New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-02
nOrriSO71'S Mirror.
By CHARLES LANDE.
crystals IN the Brit.


am the famous DR.. Dees crystals IN the Brit
L dare say you yourself have heard OF Lady Bless
action in 1851 TSot avg ne IN .he 1o+rlson npsi
VI Vel Known crystals. But the crystal OF the
and It differed in many respects from any OF the
record Those gHq TINES OF which there IS any
I.le inscription and the N carved into the ebony
me in for the a stands for aErpPs a4 nd
IoDgeS IGr LOT t helm the family to which ne be-
S SoaleilGs Agrlppa the philosopher. who died at
-. For hundreds OF years the crystal OF Agrippa-
S Sn1 most famous OF all-has never been heard of.
thoggh description Of it is to De found among
OF enthusiasm strange sensation OF antIcipa-
uon set forth TO read the inscription
And here must explain a little. The subject OF
crystallomancy had interested me for time but II
failed to satisfy me The results of a series
Of experiments made by me. although they showed
beyond all question the existence of power
never realized any valuable or definite purpose
~ ne S1S st would produce before ones eyes images
were of such kind that nothing whatever could be
Geduced from them They were disconnected and
But the crystal of Agrppa If what has been
written is true, gives the power him who under
stands it's use 10 read the future as a man may
secret Of It's use lay hidden in that inscription
which ran around the mirror
A week Of unremitttng labor found me no nearer
solution; then mere chance gave me a cleV. and
i, worked all the harder I'll three days ago held
l gould see MorrtsOns long, thin fingers trembling
shining with excitement He continued:
Tho mat msnt nads my aTSt expeEeh ha,, so1x
ened room What else did need not tell you; but
carefully AS 1 gazed into the mirror fixed all my
mind on the experiment. and, after time. scanned
tumult Of my thoughts guhSided and an absolute
might feel who gives up the struggle and sinks
slowly down into the depths Of the sea-
and mist swept swiftly across its surface. Ths
mist lifted and I looked into the future What 7
W L hTr m
slowly and the mist drifted again across my
dreadful sickness and nausea overcame me- tried to
find the door. and then. suppose, tainted Ny old
housekeeper found on the floor. hours later. and
tint bdo was tbs y Ras1 seeond s
for several days. and kept my bed The knowledge
stopped suddenly and looked up at in his quick.
keen way. DO you believe all this?" ne said
I do not know what was my answer 70 this point
blank Ggsry had been a., s hing fa YET I'll b oG
had Y given way and that he was tha victim Of an
absurd Authorization
and could hear him muttsring 70 himself gently
as he rocked his body backward and forward IN
looked with his bloodshot eyes. and the dead white
-"Hin,'' he said at last. after long pause II
swear It IS true. cannot convtncs you ! was a
You You are ar Wong have looked into the future
have seen through glass daTky.not always WITH WITH
ror is my servant. II obeys me; Il shows me what
1t has shown me frightfui things things which
you would not believe II told them to you" He
but. With an EFFORT he went on leaning forward.
and speaking almost IN whisper; It,, ...t-
with life. surgtng with traffic. place OF noise and
RSe seem L London in the future great city still
with the same fine buildings and broad streets al
sign Of life or movement. great city OF the dead.
a huge. silent city filed with corpses-and the
"There are new horrors OF war coming. the bare
pfated And we sit st ana wait for it Obi
these politicians! what fools they are!
DO you know HILL IN my first madness OF hor-
ror at what 1 had seen. wrote letter OF warning
that ii was inevitable that it must all come to
pass I out OF my mind I told him Of new
which is so imminent and I mad formal letter
from his secretary, which showed me what a fool
'The knowledge Of these things and the absolute
powerlessness to DO anything to avert them haunt
Sometimes I hate the mirror and swear to de-
II took it IN my hand yesterday; and was within
an ace Of dashing II TO [ne ground But the Iasci-
little yet" He paused and put his hand to his
Morrison @ri SIS said. For Gods sake pull yourself
together, You are Ill I can see Il for myself You
London at once and rest; but first destroy this
He shook his head. NO he said slowly you
are wrong. These are decisions was never
neTer eearsr am But -s was foolish to think You
would believe shall not destroy the mirror
day. perhaps. you viii know have told you tbs
That interview with Morrison affected me
strangely II upset my nerves. It robbed me or
sleep. There times when I seemed TO believe
IN the magic mirror. and all that had heard that
day. SOemthng IN the story itself but more sttli
In the manner OF its narration had captured nv
fancy Morrison's terrible earnestness haunted
my mind. That he himself believed there could
be no doubt. I dreamed and dreamed that It
was true. It did absurd TO me thens
but rather something infinitely fantastic and some
how horrible I felt miserable about Morrison: and
a continued uneastness drove me out one day nom
my chambers to pay my friend a visit IN his
in Upper Baker-st- II was an April day; ina
sun now bright ObsCured by great patches
Of purple cloud Showers OF fine cold rain
fell at Intervals. It cheerfess-rnore cherries
IT seemed 30 me. than the coolest winter day The
wind rushed down in heavy. uncertain gusts and
the ever recurring blOtting out OF the struck
strange chill As neared my destination oecanss
OF a feeling OF impending disaster once I
nearly turned back. found the house and rang
the bell. and I did so 1 heard sound within
that struck upon my nerves. Tt was the noisy sob
bling OF a woman The door was opened at last oy
a pale faced maid
you cannot come IN sir she said ~therses q
Dreadful thing has happened this morning.
I asked for Morrison with dry lips
''FTe shot himself this morning. said tho girl and
burst into tears
pushed by her and entered where two
people talking in whispers.
He lay IN the corner. covered with a Sheet. and
close by him dark stain on the door. BY the
window my eye caught something which glittered
with shining particles. I stepped toward II with a
sudden impulse. recognized the little Ebony
frame shattered and broken
The mirror which IL had contained lay In a
thousand fragments on the door.-(fhe Bystande-.
OVER $500 MADE AT LAWN PARTY.
All who attended the delightful lawn party which
was given June IS at Lyndhurst. Miss Helen N.