The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-04
UNDER TIE HAsalsa.
sxrokE Axp ArrEE USING.
From the orattsbury Magazine.

the means of bringing us together, was
not an ordinary breakfast. Scarcely
were we seated when two lackeys en-
tered the room, one carrying quantity
chased silver Golfer, which he placed
on the table before our host. the cele-
brsted Dr. NJ; the other bore =
tray, on which We're placed tin cups
of filigree silver. The doctor drew the
Golfer toward him. and gravely opened
it. He took therefrom several boxes
of rock crystal. one of which was half
full of greenish sort OF compound.
Here" said he, 1--WE have the sub
stance in question in ali its possible
forms-in powder for the Narghily
smoker, in an oily extract, in spiritu-
Gus one, and even cleverly disguised in
sweets and conserves. 1t is under the
latter cloak that / recommend TO vSu
as being more pleasant to swallow; its
taste is sufficiently agreeable when
prepared with pistachio nuts, like that
which procured yesterday"
docs one run no risk or danger BY
using this Drug"
by some learned men il is asserted
to be quite innoxious; but ii would be
difficult for me TO share their convic-
ton, for / think that too frequent
use of IL would induce cerebral con-
gestion, and certainly the pitiable con-
dition of those individuals who are
given up to this passion seems to me
sufficiently instructive. But l believe
that one may occasionally use ii with
out any marked i'll effect. /, who am
speaking to you, have taken it close on
two hundred times, and | am none the
worse for il. Even if disagreeable ex-
periences do follow, they are, ] repeat.
so very curious that he who has not
exposed himself to them, once, at least,
can scarcely say that he has lived. And
now, gentlemen, if you please, let me
offer dose of hashish 10 each of you. y
So saying, he gave us small tea
spoonful of the conserve.
Doctor" said /. 'as Z wish TO be
completely under the influence of the
drug, will you please TO increase the
dose for me?"
''If you wish it will do So"
Here the servants brought in the
the reputation of being gourmet. ii is
needless 20 say that the breakfast was
exquisite Each and all did honor 10
the repast, and during quite a good
half hour i felt nothing in any way
abnormal. But when the meal was
drawing to close subtle
warmth, which came as IL were ingustS
a. oh al 10
meate my body with a singular emo
ton. Later on, the conversation
around me reached my understanding
charged with droll insignihesnce.
The noise of a fork tapped against a
glass struck my ear as a most hsr-
monious vibration. The faces of my
companions were transformed The
particular animal type-which, accord
ing to Lsvater, is the basis of every
human countenance-appea to me
strikingly clear. My right-hand neigh
Dor became an eagle; he on my left
grew into an owl, with full, project
ing eyes; Immediately in front of me
the man was lion; while the doctor
himself was metamorphosed into fox.
Objects around me seemed, little by
little, 10 clothe themselves IN fantastic
garb, the srabesques on the wall re-
vealed themselves to me in rich rhymes
of attractive poesy-sometimes melan-
choly. but more generally rising 70 an
exaggerated lyrism, or TO transcend
ent buffoonery. The porcelain vases,
the bottles, the glasses sparkling on
the table, all took the most ludicrous
forms. At the same time felt creep
ing all around the region of my heart
a tickling pressure, 20 squeeze out, as
it were, with gentle force, a laugh
which burst forth with noisy violence.
NV neighbors, too, seemed subjected
70 an identical influence. for I saw
their faces untold like peonies-victims
of boisteroHs hilsrity, holding their
sides and rolling about from right 70
left. their countenances swollen like
Titans. MY voice seemed TO have
gained considerable strength, for when
/ spoke il was as IL it were discharge
of cannon, and long after ! had ut
tered sentence L heard IN my brain
the reverberation. as il were, Of dis
tant thunder. Thoughts seized ON me
with fury and unclaimed and olsen
tangled themselves by torrents in ny
brain, and developed a rapid succession
Of geometrical combinations which sp-
peared 20 be the simplest, as well az
the most exact, expression OF those
ideas which one Is obliged 20 render IN
an approximate manner by proliz
words Of gross molding. Besides al
this, LOST completely the idea OF time
As the action OF hsshish Is intermit-
tent, gradually come back 20 M own
identity. and believing tina. the effect
OF the drug was exhausted, I thought
IL time 20 Withdraw myself and leave %
their respective dreams nv eompzn-
ions, who were too much ebsor bed %
trouble themselves n ny departure
But scarcely had I SET foot on the pave
ment outside the house than the effect
of the drug. which hsd IN a measure
subsidized, seized upon me again with
redcu bled force Here words utterly
fail % express ths incomprehsnsible
agony which ran through al ny being.
Sometimes IfeIt tina; my feet took root
70 The earth. and that was sinking Up
to ms neck IN the soil, and that eOuld
only draw my feet out with The great
est difficulty. each step seeming %
have h1Eareds % pound weights az
t>ched To them Then I appeared 70
be gifted with the Hshtness Of a
sponge. s5d I remember that ! held
firmly % tree. fearing that ! shosld
suddenly disappear IA the air with tss
velocIty o. balloon Vibrations Ike
shocks % electricity. rsu through ne
Al iron hand seemed 70 haze got bold
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