Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-02

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not detected in his manner solicitude
respecting her for which it was i'm
possible to perceive u cause.
Mrs Todd made no attempt to help
me out OF my bewildermert but with
infinite tact supported conversation
on fifty topics without once touching
upon the telegram.
At last the ladies retired. Henry
seated himself opposite me, and lean
ing forward just as far as the seat
was safe SAID very solemnly:
Tom I've had communication
from my mother! have seen her.
too"
His mother had been dead for
twenty years.
We'll Henry" said !. in careless
fashion. what sort of communica-
tion have you gote'
'I'll show you" and he arose and
handed mo document saying Il
received that from her own hand"
A wild wind shall blow
And the beautiful snow
Shall cover my Mary and mo
And happy Wei sleep
faf down In the deep,
My sinless sweet Mary and me.
1t was with kind OF awe that l
read these lines
AS he took the paper from mo !
merely said:
Tell me the whole affair I sup
pose you take that communication as
you call it. to refer to your sister?"
Il do" he said emphatically but
TIL tell you what happened.
'.lt has been my custom to sit late
in this room If the nights were fine
The moon shone right in on me one
night laJely-the third / think. after
Mary's arrival-and / could see my
self reflected in the glass OF that
chalk drawing hung above you there.
That drawing is the portrait of my
mother.
1T was after midnight Suddenly
] found myself regarding my own re-
Election when behind my chair-ln
the glass; saw something shape
itself did not stir but looked and
distinctly saw a figure draped In
white leaning over me. and the face
was the face of my motherl / saw
the figure pass by that door from this
room.
On the third night afterward
had gone to bed. but could not sleep.
/ dressed and came down here to
select book. / carried taper.
When / entered standing within
those curtains. close TO tho window
and fronting me- was the form / had
seen before, draped from head TO foot
in white the face visible-my
mothers face-and extending toward
me sheet OF paper which was un-
folded. took it from her hand as
che approached and passed me. leav-
ing the room. l sat down and read
the verses. which SCENE to have i'm
pressed even yourself Now. what do
you think OF it alp"
is your sister informedG" 1 asked
evading a direct reply.
by no means"
That's right"
The night was wearing on but IL
was beautiful without and ! proposed
stroll. The ladies had retired so
that we were free. Not soul in the
house was astir and out we went.
Suddenly turning toward my moody
friend / again rushed into tho SUBJ
ject reckless OF any feeling of his
own.
Show me that paper again" I de.
manded.
Il have lett it." said he and was
about to return to the house when
interrupted him.
Never mind. I remember tire
lines and am determined TO slit the
matter on the spot 1t seems to me
that II there is anything supernatural
about it IL s a supernatural blunder.
Il deny that the spirit OF your
mother has appeared to you. Two
things are at any rate deducible from
these communications. Either its ef-
feet was not intelliRently calculated
or It was Indignantly devised"
/ drew myself up about this stage
OF my headlong gallop over my friend,
Just to have a look at him and TO adj
just myself
LET US return. I" said he suddenly
linking his arm in mine. Perhaps
you are right Tom. But you are
driving me to suppose that there IL
something wrong with myself
Our conversation had drifted from
the subject altogether when we ap'
preached the house
There Is some one on the look