The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-05-26
DOUBTFUL ACQUAIkTANCES.

ut Is very remarkable" said my I'M
Gle, as Mr.. Gregory left the room.
1T is very mysterious, said Lily,
with strong emphasis on the adverb.
10 me, observed an elderly lady
boarder, sit appears to be something
worse than mysterious; and without
making any assertions, / would at least
caution you, my dear, against any closer
intimacy With one who seems so often
to be possessed OF information in 8 man.
ner OF which there Is no conceivable
natural explanation"
cit reminds me most" said the Rev.
Mir. Briggs, ''of certain cases, undoubt-
edly well authenticated, in which exist
ence OF the so-called second sight has
been demonstrated in very singular
manner"
and" added my uncle. aalthough
many Of the professors of spiritualism
have been proved impostors. it by no
means follows that all
Yes, yes, broke IN our lady friend,
but We all know that people once had
dealings with familiar spirits, and 1
never could find any proof that this kind
Of thing has ever ceased, and therefore.
as | said before, | very strongly caution
you"
Hush, " cried several voices, ''here he
comes"
My uncle, my cousin Lilly and | were
staying at a clearinghouse at the sea-
side, aud among a somewhat numerous
company was a certain Mr.. Gregory.
We had made his acquaintance on the
night of cur arrival, IN a rather comical
manner. He was passing our room lust
IS LILY was calling to me, in tone of
wocful despair, that she had broken the
key IL the lock, and could rot get out.
Through the keyhOle he volunteered his
services as an amateur lock picker and
released rs from our imprisonment.
This introduction had served quite as
well as much more formal one would
have done TO lnaugurate what promised
to be a pleasant seaside acquaintance.
Now, on first sigh, he certainly present
ed very little appearance OF being a sus-
plclouS or dangerous character. He
was Young man of about % years of
age, with bright, frank expression, and
CLEAN OF mischief lii his eyes. He was
exceedingly intelligent and well iu-
formed, and although rather retired in
the mixed company of our establish
ment, couid, We discovered, sing we'll,
read well and talk web. Without in
truding himself upon us, he had made
himself very agreeable to US two girls,
and we had surmlseJ that he was a
young pro. essloual man suffering from
oyervork, sud bad come down TO re-
crut his health. But we are often
warned ~ inst Judging from appear
aDces, ard lie bsd duung the past two
or three days manifested a very remark
able power or clairvoyance, or second
sight or whichever you may like to call
Il, winch bad created a great sensation
among us.
On the previous day, for instance, my
uncle had met q gentleman at the station,
and had brought him home to dinner.
We saw them walking slowly up the
garden together in conversation, and
Lily had exclaimed; .'Who on earth is
this ?"
Mr.. Gregory looked and said "His
name Is Smith, and he is returning to
town by the midnight train"
You know him ?" | said.
Never saw him In my life before, !"
was the answer.
Sure enough, his name proved to be
Smith, and he returned to town that
night, after long private interview with
my uncle; nor had he, he told us in an
swer to our inquiries, ever seen or heard
of Mr.. Gregory before.
On Saturday morning, also, the Rev.
Mr.. Briggs, taking walk on the beach,
medltating on his Sunday text, had en-
countered Nh. Gregory, who had volun-
teered information as to the text, with
chapter and verse all correct, to the pet
rItacuon of the reverend gentleman.
On another occasion, when our elderly
lady friend mentioned that she had been
making q small purchase. Mr. Gregory
informed us, soto C0ce, that a bottle of
halrwash constituted the purchase in
question. This communication, was very
unfortunately, overheard. It's correct
ness was not at the time definitely es-
tablished, but it was shortly after this
that she first propounded her own par
ticular theory on the subject. which she
put forward with renewed confidence in
the conversation above, after fresh dis