Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-30

Sunkcu WIN uHTh CiIClco dpoub pIcH
were dull and expressionless. 1t was a
face that at the same time repulsed and
fascinated you. She too, as wcllsas the
other woman seemed to be under the
control of the man whom have describ
ed.
/ noticed great many curious CLAN
ces directed toward these persons during
breakfast. Afterward | learned they
were from the captain. The mar
it appeared, was q celebrated spirltual
ist, with q wonderful gift Of healing il
his hands. who subscribed himself S. S
johnson, NJ. D. The woman with 6
c0rpse-like face was a clairvOyant, who
always travelled with him, and went
into frances for his benefit whenever he
desired, The two together were sale
to be very successful as healing medi.
ums.
II don't know What to think of it,
said the captain. ''There is something
remarkable about this clairy0yance
am convinced that Johnson is an i'm
poster; but as to the wOman--why, 70
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 sem-comatose state
and puts the words into her mouth that
she is to say"
"But who is the little pale-taced crea
trtre that accompanies him /" | inquired
SIS she clairyoyant, too ~
ooh, no. but her husband left hel
about two years ago, and this johnson
has befriended her, for reasons Of hi
own I've no doubt. There's a mystery
about 1t somehow. | was well acqualn
ted with her husband. He was steady
Woodworking man but times were
poor and he thought be could better
his fortune by Il trip to the mountains
SO he went, leaving wife and chic
rather scantily provided for; bnt il
was the best he could do. He hoped
that before their money and provisions
were exhausted, he would be able tC
send them more. This DR.. Johnson was
his principal adviser iirthe step he tool
and promseds to see that his family
didn't come to want. From that day t.
this, however, no direct communication
has ever been received from Joe Merri
son. 1t is known that he arrived in st
Louis safely, that he embarked there
for the mountains, and that is all. Hi'
wife is a weak, helpless little creature
strong only in her devotion to her hus
band, and would have sunk under thi
blow if it hadn't been for the child.
The captain stopped, as if he had fin
ished his story; but | turned to hin
eagerly, for the conversation of thu
night before required to my memory
"Isn't there some rtmOr about Nor
rison's being dead or married again
And what about this Johnson Has hi
kept the promise he made to her hus
band"
The captain did not seem inclined a
first to say anything more, but wa
finally persuaded to tell me the rest o
the story, together with his own suspi
ciOns as to the relations at present exist
ing between Johnson and Mrs. Morrison
II can't deny" he said, that John
son has befriended herAbnt he is maj
| wouldn't trust and he has done it fo1
purposes of his own AS to what those
purposes are have my suspicious. AT
ter Morrison had been gone over veal
Johnson advised her to consult Saral
White, his clairvoyant friend. Lucy,
that is, Mrs. Morrison, yielded to the
proposal readily, as relief from thu
doubts and fears that distracted her
But imagine her horror when informed
by Miss White that her husband was
alive and well, and married to another
woman. She wouldn't have believed it
and refused at first to have anything
more to do with clalrvOyance. But thu
communication had its effect, undOubt
edly, on her weak and credulOus nature
for when months passed on and there
was no word or tidings, she again con
suited Miss White. This time she re
ceived direct message from her hus
band himself, who had been killed in :
melee among some miners, according tt
his own assertion, and thus was ena
bled, through spiritual medlumship, Il
console his wife personally. He con
frmed the former statement of Mis-
White as to his having committed
bigamy before he died, and expressed ;
degree of contrition therefor truly edi