The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-17

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Se~Ss Ea entirely wi th 0 a
SESn$yssarSsA meaning for me
%S%Ms@SEa when / first met
IyGSW@A Simcoz. If any one
W'ES" I had then asked me
ES NJ what the term
meant, would GER
tainly have made some attempt to de.
fine it, although my definition would
just as certainly have been vague aud
unsatisfactory.
It was through Clarence that I met
Simco1. The two had been friends in
Ceylon, as understood, though how
or why I never knew, and it always
seemed strange. Clarence's business
IN Ceylon was coffee planting, and it
seemed that Simcox's was astral
bodies. The only natural thing about
their old acquaintance seemed to be
that Clarence always knew queer peo-
pie, and surely Simcox was queer.
'sWhy, how olsdo you take me to
be?" he asked me suddenly one day,
when I had said that something or
other had happened before his time.
X And when Ianswered that be looked
to me to be about forty, lie laughed
quite heartily.
1t so happened that this converse
tion took place as We were walking to-
gether to Madison Square, where We
were to visit an exhibition Of paint
ings, old and modern.
u When We had spent about half an
hour ranging through the galleries,
Simcox and T found ourselves stand
ing before O portrait of Spanish
5s:s s1Snc;s I osl:5v5, H7Td tcss0m5
where about the time Of Queen Eliza
beth. The figure was dressed i
armor, except for the head. which va
hare. and showed fine head Of dar
chestnut hair.
: This Isl the picture wanted 20
to see,'' SID Simcox. F'Let's sit dow
on this settee and take it all IN.
i: could not remember that Since
had said anything to me about seem
any picture in particular.
ssWell, what do you think OF It:
Simcox asked me presently.
s'Fine," said.
"I suppose it is" said Simcoz.
suppose it is fine. People have bee
:. SAYING that about it for three hnn're
. = wears. I suppose al the lords al
- ladies Of the Spanish Court said II vi
ine when they first saw it. I wasr
here"
iaSYou're not quite so old as all that
Of hlserjected. thinking Of the nyste1
:'No, age.
50 old. > he said, smiling, ''not qui
the Court and T wouldn't have been
is one critic,snSS 4sltlher: either: But u.als the
might. have made, though I neve
heard that they did,"
''What's that?''
Simply that it isn't true to life.
'sBut you don't mean to say it ism
lifelike?' said in establishments.
esWhnt I mean is that it isn't a.
much like the original as it nigh
have been. It would have beer
just as easy for Velasquez tc
have made it perfectly true.
don't see why he didn't never did
On the whole, it doesn't flatter His
Highress. His jaw was not nearly
such cruel looking square thing as
that. And yet the painter has taken
the trouble to curl and lengthen and
dandify the mustache almost out OF
recognition.
"Why, Sincox," I said, s'you talk
as if YOU knew the original in the
desh!"
"Well," he said. II don't snd I do.
IoH see, my dear fellow, to know a
mans astral body is about the sane
thing as knowing the ma in what You
call the flesh You use the crude
term Of a wornout medieval philoso-
phy. An astral body may produce at
times faint impression on the eye,
but it stands to reason It must be
exact"
It occurred to me at this point that
Simcox needed fresh air. 1 had never
before heard any one talk in this glib,
matter Of fact way about astral bouies.
Either Simcox was crazy or there was
something uncanny about him, in
spite OF his brisk, happy, everyday
manner.
"0h, you're surprised, are you?"
be said, chuckling to himself, ''I might
have guessed that man who talks
about knowing people in the flesh
would be. Let's have practical dem
orstration
tGood heavens" exclaimed. '.You
don't mean to tell me- that you are go
ing to raise the ghost of this OLD Span.
iard?2
49, don't raise ghosts" Simcox
answered, with some impatience, Coz
) heifsFein them. But ii you are gong:
ges fdgety, and as ihiss is! : 1pn nsssics ,siics
place to- my rooms
Take oHe. more good foas1 ses
pictasa before yga e saia and
artical lar sstsaioa tie sscalsn
tpassa eyes wan sgoessso sea:a