The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-07

her 4 Impotence and curiosity q lenc;th
asserted themselves. Leaning over The
table she peered into the face of her
guest and whispered, Did il come ?"
Mr.. Barstead hesitated q minute, O.
man does who is called upon to make
statement that he feels no one viii
believe.
Really fear I am causing yea un-
necessary agitation over simple. not
to say silly, matter" he. answered. =,
). Miss .Annefslsigh stout1y asserted
that she Wis not in the slightest degree
agitated or upset, but confessed to an
amount Of curiosity. ~, %
well, them" he resumed, cup to
this morning I was quite prepared to
believe that all I had experienced was
the effect Of 4 disordered imagination
but there are certain facts which I'D
cannot get over" and he paused con-
templatlvely, while he played with a
piece of paper in his side pocket. "But
I'll tell you what occurred, I dropped
off to sleep very quickly" said he, again
hesitating, as If to allow his listener
time to express her admiration for his
GOODNESS. II had been asleep about
two hours, when I was awakened by q
| consciousness that some one was stand.
ing over me. I glanced toward the
foot of the bed, and there stood the fig.
ure I had seen on the previous night.
saw it so distinctly that was able to
distinguish several features I failed to
notice on the first occasion. The fig:
ure was tall, had bald patch on it,
head. and q small scar beneath the
chin"
"Good heavens!" exclaimed Miss An.
nersleigh, excitedly.
perhaps it would be better If YOU
refrained from giving me any clue as tc
the Identification of the person. inter.
rupted Mr.: Barstead; suavely. III
there is anything in it, I can then bt
satisfied that this apparition is not the
result of any previous knowledge on M,
part OF the person you suppose it K
be-"
Miss Annersleigh saw the logic Of thu
suggestion, and promised to abstain
from further Interruptions. Mr.. Bar
stead continued:
AFTER q moment or two the figur,
beckoned to me, and made sign, as i
desiring me to write. got out of bed
procured writing material. and sat a
the table, The figure approached m.
slowly and noiselessly. I recollec
placing the pen upon the paper, as i
about to begin to write, but nothing
more. The next thing of which wa
conscious was suddenly awaking, feel
ing perfectly chilled. I was sitting a.
the table holding the pen and my ligh
had gone out, got into bed, certain
that I was suffering from nightmare, ant
after an effort fell off to sleep. On risins
this morning I Immediately looked a
the paper. You nay imagine my as
constituent IT finding it written upo1
in hand I did not recognize"
As he spoke he produced the paper
at which he had been nervously pulling
all the time. It was sheet of note pa.
per, and scrawled upon it in peculiar
handwriting, which Miss Annersleigf
Immediately recognized as that of til,
deceased clergyman, was the follow
ing
will this satisfy you? Accept tn,
medium. Let him fill my place. H,
is worthy Of your friendship. Viii
communicate again.
AMOS"
"What does it mean?" asked Mis-.
! Annersleigh, in tone that betokenec
great excitement and agitation, 1T i:
his own handwriting !; I should know il
among thousand. And oh, Mr. Bar
stead, it does satisfy me! But yor
must excuse mel feel ill-it is to<
much," and Miss Annersleigh left the
room abruptly, while Mr.. Barsteai
looked on in puzzled bewilderment
When the door had closed upon the ole
lady her guest skipped across the room
rubbing his hands, and his countenance
lit up with an expression of delight
that contrasted strangely with his pre-
vious depression.
"Trumps at 1ast!" he chuckled,
'"Trumps at last!"
| Half an hour later Miss Annersleipl
returned, somewhat more composed, anc
while finishing her interrupted repast
she confided to Mr.. Barstead the cause
of her emotion. "Poor Mr.. Hartley wa.
a spiritualist," she said, land we used K
discuss the subject; but I was Away.
sceptical till now. It is evident that
you are medium"
Mr.. Barstead owned that it was all
very strange, but that if it were agree.
able to his hostess, he would be most
happy to stay day or two for the pur.
pose of trying to obtain further com
munications.
That very afternoon he was seized
with a peculiar trembling fit while cit
ting at table and proceeded to write
as if in dream.
Mrs. Annersleigh again recognized
the handwriting, and though the mes
sage it conveyed was somewhat vague
it contained illusions to private mat
ters which stranger like Mr.. Barstea6
could not have known. Further sittings
produced even more satisfactory results
and proved the visitor to be writing
medium of no ordinary power. Thu
messages increased at every sitting
though Miss Annersleigh remarked
| UuaC CAo caijBIapulc ACCURACY Wa3 no
continued.
Mr.. Barstead regarded the Who'll,
business as puzzle. He could not
he said, bring himself to believe il
spiritualism; but the fact of his writ
ing particulars concerning person h
had never heard of before, astonishet
him.
Two days passed, but the pair wer,
too absorbed in the new distraction tx
have thought for the object tina
brought Mr.. Barstead to Somerscourt
He seemed in no way eager to expedit,
matters until the morning of the fourth
day. On the previous evening a mes
sage had been received from the spiri
of the defunct curate, implying delicate
~, but Enthusiastically, that the medium
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