The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-22

Tic reast hcnvod eighty. the eyeids
tvitChed ard n faint trace Of color was
aiaccrnihlc In the face. Satisfied that con
seriousness was returning, ! was preparing
to assist nature when faint cry from the
nttCrdcnt at the other bed called my at
tention aLd | crossed to 10. The same
changes that had taken place in her sister
we're seen I'm Jennie Just as | reached
aer she opened her eyes. After licking
iroUnd in da2cd manner she hoaved q
l.cp sigh ard closed her eyes again. In
very few minutes She was asleep. Deeply
puzzled ! returned to the bedside Of her
t.stcr Fer dark eyes were wide open, and
g. she saw me Il faint smile crossed her
face. 'Where1m " she asked. Here you
Gre ny dear IN your own room, her moth
Cr FASTENED TO reply You have been i'll
and must not talk now But But
her mother had left the room, and seeing
this She lalsId into silence.
"In few minutes Mrs. Caswcll re.
| iurrcd. bearing bouquet of American
Beauty roses. Here are some of your IA
vorite flowers dear, she said, placing
them on stand. why, mamma, you
know hate roses. White hyacinths are
| my favoritcs.' Her mother looked aston
! ishcd, but taking up the flowers said she
| would bring hlacinths. In the meantime
| had apportioned some medicine, and now
took my leave, telling Mrs. Caswell to
/ send for me If | were needed again.
81 heard no more of the young ladies for
several days, or until Mir. Carwoll called
to ray me for the visit. l then learned that
they were both perfectly well, but that
their natures were entirely changed.
I heir likes and tislkes had been very pro
rounced, and as they were so different in
! physique and TEN permanent, so their tastes
ard inclinatiors had been almost opposite.
Now they had SO changed that neither any
longer liked the things she once had. In
fact, it seemed, as the pcrplexed father
said, as if they Rad exchanged natures.
had Gcen puzzled before, but when MIR.
Caswell took his leave l was utterly at q
loss TO account for this strange occurrence.
| had never beard Of such a case. In fact,
! EtlieNc il has no precedent. My profess
sion, however, soon drew my thoughts
away from this perplexing case, and l had
almost forgotten it, when one day my
friend Jack Beverly came rushing into
ny office. ! knew from his radiant face
that some good torture had bclallcn him,
but never dreamed of its real nature. In u
very few WORDS he enlightened me Jennie
Caswell had said she loved him and had
promised TO be his wife. And, he added
joyfully, I know she loves me, for her
eyes and manner plainly show it,. But he
had more news, fully as astounding. He
had Just left Paul, and Edith had con-
tossed her love for that young gentleman,
who YVES in the seventh heaven of delight
''Well, there is not much more to tell
These lovers were soon married., and two
happier couples never lived. Neither Jack
nor Paul understands the sudden change of
affection on the part of the girls, although
both declared that the very time when the
sisters were in trance mysterious voices
conVorsod with them in the tones of their
swccthearts, assuring them that they were
soon 10 he happy, Ny own theory have
always kept secret, but will now reveal it
90 explain my views on the independence
Of the soul. As l said, Tie inclinations of
the young ladies were entirely changed.
Each now liked the things the other had
once liked and she herself disliked, and
vice versa. Edith had been very versatile
, and gay, while Jennie had been thought
J full, earnest and rather melancholy. After
their strange trance each was entirely
: changed Jennie was now the gay,
tnoughtless sister, while Edith became
very serious and somewhat detected, al
though she was perfectly happy in the love
of Paul Thomas.
"To my mind it is plain that during the
trance, when the spirits were freed from
, the bodies and communed with their loved
; ones, an interchange Of souls was made.
The happy, trusting soul of Edith, which
loved Jack Beverly, WAS implanted in the
) bcdy Of Jennie, while that of the latter,
, loving Paul Thomas, was transferred to
the corporal Part of Edith. | know it is
, bold and seemingly ridiculous thought,
but it is the only explanation of the mir
, acle. "
Profound silence followed the conclusion
of the doctor &. remarkable story. He him
self rose, dCnncd his overcont, and with q
parting word went out into the night.
! His departure was signal for the break
: ing up OF the club, and in few minutes
the room was vacant and shrouded In
, darkness. Louis Post Dispatch.