Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-08-19
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2 steps brought me to Tire outer skirt O
the heavy timber; here and there Til,
shadows of the trees threw weirt
and phantom-likc form across my
pathway, calculated TO render 4 wal {
At midnight, gloomy aud f1rebulihy
! even to man Of stronger nerves anr
binder will than I claimed for N.Y.
SELF 1 now approximate that part ol
my adventure which indeed IL truly
wonderful and marvellous In the ex-
treme. Aud here, It IL necessary Ia
court and solicit belief, even among
open and avowed spiritualists! II II
requires no very great depth III arRu-
ment and practical demonstration. to
convince you OF actual tipplugst turn.
ings aud hurlings Of poiderUus ma.
terials across rooms, then / cOnjure
you In the name Of reason and con-
sistency to consider dIspassionately
the statements rs lIere detailed.
A walk OF one hundred flfty yards
brought me To clear space Of about
one acre In extent, save In the centre
Of which, and near to the road, III
gantic white oak reared It's stately
form, and threw It's wooden arms far
and wide over my pathway. Ihad
advanced within thirty PAGES of this
tree, when casually casting u glance
forward, I saw u man standing in the
center OF the road, and Immediately
underneath the hlgl, arutltrave Or
boughs overhead. BeIug thus sud-
denly and unexpectedly confronted
by All Individual, 1t the solemn hour
0f t0tC tscetve, clnd In all the vesture
OF living humanity (altlioueh no
words were sp0ken) oouSpired to raise
within me, feeling akin ~ awe, u
not terror. ! stopped suddenly, IN
order to scrutinlze more closely this
additional barrier TO my further pro.
gress. No sooner had / become sta.
tionary, than he lifted himself IN,
apparently without effort, aud appear.
ed TO be suspended In the air about
six feet from the ground, with his
arms outstrstchesl In = horizontal
position, pointing due east and west,
now became almost paruly xed with
awe and majesty, certainly not with
fear, for l disclaim dls1aiufully any
secret or implied innuendo. What to
do In this dire extremity, KNEW not;
II would appear prf,nG fdcie that
this latter demonstration was indlca-
tive Of y desire or willingness upon
his part to permit my free passage,
SO acting IN accDrdance with this first
impulse, started forward. No SOON
or did / advance than this human
form start meteorlike again to the
ground aud stood bolt upright In the
same position he was, when first
saw him while standing on the
ground his arms resumed their nat
ural pendant position; q most men
would have done under similar cir
|cumstances, stopped again suddenly
In order to survey more critically the
surroundings, but the most harrow
Ing aud perptexlng feature was, that
just 10 soon as I stopped, he shot up
again like 4 sky rocket to his orig.
inal position In mitlair, with arms
extended ~ before. We thus remain.
ed In our respective positions for
nearly Ave minutes, I Ia the interim
Iscanning him In extreme astOnlsh-
ment, whether he scrutinixed me In
the same fnRnner b somewhat move
than can say, for c0uld not zee his
eyes, having ON large black felt hat
aud Of course his eyes were shaded to
such a degree that could not see
them, though could plainly discern
his general features. Now some Of
my readers may attribute this strange
appariti0n or phantom toa chimera
Of the brain, or they may possibly
attribute II to fear aud superstition
combined, but permit me to state
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