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A EEAUTircL 8TQRT.
BY !jRAfArIS,L RAWTIIOaN,
. In the latter part of the! last centtuy,
therf, lived a man of science an emi
nent proficient in every branch of natu
ral philosophywhoi not.,lonsr before
our story opens, bad madeexpenencecf
a spiniuai amniiy, -more attractive tman
any chemical one.; He had left hLf jab
ratory to the care of an assistant, cleared
his fine' countenance; from the furnace
smoke, washed the stain of acid from his
fingers, and" persuaded a' beautiful wo
man to become his wife. In' those days,
when the comparatively recent discove
ry of electricity and other kindred mygi
terjes of nature, seemed to open paths in
to the region of miracle it was not unu:
sua! ior the love of science" to, rival the
love of woman, ia its depth and absorb
ing energy.t The higher intellect, the
imagination, the ' spirit, and even the
heart, might all fini their congenial ali
ment in pursuits which; as some of their
ardent votaries believed, would ascend
from one step of powerful intelligence to
another, until the philosopher shouldjay
his hand on the secret ot creative force,
and perhaps make new worlds for him
self. fWe know' not whether Aylmer pos
sessed this degree of faith in man's ulti
mate control over nature. He had de
voted himself, however, too unreserved
ly to scientific studiesever to be weaned
from them by any second passion. His
love for his young wife might prove the
stronger of the two : but it could onlv be
by intertwining itself .with his love of
science, and uniting the strength of the
latter to its own.
Such an union accordingly took place,
and was attended with truly remarka
ble consequences, and a deeply impres
sive moral. One day, very soon after
their marriage, Aylmer sat gazing at his
wife, with a trouble in his countenance
that grew stronger, until he spoke.
" Ueorgiana," said he, has it never
occurred to you that the mark upon your
cheek might be removed V
tfNo, indeed," said she, smiling; but
perceiving the seriousness of his man
ner, she blushed deeply. M To tell you
the truth, it has been so often called a
charm, that I was simple enough to im
agine it might be so."
"Ah, upon another face, perhaps ii
might," replied her husband. u But nev
er on yours! ..No, dearest Georgiana,
you came so near perfect from the hand
of Nature, that this slightest possible de
fectwhich we hesitate whether to term
a defect or a beauty shocks me, as be
ing the visible mark of earthly perfec
tion." "Shocks you, my husband!" cried
Georgiana, deeply hurt at first redden
ing with momentary anger, but, then
bursting tinto tears. "Then why did
you take me from my mother's side 3
You cannot love what shocks you !"
To explain this conversation, it must
be mentioned, that in the centre of Geor
giana's left cheek there was a singular
mark, deeply interwoven, as it were, with
the texture and substance of her face.
In the usual state of her complexion a
healthy, though delicate bloom the
mark wore a tint of deeper arimson,
which imperfectly defined its shape
amid the surrounding rosiness. When
she blushed, it gradually became more
indistinct, and finally vanished amid the
triumphant rush of blood, that bathed
the whole cheek with its brilliant glow.
But. if anv shiftlnsr emotion caused her
to turn pale, there was the mark again,
a cnuisuQ siam upon me snow, in wnai
Aylmer sometimes deemed an almost
fearful distinctness. Its shape bore not
a little similarity to the human hand,
though of the smallest pigmy size.
Georgiana's lovers were wont to say that
some tauy, at her birth, hour, had laid
her tiny hand upon the infant's cheek,
and left this impress there, in token oi
the magic endowments that were to give
her such sway over all hearts. Many a
desperate swain would have risked life
for the privilege of pressing his hps to
the mysterious hana.It must not be
concealed, however, that the impression
wrought by this fairy sign manual varied
exceedingly, according to the difference
of temperament of the beholders. Some
fastidious persons but they were exclu
sively of her owrJi SM-T4rmed that th
Bloody Hand, as they 'choose to call it,
quite destroyed the effect of Georgiana's
beauty, and rendered Ker countenance
even hideous. Bat it .would be as rea
sonable to say that; one of those small
blue ttains, which idmctmicsa occur in
the purest statuary roaible, would con
vert the Eve of Powers to a monster.
