The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-10

unseen, to visit this earth. Moreover
We may converse with them.
He looked at me dumbfounded. Al
last he said: Poor Peter, you art
worse than expected
Just before he started for Scotland
he had played very stupid and repre-
hensible practical joke on Randall Raw
son. Rawson happened to leave an
envelope addressed to his mother on
the library table. This was taken by
my brother, who, initiating the hand.
writing, wrote, Dear mother, / shall
send you fifteen blue goats tomorrow
Can't get any more, but will telegraph
to New York Poor Rawson came up
tome in great excitement the next day
with telegram in his hand. Good
heavens! StOnnOr,' he said, heres a
calamity; my poor mothers gone mad.
Read this
From Mrs. Rawson, Queens Gate, to
Randall RavsOn, Stonnor Hall-Don't
want any blue goats-Don't telegraph
to New York
Poor mOther!-I must be off at once.
| My wife is out driving. Could you
manage to come with meT
Certainly said. Write line to
your wife, and let us be off. We shall
| just catch the London train
So Rawson wrote on the back of the
telegram. Dear Wife: This will ex-
plain itself. Hope to be back to-mor-
row. Poor motherp
Of course, when we got to Queens
Gate and saw the spurious letter, the
hoax began to dawn upon us. We
vowed vengeance against Robert, but
10y the time we got back he had started
for Scotland.
Luckily our attention was now dis
tracted 10y Mr.. Hansen's arrival. His
presence acted like oil on the troubled
waters. In a couple Of days he had
settled down, favorite with all, and
a special comfort to me. Even Mrs.
Rawson pronounced him to be a most
superior person, and it was interesting
to notice that. after pooh-pOohing the
name of spiritualism and abusing its
converts, she insensibility became con-
verted herself.
There may certainly be-, said Mrs.
Rawson, some occult power which we
know nothing whatever about
There is! There is! Believe me,
there is, Mrs. RawOnp cried Hansen.
'And then how sweet and comforting
to think we can hold converse with de-
parted friendsp
After this we had many interesting
conversations. We of course told him
of the spectre. He was intensely in
terested. He made us narrate the cir
cumstances again and again. He ex-
amined the lawn, strawberries, and
windows, and finally put the girl Jane
under severe cross-examinati0n. One
day, in company with Mrs. RawsOn,
we explored the old house, and were
looking at the family jewels and plate,
in the strong fire-proof box.
we must not wonder at your
brother telling you to look after these
valuable heirloOms,' said Hansen, ANY
more than we wonder at the girl James
fright. The idea of burglary is just
what would occur to an unenlightened
mind
Il think this box would resist any at
tempt at burglary 1 said, smiling.
See how this key turns two strong
bars right across the inside of the
lid
Most beautiful mechanism he said,
and how ingeniously contrivedp
He tried the key several times, then
returning it to me, continued: But 1
am more interested in the haunted
room. Let us 60 there! Let us 60
quicklyp
Something in the change of his voice
as he spoke the last words made us
look at him. His eyes were fixed on
vacancy, and both his hands were ex-
tended toward us. We each took one,
and without any direction on our part,
his eyes still fixed, he led us straight to
the haunted room!
That evening we all tried to persuade
him to conduct seance with the view
of eliciting information from the de-
parted Lettice. At first he refused.
Remember he said, how my health
suffered in Germany from these inves-
LEGATIONS. Since that have been un-
able to follow my calling. Oh, let me
regain my healthp
1t was at my solicitation that he at
last yielded; and that he should not be
q sufferer 1 induced him to accept a
douceur that would relieve his anxiety
about working for year or 50.
He thought the manifestations would
be stronger if some of his time were
spent in the old chamber; so we had
his bed moved to room opening from
it, that he might 90 in and out as he
pleased.
1 must own we were all morbidly ex-
cited on the morning of the prearrang-
ed seance.
We were impatient for the night,
and then, more like row of conspira-
tors than ordinary inmates, we silently
went up to the haunted room.
Hansen was already there. The
night was very dark and warm, and he
stood by the open window, calm and
collected.
We seated ourselves round the table,
placed our hands upon it, and made a
contact with our fingers. Presently il
moved; then was violently agitated,
almost falling on our feet, while occa-
sional loud raps were heard on the in
scription.
Strong manifestations on the OAK
carving he said in low tone; let me
| go to it.
He got up. and as he moved to the
fireplace, his chair ran after him.
We all saw it, and made some invol
untary exclamation as we rose from
our seats.