New Ulm review., 1901-08-21

one gazed at her eyes. @i
NATURALLY tried the experiment OF
separating my patient from the inf1u-
ence Of the tapestry, but this, as fear
ed, only had the effect Of changing his
habitual melancholy into a violent pas
sion that was much more difficult to
deal with than melancholia. We then
tried hanging the tapestry in much
used room, where some member Of the
family was likely to be at all times.
There young Wiltse would sit before it
in silence, with an imploring express
sion on his face. Finally he became SO
callous in regard to his strange infat-
uation that he took small pains to con-
ceal it. Uncomplimentary remarks
about Omphale would send him into
uncomfortable fits of passion that bare
" stopped short of violence to the per-
son who had made the aspersion. No
one ever heard him address his enchan-
ress by name, but he would call her
ed, though at the time we were in the
dark as to his reason for comforting
this particular rank upon Omphale
Perhaps I exaggerated the isnpres-
sion the tapestry made upon whoever
looked at it for any length Of time. l.
you must understand. was to some ea.
tent under the influence was studying
and trying to counteract in my patient.
Suggestion in such cases goes far and
follows strange paths. Every one in
the family came more or less under
Omphale's influence y
I had followed my uncle's story thus
far with intense interest, but here /
objected that if he attributed the pecul-
lar influence Of the tapestry upon him
self largely or partly to its known in.
fuence upon young Wiltse it made it
more difficult to understand how the
patient had in the first instance come
under Omphale's spell, since he did not
have any outside suggestion.
''That is true,' said my uncle, sand 1
can only suppose that young Wiltse
had some time or other read this story
Of Gautier's and come to imagine him
self second lover of the beautiful
Marchioness de T., posed, to please her
husband, in the romantic scene with
Hercules"
Ny uncle's whole story ran counter to
my very strong projudices against be-
lief in all things supernatural, spirit
ism" and the other 'isms" Of the same
sort. DO you mean to say" | ex-
claimed, "that you believe Gautier's s
preposterous yarn about the amours Of
the young student and that woolen
ragY
"Not SO fast; not so fast" he replied.
II have not said that looked upon the
tale as a recital Of fact. You miss the
point will refresh your memory Of
the story and then you will under
stand.
'sThe youth Of Gautier's story was
deprived Of his Omphale by an unfeel-
ing guardian who had discovered the
boys infatuation. Years afterward the
man found the tapestry representation
Of his goddess in an oddity shop and,
trembling with JOY, hurried away to
get the 500 francs demanded for it by
the shopkeeper. Before he returned an
Englishman (why not Wiltse, Sr. p had
offered 600 francs for the tapestry, the
dealer had accepted, and the tapestry
tad been carried away"
But" broke in again, ''you are still
supposing that Gautier's tapestry and
youth actually existed"
! "Not at all. Whether or not Gautier
described an actually existing tapestry
do not know. l am inclined to think,
hot ho ;cf ho1
this very tapestry. And when young
Wiltse found it in his fathers house
either after or before he read the story,
for am confident that he had read it,
Omphale's spell grasped him, and he
was never able to throw it off. He be-
came the successor to Gautier's youth,
but probably Omphale did not warmly
respond second time to a merely hui
man lovers advances, and hence his
despair"
Poor fellow" said 1. "Doyou know
And then I hesitated, ashamed to dis
close to my uncle the intense inter-
est he had excited in me- "Where is
that tapestry now?" I finally demand
ed.
Ny uncle first looked amused and
then serious.
"You shall never see it, Hugh, until
you are too old to be foolish-until you
are as old as am."-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Sleep and Dreams.
A German physician says: sThe fact
Is women require larger amount Of
sleep than men. The nervous excita-
bility of the female constitution is gen.
erally greater than is the case with the