The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-18
A SPOOK STORY.
A Young Brides Fearful Experience
With a Double
or Her IIusDauS, Who Appears TO Her
by Nigh.
Interesting Case for Psychologists.


Margaret Leeds, a pretty little brunette
and a native OF PlttsDurg, nsclne Mira. Au'
son Il, Clements ON the Nth OF last July, /
Her husband Is = carriage upnolslcref, and
has always been al industrious, sober man.
He was llaled better position In Phila,
delphia aud came here after a three days
honeymoon, leaving his bride with her
mother, o. the lain oi O,toher being IS
,urei that bis position would be permanent,
he tC'tgrlputd 10 his vile, aud twenty
four hours later sle was Installed
la coy little iour.fOam mouse IN the
northwest section oi tho city, She had not
been IN her new home week before she
had written twice to her mother that Sue
was too utterly IA SCRABBLE to live; tnat her
husband, while one OF the klndesl 0t neu
living, was possessed OF strange all ction
that made her l3ie q burden, and certainly
precluded the possibility Of her lylng with
him. The story she related to Mirror
representative was a terrible one, and was
amply corrohorated by her ttars, and he
pltiiul expressions OF regret about the COM
pnlsory parting
THE MARRIAGE,
III never knew how much loved Anson,'
said slJ, 'uutil after We were married. Eud
love HIM today better than ever. We
were married ~ Z u'C.1. In the evening, AT
mother. house. The guests remained uu-
Ill midnight, and then We went to our room
and retired. About o'clock IN the morn
ing | was Awakened ny uol-e IN the room.
/ raised myself ny Ia the bed aud screamed.
And what / saw was enough To make u
brave man quake with lear. Standing In
front of the bureau | saw tho form of u man.
lie seemed 10 be shaving himself for very
now and then 1 could ice the CLEAN OF
razor % he wiped IL on piece OF paper.
'Ausonp / shrieked, nesting up closer 10
my husband; 'Ausonl wake up Tor heavens
sake; there is some Oue la the room As ]
spoke placed my hand on my husbands
face. ~ was rs cold as the isoe OF the dead
In my fright began beating him on the
chest and screaming 40 the top Of my voice.
Then the idea look possession OF me- that he
was dead. His arms were rigid and could
not hear him breathe.
MY SCREAMS AwoKE THE HOUSEHOLD,
| can iust remember seeing my mother and
youngest brother rush into the room ~
tainted. When / came 70 my senses Arson
was bathing my face with cold water ana
my mother was AIMING beside the bed.
looked towards the bureau, but the iOrm !
saw standiug there haI disappeared.
told the cause Of my 1uicty, but they an
laughed 40 rae and said ! bad been dream
ing - Ny husband seemed annoyed az
something, bur Gs the day wore on nc ne
came good Iulurol and before night hH Hai
me Ia his urms, telling me- how much ha
loved me.
"rha mex. night aud tho mex. / slept
soundly F.fh0u. being ur1ed. On tle
fourth la! aIlf uuf marriage Ausuu
started l5r Ia..-e.p.la Auu on Tine
sixteenth 40 last month ar.
rived in tbs C.y. Auslp Wa oytr- .
loved 20 see me- and 1 needn't coy tGtt ]
mad the same feeling. / was tined ana .
ever forget chat nislt as long as j lFo I
Shorty amer miIu'gh. glmc.h. c-u % .
me to awake, ana .l1h.. 8 up 4 stN iuy +
room door open aud lne. / SAYS man enc T
ter. He went directly 10 tue bureau, aua /
then, as true bs HetN-l hears mf, began F.
shaving himself There the man stood, F.
with razJrin his hand, drawing no over F.
his face again ana 4gain as calmly as I.
though he was in his own home. lie made /
no other motion aud his movements were /
perfectly noiseess. l must have lain per |
fectly quiet Tor minute, and then by L
mighty effort | regained the use Of my |
voice and limbs. | seized my husband by |
the shou der aud tried 20 AWAKEN bin. My |
fears must have given me double strength,
for pushed him partly out OF bed. In
stead o. arousing himself at my CALL
HELAY LIKE A DEAD MAN.
passed my hand over his face and was
surprised to find that it was as cold and |
clsmmy rs IL was on our bridal night In
Pittsburg. The han was still standing in
front of the bureau and did not appear to
notice the disturbance in the least. AT last
my nerves gave way, and | fell back half
fainting. The next thing remember was
Arson bathing my face and chahng my
hands. l told him what had happened,
and he said had been dreaming, but he
did not seem as positive as before. On the !
third night of our stay in Philadelphia the
IN stery was solved, or ut least there was (
an unsatisfactory explanation oft. My |
husband and had spent tue the evening at !
Ina,
and talked until nearly l O'Clock |
Then we retired, and |, with some
isgiying, buried my head under
the ed.clothes. / don't know how long |
slept, but, as before, l wie aroused by some
mysterious Influence, and knew the mo-
ment | opened my eyes that was to 90
through another terrible ordeal was ex.
pectine 20 see the same intruder Ana /
did. He was standing IN front OF the glass
shaving himself with the utmost unc1n-
Germ. / Jumped out OF bed, and enveloping
myself in the cOuuterpene that snatched
up, | approached the man at the bureau.
He never buiged an inch. l turned up the
gas aud took step nearer, The rays OF
Inc gas fell about the face OF the figure and
showed me the reelection OF his lace in the
mirror. ! looked quickly, and, great heay-
eps / saw the face Oi my husband staring
at me. | turned around. My hus.
band sill lay In bed. His face was oil
[ sprang forward aud touched his forehead.
IL was as cold as ice. Turning again, |
walked toward the figure in front OF the
glass. As | drew near IL seemed TO fade
away, and when | looked again II had gone.
At the same moment Arson groaued once
or twice, turned and then sat up in bed.
Maggie he said, you know everything
now. 1 have been enduring the torture OF
"A thousand bells tor the last ten minutes,
aud unable to move hand or foot. My
Godl Why am ! not like other men? Waat
YOU saw ia Pittsburg aud what you have
seen here is no nightmare, 10 dream but
terrible reality. You saw my double. 1t has
been the curse OF my existence for ears,
and seems TO be a visitation upon
me for some sin of my parents. | know per-
fectly well when my other consciousness IS
making itself visible TO mortal eye, and
have not the slightest control over il. New
ertheless, thinking powers are not stu
peeled, but rather quickened, and the fright
Won experience / feel-ten fold in agony OF
mind. 7 thought that marriage would
change my condition. but 1t seems only to
have made 1t worse"
Now, sir" taid the young woman, you
can readily see that no matter how much
Arson and love each other, we cannot
live as man and. wife, when bis shadow
or whatever you may call IL, goes roaming
around the house mt midnight, and so we've
concluded TO separste."- Philadelphia
Mirror.