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Catholic priest published an article relating
to it, and accounting for it all BY saving that he
oelieved that the man had been murdered and
That the assassin was still living, and that, as
punishment for his crime. he was obliged to
enact 1t every night in spirit while asleep, and
that 1t was well known fact that one mind had
influenced over another to greater or less ex-
tent, and that his mind during its free moments
haa forced mine to behold the tragedy.
some OF the newspapers suggested that it was
.he ghost of Tammany; Others declared it Bill
Iweed and some ridiculed the whole affair
An English sea captain also published his ex-
perience 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 table
scattering the cards right and left Another
man had had peculiar, but not startling, expert
ences 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 ork and it was very hot and did not
WISH 10 get unnecessarily heated. when became
aware OF an uncomfortable sensation. asif cold
hand was touching me and leading me forward.
few steps further took me toward lady of
graceful mien and figure who was standing by
the side of gentleman whose face and figure
seemed strangely familiar to me. caught his
tooh. WNiCH vas uAcu upOn HE, anu he UTeW his
lips back in an attempt to SMILE which was 80
CHASTITY sight that all who saw it shuddered,
and then he fell to the ground dead.
VI course everything was done that could be
done to restore him, but uselessly. and the doc
tors said he died in fit. I was the only other
woman present, and. as such, l felt it a duty to
stay by the woman, who seemed to be stricken
with pallOr of DEATH though she did not faint
or cry when they said he was dead. 1 took her
hand and asked her if she was able to give
IND 0SE nG that would ho c0vSo 20
She replied YEARLY but simply, nothing" She
would have the body taken to an undertakers
and buried from there, and then she would 60
home.
turned to go and gave her my card, saying
that should be but too happy to be of service,
and started out; but as my eyes fell upon the
face OF the dead man saw with a shock that
fear shall never forget that it was the muir
derer OF my vision, without any shadow OF
doubt.
The next day brought me package by post,
in which was pack Of cards and oslip Of paper,
on which was written: SIT Is all over now, and
the unhappy sight you were forced to witness
has wrought its result. The man you saw die
Yesterday slew his half-brother for fancied
wrong, the preteXt of quarrel at cards being
subterfuge. As soon as my husband knew that
his brother had not supplanted him in his
fathers affections he became the victim of q
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 himself
murderer to that poor old father, he suffered
such fortunes as you can imagine. He was a
man OF powerful will and could control himself
while awake, but as soon as he would sleep it
seemed as if his will escaped from his body and
seemed to fly through space, and no matter
where we were-and we travelled everywhere
he would return in spirit to that fatal room.
He told me all, and 1 loved him well enough to
love him still and to pity him infinitely, and Of
all he ever saw, you 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 con-
WINGED the father that his beloved son had not
been guilty Of self-destruction, but he never
dreamed OF suspecting his elder son, so that he
dled content We were on our way to Savan-
man, where we both were born. send you this
TO thank you, and to ask you to publish it, as a
true story which may work good among pas
slonate ones who let unreasOning anger and
suspicion have their sway. You will not see me
again. Before You receive this l shall have
Joined my dear husband. Perhaps God will be
merciful to him in pity for his suffering. Good
by"
That was all. No address; no name The
papers next day recorded the death of an I'M
known woman at a lodging hOuse. She was
buried from the money found on her person.
At the same time the corpse of the strange man
was also buried by the undertaken It was
sad and unsatisfactory ending to this singular
mystery, in which was unwillingly made an
actor.
If any one can explain how such thing could
be should be glad to know it. In the mean
time assure such persons as may read this
that every word written in this story is actu-
ally true, as far as am concerned, and as for
the rest, believe it, though cannot under
stand it.