The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-19

in the afternoon, and have always felt 50
grateful to you, for know IL must have cost
you ever 81 much trouble
Seeing that she was quite serious, and not
wishing 70 startle her b. dcnia. Of the
pleasant charge of being where had not hut
should like tn have been, and where / ought
il possible, to have been, | begged that she
would tell me all about il, as five years had
somewhat impaired my memory of the Incl
dent
why, you know, brother, when you wer.
entering the gate Axel ther hu>han,p and
saw you and hurried u meet You | kissed
you and did AXel We walked, holding
your arms, to "A summer house and sat down
But you surely remember"
NO, not clearly. Go on and tell me all
about it,"
well, Christina, (the old hOusekeeper, who
had known ~ since 1 was an infant came
down, and was delighted Ia see you
What! did Christina see me and talk to
mef'
"Yes, surely. Don't you remember
drink while hcre."
You drank some syrup, hut You did not
stay to eat. Yes, and you made a speech"
Il made a speech Why, what did says'
"On, we have it written down. Axel wrote
it down, and We have it yet"
Did see many OF the guestSf
"Only those who were in the garden with
Axel and me at the time You would not GO
up stairs, although we urged you"
How did l leavef 1 cannot remember"
suddenly and rather mysteriously. You
and my husband and started To walk. We
reached a corner and you suddenly left us
We did not see You go, but when We turned
around you We're no longer with and not
in sight We supposed you had gone To the
house. But you had not, and we saw you no
more" ,
did the people we met look at us much
when We were walking together!' j.,
Yes; but l never thought of it until now
Everybody stared at You with the greatest
interest | am sure l don't know why. You
were looking exceedingly well, and We're well
dressed, matter of course" ,
Then told her that had not been there at
all; that l was not even out of London at the
time She could not believe 1t. At last she
said:
why, brother, if you We're not really hero
then, perhaps you are not now. Nou are not
in the least different from what you seemed
to bc then"
l assured her that I was there in the flesh
and not likely to vanish suddenly. We talked
over the mysterious visit. Her husband tho
Lousekeeper, and such of the guests as saw
me corroborated the story. The speech was
said to have made was read to me. 1t was
quite new To me. l had no recollection of
ever thinking of any part of it.
allow do you explain it.' some one asked.
Il don't explain it. Ii is perfectly incom.
prehensiblc To me"
Perhaps 1t was one of those strange appear
ances of the spirit while the body sleeps,
which the Norwcl;ians believe in" another
suggested.
But l wasn't asleep. Ny wife and dis
tinctly remembered that on my sisters we'd
ding day we worked very hard all day"
Was anything of the kind over told of you
before or since:" l asked
we answered Mr.. Gustafson, "A lady in
London asserts that l once spent an hour III
her parlor, in company with other guests,
when L wasn't there at all"
Who can explain it, Surely there are more
things in heaven and Garth than are dreamed
OF III amy ones philosophy.
EBBoN OLIVER.