THE BlitTlKlIAItm
Masculine observers, if the birth-mark
did not heighten . their admiration, cor
tented themselves with wishing it awayj
that the world might' possess one living
specimen of ideal loveliness.1 without the
ocmuiauce oi a uaw. Alter nu marnaire
for he thought little or nothing of the
matter before-Aylmer discovered mat
luia was uie case wua uunseuu. ' ,
: Had she been less beatitiful if Envy's
self could have found aughl else to sneer
at he miaht have felt his affection
heightened by ihe r)rcttiness of this mim
ic hand, now vairuclv rjortraved. now
lost," now stealing forth arainVRnd stiim-
meririg to and fro . with every pulse of
emotion that throbbed within her heart
But, seeing her otherwise so perfect, he
found this one defect to trrow more and
more" intolerable, with every moment of
their united lives. It was the fatal flaw
of humanity, which nature, in one shape
or another. 6tamDS inelTaceablv on all
her productions, either to imply that they
are temporary aau mute, or inai ineir
. : i . i:'a. i-.f
perfection must be wrought by toil and
pain. The Crimson Hand expressed
the includible gripe, in which mortality
clutches the highest and purest of earth
ly mould, degrading them into kindred
with the lowest, and even with the very
brutes, like whom their visible frames
return to dust. In this manner select
ing it as the symbol of his wife's liabili
ty to sin, sorrow, decay, and death, Ayl
mer's sombre imagination was not long
in rendering the birth-mark a frightful
object, causiug him more trouble and
horror than ever Georgiana's beauty,
whether oi soul or sense, had given
him delight
At all the seasons which should have
been their happiest, he invariably, and
without intending it-r-nay, in spite of a
purpose to the contrary reverted to this
one disastrous topic. Trifling as it at
first appeared,' it so connected itself with
innumerable trains of thought, "and
modes of y feeling, that it became the
central point of all. With the morning
twilight Avlrneri; opened his eyes up
on his wife's face, and recognized the
ymbol of imperfection : and when they
sat together at the .evening hearth, his
eves wandered stealthily to her chk
and beheld, nickering with the blaze of i
i . ' . . . .
the wood fire, the spectral Hand that
wrote mortality where he would fain
have worshipped., Georgiana soon learn
ed to shudder at his gaze. It needed
but a glance, with the peculiar expres
sion that his lace often wore, to change
the roses of her cheek into a deathlike
paleness, amid which the Crimson Hand
was brought strongly out, like a has re
lief oY ruby on the whitest marble.
, jLate, one night, when the lights were
growing dim, so as hardily to betray the
stain on the poor wife's cheek, she her
self, for the first time, voluntarily took
up the subject
"Do you remember, my dear Ayl
mer." said she, with a feeble attempt at
a smile " have you any recollection of
a dream, last night, about this odious
Hand?"
"None I none whatever! replied
Aylmer, starting ; but then he added
in a dry, cold tone, affected for the sake
of concealing the real depth of his emo
tion ; " I might well dream, of it; for
before I fell asleep, it had taken a pretty
firm hold of my fancy."
u And you .did dream of it," continu
ed Georgiana, hastily ; for she dreaded
lest a gush of tears should interrupt
what she bad to say "A terrible
dream ! I wonder that you can forget
it. Is it possible to foreet this one ex
pression' It is in her heart now ; we
must have it out I Ive fleet, my-nusband ;
for by all means I would have you re
call that dream."
The mind is in a sad state, when
Sleep, the all-involving, cannot confine
her spectres, within the dim region of her
sway, but suffers them to break forth, af
frighting this actual life with secrets that
perchance belong to a deeper one. -Aylmer
now remembeifcd ' his dream ; bo
had fancied himself, with: his servant
Ammadab, attempting an, operation for
the removal of the birth-mark. But the
deeper-went the Irafe, dee W sank the
nana, unui at .eugia ru uny grasp ap
peared; to nave caught hold of Geor
giana's 1 heart j whence, however, her
husband was inexorably resolved to cut
or wrench itawaw ' . .W.-'..
When) the dream had shaped, itself j
periectiyin his memory, Ayhner sat In
us wife's presence with a guilty feeling.
Truth often finds- its way to (he mind
close-muffled in robes' of sleep, and then
speaks with uncompromising directness
of matters in regard to which we practice
an unconscious ttf-decption, during our
waking moments! Until wrr he bAd
not been aware of the tyrannizing influ
ence acquired by one idea over his mind.
and of the lengths which he might find
in his heart to go. for the lake of giving
himself pea4.:;'
If Aylmer resumed Georgiana, sol
emnly, WI know not what may be the
cost to both of us, to rjd me of this fatal
birth-mark. Pethaps its.removarmay
cause 'cureless deformity Or,' it may
oe, uis siain goes as aeep as uio useu.
Again, uo we stnow mere . is possi wwy,
on any terras, of unclasping the' firm
gripe of this little Hand, which was laid
upon me before I came into the world V
"Dearest ueorgiana, I , have spent
much thought upon the subjecj4!!Jiafily
interrupted Aylmer: am convinced
of the perfect practicability of its rctno
val." - ;,v . J- ' XH
" If thcTe be the remotest possibility of
it," continued Georgiana, " (ct ithe at
tempt be made, at whatever risk. Dan
ger is nothing to me : for life while this
hateful mark makes me the object of
your horror and disgust ute is a bur
then which I would fling down with joy.
