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The Rosicrucian.
hands the volume of tho Sacred Law , bid him pursue his last task with diligence , and when accomplished , for the last time return . The heart of the young man beat wildly with hope , and in a few days he promised to be with him . Months rolled on , still he came not ; at last , one evening towards the close of the year , the painter again presented himself at the house of the strangerwho received him with a smile of benevolent satisfaction
, . " I come , " said Andrea , " to thank you for the veil you have removed from my mental sight , for the blessed certainty I have received , and to return to you this precious volume , whence I have gleaned the treasures of truth . " He laid the manuscript upon the table as he spoke . " And to receive the reward of thy perseverence , " demanded the old man . " If such be in your poiver , " replied the student , " reserve for others the
gift . I am satisfied with the laws of Heaven , and seek not imperiously to arrest them . Death for me hath lost its terrors , for beyond the grave I view a new existence of Eternal Li ght , and unclouded happiness . " " Brother ! " exclaimed the old man , rising from his seat and embracing him , " the rite is accomplished , truth hath found an entrance to thy heart . The only immortality permitted unto man , is laid before thee , —and , unknown to thyself , thy faith hath made thee a ROSICRUCIAN . "
The Vampire.
THE VAMPIRE .
[ The following remarkable occurrence was related by PRINCE CAMIKCKRKS , and recounted to the writer by BARON LA TOUK , at a Lodge in Bayeux . ] THERE was always some curious anecdote to be gathered from the conversation of Prince Cambeceres . In one of my evening visits to him he related the following story . One day when the Emperor had detained me longer than usual the minister of police Fouche Duke of Otranto
, sent to request an immediate audience . What can he want ? " exclaimed the Emneror <• Stav prince ; Ike to have a witness when he is with me . " The Emoeror was then beginning to be distrustful of him . Fouche entered , and after having conversed about some general topics relating to the police , proceeded as follows . " "A very singular occurrence has taken place at the Hotel in
Pep , Rue St . Eloi About twelve days ago , a man , named Baffin , took up his abode at the house ; owing to some special circumstances which were communicated to the police , he has been made an object of especial surveillance . He is well-dressed and good-looking , except that there is a certain expression of fierceness in his countenance . In the day time he visits several fami . es in Paris , ancl in the evening he leaves his hotel at eleven o clock preciselon foot or in a fiacrebut
y , , always proceeds to the same place-namely , the cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise ^ and as soon as he arrives there my emissaries lose sight of him . At four o ' clock in the morning he is seen again in the burial-ground , which he quits for the Hotel Pepin , where he arrives before dayli ght . These circumstances occurring night after night , have excited the astonishment of my people
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The Rosicrucian.
hands the volume of tho Sacred Law , bid him pursue his last task with diligence , and when accomplished , for the last time return . The heart of the young man beat wildly with hope , and in a few days he promised to be with him . Months rolled on , still he came not ; at last , one evening towards the close of the year , the painter again presented himself at the house of the strangerwho received him with a smile of benevolent satisfaction
, . " I come , " said Andrea , " to thank you for the veil you have removed from my mental sight , for the blessed certainty I have received , and to return to you this precious volume , whence I have gleaned the treasures of truth . " He laid the manuscript upon the table as he spoke . " And to receive the reward of thy perseverence , " demanded the old man . " If such be in your poiver , " replied the student , " reserve for others the
gift . I am satisfied with the laws of Heaven , and seek not imperiously to arrest them . Death for me hath lost its terrors , for beyond the grave I view a new existence of Eternal Li ght , and unclouded happiness . " " Brother ! " exclaimed the old man , rising from his seat and embracing him , " the rite is accomplished , truth hath found an entrance to thy heart . The only immortality permitted unto man , is laid before thee , —and , unknown to thyself , thy faith hath made thee a ROSICRUCIAN . "
The Vampire.
THE VAMPIRE .
[ The following remarkable occurrence was related by PRINCE CAMIKCKRKS , and recounted to the writer by BARON LA TOUK , at a Lodge in Bayeux . ] THERE was always some curious anecdote to be gathered from the conversation of Prince Cambeceres . In one of my evening visits to him he related the following story . One day when the Emperor had detained me longer than usual the minister of police Fouche Duke of Otranto
, sent to request an immediate audience . What can he want ? " exclaimed the Emneror <• Stav prince ; Ike to have a witness when he is with me . " The Emoeror was then beginning to be distrustful of him . Fouche entered , and after having conversed about some general topics relating to the police , proceeded as follows . " "A very singular occurrence has taken place at the Hotel in
Pep , Rue St . Eloi About twelve days ago , a man , named Baffin , took up his abode at the house ; owing to some special circumstances which were communicated to the police , he has been made an object of especial surveillance . He is well-dressed and good-looking , except that there is a certain expression of fierceness in his countenance . In the day time he visits several fami . es in Paris , ancl in the evening he leaves his hotel at eleven o clock preciselon foot or in a fiacrebut
y , , always proceeds to the same place-namely , the cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise ^ and as soon as he arrives there my emissaries lose sight of him . At four o ' clock in the morning he is seen again in the burial-ground , which he quits for the Hotel Pepin , where he arrives before dayli ght . These circumstances occurring night after night , have excited the astonishment of my people