Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-06-18


were doing work for me, boy entered and
handed me sealed note. Iopcned it and
found it to be from widow named Sim
clair. She was quite wealthy, and further
more, had been among my most intimate
friends. Early in the preceding Spring l
had attended daughter, named Kate who
had a malignant fever, and whom L had
hoped to cure. Mrs. Sinclair was one OF
those persons, witha strong everything COM
bination of Reverence, Bcnevolence, and
Credulity, who are easily led by their sym
pathies into the most dubious mental posi-
tions She had been worked upon by sol
d;sam seers and spiritual revivalists, I'M
til she was completely under their control;
and under the advice of one of the leaders
of an association of this class she engaged
the services ola fellow who pretended to
cure disease by the ''laying on of hands. y
He had some simple nostrums which he
ministered-general restoratives and tom
lics-and upon the efficacy of which, added
to the faith of the patient, all his cures de-
pended; yet his followers sincerely believ-
ed that he held great power in his mere
touch. OF coure when this new man took
charge of the patient left.
In two weeks Kate Sinclair died. She
was beautiful girl, Just yerging into wo-
manhood, and her loss was a sad blow up
on her family and friends. j felt sure that
| could have cured her: for ! had the dis
ease under my control when left, and |
remarked to that effect in the presence Of
several intimate friends The ''seer" heard
of my remark, and went with it to Mrs.
Sinclair, informing her that | said SO and
so, and intimating that called her a fool
for having him in the house, &c. heard
of it all, and having written frank, plain
statement of all the facts, | sent it to her;
and from that time until the reception OF
/ of the note which now held L had not seen
her.
As soon as could set away from my
workmen | FASTENED 10 the widow S house.
found her in deep mourning, and full OF
sorrow Her only remaining child, a
daughter, named Eliza, was dying.
doctor she said, drawing me into one
ofthc darkened parlors, ''you must forget
all that has passed., and help me now ifyou
can
/ answered her that l had only the most
grateful emotions toward her, and that only
a.heavy press of business had prevented
me from calling upon her. She thanked
me, and then added
Before YOU see Eliza must tell you all
Since our dear Kate diel we have been very
Intimate with the new sect, and | will not
denv that they have had much influence over
us. Poor Eliza has been entirely carried
away whit Shethink the spirit of hes
departed sister is with her all the time, and
size will not even allow any one to sleep
with her every night She was to have
been married in July-last month-but for
that very reason refused. She said her sis
ter had told her that no mortal could share
her bed.
But this is not the worst Three weeks
ago last night she says her sister appeared TO
her and told her that on the eighteenth OF
this month she would de- This warning
has been repeated and Eliza says it innst
be so. She will take no rcstoratiyes--
will do nothing but live on as she has done,
and wait the event. She is dying, sir; and
her new-school friends sustain her in the
belief Oh! you must save her-you
must"
pondered awhile, and then asked in
what shape she fancied her sister had come.
s.She thinks she saw her in a dream
She owns that it was what we call a dream;
but then she knows that it was her sister 5
spirit These people who come to see her
do all they can to keepup the dclusion.-
They pray with her and bid her to be OF
good cheer, for she will soon be with her
sister"
'Docs the spirit set any particular hour
for the death?" / asked.
eyes, it SAYS at sunset" -
'On the eighteenth eyes SIR"
"And that is Tomorrow fe
Eyes, sir Kate died Just as the sun
was setting, and the circumstances and CO.
incidence, made considerable impression
upon Eliza's mind, for she has said over a
hundred times since, how pleasant it was
to sink to rest with the sun, and thus to fol-
low the glorious orb directly, to continuous
day"
i understood the matter now, and asked
to see the patient / found her in bed, and
though she was worked upon by mental
lldiluCiiidttou sttoffc 1St ctfc was opSciutciN
dying. She was-very glad to see me, but
shook her head when l proposed to help
her, and | saw at once from her manner
and expression that no power of argument
or persuasion could change her mind, or
shake her firm faith in the warning she
had received. But still she allowed me to
: make the usual examination.
| fosnd the tongue perfectly natural, and
ALI the functions free from arrangement
The o'clock was running down." that was
ALL The pulse was regular but very faint,
and l easily discovered that the whole vi
tai organization was gradually going out
like smouldering fire.
.Do you really think you are going to
die?" Iasked her still holding her wrist
/ s'-Ah, SIR" she replied with faint smile,
.Tdon't think anything aboutit- Iknow."
"WelI," said 1, Il San see one thing
very plainly; you have just about vitality
enorgh to.last yen until--let me SEQ
And as l thas hesitated pretended to be
counting her pulse very accurately and
Earnestly Zone, two, threo,' i resumed,
as though calculating nicely, ;s'and two is
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