Telegram-herald., 1890-03-16

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ss ne hgat OF the stzrs. IL concerns
phsncMen4, wnscn TOOK pl4ee IN my
paE.or, tEroBgh ". ". Ao1r, the ma
teriai zIng medium, n November, 1859.
Ag AeeEs e0llg91i1 co1LEol an
nQuAced The presence u sarah 'Sne
comes 70 you, MF. PraLt. ne sad
sarah . very mdehulte,' ! repledi i
knew many II that name. He then
gave circumstances relative 70 neF that
caused ne u recognize the splEt As
sarah Coinan. ca inquiTlng 4 she
would m4tsri4 i4lILe, that I should GER
t4laly recognize her II she would, sAe
ausNe sd that shs would endssyoI 10
do ~ AZ the next seance. This was done
sad / recognized her. Al lnterNle"
vac deeliDed for lack Of strength,
but ar the third sitting, the
Cuud iLOus beng improved the
luminous form stood at the aperture
Of the cabinet and saluted me Win
Howard, good evening" ana re-
turned the sAlutatlon. Her voice and
presence called up profound emotions
and I said sarah, II n = you, lead ia
TINS Interview You kno. my purpose
Boz asking this, l suppose She replied
Howard, do YOU doubt that this Is
me- No, ! think it IS you, but lead
m this conversation. and X your
memory and mine coincide all doubt
Will be removed Our lives had been
50 interblended when We were young,
and had been so eventful that the
memory or the past was ineffaeeable.
she took up the narrative. unfolding Il
step by step until rs whole fabric was
before me. sac inquired II | remem-
hered our nrst acquaintance when
visiting NV sister fora week m the tall
of lsfl. and l answered afnrmatlyely.
Did / remember the nice times We
Young people used % have whlgs visit
ing my sister, AZ corn huskngsf and
answered. No, at whose place was
ItP Yours, she replied, but | could
not call Il To mind, for corn-husklngs
were common IN those days. 'Don'tyou
remember she continued, that one
night ia gong 20 your fathers house we
walked behind other young people, and
after entering your fathers gate you
wanted 20 caress me and l would not
permit ltg Il do said /, and she re-
Piled, Well that was the time She
continued 10 call up instances until
that particular corn huSking was con-
sciOus memory. Did 20 TO see your
Yes How far did | 20? About
SIX miles Correct. How many
brothers had your Five mo, no,
my lady. are you not mistaken N the
number no, when you visited US
only brother James and Lafayette We're
LIVING, but mad three who were dead
How many slaves did your mother
own Three Sarah. | only re-
member two-George and Judy
Howard, don't you remember Sallie,
their mOtherP It was a Kentucky
farm house and the negro cabin and
kitchen were two rods or more from the
house. Judy did the house work;
George took care of my horse and
Sally was seldom about the house, had
lost all recollection of her until Sarah
&. revived my memory of her. She was
right. Sarah, what relation If any sub
sisted between usr She replied, a mar
rage contract How long did 1t ex-
Ist2" Nearly two years This was
true. Sarah, can you tell me the
locality in which this contract was
NADER She replied 10 was on the east
porch. I asked, Are you certain OF
thaD With me, Il IS an indistlnct re-
collection OF mine, that II was IN the
northeast room OF the house below
the stairs NO, don't you remem-
Der, Howard, that always told you
that no gentleman should ever caress
me before my consent to marry hlmP
replied that did. DO you not re-
member IN that room on the morning
of the day Of our pighted faith, that
while IN that room you asked TO caress
me, and / forbade your Il do do
YOU not remember that the tirst time
you caressed me II was on the east
porchP 4 do 1t was there agreed
- 10 marry you, and first allowed you to
caress me- Did we have a lover )
quarrelP She answered, Yes, and 1t
was your fault. Had / married you
would be living today | replied,
.SsSSh, / thought you To blame, but 'et
p not discuss It more. Sarah, where
did we SIT or stand when we re-
sclnded our marriage contracn
she answered, 'On the bench.
But remember no bench about
the house; are you not mis-
taken? NO, Howard, 1t was on the
bench OF the stairway Il call that
the landing. but you are night. Sarah,
WAS there any one present IA the room
at the timer She replied that her
mother WAS present, and It was correct.
Sarah, what followed our mutual re-
lease2 You took chair IN front o.
the hearth I sat down awhile, ther
got I'D and stood beside you; you were
always cutting up-t0oS hold of me
ana drew me into your lap Did
ever call after that TO see yOu2 Once,
shs replied. which was correct. GIVE
me some incidents of that visit,
SAID I. Howard, you had heard oi
my engagement TO Mr.. McC., and
vCu tired to dIssuade me from marrying
hum You sad he was a bad man snC
7 would rue e It did. told you tina
7 was old enough 10 marry, and IOk
inglv sald that yOu would not marry
me. and mother thought Mr. McC. wa
very nice gentleman. You insisted
that should not sarah. who va
rEht. I or your mother" You. III
wss the man you predicted him 70 b,
and worse. Can you tell me how
often I called az your house after YOU
we're the wife Of Mr.. McCF Twice.
she replied 7 thought it was three
tunes. but she SID what 7 regarded a
csu would not count fOi
only went inside the gate.
asked her 20 tell me VINO wa
a. her house the fret time T called
after her marriage tO Mr.. NcC. She 70
pbsd Aunt Betsy Pr1ce,' and the sec
ond time 7 called, e wss early n to-
morning before she was I'D. THIS is al
true. How long sruce vcu 4 diedf
asked. She replisd. Eleven wears.
How .orE since [ last met vou2' A
itfe over trirtv vesrs While stand