Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
a FATAL WARNING.
The Story of Girl Who Saw the Spirit OF
Her Mother, Foretelling Death.
IJohn Beaumontl


In his treatise on IS 1irits,n John Beau.
mont relates a very singular account of
an apparitiol sesn b. the daughter os
Sir Charles Lee AMI related to the Bishop
of Gloucester I,y the la ly's father. 1t is
consid dsrel one of the best au entica.e ell
stories ON record. Sir Calrlss had a
daughter by his first wife, who ed in
childbirth. Al her own desire, Lady
Everard, sister of the dec n ,ed lady, had
the child with her to rails, aud eiuca te,
and kept he little girl until she was of
maria yeable age. u timately. Mss L ee
was enga yed to S William Perkins and
the marriage was agreed upDn, when it
was prevented in Singular manner.
"Urol Thursday" to q lo.e the 3 shops
own words. "Miss Lee. thinking she saw
light in her chamber after she was In
bed. knocked for her maid, who presently
came to her, AMI she as ied her why she
had left candle b Urn n, in her room.
The maid said sh, h II lsfs noa, and that
there was no light in the room but what
she had bro Ight with her a. that TINA.
Then she said it was tn , frs, but that, the
maid t'ld her, was quite out, an SAID she
believed it was only dream. Whereupon
she said it might be so, and composed
herself TO sleep again. But about two
she was awakened again, anil saw the ap-
partition OF little woman betwesn ber
curta n and pillow, who told her she was
her mother; that she was happy, and that
by twelve O'Clock that day she would be
with her. Whereupon she knocked for
her mad, called for clothes, and when she
was dr. lsssd went into her closet and ca ms
not out again until nine. aud then brought
out with her n letter sealed and ad dress sed
to her ia her. Sie CAV it to her aunt,
the LADY Evsrarl, told her what had
happen d. and desired that when she was
dead il should o sent TO HIM. But the
lady thought she was su ldenly fallen
mad. aud there Ipou sent pres sntly away
to Chelmsford for phys clan AMI sur
geon, who both cane nmed ately, but
the physician coull d dsc,ru no indi-
cation of whit ths lady imag II ,d
or of any indispositiol of the body.
Notwithst93diny the lady woull
have herblsl, which was dDns accord.
ingly.~ And when the you w)mln ha
patiently le5 them do wnat they would
with her, she dssired that thu chaplain
might be called to read prayers, and
when the prayers wore ellei sle took
her guitar anl!lyml book and playel a nd
sung 50 me.o liously a I'd admirably that
her music master, who was there, ad-
mired it, And N ear tn roks OF twelve
sac rose AMI sat down in large easy
chair, and presently. fetching srony
breat or two. she ex 2irel, and was SO
suddenly col as was much oniered at
by the physician ald sur yeon. She di I'd
at Wal ham, in Essex, an l the letter was
sent 10 Sir Charles at his h)Is, in War
wicishire, but he was 50 afflicted at her
death that he cana not til she was
buried. Bus when he ca ne he caus ed he-
body to be taken up and to be buried by
her moth er in Edno1ton, as le hal de-
sired in her letter. This event occurred in
1852, and there is rec Drd o; any fur
ther manifa Ito rs IN The hnuilO