Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-09-06

20 nv head and chest secn.sd TO p-r-
meate my body with a singular emo
ton Later on. the conversation
around me reached my understanding
charged with droll insigniaeance-
The noise Of fork tapped against
glass struck my ear as a most har-
monious vibration The faces Of my
companions were transformed The
particular animal typs-whieh, accord
ing 10 I.avater. u the basis of every
human cnunienance- appeared 10 me
strikingly clear. NV right-hand neigh
bor became an eagle he on my left
grew into an owl. with full. project
ing eyes. immediately in front - me
the man was lion. while the doctor
himself was metamorpho~ed into fox
Objects around me seemed little by
little. - clothe themselves in fantastic
garh. the araheSgues on the wall re-
vealed themselves u me in rich rhymes
- attractive pacsy melan-
choIy. hut more generally rising TO an
exaggerated lyrism. or to transcend
ent buffoonery- The porcelain vases.
the bottles. the glasses sparkling On
the table. all took the most ludicrDus
forms. Al the same time felt creep
ing all around the region Of my heart
a tickling pressure, TO squeeze out a.
IL were. with gentle force. a laugh
which burst forth with noisy violence
Nv neighborS. too. seemed subjected
To an identical influence fpr saw
their faces unfold like peoniss-victims
4 l.
sides and rolling about from right To
left their eountenances swollen like
Titans- Wy voice seemed to have
gained cunsiiera bic strength, for when
! spoke IL was a. IL IL were discharge
81 cannon. and long after had ut
tered sentence I heard in nv brain
the reverh--ration- a. IL were Of dis
tant thunder Thoughts seized on me
with fury and unclaimed and Olsen
tangled themselves By torrents in my
brain. and developed rapid succession
81 zeometrical combinations which ap-
peared to b. the simplest. as well a.
the most exact. expression of tho~e
ideas which one ! Obliged To render in
an approximate manner by prOliN
words Of gross molding. Resides all
this lost completely the idea Of time
~ the action Of hashish i iutermit-
tent gradually come back 10 ny own
identity, and believing that the effect
81 the drug was exhausted. ! Thought
I it time 10 withdraw myself and leave u
their respective dreams my epmpan-
I ions. who were too much absorbed -
trouble themselves in nv departure
But scarcely had set foot on the pave
ment outside the house than the effect
I IF the drug which had in a measure
subsIded- seized upon me again with
{ re,iouble.l force Here words utterly
I fail 10 express the ineomprehensible
agony which ran through all my being.
/ Sometimes felt that my feet took root
7 to the earth. and that I was sinking up
{ 70 nv neck in the soil amt that could
only draw my feet out with the great
ct difficulty. each step seeming to
have hundreds of pound weights at
taehesf To them Then I appeared TO
{ be gifted with the lightness Of a
I sponge. and remember that I held
I firmly To tree. fearing that should
suddenly disappear in the air with the
7 velocity OF a balloon Vibrations. like
shocks Of electricity. ran through me
( An iron hand seemed to have got hold
Of my brain and was crushing IT,
was seized with dizziness. aud I shud-
7 der even now when I think how in
tense was my suffering -Cornhill
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