News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-03
CREEPY YARNS.
TOLD BY THE DISCIPLES OP
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.
Soldierly Ghosts Revisit by the Gimp
ses of the Moon,

The Society for Psychical Reserch
held meeting in Boston the other
night, which attracted large number
of enthusiasts.
They listened with great interest to
the reading by Secretary Hodgson of
abridged versions of papers by Frank
Podmore and f. w. Ii. Myers on
"Phantasms of the Dead"
The two distinguished psychologists
explained the numerous cases of super
nominal phenomena to suit themselves
in very long, very deep and very in
volved documents. But some of the
stories were of the thrilling variety
supposed to be purely fictional.
No. 1. An English army officer bid
farewell to Maj. j. P, with whom lie
was intimate, On the eve of the latter's
departure to the seat of war in the
TransvaaI, they mutually promising to
meet again. Taking up the words f
the narrator. "The war was at its
height when one night just before
dawn | suddenly awoke with the con-
sciousness that some one was i'll the
room. There, standing between me
and the big military chest of drawers
on tie opposite side of the room saw
a figure which I recognized as that of
my brother officer. But he wore a
beard, which was not his custom in
in England. He wore fatigue coat,
the white pith helmet of the service
and could see the field strap of his
field glasses and his sword belt.
The ace was pale. l imagined my
self in camp. ''Hello, P.,' l said,
care you ready for parade?" ''I'm
shot!" said he. t'How?" "Here!"
and the hand of the figure slowly
moved to the right breast GLOW did
it happen2" "The general sent me
to the 'front.'" Then the figure
vanished. Later talked with a COM
rade and found that Maj. 2. had been
killed at the time | saw his apparition,
and | established the fact that he was
dressed as l saw him and had raised a
beard.
No. 2. Gen. Barter was doing duty
at hill station in the Penjaub, and
was quartered at a house on a bluff
which had been occupied the previous
year by Lieut.. B., since deceased.
''Shortly after moving ill.," says the
general, "Maior d. and his wife paid
me a visit, and when they left went
back with them a short distance along
the road leading from my house to the
main bride path. 1t was a wonderful
moonlight night, as bright as day, and
having parted with my friends | stood
for moment admiring the scene.
Suddenly | heard the ring of horses
hoofs and saw the figure of man on
horseback, accompanied by mounted
groom, outlined on the ridge against
the sky. My dogs crouched on the
ground and moaned uneasi y. The
mysterious rider bore down upon me,
and [ saw thot he was in full evening
dI ess and wore tail hat. He sat in
his saddle i'll listless way, holding the
reins in ether hand. The figure of
the groom was barely visible in the
shadow.
called out ''YYhat do you WANT"
and the group stood still. l then re-
cogniZed the rider as Lieut. B. He
was stouter than in life, and had
fringe of whiskers. The face was that
of a dead man and beamed in a
CHASTITY manner under the light of the
tropic moon. ! dashed up the bank,
but slipped and fell. When | arose
horses and horse men had vanished.
The road stopped abruptly at the edge
of precipice and there had not been
time to turn around. There was not
sign.
Il described Lieut.. BIS appearance
to friends who had seen him previously
TO his dc4ll, ;sDa thcy told me that he
had raised whislers, and grown stouter
through di, sipauon. They recognized
the pony he rode through my descrip-
ton as one which he had ridden to
death a few months before his DEATH"