Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-05
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The .leptici..u of the wea IL nothing
les. then di.gusiins."
The r,l,h h Il rome To OSforl to com
plete his education ,Dd enlue hlm'elf Will
the culture of Europe; anil be sat In M,
rooms, In q frock cost of perfect cut (h'
AWAY. wore a frock cost), smoking on'
of my wee,l. aud drinking . whiskey
and-soda. The rsj,h took To Europesr
culture With avidlty, sni have very
little doubt that he learned many new
thing. wiih which u might or might mol
be exp~ilent to sclusint hls fellow
country-,nsn aud subbssts when he re-
turned to Inii,. hut all the intellectual
Inier-st. of Oxford were not strong
enough to wrau him from hls love fol
the ancient lorr of his own country. aus
he wss slwsy. ready Ia eNPouni the h'd
den wisdom of the East To any inqniring
spirit. A.. soon ss found this out,
cultivated hi. Acquaintance .eiuiou.iy
for IN common With all iniellig-nt mei
~ the present DAY. I took . kcen Inter
ct In that strange learning which seem
~ Ia give its pos.esscrs such cStraor
dlnsry powcr..
"C.n you do n.y. s.kel.
~ should hope so," sah the rsjsh,
coutemptuou.ly. III ! coaldnt do that
"a turn Mshommedsn."
~ wish You'd teach NE"
The rsI,h took Ia deep pun of smoke
"Nou'rc .urc you cculd manage w h'
asked.
IL beg your p,rlonr"
"w.li, ot course, like ANYTHING else,
an astral body must be treated with tact
or u get. out of hand"
"Doe. itF'
"why, yes; YOU must frat be arm and
vet Kind. Dsnt let " tax. liberties, ~
YOU don't know wher. II will land YOU
1 rather doubt u ought "a shos You"
lmplor,si him Ia do so. ! VA. Young,
rash, self confident, aud ] thought
msn,gc an astral body a. easily n did
the dean.
"Donr blame me u YOU hni u too
much for you, that's all, /" oid the rsJ,h
".,nd Of course YOU mus, promise not To
tell any one"
'Oh, must ~
"N.., YOU must; because its quite
irregular Ia me "a shaw you llkethi.. Nou
ought BY rights, you know, Ia 90 to
-
rhlbet for seven years"
That would be rather bore"
"Bea.,ly," aid the rsJsh; but oi
course they Insist on Il, because they
get th. fcc.."
lie .worc me ,o secrecy by all manner
of osth., and lastly on my wori s 4
gentleman. aud then be shosei me. !
pr.ctIcci all that evening, aud VAS tol-
srably proficient by the time the rsJ'h
Knocked out hi. h.t pipe snt went to
bed. must not tell how u |. done, a.
promised not To; besides, " any one
read. this narrative through, he Will
never want to know.
At fif.t u VA. very convenient. al.
Nay. u.ei To projeyt II 10 chapel Instead
20 going my.elf. IL did cspltsliy there,
because u hai only to beh,N. it.eif and
hold IL. tongue. ~ lecture. u was
failure; Il "a. such an insttenti,e beg
gar that it, note. we're worth nothing.
ca the wh"lc, howevcr, was very vel
satisfied With u ani came to rely on u
more aud more for all the unpleasant
dulic. oi life.
"well, hos do you like i,y' asked the
rsj,h Que day.
"My dear fellow, IT. splcniii," l an.
.wer-,i. a.. up la town t-lng measured
for trousers, nos, You cant think how
much trouble u saves.
IN. raj IA .mll.i aud shook his head.
"l.e moderate" be ssid. Nou musn
u.- u too much. or It'll presume on IT,
"will u, What will u dor'
"why, " L.. al~sy. being projected,
H.. a. likely a. not I'LL learn the trick oi
Il ani take Ia projecting it.elf. Theu
You'll D. left Ia the lurch."
"what .hill do thenr' -,
IL dou't see what you can do, ssid
IN. rsj,h, scratching his head. "ol
cbur.. 1 .hvuli merely report u At head
quarters. but YOU cant, b-cau'e YOU We
no bu.ine. With II at all.
"w.ll, shsnt grudge u holiday
now ani then,' ! .sii, IA ,guaninou.ly.
The raj.h "a. right. II dii brsin "a
take frrnch leave. several time. wheu
4 want-,i IL I found Il had, without =
~ord Of apology, projected it.elf of "a
ltiiey, or somewhere, and wss not avail
able. .pok. very severely To u. u
aid nothing, but li.ienci With an un'
pleas,nt .ort of smile. 1--WE all hsy,
our duties" I remarked, "and yours u
,o L. her,"-ani I pointed Ia my chest
-"when YOU are wanted. loa're a.
bad az a scout.
IL ought to have a little relaxation
IL ansNeT-d. sulkily.
IL never heard of such thing la con
n.,tion with YOU. I.n't II enough Tor
YOU Ia mediate Ia four dimensions When
YOU are not at work. That would salts
~ most people"
"lt'. all very well In rhibet." u grum
bled, ''but a fellow doesn't come To Ok
ford Ia do that"
zone would think you had nothing Il
do With me. You seem to forget thai
that you are simply a projoction ol
mine"
We had some high word. and p,rtet
Il mean, uniiei-ln u very had temPeI
With Que another. II Was In the middle
10 a most impertinent aud po.itiSeI,
threatening speech, when ] terminate,
the interview by rrsuming u. IL VA
very unreasonable aud Irritating, aud
made up my mind To ask the r.J,h u
speak Ia II the next morning. ] had ~
engagement that evening or ] woulC
hsv. done IL then. How wish had.
Al y 10 went To an ''at home" Al
Prof. Drayton's. A. q rule lat homes
are dull: hut had reason for going Il
thi. Que. The professor had a Yer,
PRETTY daughter, sni I WAS vain enough
to think that my presence WAS welcom'
Ia her. In fact We were great friend.
aud had not been al the house q quar-
ter of an hour before I had forgotten al
my worric. with my unruly astral body
ani was sitting by Bessie In the sm,l
draw sing.room, enjoying myself immense
ly. y.suddcnly-mysteriously-ifelt felt some
thing like q violent push. Bessie van
i.hcd the drawing-room vanished; aud
found myself In th. High, standing u
the dripping rain without hat ar coat.
stood still, In bcwilierment. What hs'
hsppeueiy A moment later the procto
was upon me. gave my name and col
leye In merhsuicsl way, and he pssse'
on, leaving me still standing In the rain
What had hsppeneds Then IL hushe
across INV mind. ! undcritood its threats
Il had projected me-
woke up next morning determined I,
have u out with it. ] f,'und, az ] ha'
expected, that IL had waited until ! wa'
asleep; then II slunk In and united With
cut INV knowing IL. ] went and paid m
fine, aud then. not waiting To breakfast
I pro, essie,l to project Il. IL w0uldn'
move! I tried sgsln and again. ] hs'
no more power over it than . child.
knew Il Was there, hut could not NOV
Il an Inch. In wrath I jumped up, srise
nv cap, and started tor the rsJah'
rooms. The rogue saw what ! wn "
to. I give you my word ! bad nc