The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-29
| WEIRD. WILD TALE.
AN INCIDENT OF sPIRITUALIsM IN
ARKANSAS.

ther shore-She Tells the story in Her
| Own Way.
| From the Pittsbtiro Dispatch.
LITTLE Rock, Jan. 25.-What might be
| termed an epidemic of spiritualism is now
raging IN this city. and number of quite
startling cases of naturalization have been
related. The circumstances Of one case of
particular note were related to a reporter
by lady whose husband died few months
ago. The chief interest lies In the partial
sundering Of the veil that separates this
world from the next, and the similar expe-
rience Of two persons whose spirits actually
passed away from their mortal frames, but
at the last moment were recalled 10 con-
tinue little while longer their earthly pill
grimags
1T was surely an unearthly experience"
said the widow, as soon as the correspondent
had stated bis mission. Neither NV hus-
band nor myself was inclined to be religious,
although we often talked about death, and
wondered what the condition Of the soul
was after it left the body. But as we were
constantly coming in contact with dead
persons, the feeling Of horror and dread, so
common TO other people, never affected us.
The first thing that brought about a close
study of the subject was an experience
| had during a very severe spell of
sickness My friends had given me up
as hopeless case and were expecting death
at any moment. Twas perfectly conscious,
although very weak. / had heard them say
that death was liable TO come soon. Still, /
did not feel afraid. / made no effect to
make my feelings known. but laid per-
fectly still carefully anal wing my thoughts
as If | felt the dissolution approaching.
Ny frame quivered. gave forth sound
Ifgarr
murmur, She is dead, and then it seemed
that my spirit hoated out into light Of
most dazzling brightness.
VISIT TO THE OTHER SHORE.
"There were forms and objects moving
about in myriads but could not distin-
guish one from the other. All the while /
was enjoying the most intense happiness. l
was perfectly at rest. Looking back could
see my mortal remains and thu friends bend
ing over them. Ny husbands head was
bowed between his hands, and many of the
women were weeping. Then like fash all
the deeds Of my life, both good and bad,
seemed to spring into view. From early
childhood to womanhood they marched
along. alternately condemning or approx
ing. It seemed as il upon them depended
my future abode in the land Of spirits.
AS memory brought to light things for
gotten long ago, / felt an intense desire
to go back to earth and live my life over
again, the good deeds were so small in
proportion to the bad ones Then / began
to sink. The bright light grew dim, and
soon faded away. l was soon plunged into
impenetrable darkness. Il seemed that /
had been sent back to live a little while
longer on earth as a punishment for not
showing better life record. When my
spirit struggled l felt the mortal prison
once more. l trembled, opened my eyes,
and then heard some one scream, She's
not dead She has only been in trancep
Little by little strength came back. after
ward learned that the doctors had pro-
nounced me dead. had lain in a state re-
sembling death for several hours. My hus-
band had even gone so far as to prepare a
casket in which to place my remains.
This awful experience seemed to change
my whole nature. Instead of taking merely
a casual interest in spiritual things, be-
gan to study the matter with the utmost
vigilance. l told my husband and few
friends Of the sights had seen when nv
spirit seemed to have left my body. 1t was
too sacred to me and too strange to be told
broadcast, so that very few of my friends
even know of the incident, to say nothing of
strangers When / told my husband he
| showed the most intense interest, and re-
marked at the close of my narration that
he believed every word Of it. He even
startled me by saying:
Ihb HUSBAND EAPEttiENCE.
"'I had an experience OF almost the same
ksnd when l was very young man. In
stead of sickness mine was caused by drown
| ing. After struggling in the water until
completely exhausted / resigned myself to
| my fate and sunk. The first sensation was
| one OF pain, then came dreamy, delightful
| feeling In which | was supremacy happy.
After that came the bright light of a daz-
| cling intensity, with the review of hfes
| IA nd 70 hoo
earth once more. l felt SO light and free
that dreaded to assume mortal existence
| again, but the command was impera-
tive. l felt power bearing me down that
l could not resist. There was the same
| plunge through intense darkness, followed
by the cramping of my spirit as it sought
| to free itself from my body. Meanwhile
the mortal remains had been dragged
ashore by some persons who had seen me
sink. As / struggled l heard one of the
men shout: keep at it, boys, he's coming
to-" They had been working with me for
hours, and once or twice had been almost
on the verge of giving me up. This hap
and, although the experience worked a
great change in my life, kept the cause a
profound secret, even from you
THE similarity OF our experience led
us into closer sympathy with each other,
and often furnished the opening for a long
conVeTsdLlon upon tnS SUBJECT or the soul 8
condition after DEATH NY husband was
| always a believer in certain spiritual mani
festations. but did not 60 to extrenes. He
thought the inhabitants of the spiritual
world could see us at all times and upon
very rare occasions were permitted TO mani>
fest themselves in some way to loved ore
who had heen left behind. Wenever talked
about death with any feeling of dread. On
the contrary, in the light of the foretaste
enjoyed by both Of us. we were inclined to
look forward TO it with feelings of pleasure
and satisfaction. But in order that our
reception in the land of spirits might be
happy, we
SOUGHT BY GOOD DEEDS TO MAKE AMENDS
for the errors of the past. We were con-
stantly on the watch to f1nd persons that we
could make happy, either by friendly en-
enlargement or by financial aid. This work
of atonement was carried on In a quiet way
for years. We did not care to make q dis
play of it because it looked inconsistent
with the high motives from which our con-
duct sprang. A few months ago my hus-
band took suddenly sick. He told me to be
| prepaid for the worst, as he thought the end
was near. But even then did not realize
that death was so close upon him. In few
moments the doctor came to me, and in a
| whisper told me that my husband was diving