Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-30

TOO come TO say Farewell 10 the girl ne
loved? and which of these two did she
lover She looked up as he came near, and
her eyes were streaming with tears. Then
he sprang to her side and fell on his
| knees before her and laid his beautiful
young face in her hands, and could see
| how great sobs shook him. 1t is not TN
manly that strong man should weep
sometimes. | marveled how all this
should end
WeIl-she gave this one nothing either
only tears and smiles, as to the other,
| and when he had left her she wrung her
! hands, on which | saw the rich jewels
| flashing with all their lovely colors, and
fed to and fro through the great room IN
| agony, but with it all heard no word. no
sound Of weeping, nor moan Of grief; and
then it all faded away and the great
/ doors and the heavy curtains were there
again in the dim. shaded light, and l
went to sleep wondering what it meant,
and who these were that | had seen, for
/ knew that this was thing that had hap
/ pened once in that very roomi
/ In the morning when my friend came
with nv breakfast | said: Mamie, how
I is it that in all these years you have
I never told me the story connected with
+ this houseI | thought knew everything
about all your old Dutch and Scotch for
bears as well as you do yourself, but
here's evidently thing l know not, and
you must have story TO tell me-.
So then told her what had seen, and
asked her who they were that came back
thus TO their old haunts.
You're sure you saw all this? 1t
couldn't have been
The morphine? Not bit of it; and
now | know you've found the story, |
see it" for she looked earnestly at me for
a moment, and then a far away look
came into her eyes as if she were trying
to recall some dim, half forgotten thing
l was becoming somewhat impatient
when she suddenly came back" saying:
Pardon me, but, now l think of it,
didn't it strike you that you were rather
out of place? that-in fact, didn't you
feel as if you oughtn't to be there in the
middle of all that sentiment, emotion,
etc.T'
mot in the least. II never once oc-
Cured TO me- TO think of myself at all,
and fancy that with them there was no
more consciousness of my presence than
with me there was perception Of the
sound of their voices; though seemed to
know what they were talking about. |
was simply outside of their conscious
ness"
Now, if l were up il all occult science,
Buddhism, and the rest of it, could
make the whole thing clear TO you
and"-
More likely to make it mister than
ever to both of US, should say"
She went on, calmly ignoring my sar-
castle comment:
Il haven't the smallest idea what as
tral bodies may be, but that is probably
what you saw, the astral bodies of some
poor creatures that are given sort of
panto'-
Whatever they were, or may or may
not have been" l interrupted, rather
hotly, the fact exists for me they were
present, for me- saw clearly what
have told you'll and that they were astral
bodies, or any other bodies-creatures
that have lived and have loved and suf-
fered too, am entirely certain; and that
is quite enough to claim my sympathy for
them. So, If you know It, want that
storyl and if they were your own people,
they that | saw last night, and you don't
know it, then the sooner you find out your
family history the better, l should sayl"
You evidently think, with Macaulay,
that they who take no delight in the deeds
Of their ancestors will not be likely to care
much for the doings of their descendants
-nichtf"
Tho noble deeds il is. my friend; and
they whom l saw last night never did any
deed you should be loath to know or to
tell. Come now, begin. My coffee was
life restoring and the rolls food for
goddesses-and am hangering for other
feasting."
Well, we are not given to talking of
our ghosts; in fact l had quite forgotten
we had ever had one, much more, or less
which is it?-a whole preserve of them
such as you seem to have discovered.
However they seem to have given you
their confidence, so it must be lawful to
complete the business by giving you the
key to it. But keep it 20 yourselfl
'"In great great -grandfathervan Schlect-
eswitter's tine-in HolIand-I have TO go
so far back for my beginning-a friend
ship grew up between himself and q
French family that had fed into Holland
during the religious prosecutions; this
friendship was handed on to great-granG-
mother Masdalentje-you know who 1
mean?'
nodded
And TO her loving care and guardian
ship was left very beautiful young
maiden who came into the family here,
and was in all respects daughter of the
house. Her pretty name was Isabel Bar
bernie. She was known universally IS
Ia belle Barberine, and with reason; but
need not tell you that, for you have
seen her; her portrait was painted in the
very dress you describe"
So that was why seemed to know Der!
She YVES @ bit of coquette, la belle,
and fully enjoyed all the devotion her
great beauty and her charm of manner In
spired, though she seems TO have been
good and generous Of soul withal. Among
her almost countless suitors she distin-
guished two, the two you saw. She had
iusuperable difficulty in making final
choice between them; indeed, it seemed
impossible. The poor girl actually did
not know which she loved best. By all
the laws OF counterparts she should have
loved the dark man, and sometimes so she
did: but then the fair laddie was so beau
tifuI! So winning and sweet! How vas
she to help loving hin2 And so she did
love him, srd he loved her so devotedly.
How could she ever break his heart!
And so it went on until the sailor lover
had to Join his ship and SO TO sea and tbs
fsi- haired boy was ordered to duty II
tho fald-you were witness to the part
ing in which all their hearts were broken
and when aIl that either could win from
Is belle was that she would give her
fair self TO the one who should come back
to herr Didn't l say it was during some
var or other? Revolutionary CT Mexi.
cam
Nan! they were 4 century apart"