Either remove this dreadful Uaud, or
take my wretched life 1 You have deep
science 1 All the world bears witness of
it You have achieved great Wonders (
vamioi you remove mis uiue, wine marx
which 1 cover with the tips of two small
fingeis? ' Is this beyond your power, for
the sake of your own peace, and to save
your poor wife from madness V.
"Noblest, dearest tenderest wife. I"
cried Aylmer, rapturously, "double not
my power. I have already given this
matter the deepest thought thought
which might almost havo enlightened
me to create a being less perfect than
yourself. Georgiana, you have led me
deeper than ever into the heart of sci
ence. I feel myself fully competent to
render this dear cheek as faultless as its
follow; and then, most beloved, that
will be my triumph, when I shall have
corrected what Nature left imperfect in
her , fauest work ; Lyen f ygmalion.
when his sculptured woman assumed
life, felt hot greater ecstacy than, mine
will be." . , . .
" It is resoled, then," said Georgiana,
faintly snuKng "and, Ayhner, spare
me not, though , you should find the
birth-mark take refuge in my heart at
last" ,
Her husband tenderly kissed her
cheek her right cheek not that which
bore the impress of the Crimson Hand.
1 he next day, Aylmer apprised his
wife of a plan that he had formed.where-
by be might have opportunity, for the
intense- thought and constant watchful
ness which the proposed operation would
require ; while Qeorgiana, likewise,
would enjoy the perfect repose essential
to its. success. They were ' to seclude
themselves in the extensive apartmeuts
occupied by Aylmer as a laboratory. and
wnere, a unrig nis loiisqme youui, ne nan
madediscoverics in the chemical powers
of nature, that had roused the admiration
of all the learned societies in Europe.
Seated calmly in his laboratory, the pale
philosopher had investigated the secrets
of . the highest cloud-region, and of the
profoundest mines ; he had satisfied him
self of the causes that kindled and kept
alive tho fires of the volcano "and had
explained the mystery of fountains, and
how it is that they gush forth, some so
bright and pure, and others with such
rich medicinal virtues, from the dark bo
som of the earth. Here, too, at an early
period, he bad-studied the wonders of
the human frame, and attempted to fath
om the very process by which Nature
assimulates .ail her precious influences
from earth and air, and from the spiritu
al world, to create and foster Man, her
master-piece. The latter' pursuit, lww:
ever, Aylmer had long laid aside, in un
willing recognition ol the truto, against
which all seekers sooner or later stumble,
that our great creative Mothej while she
amuses us with apparently working in
the broadest sunshine, is yet severely
careful to keep her own secrets, and, in
spite of her pretended optmness shows
us nothing but results. ,, Shqi; permit us
indeed to mar, but seldom tp mend, and,
like a jealous patentee, on no account to
make. ..Now,- however, Aylmerresur
med these half-forgotten investigations ;
not of course, with such hopes or wishes
as first suggested them; but because
they involved much physiological truth,
and lay in the v path ; of. his proposed
scheme for the- treatment of Georgiana. ;
.As he led het over the threshold of the
iausAuviyi'vvtKiaua wovuiu ouu ucil.-
nlous. Aylmer looked cherfully into her
(ace, with intent to reassure her, but was
so startled with the) intense, glow of the
birth-mark upon the whiteness of her
cnees;, max necouia not restrain a strong
convuUvo s!r: !ier, lla wi faL.;l.
'; AminaJab P,:Aminadab J" s!:-,:i
Ayhner, stamping Violently on t!.3 i" . r.
; . j oruiwith, thers iscucd trcm an 1 r
apartment a nan cflo-v Stat . ;r-,lv.t 1 1
ky frame, with shaggy haif ! -?Z-'? '
bout h visage,; whidi was j;nd
tne f apors of the furnace. 1 ..j r ;. ;
age had been Ayrrrler's. unJct . wcil. -during;
bis wliole scientific career, c r.
was adniirawy fitted far , that1 oCco 1 ;
his great mechanical rc'adu.cssapd t'.
ikilLlwith,. Whicby. whilojncapalle c
comprehending a single principle, he tt
csciited all the; practical dctaflsof his mas
ter's experiment, With his vast ctrengtb,
hit shaggy hRk'siakjy. aspect, and
the iridescTibable cartnincss that ericrus
ted him,; he seemed to represent man's
physical nature j while Aylmci's slend
der figure ; and Dale intellectual face.
were no less a type of the , spiritnal tie-'
Throw open the door xrf the fconaofr
Aminadabj", laid'Aybner, ?and bum a
pastille. , H-;t "f j;J fi, v
- "Ye, master,, answered Arr.inadab, .
looking intently at the' lifeless form, cf
Georgiana and then he, mattered to
himself " If she were my wi I'd r." )
yer pan with that btrtnrk. i' . , J
When Georeiina recovered conscL-cJh
ness, shefbund herself breithing an
mosphere ''ofiTrietrau'nira'grance,- the;
gentle potency ol whwn hid recaiica i;cr .
iwmhe deatMke faintnessheikcwe
around her looked' lik' cnchaiitrnanit .
