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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Diary of Philip Westerly + +Author: Paul Compton + +Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32635] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="tr"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:</p> +<p class="center">This etext was produced from Weird Tales August-September 1936. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.</p></div> +<p> </p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img class="img1" src="images/cover.jpg" width="400" height="608" alt="" title="" /> +</div> +<p> </p> +<h1>The Diary<br /> + +of Philip Westerly</h1> +<p> </p> + +<h2>By PAUL COMPTON</h2> +<p> </p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><i>A strange, brief tale of the terrible fear inspired by a +man's horrendous reflection in a mirror</i></p></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_i1.jpg" alt="I" width="24" height="50" /></div> +<p>t has been ten years since my uncle, Philip Westerly, disappeared. +Many theories have been advanced as to why and how he vanished so +strangely and so completely. Many have wondered why a man should +vanish and leave nothing behind him but a smashed mirror. But none of +these theories or wild imaginings are half so fantastic as the story I +gathered from the diary which some whim prompted him to keep.</p> + +<p>But first a word about Philip Westerly. He was a wealthy man, and also +a cruel, selfish man. His wealth was attributed to this same cruelty +and selfishness. He also had many whims. One of them was keeping a +diary. Another was his love for mirrors. He was handsome in a cruel +sort of way and almost effeminate in his liking to stand before them +and admire himself. This eccentricity was borne out by the fact that +covering one whole side of his room was a mirror of gigantic size—the +same mirror that is linked with his disappearance. But read the +excerpts from the diary of Philip Westerly.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>ug. 3rd. <i>Afternoon</i>: Billings asked for an extension on that note +today, but I saw no reason why I should grant him any such thing. When +I told him this, he began cursing me in a frightful manner. He said I +was cruel and that some day I would be called to account for the way I +treated people. I laughed outright at this, but at the same time I +felt a vague sense of uneasiness which even yet I have not dispelled.</p> + +<p><i>Night</i>: A remarkable thing has happened. I had gone to my room to +dress for dinner and I was standing before the mirror tying my tie. I +had begun the usual procedure that one follows, when I noticed that no +such action was recorded in the mirror. True, there was my reflection +in the glass, but it followed none of the movements that I made. It +was immobile!</p> + +<p>I extended my hand to touch the reflection and encountered nothing but +the polished surface of the mirror. Then I noticed a truly remarkable +thing. The reflection in the mirror wore no tie! I stepped back +aghast. Was this an illusion? Had my mind and vision been affected by +some malady that I was not aware of? Impossible! Then I regarded the +reflection with a more careful scrutiny. There were a number of +differences between it and myself. For one thing it wore a stubby +growth of beard on its face. I was positive that I had visited the +barber that very day and passed my hand across my chin to verify this. +It encountered nothing but smooth skin. The lips of the man in the +mirror drooped in a display of gnarled, yellow fangs, while my own +bared nothing but two rows of gleaming, well-cared-for teeth.</p> + +<p>I was filled simultaneously with a feeling of disgust and fear, and +looked for further discrepancies. I found them. The feet and hands +were abnormally large, and the clothing of the thing was old, baggy, +and covered with filth.</p> + +<p>I dared not stay longer. I tied the tie as best I could and descended +hurriedly to dinner.</p> + +<p>Aug. 4th. <i>Morning</i>: I awoke feeling jaded and tired. My friend in the +mirror is still with me. Ordinarily the reflection of myself, in bed, +is caught in the mirror, but not so this morning. Instead, I saw that +the dweller within had, like myself, been having a night's rest. I +hope he slept better than I did, for my own night was a series of +fitful, restless tossings.</p> + +<p>"Good morning," I said, rising.</p> + +<p>When I moved, he moved. As I advanced toward the mirror he drew closer +to me. I stopped and surveyed him. He resembled me only remotely—I +hope. I smiled, and he responded with a wolfish twist of his mouth. I +extended my hand as if I wanted to shake hands with him, but he drew +back as if from fire. I can't understand the terror which he holds for +me. I try not to show my fear in front of him, but I feel that, +animal-like, he senses it. I refer to the reflection as "he," "him," +or "it," for I cannot bring myself to admit that the thing in the +mirror is my reflection. But I scarcely dare write what I do believe +it to be. I have always been skeptical about such things as "soul," +but when I look into the mirror—God help me!</p> + +<p><i>Night</i>: I am spending much time in my room now. I've spent most of +the day here. This thing is beginning to hold a morbid fascination for +me. I can't stay away for any length of time. I wish I could. My wife +is beginning to worry about me. She says I look pale. She tells me I +need a rest—a long rest. If I could only confide in her! In anyone! +But I can't. I must fight and wait this out alone.</p> + +<p>Aug. 5th. There has been little or no change in our relationship. He +still remains aloof.