The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-10

A local physician with a slight leaning
toward spiritualism was mot by q
reporter yesterday, who, In = casual sort OF
a way, asked him whether he had heard Of
tho story, now going the rounds Of The
press, concerning the Philadelphia bride,
whosusd her husband for \ divorce because
shs saw his "dosble" In the room almost
every night Immediately after ~ O'Clock
You will remember the groom himself adj
mitted seeing the double on suoh oeca-
.ions, but said he was In Rsrrt ot trsLcs
ut the time, and was perisctly helpless
either TO arouse himself or 70 TO ais wlis's
assistance, A." said the reporter.
YES. | have read nn Account OF that
affair, and though thrae or four. years ago
ssould bo inclined to laugh a. II os piece
Of ioslishnsss, or look upon II in the light
OF y horrible nightmare, l must confess
that, taking all the circumstances int
confederation, must believe every
OF the bride leaving her bed
ard approaching the shade. at tho glass
may be exaggerated somewhat, but from
inyestis cation OF other cases OF similar ma
ture am forced to the confession that l
am confirmed in my bsliof that the &C.
count was truthful one."
"And you hrmly believe that while the
less, his donnls, his exact counterpart, was
in front Of the baresu glass, shaving him
selfg'
Indeed, l do"
"wha. reason have you for thinking
sol"
II could cite several reasons; but let me
state to you something which happened in
this very city only two years, ago, and l
think can convincs you that have some
reason to believe in this strange occurrence
A handsomely dressed lady of good stand.
ing in society called upon me, andcaomcsd.
by her 1S.yaar.old son, who was, to all ap.
pesrancss, perfectly healthy and &c bright
as any boy of his age could be.
The lady unhesitstingly said that
she did not know as could help
her any, but" she continued, Il have
tried hard to believe that he is troubled
with some disease of q pe-ulivr nature
which, perhaps, can be cured She finally
told mo that two or three times every week,
in the dead Of night, while sleeping in her
chamber her son apparently faints away,
and with eyes wide open starss at perfect
counterpart OF himself of s shadowy nature
stalking into the room. The mysterious
figure walks up and down the room, re o
mains there two or three minutes, aud then
vanishss as the Traditional ghosts are ss'd
to do.
"The boy was perfectly able to recount
HE experience when no regained conscious
ness, and once or twice, other members OF
the household, believing the boys story to
be nothing but dream or nightmare, went
TO bed with him, and they went through
the same experience ~ the Philadelphia
bride you speak of Tho boy was as cold
us dalth as his imsgo stalksd into the
cham Der and vanished"
did you effect cure?"
Certainly not. It's incurable. 1t 10 not
n disease but something which cannot OK
plain. The person affected is lifeless. His
spirit leaves him and takes q shadowy
FORM"
"rhen you believe in spirituslism?"
How can do otherwise? I slept with
the boy ono night for the purpose OF con-
vircing myself, and i shall never forget
that night as long asI live. thought the
natter over from time to time, looked up
several authorities on sush matters, and
the result is that know as much about it
now as did when started. To sum it up,
1t is not q disease or an optical illusion, but
a stubborn. indisputable fact, and more
tina, that l cannot ray. There may be
some people inclined to laugh at that Phil
adelphis story, but look ut it in q more
serious light, and worthy of any amount OF
study snd investigation. "
"Whal became OF the boy fnally2"
Fortunately, or unfortunately, ! rather
think the former, the poor follow died less
than year ago, nominally of consumption,
but really, think, from the effect Of his
mysterious phantasy. "-[Clevsland Leader.