The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-08

| by the many strange things which had occurred to him that day, passed his hand over his forehead aud cast his eyes dowu. ward, he chanced to catch the reflection of his own face in a pool which the rain had left upon the road. To his utter as. tonishment he perceived that his face was that of youth, that his dress va, that of q fashionable young student, and that in every way he was the antithess of the grave and scholarly figure in which his mind was woRt to dwell. In an in. stant his active brain ran over the series of events which had occurred and sprapp to the conclusion. He fairly reeled under the blow.
 Himmel!" he cried. "I see it all. Our souls are in the wrong bodies. am you and you are l. My theory is proved-but at what an expense Is the most scholarly mind in Europe to go about with this frivolous eaterior2 Oh, the labors of lifetime are ruined 1" and he smote his breast in his despair.
 say," remarked the real Von Hart. mann from the body of the professor, "l quite see the force of your remarks, but don't go knocking my body about like that. You received it in excellent condi. tion. but perceive that you have wet it and bruised it, and spilled snuff over my ruffled shirt-front."
 "It matters little, ,"the other said mood. fly. "Such as ~e are so must we stay. My theory is triumphantly proved, but the cost is terrible"
 eff thought so," said the spirit of the student, it would be hard indeed. What could do with these stiff old limbs, and how could WOO Elise and persuade her that l was not her fatherl No, thank heaven, in spite of the beer which has upset me more than it could upset my real self, can see a way out of it."
 Howl" gasped the professor.
 "Why, by repeating the experiment. Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies" No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Won Baum garten's spirit at this suggestion. In fe- verish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and man. aged to bring himself into the same con- dition.
 Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy professor of physiology and his favorite student, both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insenslble Before the hour was up quite crowd had assembled, and they were discussing the advisability 0f sending 1ar sr ambulance 70 convey the pair to a hospital, when the learned savanf opened his eyes and gazed vacantly around him. For an in- stant he seemed to forget how he had come there, but the next moment he as- tonished his audience by waving his skinny arms above his head and crying out in voice of rapture, "Gott sci ge- danketl am myself again. feel am l" nor was the amazement lessened when the student, springing to his feet, burst into the same cry, and the two performed sort of pas ds jois in the middle of the road.
 For some time after that people had some suspicion of the sanity of both actors in this strange episode. When the professor published his experiences in the MedteGlschriff as he had promised, he was met by the intimation, even from his colleagues, that he would do we'll to have his mind cared for, and that another such publication would certainly consign him to madhouse. The student also found by experience that it was wisest to be silent about the matter.
 When the worthy lecturer returned home that night, he did not receive the cordial welcome which he might have looked for after his strange adventures. On the contrary, he was roundly up- braided by both his female relatives for smelling of drink and tobacco, and also for being absent while a young scape- grace invaded the house and insulted its occupants. It was long before the do- mestic atmosphere of the lecturers house resumed its normal quiet, and longer still before the genial face off Von H art mann was seen beneath its roof. Perse- verence, however, conquers every obsta- cle, and the student eventually succeeded in pacifying the enraged ladies and in establishing himself upon the old footing. He has now no longer any cause to fear the enmity of madame, for he is Haupt- mann von Hartmann of the emperor's own uhlans, and his loving wife Elise has already presented him with two little uhlans as visible sign and token of her affection.-BeLgravia.