The Press., 1891-05-21
THE SPIRITUALIST.

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 THE SPIRITUALIST.
 The Cafe Jean was situated at the corner of a quiet street in Paris-re- markedly quiet at all times, considering the near proximity of noisy and much frequented boulevard, but particularly so after II o'clock at night.
 Late one evening most of the habitues of this bright and comfortable cafe had taken their departure, raising their hats, as the manner is in France, to Madame Jean, the smartly dressed and dignified proprietress, who, still sitting at he1 post behind the marble compton, smiled and bowed in return as they went out. The blinds were already down and the doors closed in preparation for the night.
 Madame sat a little longer, listening to the gossip of the neighborhood gath cred during the day by the head waiter to retail for her special amusement when the days work was over and one could indulge in 8 littlerelaxation. Then looking round and seeing that Dearly all the well known customers who every evening played dominoes or cards, and slipped coffee or drank eau sucre ol stronger mixtures under her vigilsnt but friendly eye, had left, she retired for the night, leaving the remainder to the care of her faithful Alphonse. There were only about dozen people now, c1aoy,f1xy ryr7fof Sv, the cafe, when suddenly the stiffness was rudely broken by a loud voice ex. claiming angrily:
 "lt is liel don't believe word oi it, and I defy you to prove itr' is... !
 All looked up, startled, from game o1 newspaper, as these words burst from one of the occupants of small table al the farthest end of the room. The speak CT seemed very much excited; his com panion, on the contrary, remained cool and self possessed under the provocation, but his white face and peculiar glitter ing eyes belied that outward appear ance, and arrested attention when no- ticed. E.
 The two had been engaged for some time in close and earnest conversation without raising their voices, interrupted only now and then by subdued exclama tions and incredulous remarks from the excited man, which evidently did not succeed in either shaking or moving the pale man, who continued talking to hin and answering his objections quietly until his opponent, losing all self control sprang to his feet and violently dis turbed the inmates of the cafe by the angry words quoted above.
 Seeing that he had attracted genera attention he looked around and said:
 "Gentlemen, appeal to you all. am sorry if have disturbed you witt somewhat violent language, but yor shall judge whether am justified in re fusing to believe the story have iust heard We happened to sit at the same table, and naturally entered into con versation. Our talk drifted from ont subject to another, until 1 made some joking remark about the so called scien tifc research into the mysteries of tht spiritual world. grant it is 8 fascinating subject even for an unbeliever like my self, and good one for conversation ant playful badinage, but to be told serious ly and as an undeniable fact that tn, spirits of the departed can and do re visit this earth when they have prem ised to do so, passes the bounds of ere dulity. My neighbor tells this mos extraordinary story: That two year ago tonight he lost his dearest friend, !; lifelong friend, who on his deathbed seeing his despair, solemnly promised that he would appear to him on the an niversary of his death, which took plac' about midnight, if his friend invoked his spirit. He afirms that he has al ready seen him once since he died. Nov 1 ask you, as men of sense, living in tn Nineteenth century, is it possible to be lieve such statement?"
 The pale man had flushed angrily dur ing this speech, but it was only a tran sient betrayal of feeling, for his face re stunned it's former pallor, although hi eyes retained their strange light, and i was with a marked expression more o annoyance than anger than he repliet calmly:
 ''It is nothing to me whether you be lieve or not; have simply stated a fact and it is the truth. You pressed me witt questions concerning that great trouble of my life until told you all-my de spair when I lost my friend after year of mutual devotion and attachment, ant his promise to return. told you truth fully that he had already kept his prom ise once, but you did not believe me.
 do not wonder, The spiritual world is closed book to the majority; glimpse i obtained now and then by some, bu chiefly by conjecture and speculation only, whereas actual experiments knowledge is rare and not often com municated. I told you what my priv ileged experience had been, and cal prove it, incredible as it may appear t, you"
 While he was speaking 8 number o new arrivals had invaded the cafe, call ing in on their way from neighborin, theater for drink or cigar. Thei curiosity being aroused by the word they had partially heard, they drew nea to listen, and being informed of wha had happened joined the others in dis cussing the pros and cons of this debat able topic, some laughingly, some seri ously, according to the view they tool of the subject. No one seemed to talk it very seriously, however, except few who shook their heads doubtfully, whil others laughed at them and joked abou
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