</p> + +<p>Today my wife came to my room to see how I was feeling. She stood in +such a position that looking into the mirror was unavoidable. She +stood before the mirror arranging her hair. She noticed nothing out of +the ordinary, but he was still there. Damn him! He was still there, +and this time he snarled in triumph at me.</p> + +<p>One other remarkable thing. My wife hadn't seen the thing there in the +mirror, but neither had I seen her reflection. It was the same with +Peter, my valet, and Anna, the maid. Anna would have dusted the mirror +had I not stopped her. I must take no chances. A close scrutiny might +reveal him to them, and they must not know—they must not know!</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>ug. 6th. Three days. Three days of hell! That's what it has been +since I discovered that damned thing. How he tortures me! He has begun +to mock me. When he thinks he has given an extraordinarily clever +impersonation he shakes with laughter. I can't hear him laugh. But I +see him. And that's worse. I can't stand it much longer!</p> + +<p>Aug. 7th. We never know how much we can stand until we go through some +ordeal such as I am now undergoing. But I feel that my nerve is near +the breaking-point.</p> + +<p>I have locked the door of my room. Anna leaves a tray outside my door. +Sometimes I eat the food she brings, but more often I don't. My wife +begs me to let her in, but I tell her to go away. I'm afraid to tell +her—I'm afraid to tell anyone. I know what they do with people who +have "hallucinations". No, I can't tell. Neither can I leave. God +knows why, but I can't.</p> + +<p>Aug. 8th. It was the day before yesterday that I mentioned his mocking +me. Today—I tremble at the thought—he is beginning to resemble me! +This morning I looked in the mirror and discovered that he had +discarded his rags and was now dressed in one of my suits. I ran to +the wardrobe and discovered his clothes hanging where mine had been. I +turned and faced him. He laughed and pointed toward my hands and feet. +They were bloated beyond recognition. I dare not guess how far this +change has gone. I can write no more today.</p> + +<p>Aug. 9th. The change is complete. He looks more like me than I do +myself. He has grown more cruel with the change. He taunts me with my +ugliness. Finally I could stand it no longer. I fled from the room. At +last I found the thing I was looking for—a mirror. When I came face +to face with what I now am I nearly collapsed. Yes, he has taken my +form. God pity me! I've taken his!</p> + +<p>I slunk back to the room in horror. Back to his laughter and the hell +that is now my existence. God knows what to-morrow will bring!</p> + +<p>Aug. 10th. Seven days since that devil has been in the mirror. I have +prayed to God that it may be the last. It will! I know it will! He, in +the mirror, senses it too. I see the look of apprehension in his eyes. +Damn him! It's my turn to snarl in triumph now. For when I lay down +this pen, for the last time, perhaps, I shall leap through the mirror. +And he exists only in the mirror. God help me! <i>I am laying down my +pen!</i></p> +<p> </p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/image_001.jpg" width="200" height="82" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Diary of Philip Westerly, by Paul Compton + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY *** + +***** This file should be named 32635-h.htm or 32635-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/2/6/3/32635/ + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Diary of Philip Westerly + +Author: Paul Compton + +Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32635] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + Transcriber's Note: + + This etext was produced from Weird Tales August-September 1936. + Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. + copyright on this publication was renewed. + + + The Diary + + of Philip Westerly + + + By PAUL COMPTON + + + _A strange, brief tale of the terrible fear inspired by a + man's horrendous reflection in a mirror_ + + * * * * * + + + + +It has been ten years since my uncle, Philip Westerly, disappeared. +Many theories have been advanced as to why and how he vanished so +strangely and so completely. Many have wondered why a man should +vanish and leave nothing behind him but a smashed mirror. But none of +these theories or wild imaginings are half so fantastic as the story I +gathered from the diary which some whim prompted him to keep. + +But first a word about Philip Westerly. He was a wealthy man, and also +a cruel, selfish man. His wealth was attributed to this same cruelty +and selfishness. He also had many whims. One of them was keeping a +diary. Another was his love for mirrors. He was handsome in a cruel +sort of way and almost effeminate in his liking to stand before them +and admire himself. This eccentricity was borne out by the fact that +covering one whole side of his room was a mirror of gigantic size--the +same mirror that is linked with his disappearance. But read the +excerpts from the diary of Philip Westerly. + + * * * * * + +Aug. 3rd. _Afternoon_: Billings asked for an extension on that note +today, but I saw no reason why I should grant him any such thing. When +I told him this, he began cursing me in a frightful manner. He said I +was cruel and that some day I would be called to account for the way I +treated people. I laughed outright at this, but at the same time I +felt a vague sense of uneasiness which even yet I have not dispelled. + +_Night_: A remarkable thing has happened. I had gone to my room to +dress for dinner and I was standing before the mirror tying my tie. I +had begun the usual procedure that one follows, when I noticed that no +such action was recorded in the mirror. True, there was my reflection +in the glass, but it followed none of the movements that I made. It +was immobile! + +I extended my