The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-02-12

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aYou say this occurred at Q private
housef' inquired one Of the three Cap
taing. So
Yes, that of gentleman, q well known
and wealthy merchant Of New York.
Did you recognize among the figure:
lany deceased friend or relativefS asked
one of the two other Colonelss
/ "No. Although could see their faces
plainly, yet they were all strange to me. =
aWouid you object to giving me the
taddress ofthe party at whose house this
seance was held?" This request was pre-.
ferred in q somewhatdry and sa: eastic
1tone, which caused the eyes OF all to be
turned towards q gentleman who had
Iioiaed the circle so quietly as net to
have been noticed. A stranger to all.
lEEideniiy not Colonela Certainly not
q Captain. Without dolht, only plain
citizen: pistTust vas written on his lace
ltlenen, with great pieasnres Andtak-
1ine out & card he wrote few lines and
ifanded it 10 the ekeptied : one With4the
1remafk, Should you ever visit New
York, il you viii present that card to its
address, you will have abundant oppor-
tunities of seeing my statement corrobo-
rated"
The skeptical gentleman paced the
card carefully in his pocke book. "Much
OBLIGED. Live in New York, and shall
certainly avail myself of your kironess." "
"Did you ever see Foster, the great
tEpiritualist?" asked the Colonel of the
strange gentleman.
"No," replied he. II have often thought
would, but what with the cares of
business; and,1well, you know how,itfs
at was-let. me see," pursued the Col
onel gazing retrospectively into the
glowing depths of the new Queen Anne,
but failing toget the desired date from
that source. "Well, l haye forgotten the
year; but at any rate, the great Virginia
horse, Abd-el-Kader, had just the
cup at Saratoga, and quite party Of us
had assembled in the vestibule of the
New York Hotel, at that time, headquar-
| ters for Southerners, and were discussing
the event. Presently one Of the party
pointed ont a person in the crowd with
the remark, that's Foster, the great me-
dunn. know him. What do you say
to having q seance2 This proposition
met the approval of the company, and
the request having been made, Foster at
once acquiesced, and we all adjourned to
his apartments, which was hard by, just
ronnd the corner on tenth street. On
entering the sitting room, Mrs. Foster.
who was sitting at q table knitting, quiet
ly gathered up her work and left the
room.
Gentlemen" said Foster, seating him
self at the table and tearing some blank
white paper into strips. '1f any of you
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deceased relatives or friends. write their
names uuon these strips and place them
On the table. Don't let me see YOU write
them nIease.n - zs
"FoF several seconds there was dead
silence. Not a soul moved, I thought.
Ssone ono mnst fake the Initiative !" and
-. t-.,o oI;rs of tba ,,onor vent n
az Eas nnJ ~ tbe ,oono ton1 rast;ao M
or ono +ha n nantSa Z wrote nncn one f.;ent
- 80 - --. -------- N, On The .satber Captain
f-1----9.. 4 nex6 1i5f1ed these SIPS
into separate pellets, and returning,
placed them upon the table, Foster at
once covered them with his hand, when
gentlemen. on nv word of honor,-a
tremendous rapping instantaneously fol-
lowed,
I pazed around the group. and the pal.
est face I saw there belonged to a man
who was a very devil for charging batter
les during the late war.
:The spirits of Lieut.. - and of
Capt. - are present, and desire to
know what you wish of Them" announ-
ced Fosterin distinct voice.
his eyes passing around tie circle of at.
upon those of the Skeptical Gentlemen,
a. AoS 4 4 Ira <lou <,G
the sentence. "the names mentioned nv
Poster. aUere the identical ones 7 had aUritley,
upon tie Slips"
The eyes of the Skeptical Gentleman
CLAIMED back unadultereated disbelief
"Well gentlemen, this was sumner,
and am free to confess that felt some-
what nervous. In the meantime the
rappinDs continued with more or less
violence. and the strangest thing about
| it was that YOU c ,uldn't tell from whence
the sounds proceeded. At one moment
thew seemed to come from the tabls, at
another from this part of the room, and
then from that. In short, it was impos-
sible to locate them. The table was an
ordinary centre-table, of oblong shape,
without drapery, covered with green
cloth and suggestive of whist. ac-
knowledge it was with an effort asked, /,
VIII the spirit of Lieut.. tell
me where and under Whatcircumstances
he diedr
Foster repeated the question after me,
and then held his head aside In the atti-
tude Of one listening. Raslng his head
and looking me steadily
in the face, he replied, II was shot
through the Grain by q minnie ball at
the seige OF Granada IN Central
America
Gentlemen, contlnaed the Colonel.