St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-19

seized by a spasm of fury, in which she
would wreck chairs and fling tables
around with the strength of a dozen
men. Five men on one occasion bound
her with ropes, but she burst the bonds
assunder and threw them off as II they
were cambria threads. She knew the
spirits that then obSessed her were evil.
but she prayed, and finally got rid of
them. She strongly advocated the ell
cacy of prayer.
One time she stood on the bank of the
Mississippi contemplating suicide. she
could not go home, and she had been
discharged from hotel where she had
worked from o'clock in the morning
until 10 at night for so cents week.
No being could be more miserable or
desoIate. But before jumping in she
thought she would pray to God. She
addressed supplication to the throne,
but it was an uncouth and clumsy
prayer, and she tried again. Her second
effort was not grammatical, and in her
youthful simplicity she feared this
might be fatal defect in her prayer, so
she thought of all the grammar she
knew, and cOuched her prayer in her
best and
MOST GRAMMATICAL RHETORIC.
Presently a beautiful lady came and
put her hand gently on her head and
told her to go back to the hotel aud hap
piness would come soon. Next day a
gentleman stopped at the hotel. He
learned of her condition and spoke with
her. on are possessed of spirits" he
said. 81 will help you," and he did.
He was a SpiritualiSt, and from that
out her troubles left her. Previous to
this she had contemplated suicide a
dozen of times, and her father wanted
to send her to a lunatic asylum. In
coming out of this condition she felt
that she had come out of grave-a
dark and gloomy sepulcher. Often
had she prayed most earnestly that
home, and God has heard her prayer
and given her as husband the nobleSt
of men and home that is happiness It
self, After some singing Mrs. Lord
Drake then stepped down among the
audience and began to give tests. Some
of them were remarkable for truthful
ness, if the admissions of the various
persons were correct. To one lady she
told the history of ring she wore and
how many persons had worn it, and
what their particular traits of character
were. Another lady seemed well
pleased when the medium told her that
a gentleman had just worn her ring,
and that his spirit was there beside her,
and loved her dearly.
THERE WAS ONE CHILD
that did not belong to the father" she
observed to another lady, who blushed
deeply under the startling insinuation.
and the medium went ON to tell her that
the spirit of handsome gentleman
stood by her and longed to speak with
how hoJ hnr \
earth life. TO a big man with bald
head she said he was queer mortal,
possessed of strong but contradictory
qualities. "You owe nothing to the
world, but all to YOURSELF" she re-
marked. "Yes, Pm what is called
Self-made man." he replied rather
proudly.
Never got any education except what
marked. '.Quite correct. Got no
schoolin' at ALL" replied the big man
with the bold, bald head.
You have made piles of money and
spent it," the medium continued, seeing
she had good subject. mo, have it
all yet" he replied. and the laughter
was general. At this Mrs. Lord Drake
changee the subject and said: "Your
ring was worn by another before you
got it," ''WelI." replied the big man,
his face and bald head becoming red,
II did not think you could find out that.
l bought the ring secondhand, and had
it made larger to fit my finger"
81 see the spirit of lady near you.
She loved you devotedly." Eyes, she
did, and l know it," he admitted, in
voice in which there was tremor of
pathos. The medium and the big bald
headed man got along admirably, and
the interview was prolonged to the dis
satisfaction of others who wanted to
'get something" from the spirit world.
Mrs. Lord Drake went through the
whole audience, giving these tests to
such as desired them, and the entertain
ment was certainly remarkable and
often amusing one.