Spiritual vampirism: The history of Etherial Softdown, and her friends of the "New Light"

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YIEGER’S CABINET.
THE HISTORY
ETHERIAL SOFTDOWN,
AND
Her Friends of the “New Light.”
BY C. W. WEBBER, AUTHOR OF “OLD HICKS THE GUIDE,” “CHARLES WINTERFIELD PAPERS,” “THE HUNTER-NATURALIST,” “TALES OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER,” ETC.
A heavy, hell-like paleness loads her cheeks,
Unknown to a clear heaven.
John Marston.