The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-23

storpcd heating my jaw cropped, and
was dead.
During my life had always believed
in dual existence bodily and a spir-
itual one Now this duality was proven.
Ny spirit left my body and stopped to
look at the house it had teranted. With
my spiritual vision | saw my eyes cloec
and my limbs grow rigid. ! cav that ]
was dead.
MY mental faculties remained. but !
lad 10 control Of my actions. Ny spirit
was mystcriously borne from the roorn.
from the house and from the town.
Travelled in mid air and with q velocity
that appalled, me. cannot describe my
sensations. | cannot say that the wind
rushed into my face, for Lad no face.
| cannot say that my head swan. for
had no head. And vet | felt that tho
wind was blowing cold and wet. and
the awful swiftneSs Of my locomotIon
thrilled me with terror. kept thinking
I'm dead, and where am ! going! an
pretty high up, and am deyoutly thank
full for il. "
i had been regarding Campbell with
curiosity az well as suspicion. Some
times | believed that Lc was manufact-
uring his dream or vision or ghost story
out Of whole cloth. l was tempted TO
rate him soundly for trying to make q
fool Of me, but something in his manner
restrained me.
Il was not up too high" he continued.
'tO see where 1 was travelling. | vas
passing over Albany. for | saw the out
line Of building that must have been
the capitol. ] continued southwark with
the same awful impetus. passing over
towns that ] supposed were Kingston,
Ncwburg and West Point. ] followed
the Hudson until | came b. New Jersey,
and went over the interior Of that state.
Al this time ] was wondering whether
the atmosphere was popped by other
spirits than mine. Was mine the only
soul that was defined 10 travel ia this
eccentric fashion; Some of my friends
had died, and. in tho awful stiilrcsa and
Loneliness of that hour longcd for their
companionship But tho air was empty.
and only my spirit was aetir.
81 changed my course a. length and
went westward. | seemed 10 hc crossing
over the state Of Pennsylvania. Sud
denly | thought | knew where | was
going. and. Bradford. ! can give you no
idea Of the agony experienced at the
discovery. ] was passing over "a dark
country. and beyond me was hideous
light. / could sec no buildings, but j
saw q blaze Of fire that filed ne With
horror. 1t was below nc, and - it
belched out in III its lurid intensity ]
thought ! knew what il was. Man alivc.
A a \ l...Nl cot "a
! could travel, and that nothing could
save nc.
ut was not tho internal regions. after
all Ii was your Boosted town o. Pitts
burg! Tho fire that had frightened me
was from the iron foundriCs. the copper
smelling mills and the Gil rcfineries. foi
which the place Is famous. ! could feel
the air hot with their fiery breath. l
passed them and q cathedral, and finally
reached a suburb Of the town. Then ]
went slower and lower, and at last
stopped before q dwelling.
In an upper room . lamp was lurn.
ING and a woman shadow occasionally
fell upon the curtain. | knew II YVES
Mailc Morrison S even bciorc fhC stopped
AZ the window and looked out. Brad
ford. il was my lass, grown Older, LIT
with the Same sweet face that ! had last
seen in the Bishops Walk. An instant
later her father jorkcd the curtains aide
and stood beside her. He was horribly
changed. His eyes were bloodshot, his
face was purple and his form wasted:
lie was wholly unlike Tic strong bCdl' d
politician of Dunblanc For ten years J
had hated him. but this morning ! was
touched by hiswretchcd condition. ]
was gliovcd 20 know | was invisible e.
my lass: but her father aaN rel Good
heaven. Can | ever forget What wrath
and malice distorted liz face at ieht q
me- He seemed Crazcd with iagt, u.s.
he beat with his two clinchcd fists upon
the glass, shivering the pane INTO thou
sands of bits and cutting his flesh e. the
lone. He was a maniac. and nc believed
1 was i'm the flesh. for he tried 90 reach
me and strange me with his bleeding
hands. Man. man. in his blind ant
eager fury he hurled Lis wrCtchcd bon
from the window 10 the ground. J. q
thing Of air, could do naueht to save
him. anu saw him fall dead before ne.
] could not speak TO my las. who also
saw Iii act, but / was forced a. geo the
anguish in her white. distracted face.
And while the people came from tie
house 10 carry the dead man ~ ! v@s
suddenly borne away.
II returned with even greater swift
ness. and by the same long route ~
whiSl lad gone. | reached Montreal
before light was fairly here. ard entered
thc chateau mhindercd 10y windows and
door. ] saw my dead body till lying
with drawn face. closed eyes and fallen
Jaw My spirit seemed 70 recognize my
lody as its natural home. for IN the
twinkling of an eye it entered 1t again.
Ny heart began to Pulsate. my blood
was flowing and my brain awake. fer-
gus Campbell was in the flesh asainl
Il sat up and lighted my lamp. j was
still cold and wet with clammy persPira-
ton The clock was striking :. and l
remembered that | had been 20 Pitts
burg and back by an unnecessarily long
route in exactly three Hours.
you certainly madeICmarkably qui, X
time" i commented. Id say you q
been suffering from dcl.rium tremens II
| was not aware of your temperate hal
its. You had the nightmare, Campbell.
lie placed a telegram IN ny hands.
Read it, he said, eagerly. 1t came
this evening. and It proves that ! saw
Morrison die.
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