Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-20

gi.uo snl!e - he protfOrs his arm.
lhey walk on. Hs is bending over
Julla n eonversing in low, passion
ate one Hs is telling her that he
loves her. She listens to him as in a
dream. He presses his suit more We
hemently. They have left or lost her
father and mother in the crowd. They
are now alone in a little Moorish kiosk.
He bends down and kisses her, and
though she shudders she does not move
away. Merciful heavens!'' and with a
start Herald Ashley awoke.
The professor eyed him calmly.
Are you satisfied" he said.
Great beads of perspiration were
standing on Ashley's brow He looked
the picture Of agony and apprehension.
"You have been there in spirit" said
the Professor. "You know and appre-
ciate the position your life is in. Would
you regain her? Would you save her to
yourself? Do you dare to appear beside
her IN bodily form, and bring her back
with you here, wrestling her from the
pew lover who has gained dominion
Sver her, and whom, if you hesitate
now, you will be in a very short time
PoWerless to rival? Do you trust to my
art? Believe me, I sympathize with
ppu, and will help you if [ cam" and
tAe Professor looked calmly and stead
! ny into the eyes of the man inside the
bel.
Y unwilling to encounter any risk"
responded Ashley, ITO regain the love
OF my betrothed. What must I do?"
"Simriyy retain your clasp upon the
handles.V said the professor, calmly.
keep YOUR attention fixed, as hereto
fore, andyou will presently be in the
kiosk of tie New Orleans Exposition,
not in spirit as you were a minute ago.,
but in actual, physical body. When
you find y.urself there, / leave it to
yourself to regain the affections of your
betrothed. leave it to me to brizg
you both here. Be careful, though,
not to loosenyour clasp on her hand
when the wirt sounds the call to re-
turn. Go, and fortune attend you"
Ashley again clasped the handles of
the wires with a set determination in
his face which betokened that he real
lied and appreciated every detail of the
professors advice, The latter walked
with s%on1ewhat( quicker step than was
his wont to thu insulators where the
wires ct the Electric Light Company
Jay. and proceeded to adjust them to
their respective places on the bell as
hefore. Presently Ashley's head fell
back upon the chair as before, and his
eyes closed. The professor took out
his watch, lookedat it somewhat ncrv-
ously, approachedthe bell at intervals
with lis electrometer, and paced the
floor.
"My instrumentE based" he ex-
planned to me, ''on "a centigrade scale
of my own. 1t willStake some time for
a bell of the size YOU see before you to
fbecome fully charged with the fluid,
even with my wires, which 1 have had
conveyed almost straight from head.
quarters; and until the bell is tally
charged the experiment can not oe con.
summated."
Il; We waited patiently for some min
utes more, Ashley murmuring mean.
while: "New Orleans; kiosk; I car
see her; l can see him, but l can not APP
proach her; her father and mother arc
searching a%nxiously for her through
other portions of the grounds"
Presently my friend became silent
The professor again for the fifth o.
sixth time, approached the bell and ~
piled his instrument.
"Hush!" said he. "The tension in
the bell is now %augmenting rapidly. A
short time more and we snail witness
the successful accomplishment of ou1
experiment."
As he spoke, Noticed a change tax.
ing place in Ashley. Seated there, as
he was, his head leaning on the back Of
his chair, his hands grasping the cleo.
trodes, [ distinctly saw his form be-
come thin, flmy and transparent. Mo.
transparent it grew, till the attenuation
was such that even the outline was
scarcely visible. The hands alone, OF
all portions of the body, retained
something of Their pristine substanti-
allty.
"He has gone" whispered the pro,
fessor, with subdued excitement. owe
must now gauge the time till we can
reasonably presume that he has ac-
complished his purpose, regainine
his betrothed, and take measures fol
their return-the return of both, for j
he be without her little would be
gained. She would again, doubtless,
as soon as her lover has left her, be-
[come amenable to him who gained do
minion over her in the absence of he1
original lover, and whose supremacy
would be restored"
.But how-how"-I stammered-
show is this to be accounted for? VIVA,
has become of my friend who vas seat
ed there but a moment ago?"
"The simplest thing in the world, my
dear SIR" replied the professor, earn
estly. You desire to know why youl
friends body has disappeared. Would
you ask the same question had that
body been exposed to intense heat? You
answer, no; because you say that it is Z
recognized law of chemistry that the
most refractory substances-rock or
metal-are first melted and then 7ola-
tilted by heat. Heat, in effect, expands
and ~disintegrates the mass, and decol-
locates the atoms of every known sub
stance. The static electricity, with
which that glass bell is charged, is, in
one sense, a correlative of heat, and, in
another, a correlative of the physical
energy which we call spirit. Is itwon-
derfuI, therefore, that the intense force
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