lights have floated In the air about
me; and yetCyet-was it all real, or
was the victim of q delusion or de-
luderf I could not say.
lessly between doubt and belief, I was
when, few days before Christmas,
received an invitation to visit some
friends in the north of England, whom
l had not seen for several years, but
with whom at one time had been very
intimate, and with whom, as Q boy,
many of my holidays had been passed;
and while with them there befell me
an adventure, so strange, and, If I NAV
SO speak, SO beyond the bounds of re-
corded sPiritualistic experiences, so odd
and utterly inexplicable. that, being nv
one personal experience of the nsarret-
ons, shall never get over the impress
sion it made upon me. How can It be
explained. I am aware of no known
theory even that could adequately ac-
count for it
1 accepted my friends ivitation. and
left London one autumn day for North
umberland; and, after an unusually
dull journey through pouring rain and
chilling winds, arrived at Landerston
Hall at about seven in the evening.
Il was q fine old place, thought. as
Idrove up to it, and beautifully situated,
surrounded as it was by q well-wooded
park, and standing not far from noble
river that wound through the estate.
My friends-a brother and two sisters
were happy to have such property
left them, and must revel in such a
lovely spot; and, as / jumped out of
the carriage they had sent to the sta
tion to meet me and entered fine old
hall, and passing through q library and
ante-room. Lit by stained glass windows
centuries old. and hung with old family
portraits, into q magnifcently-propor
TONED drawing-room, where my host
and his sisters were seated round the
hre, this impression was not lessened.
My old school-friend, Herbert Eve
lyme, greeted me warmly. and introduced
me to his sisters, the youngest of whom
remembered only as q child of ten or
eleven years old, and the eldest as a
girl OF fifteen. and / found both now
grown to womau's estate, tall and hand.
some, though in different styles.
Winning. graceful and lady-like, they
soon made me at home among them,
and then Herbert Evelyne led me to nv
room to prepare for dinner.
1t was a large, airy, spacious apart
ment, furnished in modern STYLE, with
cheerful chintz curtains and bed-t anp-
ings, and beflowered CARPET, and
ight-colored polished wooden furniture.
with white marble slabs, instead of in
the style Of centuries ago, as had ex-
Pected. A bright fire burned in the
CRATE, and the room looked thoroughly
comfortable. cheerful and homelike.
What q delightful roomr re-
marked to my host.
Ahl do you admire ita It's Kitty's
taste. The furniture is all of her own
choosing. She declared we must have
some OF the rooms modernized; that
some OF our friends would never con-
sent to sleep in the medieval apart
ments this old house contains, with
their grim oak bedsteads and tapestried
hangings, and that we must try to please
al. II, however," he added, Laughing,
you prefer oak tapestry and the like,
say the word. and you shall have q
room that will freeze your blood, con-
1ure up dark visions, murder sleep. and
carry you back to the fifteenth century
at least We have plenty of them here;
but l think they are pleasanter to stroll
through in the day than sleep in at
night. But as you like"
No. no, my dear fellowr' I cried.
al am content II modern furniture is
less romantic than ancient, it is GER
tainly moro cheerful and far more COM
Portable; and this room is perfection -
And looked ct the delicate chintz
and muslin curtains, the snowy bed, the
pretty Powered wallpaper and modern
nick-nacks and conveniences all about,
with well-pleased. contented eye.
Very well." said my host; I" then
Ill leave you to dress. Kitty will be
charmed to hear that you admire her
taste. By the way, do you think you
can ind your way back to the drawing
"Yea." ssi lT5
"An right. then. First turn to the
left-you know-second staircase. Din
ner win be ready In half an hour; but
don't hurry"