The Mineral argus., 1883-11-08

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and took a rope that had been ar0unC
my trunk an tied that table fast 10 the
leg Of the bureau, and tied more knots
than L could have united in half an
hour, piled some things on the top Rnd
went to bed leaving the gas fully turned
on. | awoke next morning after having
been the unwilling witness Of it all again
and the rope lay on the floor and all the
things with it.
1 declared 10 myself that / would not
sleep ia that room another night,
though / did not think spirits had any
thing to do with il. / called a chamber
maid and asked her il she could not
sleep in the room with me. She said
that was against the rules, but that she
would speak 10 the housekeeper. So
Katy did, and the ~hOusekeeper came
down. / had u conversation with her
aud asked her If any one had ever COM
planned in n way of that room. She
hesitated, and finally said that a sick la
dy once had insisted on being changed
10 another room, bat did not offer any
explanations. I did not either, but de-
cided not to give up without one more
trial, and this night | determined not
to fall asleep a tall, and so / sat uD read
ing, or rather trying TO read, until near
ly twelve, and then / did
not feel quite as though / wanted to re-
main in the same room, and 1 desired
as much protection as the alcove room
would give, though there were but car.
tains 10 separate the rooms.
So l sat u p in bed there for half an
hour. All in an instant the whole thing
was before me again, and, l did feel
somewhat queer and chilly, but 1
watched the progress of the whole trag-
edy again, and as decided. for the last
time.
As o as was f lsible in the
morning / SEN for Mr.. Adams, the
clerk 70 come up, and / asked him if he
would tell me whether any murder had
ever been committed in that room, ana
he declared there had not; but when |
insisted ON finding out whether q TRACE
dy OF any kind had been enacted there.
he admitted that opce a man had com.
mitted suicide in that room. He had
been sick and was respondent, and so
had taken his life.
l lelt sure, then and told him 80, that
that man had been murdered, aud
III Just such circumstances as | had
seen. Mr.. Adams could not give the
OF the pc SitiOn Of the body of
supposed suicide.
l was then assigned to another room.
md as long as | remained l saw no
more Of my ghOstly vision. / promised
Mr.. Adams to say nothing about it, not
hat we believed in ghosts, either of us.
out Tor the hotels sake; aud / went nv
way TO Europe after a few days, and re-
NAMED there some years. On my re-
ufn simply passed through New York,
md had almost forgotten the whole af-
air. After several years residence in
america again, and after travelling the
whole length and breadth OF our
country twice, il is quite natural TO sup
that | should have forgotten all
bout 1t. One day l was writing a very
lively, sprightly letter, and feeling in
particularly good spirits, when all at
pushed aside that letter, and
irawlng other paper toward me wrote
'ut a simple history of that affair, Just
IS II was, and mailed it to the New York
'un. They took only time to verify
they could of the story and NIB
lshed It. 1t made considerable stir. |
md reporters visited the room and in
ervlewed Mr.. Adams, who admitted all
hat is here told; and also added that
lie felt positive tnat | was perfectly sim
ere and honest, and a particularly level
Ieaded person, and one not given TO
ny OF b iallacies of s~piritualism, and
hat he did not doubt that | saw every.
hing as l said. He had had one or two
ersons who desired to leave that room.
ut he did not know why. lie would
OF be afraid to sleep there, but never
done so. Then several persons who
occupied that room began to be
card from, all relating different experi-
noes, though none had seen what
lad.
A Catholic priest published an article
siatng to it, aud accounting for it al
that he believed that the man
been murdered and thatthe assassin
as sun living, and that, as a punish
ient Tor his crime. he was Obliged 10
lact IL every night in spirit while
'Ieep, ana that II was a well kno Wn
.ct that one mind had influence over
mother 70 a greater or less extent. and
lat his mind during It's free moments
"a forced mine 10 behold the tragedy.
some Of the newspapers suggested
AT IL wastheg ghost IT Eammanv; others
'clared Il Bill Tweed, and some ridi-
lied the who G affair.
An English sea captain also published
seNperience while occupying that room
e had Ceen playing cards with a friend.
III Whlle al h little table there came
! invisible shower Of apparently heavy
ticles down on the t-ble, scattering
"a cards right and left. Another man
vi had peculiar, but not startling, ex-
,riences there.
Several years have passed since that
and | had almost forgotten thai I
III ever written or seen ANYTHING, when
out two months since the whole was !
% my mind by a strange and {
ocking incident. ;
l was walking along one of the busiest Z
reefs IN New YORK, and il was yerv !
and did not wish TO get !
rlly heated, when l became aware of Z
uncomfortable sensation, as ifa cold !
lhu was touching me and leading me !
ward. A few steps further took me !