Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

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other woman seemed TO be under TIL
control of the man whom have DESERT
ed.
noticed a great many curious glai
ces directed toward these persons durin
breakfast. Afterward | learned the
were from the captain. The ma
it appeared, was a celebrated spiritua
ist, with wonderful gift of healing i
his hands, who subscribed himself $. S
johnson, NJ. d. The woman with
corpse-like face was clairvoyant, VIII
always travelled with him, and wen
into frances for his benefit whenever h,
desired. The two together were sal,
to be very successful as healing medi
ums.
II don't know what 10 think Of it,
said the captain. There is somethin.
remarkable about this clairvovance
] am convinced that johnson is an i'm
poster; but as to the woman--why, rt
take my oath that she isn't conscious o
what she says and does in those frances
johnson has % curious kind OF power
over her, and | believe his will actually
forces her, into q semi -comatOse state
and puts the words into her mouth that
she is to say"
But who is the little pale faced crea.
ture that accompanies him p inquired
as she a clairvoyant, too ~
"Oh, no. but her husband left her
about two years ago, and this Johnson
has betriended her, for reasons Of his
own I've no doubt. There's q mystery
about 1t somehow. ] was well acquap-
ted with her husband. He was steady
working man: but times were
poor and he thought he could better
his fortune by a trip to the mountains.
So lie went, leaving wife and child
rather scantily provided for: but it
was the best he could do. He hoped
that before their money and provisions
We're exhausted, he would be able to
send them more. This DR.. Johnson was
his principal adviser in the step he took
and promised to see that his family
didn't come to want. From that day to
this, however no direct communication
has ever been received from Joe Merri-
son. It is known that he arrived in st.
Louis safely, that he embarked there
or the mountains, and that is all. His
wife is weak, helpless little, creature.
strong only in her devotion 10 her hus-
)and, and would have sunk under this
blow if it hadn't been for the child"
The captain stopped, as if be had i'm
shed his story: but ! turned 10 him
eagerly, for the conversation OF the
hight before recurred to NY memory.
"lsn't there some rumor about Nor
'ison's being dead or married again
md what about this Johnson Has he
Kept the promise he made TO her hus
,aud ,"
The captain did not seem inclined at
irst to say anything more, but was
inally persuaded to tell ne the rest of
he story, together with his own suspi-
ions as to the relations at present exist
ng between Johnson and Mrs. Morrison.
II can't deny" he said, that John
on has befriended her. but he is % man
wouldn't trust and he has done it for
IMPOSES OF his own. A. TO what those
imposes are have my suspicious. At
or Morrison had been gone over a year
ohnSon advised her to consult Sarah |
White, his clairvoyant friend. Lucy, |
nat is, Mrs. Morrison, yielded to the
roposal readily, rs relief from the
Oubts and fears that distracted her. |
ut imagine her horror when informed /
Y Miss White that her husband was
i've aud well, and married to another
oman. She wouldn't have believed it.
nd refused at first to have ANYTHING
ore to do with clalrvoyance. But the
had it's effect, undoubt-
lily, on her weak and credulOus nature
+ when months passed on and there
as no word or tidings, she again con-
llted Miss White. This time she re-
lved direct message from her hus-
md himself, who had been killed in a
elee among some miners, according to
$ own assertion, and thus was ena-
ed, through spiritual medlumship, to
nsole his wife personally. He con-
med tho former statement Of Miss
bite as to his having committed
gamy before he died, and expressed a
gree Of contrition therefor truly edl-
ing. Lucy was overwhelmed by what
e heard, and out Of shear desperation
solved to 90 to st. Louis, and there 10