hand to touch the reflection and encountered nothing but +the polished surface of the mirror. Then I noticed a truly remarkable +thing. The reflection in the mirror wore no tie! I stepped back +aghast. Was this an illusion? Had my mind and vision been affected by +some malady that I was not aware of? Impossible! Then I regarded the +reflection with a more careful scrutiny. There were a number of +differences between it and myself. For one thing it wore a stubby +growth of beard on its face. I was positive that I had visited the +barber that very day and passed my hand across my chin to verify this. +It encountered nothing but smooth skin. The lips of the man in the +mirror drooped in a display of gnarled, yellow fangs, while my own +bared nothing but two rows of gleaming, well-cared-for teeth. + +I was filled simultaneously with a feeling of disgust and fear, and +looked for further discrepancies. I found them. The feet and hands +were abnormally large, and the clothing of the thing was old, baggy, +and covered with filth. + +I dared not stay longer. I tied the tie as best I could and descended +hurriedly to dinner. + +Aug. 4th. _Morning_: I awoke feeling jaded and tired. My friend in the +mirror is still with me. Ordinarily the reflection of myself, in bed, +is caught in the mirror, but not so this morning. Instead, I saw that +the dweller within had, like myself, been having a night's rest. I +hope he slept better than I did, for my own night was a series of +fitful, restless tossings. + +"Good morning," I said, rising. + +When I moved, he moved. As I advanced toward the mirror he drew closer +to me. I stopped and surveyed him. He resembled me only remotely--I +hope. I smiled, and he responded with a wolfish twist of his mouth. I +extended my hand as if I wanted to shake hands with him, but he drew +back as if from fire. I can't understand the terror which he holds for +me. I try not to show my fear in front of him, but I feel that, +animal-like, he senses it. I refer to the reflection as "he," "him," +or "it," for I cannot bring myself to admit that the thing in the +mirror is my reflection. But I scarcely dare write what I do believe +it to be. I have always been skeptical about such things as "soul," +but when I look into the mirror--God help me! + +_Night_: I am spending much time in my room now. I've spent most of +the day here. This thing is beginning to hold a morbid fascination for +me. I can't stay away for any length of time. I wish I could. My wife +is beginning to worry about me. She says I look pale. She tells me I +need a rest--a long rest. If I could only confide in her! In anyone! +But I can't. I must fight and wait this out alone. + +Aug. 5th. There has been little or no change in our relationship. He +still remains aloof. + +Today my wife came to my room to see how I was feeling. She stood in +such a position that looking into the mirror was unavoidable. She +stood before the mirror arranging her hair. She noticed nothing out of +the ordinary, but he was still there. Damn him! He was still there, +and this time he snarled in triumph at me. + +One other remarkable thing. My wife hadn't seen the thing there in the +mirror, but neither had I seen her reflection. It was the same with +Peter, my valet, and Anna, the maid. Anna would have dusted the mirror +had I not stopped her. I must take no chances. A close scrutiny might +reveal him to them, and they must not know--they must not know! + + * * * * * + +Aug. 6th. Three days. Three days of hell! That's what it has been +since I discovered that damned thing. How he tortures me! He has begun +to mock me. When he thinks he has given an extraordinarily clever +impersonation he shakes with laughter. I can't hear him laugh. But I +see him. And that's worse. I can't stand it much longer! + +Aug. 7th. We never know how much we can stand until we go through some +ordeal such as I am now undergoing. But I feel that my nerve is near +the breaking-point. + +I have locked the door of my room. Anna leaves a tray outside my door. +Sometimes I eat the food she brings, but more often I don't. My wife +begs me to let her in, but I tell her to go away. I'm afraid to tell +her--I'm afraid to tell anyone. I know what they do with people who +have "hallucinations". No, I can't tell. Neither can I leave. God +knows why, but I can't. + +Aug. 8th. It was the day before yesterday that I mentioned his mocking +me. Today--I tremble at the thought--he is beginning to resemble me! +This morning I looked in the mirror and discovered that he had +discarded his rags and was now dressed in one of my suits. I ran to +the wardrobe and discovered his clothes hanging where mine had been. I +turned and faced him. He laughed and pointed toward my hands and feet. +They were bloated beyond recognition. I dare not guess how far this +change has gone. I can write no more today. + +Aug. 9th. The change is complete. He looks more like me than I do +myself. He has grown more cruel with the change. He taunts me with my +ugliness. Finally I could stand it no longer. I fled from the room. At +last I found the thing I was looking for--a mirror. When I came face +to face with what I now am I nearly collapsed. Yes, he has taken my +form. God pity me! I've taken his! + +I slunk back to the room in horror. Back to his laughter and the hell +that is now my existence. God knows what to-morrow will bring! + +Aug. 10th. Seven days since that devil has been in the mirror. I have +prayed to God that it may be the last. It will! I know it will! He, in +the mirror, senses it too. I see the look of apprehension in his eyes. +Damn him! It's my turn to snarl in triumph now. For when I lay down +this pen, for the last time, perhaps, I shall leap through the mirror. +And he exists only in the mirror. 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