The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-11-01
I was then assigned to another room,

ana as long as renamed saw no
more of my ghostly vision. promised
MIR. Adams to say nothing about it. not
that we believed in ghosts, either Of US,
way to Europe after few days, and re.
NAMED there some years. On my re-
turn simply passed through New York
and had almost forgotten the whole af.
fair. After several years residence in
America again, and after travelling the
whole length and breadth OF: our
country twice. it is quite natural to sup.
pose that ] should have forgotten all
about it. One day I was writing very
lively, sprightly letter.. and feeling in
particularly good spirits, when all at
once I pushed aside that letter, and
drawing other paper toward me wrote
out simple history of that affair, just
as it was, and mailed it to the New york
Sun. They took only time to verify
what they could OF the story and pub
lished it., 1t made considerable stir,
and reporters visited the room and in
terviewed Mr.. Adams, who admitted all
that is here told; and also added that
he felt positive tnat was perfectly sin
cere and honest, and particularly level
any of the lalIacies of spiritualism, and
that he did not doubt that saw every
thing as said He had had one or two
persons who desired to leave that room,
but he did not know why. He would
not be afraid to sleep there, but never
had done 80. Then several persons who
had occupied that room began to be
heard from. all relating different expert
ences, though none had seen what
had.
A Catholic priest published an article
{ relating to it, and accounting for it all
saying that he believed that the man
mad been murdered and that the assassin
was still living, and that, as q punish
Ment for his crime, he was obliged to
enact it every night in spirit while
asleep, and that it was a we'll known
fact that one mind had influence over
another to greater or less extent, and
that his mind during its free moments
had forced mine to behold the tragedy.
Some of the newspapers suggested
that it was the ghost of Tammany others
declared it Bill Tweed, and some ridi-
culed the who affair.
An English Sea c,ptain also published
hisexperjence while occupying that room
He had been playing cards with friend
and while at the little table there came
an invisible shower of apparently heavy
articles down on the t.ble, scattering
he cards right and LETT. Another man
had had peculiar, but not startling, ex-
periences there.
Several years have passed since that
time, and / had almost forgotten that /
had ever written or seen anything, when
about two months since the whole was
brought to my mind by strange and
shocking incident.
| was walking along one of the busiest
streets in New York, and it was very
hot and did not wish to get unneces-
sarily heated, when l became aware Of
an uncomfortable sensations, as if a cold
hand was touching me and leading me
! forward. A few steps further took me
ure, who was stan, ing by thu. side of a
gentleman whose face and figure seemed
strangely familiar to me. l caught his
| look. which was fixed upon me, and he
DIRE " his lips back i'll an attempt to smile,
which was so CHASTITY a sight that all who
| saw it shuddered, and then he fell to the
ground dead.
OF course everything was done that
could be done to restore HIM, but use.
lessly, and the doctor said he died in a
tit. [ was the only other woman pres
ent, and, as such, felt it a duty to stay
| by the woman. who seemed to be strick-
en- with a pallor Of death, though she
did not faint or cry when they said he
was dead. took her hand and asked
Ter if she was able to give orders, and
asked what could be houe for her. She
replied weariiy but simply, nothing"
she wouId nave the body taken to an
undertaksr's and buried from there and
then she would 20 home.
| turned to 60 and gave her my card,
saying that 1 should he but too happy to
be Of service, snd started out; but as
my eyes fell upon the face of the dead
man saw, with shock that I fear
shall never forget, that it was the mur-
derer of my vision, without any shadow
of doubt.
The next day brought me a package
by post, III which was pack of cards
and slip of paper, on which was writ
ten: ''It is all over now and the unhap:
| py sight you were forced to witness has
wrought its result. The man you saw
die yesterday slew his half brother for a
fancied wrong, the pretext of u quarrel
at cards being a subterfuge. As soon as
my husband knew that his brother had
not supplanted him in his fathers affec-
tions ne became the victim of remorse
as terrible as imagination could paint.
His father became almost maniac when
he heard of his younger sons supposed
suicide, and as my husband dared not
own himse!fa a murderer to that poor old
father, he suffered such tortures as you
can imagine. He was man of power.
lul will and could control himself while
awake, but as soon as he would sleep it
seemed to fly through space,
and no matter where we were
and we travelled eve rywh-re he would
return in spirit to that fatal room
He told me all, and I loved him we'll
enough to love him still and to pity him
and one other woman were all to whom
he could ever show the tragedy plainly.
He has told me that sometimes in his
baffled rage he would long to be there
in body to be able to kill the sleeper.
This other woman died, and at last you
made public what convinced the father
that his beloved son had not been guilty
fself obstruction, but he never dreamed
| of suspecting his elder son, SO that he
| died content. We were on our way to
Savannah, where we both were born. I
send you this to thank you and to ask
you to publish it, as true story which
| may work among passionate ones who
| let unreaseuing anger and suspicion
| have their sway. You will not see me
again: Before you receive this shall
| nave JOl!leu my ueaF nuSDauO. fernapE
God will bc merciful to h i'm in pity for
| his suffering. Go0d-by."
That was all. No address,; no name.
The papers next day recorded the death
of an unknown woman at a lodgin g.
house. She was buried from the money
found on her person. At the same time
the corpse of the strange man was bu.
ried by the undertaken. It was sad and
unsatisfactory ending to this singular
mystery, in which I was unwillingly
| made an actor.
If any one can explain how such
thing could be should be glad to know
it. In the meantime I assure such per-
sons as may read this that every word
! written in this story is actually true, as
far as I am concerned, and as for the
rest,I believe it though cannot under
stand it.
The Fascinating Widow.
A writer in Harper's observes that
| the feminine mind ia often not a little