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    the foot , least of all to move it in a circular direction . And Mrs . Hayden had been sitting quite still , in an easy , reclining position , which would have been very difficult to preserve , had she made any efforts with her feet . Besides , the table was moving as on a pivot , and the large high lamp standing in the middle remained as nrin as before ; there was not the slightest quivering or clattering of the glass tube against the shade , which struck me particularly , and the whole movement , when beginning and ceasing , was without a jerk , but smooth as if the table had been lifted off

    the ground . I must not omit to state , however , that we requested a further movement after the first had cea ' sed . " You need not sit down again /' we were told , " they will do it just the same when we are standing round . " We did stand round , and Mrs . Hayden repeatedly and most politely requested the spirits to move the table again . " Oh , I have seen them move furniture so quick , that people were obliged to run out of the way , to avoid being hurt ; they have moved it often over the whole length of a room . " We were fuli of expectation , but no further movement came .

    I have read somewhere that the raps are produced with the toes , and that for that purpose the rappers must be in a hot room in order to keep their feet and toes warm . I can only saj ' , that the room in which we were with Mrs . Hayden for some three hours was very cold indeed , it being of large dimensions , and the evening one of the coldest we have had in February . In this letter I have tried to give you a faithful and true report of what I have seen , or rather heard , of the spirits and their " rappings" and movings .

    I am far from saying I am convinced , but I cannot , on the other hand , in fairness pronounce the whole system to be an imposture as some of the writers in our public journals have done . As far as our experience in , or knowledge of , clairvoyance , magnetism , and other supposed or real powers within or around us , connecting the spiritual with the material world permits , such lights , explanations , and remarks , may be thrown upon the subject , as , it seems to me , it invites , but from which I abstain , leaving that task to a more able and more experienced pen . I know that the matter excites much attention , especially in the higher circles of society . Believe me , my dear Sir , yours faithfully , W . R .

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    XIV . Seven Kills , April 2 , 1852 . Swpgps ^ E have been kept in town week after week , until we were almost S ^ mWI ashamed , to see Markham ; save Margaret who , as she is never P » VMt /® moved by petty reasons , and has a most perfect reliance on fg 5 ||!(|§ herself , seems to be above shamefacedness . We arrived here yesterday , and already the sea air has recalled some of the force into her cheeks ; which had indeed never left her eyes . I began to fear that it had retired to them alone for ever . The first cause of our detention was her mother ; who , now that most things are settled , suddenly sank into a yet lower stage of vitality . Poor wretch , life has for her been nullified in all but its anxieties and its pains . Punishments for others fall heaviest on her . Her husband is again as hearty as ever , and I do believe is happier as Markham ' s man than he was as Johnson ' s man ; for after all he was only his own servant . Sophy , whom we visited by the way , is perfectly comfortable , as she assured us ; since she " wants for nothing , " God help her ! She asked after all her friends , and answered all our questions ; was very hospitable in her importunities ; and yet I believe was as glad to see us come away as I at least was to come away ; for there was no more to be asked or answered . William has gone , suddenly , to Australia ; so that he is safe , even if poor Fanny Chetham should not persist in her silence . I am sure she will ; but I believe it was anxiety on that point which sustained poor Mis . Johnson so long . A cousin sent for him . " Throw him away , man , " Markham ' s advice to Johnson on hearing of the offer ; " he will never be of any use to you ; " , accordingly , Johnson did throw him to the other side of the globe . Markham advanced the money " like a brick , " as William said ; and the worthy emigrant showed me a bank order for £ 21 , payable at Sidney , which Margaret had given him . " How the devil she got it , I don't know , " he said ; " but she is deep , the deej / est of us all . " We were all glad to see him go ; though for a day or two liis mother looked more effaced than ever . There are certain folds in her black silk dress that seem to be newly pressed at every trial of life , and never to recover again even when the flat iron of adversity has passed over their uncomplaining tissue . As we—that is , Margaret , Edwardes , Yscult , and I—returned to the village inn , after visiting Sophv , we met , issuing- forth in the most finished perfection of deportment and costume , that accomplished gentleman ivhom I learned to esteem aright at Werncth—King . He started with pleasure , was " delighted to sec Mrs . Edwardes , " shook Edwardes cordially by the hand , and bowed to me with the most engaging ease . I passed on , and Margaret followed close , with an unmoved countenance ; she did not know him , " ami had no wish to , " she said . It seems that he was stopping at the inn for the day . After dinner we came on by coach , and then by rail , and by conch again ; arriving to a late tea . The only drawback—the " only" drawback ! why is it not enough to counterbalance all good?—is , that Yscult is unwell , or unhappy , or in some way chagrined . No one seems to know how . She is very kind to us Jill—not sulky nor " dismal ; " she is especially and most carefully kind to myself , an if there had been some dillerenee between us , now removed ; of which indeed I am wholly unaware ; and to Edwardes I never saw her so affectionate—so cordial and trusting in her manner . Edwardes is a model of affectionate diligence towards her : she cannot look round but he discerns what it is she needs ; and she has it before she can speak . I hope it is no illness which she conceals , but his skill detects , that has made her tacitly assume the silent quiescence of an invalid . Margaret , I can see , watches her without yet understanding or interfering . Often , I can perceive , that she tends her diligently , and yet without Hhowing it . For instance , when we would hear Yseult ' s footstep coming to tea , last night Margaret arranged a seat for her , but she was in another part of the room before Yseult entered , and Margaret ' s even countenance was unaltered .

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    ATHANASE . In the early morning hours , Wandered Athanase alone , Ere the dew was off the flowers , Ere the first fresh light was gone . When the voices of the Morning , Wind and water , chimed and rang , When tlie lark with regal scorning Into the blue aether sprang . Athanase beheld the splendour Of the clouds and of the skies , Saw the colours fair and tender , Fade before his longing eyes . Saw a coming and a going , White and blue , through waving trees , As though sky and cloud were flowing Down the smooth stream of the breeze . Sense of wild and wooing sweetness , -On the bosom of the morn , More complete for incompleteness , Kose from violets newly born . Song of lark unseen above him , Panted in a long delight , And 1 . 1 k ; clouds that seemed to love him , Soared and swooned upon his sight . Then a thought , half thought , half feeling , With sweet sorrow touchM his soul , ( ilhnpses of a world revealing , Far from man ' s delight and dole . Sense of music past him flowing , Sound of far-off endless seas , With a coming and a going , Of glad faces in the breeze . And advancing and retiring , ( Golden shores and rivers bright , Filled his soul with , strange desiring , And his eyes with starry light . And he lookt through blue abysses , Of the heaven above his head , And he yearned to know what blisses , Or what griefs await , the Dead . Upward soar the rocks around him , Downward dive the rocks below , And a mighty spell hath bound him—Vainly , vainly would ho go .

    On the verge he bends him slowly , Gazes on a quiet lake ; Deep below its waters holy For the sky a mirror make . Thought of joy and thought of terror ! Gazing down the gray abyss , He beholds in that fair mirror , Shadowy forms in shadowy bliss . Then a yearning for completeness , And a thirst for ampler life , And a brightness and a sweetness Waver in luxurious strife . Calmly standing , deeply gazing , Turning not to left or right , Nor depressing , nor upraising , His fixt vision for delight . Gazing through those gray abysses , Drunk with rapture and with dread , Leaping down , he learns what blisses And what griefs awa * t the Dead . M .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1853, page 236, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1976/page/20/