Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-24

doors lall bolted at mighty and one window.
Both windows in our rooms have heavy green
shades, which are drawn nearly to the pot-
tom of the window at night shutting out
early daylight. No artificial lights commahu
the windows, and the moonlight very seldom.
l undressed and went to bed about ii, anu
soon was asleep. In the neighborhood OF
A. M. was awakened by a strong light IN IN
my face / awoke and thought saw my ~ne
standing at fig. 8, as she was to arise at o:oo 20
take an early train. The light was SO Drlgnt
and pervading that spoke. but got no answer.
As spoke the figure retreated to fg ., ana as
gradually retreated to a spot at tig. .. Inc
noiseless shifting of the light made me tnlnk
Il was a servant in the hall, and the light was wa
thrown through the keyhole as she moved;
That could not be- as some clothing covered
the keyhole. then thought burglar must DC
in the room as the light settled neal =
large safe in nv room. Thereupon, caiieo
light. As 1 called her name, she suddenly
awoke, and called out: what is that brignt
light in your room?" 1 lit the gas and searched.
(There had been no light in either sroom).
Everything was undisturbed.
My wife left on the early train. l ATTENDED
to. my work as usual. At noon, when reacneo
home, the servant who answers the door IN
formed me that man had been to my once TO
see me about certificate for young lady who
had died suddenly that morning from nem-
orrhage from the lungs. She died about ! CLOCK
the figure saw about o'clock. There was
but little resemblance between the two, as lar Iar
faces were not unlike, except that the apparl-
tion seemed considerably older. had seen
the young lady the evening before, but, al.
though much interested in the case, did not
consider 1t Immediately serious. She had oeen
in excellent health up TO within two days OF ner
death. At first she spit little blood IRON a
strain. When she was taken with the severe
hemorrhage, and choked to death, she called
for help and for me.
This is the first experience of the kind have
ever had, or personally have known about. IL
was very clear-the figure or apparition-at
first, but rapidly faded. My wife remarked the
light before had spoken anything except her
name. When / awake am wide awake in an
instant, as l am accustomed to answer tele-
phone in the hall and my Office bell at night.
ALBANY, September q. 1883.
DEAR SIR-On the morning of September
was suddenly awakened out of sound sleep
by my husband calling to me from an adjoin-
ing room. Before ] answered him was
struck with the fact that, although the green
shade to his window was drawn down, his room
seemed flooded by soft yellow light, while
my chamber, with the window on same side as
his, and with the shade drawn up, was dark:
The first thing said was, what is that lightf,
He replied he didn't know. l then got up and
went into his room, which was still quite light.
The light faded away in a moment or two.
The shade was down all the time. When went
back to my room saw that it was a few mo-
ments after4 Very truly
F. 8. (wife of W. o. 81
Mr.. Hodgson:
DEAR SIR: Your note of October
IL is at hand. In reply l would say, in re.
gard to the light in my husbands room, that 1t
seemed to me to be perhaps mure in the corner
between his window and my door, although 1t
was family distributed through the room.
When first saw the light dying in bed) it was
brilliant, but only commanded view of the
corner Of his room, between his window and
my door. When 1 reached the door the light
had begun to fade, though it seemed brighter
in the doorway where stood than elsewhere.
said: How strange! thought surely there was
a woman in my room" l said: did you
think it was IT' He said: AT first, of
course, 1 thought SO, but when rubbed my
eyes saw il was not. 1t looked some like Mrs.
b (another patient of his-not the girl who
died that night. He, however. said that the
figure never seemed to look directly at him,
but coward the wall beyond his bed, and that
the figure seemed clothed in white. or some
thing very light. That was all he said, except
that later when he knew the girl was dead,
and l asked him If the figure at all resembled
her. lie said: ''Yes, it did look like her, only
older" Respectfully, MRS. w. o. s.
OCTOBER 16 1885,
The case is interesting, as being very we'll |
reported, and as leaving us in no doubt |
about the reality of this odd experience.
The conditions do not make any detailed |
explanation of the occurrence at all plausi-
BILE, although many possible causes Tor the
experience may suggest themselves to our |
readers.