St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-14

NniCh soon fascinated INN. i WAS cN
trcm"iN SorIy when | saw how he fIS
tened to it and began To drink in sor
0i dangerous comfort from it. He talkc,
Ia me about it, and asked me if ha,
any belief in the communion of spirits
lie found Il most robust unbclicver il
me. All my habits of thought, my
rough experience of life, my anti-ncrv.
"uS temperament Wcr" against tn,
theory and practice of Spiritualism
He went away after IL few days. and
returned +" my lonely life. Perhaps
WAS not >nrIN when heard one day tn,
unusual sound of IL voice ing for me
ut the front door, and went down to see
my nephew Richard. Il good Young fcl-
low from the West, who had comic to
III" city To make lis fortune. and who
had found me ont.
Richard WaS of course very anxious
"a see the sights of the great metropolis.
50 we agreed to make Il tour of the
amUScmcntS. He took me ont of au
evening, perhaps three times II week.
| remember being very much charmed
with Il pair of acrobatS. Il man and
woman, who were entirely Independent
of the law of gravitation. and who sailed
through the air Ion the flying trapczr"
with all the dpiOmb and tcalcSSneSs of
birds. Richard used to laugh at me as
|, night after night. declared in favor
of the acrohatS. The woman was a
beautiful creature. and had for me Il
strange and weird attraction which |
could not account for. but it is unnccrS-
Shry t" try to account for some things
| began at this time To believe that |
Was growing tanciful. thing which
never had occurred before. Once or
twice | had slccplCSS nights. Thought
| Il great deal too much about the iewclrv
and silver i'll Mr. ANScough'S rooms
and began tn make my inspections of
the house with Il sort of anxiety
One of my great pleasures. particu-
| LARRY of i Sunday evening. had been to
have Thomas light all the gas that
might see the works of art to advan-
tagc: and il gave me, too. Il sense of
c"mpaui"nShip which needed On
that evening Nancy and Thomas took
their only pleasure. They went ont.
leaving me entirely alone. The police
man i'll tn" square had bccomc some
what of an acquaintance of mine. and
irad pr"vidcd myself with a whistle 10y
which conld call him if necessary in
times, is he walked under the window.
would step To the balcony and speak
to him; 50 long as heard his tramp.
tramp. ! WAS not utterly isolated.
Umc Sunday evening | was walking
up and down. looking particularly ut Il
fine Venetian picture. IA wilderness of
color and action one of those pictures
of LcutZc. in which Il myriad of events
are pictured as going on at the same
time, when my eye WAS irrcSiStillN
drawn toward Il mirror. and | saw
good God what did | see Il tall.
straight. female figure. covered with Il
pIotISiun of light hair. ! S;lw the dead
Grrtrridr. stepped from her grave. the
very pTr>"nlmcnt OF the picture | had
81 often studied. She was leaning on
the hnlUStcTS of the grand staircase. and
the image WAS reflected through two or
three mirrors, tnI could not sec the
SGani';>c where ! stood. She reached
me 10y reflection
The horror WaS so great that lo not
know how long looked. am sure |
saw her start t" go. and know fol
lowed her. lost sight of both mirror
and staircase before reached the door.
but certainly | heard Il door shut at the
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