Aylmer had , convcrtod ; tbfoiw imc&y,
dingy, r sombre-jrxirnin where' be had ,
a i... ...:... j- ..."
spent ma pngnicsi years,; in reconciHa
pursuits, into a series of beautiful apait-
ments, not unfit to be the socioded aoode ?
of a lovelylwomati-Thf trails were,-
nung witn gorgeous curtainf, wnicn im-,
parted the combination fgatmrjandl ; i
grace, that no species of adornment could
achieve J and as they fell fronl the, ce3f
ing to the floor, their rich and ponderous (
fold8f concealing all angles and straight i
lines appeared to. shut the scene from inf -finite
space. i For aught Georgiana knew'
it might be a pavilion among the cloud. '
And Ayuner, excluding the sunshine,,
which would have interfered with ; hia . l
chemical processes! had. supplied s its tt
place with perfumecl .lampsj emitting -'
names oi various nue, dui an unmng in tti :.
soft,emrmledraduance. He now, knelt -
by his wife's side, watching her earnest-;' '
h, but without alarm; for he was confiV ,
dent irr his science' and felt he could) f
draw a magfc circle round her, within"
wjtfcViiVeyU jm'ghf immde. . -j-,
"Wnere ara'lJr-Ab, I remember P- .
said GtorglanaV jaintly: and she placed fc
her band over her cheek to hide tiie ter- r
nbU-mark from hei .husband s eyes.;
"Fear not, deafest fc exclaimed e. f.
('Do, not shrink from me t" ,Believ ine :
Georgiana, I evenreioice ia this'smsle'
imperfection, since it will bo inch a rap-1
ture to remove if 0't,v;V; . '
"Oh, spare iaeEJ sadlreplicd his wife.
Pray do not look at it again.- I never ?
ran fnrirflt lhnt vnvrtlie BlinIIo4-!..; 1
in oruer o soome ueorgiana. Siiu, as.j ,
if were,' to release her mind -drpm the
burden, of actual things, 'Aylmer ttow ;
put in practice, some of y. the light ' and v.
playful serects wfeich science had taught
him among its" urofounder lore. -Arrv
. . - - 1 A - 1.1. - A " . - '
figures,' absolutely bodilessr- ideas, and r
forms of unsubstantial beauty came and ' '
danced before her, imprinUng their mo-
mentaiy footsteps : on. beams of light
Though she had some indistinct idea cf
the method of tbese 'optical; Ybenomena. -
still the allusioa was almost, perfect, e-1-hough
to warraii ,the belief that herhus- j.;:
al world. v Then again, when she felt a'; '
wish to look forth from .her seclusion, 4 .
immediately, as if : her thoughts were 1 '
nniuprm 1 1 1. nnrpvi nr. rn mTwmi a a
Istpnrfl flitted acroas a nrrMn. That (v.f
nnr and fitmrM of aphwl litV xrrrtt mr-i
fecuy ' represented, . but with' .that: b4
whehinr, .yet iiidisccrnable difference),
which always makes a picture, an image-, -t
or a ..shadow, so much more attractive
than ;the original, When wearied ; of
this, Ayhner bade her cast her eyes' up-' ,
on a,.tessel containing a .'quantity o ,
earth She did so, with little interest et.
erst, out was soon starueq, tQ perceive :
the gem -ot a plant wootmg. upward: .
from the soiL 'Then came the slender? .
stalk the leaves gradually unfolded -
mernsclves--and amid them was japcti ;
feet and lovely flower;: uf',?';:,'
fix is magical V aicd Georgiaas, I j .
darebot touch it" . : k -Si-K.;
'."Nay, pluck it," answered Ajtoer
"pluck; it, and inhale its brief perfume;
,tvhile you may. ; t The flower wiUwhith-5.
ef in few moments, mid leave nothuigr-.
save its brow sced-yessel but thence t
may.,bo rrpetuated at once as fpheme
ral as uself.w-.-t:r- i 'hi
But Georgiana liad DO sooner touched
the flower than (he whole plant wuTercd '
a blight, its leaves turning coal-black, as :
if by the agency of fire. rr
There was, too powerful a ttirnulus," "
:j a l .K..u...ltw - . . m, '
: rTq make up for this abortive exrtri-.'; j
ment, he proposed o :uke her;roruait
bya scientmeprctfcjssrfhiiown invtr'
fipn. -i It wti to be perfected. tyr""" r
light striking upon a- rohihed
n .