The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-29
NY SUPERNATURAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
SOME TRUE STORIES OF STRANGE EVENTS.
WRITTEN FOR THE INDEPENDENT BY JULIAN HAwrnoasn.

trance hall, the staircase TO the upper foo,
descended close to the outside OF this door,
on tho left NJ You went out. The door wal
wide open, and ! was obviously conscious
Of the voices OF the young ladies upstairs,
talking together In n Of tho upper rooms.
The bedroom occupied hy nv wife aud my
self was directly over the d awinR-room.
On the other side II the passage was the
bedroom OF the young ladies Of the house.
The doors OF the two rooms were opposite
each other. My wife and tho two girls
were sitting in the latter's room, and the
doors Of both rooms were open.
such Is the simple summary OF the tale.
II you have got it clear in your mind, you
are ready to hear what happened.
AS sat reading, ! heard a light step, and
the rustic Of a dress, descending the stairs.
1T is not my wife's stel, !" Thought ], lit ia
one Of the girls" Half way down the
What she said / could not distinguish, but
I recognized the voice Ms Lilly's " will
sny.) and sure enough, the next moment,
Lilly came into the room.
She came in. humMing to herself, and
evidently supposing the room to BE- empty.
fore she caught sight Of me, IN the window
seat. She gave q slight, startled exclama-
ton, and stopped, staring ut me-,
II is natural to be startled, when you sud
denly find YOU are Tot alone. Bat why this
fixedness of gaze, and dilatation of the
eyes? surely, Lilly was familiar enough
With my outward aspect, moi. TO le amazed
at detecting me in a place where there was
reason to suppose l might be. WHATS the
matter?" said /.
How did you get here?" returned Lilly,
short OF breath, and seeming much dis
turbed.
i've been here ever since lunch,' I re-
piled; right in this window"
She paused q moment and then said, II
just met you as l was coming down stairs.
You were going up. You brushed right
by me. Why. ! spoke to you! You didn't
answer, though; you just went right on
up"
When l saw that she was in earnest. and
vas becoming m%omentariiy more agisassd,
possible, namely: That some unauthorized
person had got into the house. This per-
son had met her on the stairs; she had sup
posed it must be myself, and he had profit
'cdsby her mistake. It was true that the
staircase WAS quite light, there being a win
dow On the landing above, as we'll as the
house door below; and that four O'Clock of
a Sunday afternoon was an odd time for Q
burglar to enter the house visibly. occupied
by wide-awake people. Nevertheless, Lilly
had seen somebody and it was high time to
find out who he was and what he was after.
Accordingly, I laid down my book, and
went up stairs, with Lilly bobbing behind
me. But when / reached the upper passage
or hall, a new surprise awaited me. Ny
wife, and the other daughter of the home.
were still sitting in the bed ROOM; and
when they saw me in the hall, they, too,
simultaneously an exclamation Of
astonishment. They, too. demanded to
how | came there. In reply to my
questions they said that they had just heard
some one 60 into the bed room opposite
wife's and mine. We're thew sure it was
/? They had not the slightest doubt on the
They had seen my face, my dress,
and my gait. 1t was l, and no one else:
How then could / be in two places at once?
II was my conviction that ne such self
was possible. But since the
person, whoever he was. had en-
our room, and had not come out