The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-02

Fulton ferry. Now be has taken Gates
avenue car. He has jumped of at Gates
avenue, and is coming this way. He is
near the corner now; look out and beckOn
70 him. The person in the room would
look out the window, and see the gentleman
whose movements Mollie had described. and
the accuracy Of the description would be
verified by him. Every day, aud often a
dozen times a day, she would announce TO
some oneiu the room the approach Of tie
postman, or Of some friend long before the
door bell rang.
A new power was discovered one day,
when she announced the approach Of the
postman. He has letter fer me from
- she said, loyfullY. The letter was
from the person she had named. aud she
demanded It the moment her aunt entered
the room. She rap her thumb rapidly across
the envelope, and then repeated, word for
word, the contents of the letter. This
power Of reading the contents Of a sealed
letter she seemed to cultivate until In a
short time il was not necessary for her to
pass her hand over the envelope, but she
could read it instantly as il was brought
into the room. The power became more
extended every day, until She could read a
book or a newspaper unopened and lying in
any part of the room.
She was always industrious, and one day
a friend entered the room and found hsr APP
parently idle. why, Mollie," he ex-
claimed, ''it is unusual to see you doing
nothing 30, Pm reading she replied.
where is your book" he asked. ''Hore,
under the covers answered Molle, pulling
out book. 1t was familiar one to the
visitor and Mollie talked of the contents in
a way that showed she had read it carefully.
One day the door-bell rang while har
aunt was in the room, and Moilie exclaimed:
"Why, it's Uncle lltel But how sick ho
LOOKS. He must have consumption" Mrs.
Crosby was myStided, but hurried down to
the door, aud saw a cousumptive looking
man there whom she did not recognize. Ex-
plantations showed that he was her brother,
who had gone to California before Mollies
accident. He was then very robust man
but had contracted consumption, and had
wasted away so that his own sister did not
know him, but Mollie did.
She has always had a greta fond
ness for animal pets, but gil of
them have been short lived after
coming 20 her. This grieves her very
much. One day her pet dog disappeared,
but she said he would return. Several days
after she awoke her aunt aad tod her that
the dog was coming toward home. lie was
gaunt and hungry-loOking, and she begged
her aunt 70 90 down and let her in Mrs
Crosby went down and found the dog SILVER
ing on the front steps.
One day gentleman friend walked into
her room, and tossing a coin purse in the
air, said, "Guess how much is in It and you
can have it. "Sixty-seven cents.n replied
Mollie, instantly. The contents was counted
and found to be exactly CT cents.
The Rev. DR.. Duryea. who was pastor OF
the Classon Avenue Presbyterian church at
the time, went 10 see Miss Fancher IN COM
pany with MIR. Benson. As the latter en-
tered the room he said: "Mollie who is
this with mel" Miss FHncher made a move
meat, es il from mental effort, and replied
80, it's DR.. Duryea."
She then told Of having seen DR.. Duryea
talking with her aunt on the street the
week before, and recalled incidents Of the
conversation that were verified by DR..
Duryea. The doctor was convinced Of Mol
he's possession Of the strange powers at
tributed to her, and frequently mentioned
her in his sermons. He advanced the theory
that, owing to her physical condition, her
the material body and, being freed, was
governed by higher laws than were known
to the average mortal.
Miss Fancher's conviction that she COM
| munes with the spirits of departed friends,
he thought, might be explained on the hy-
pothesis that her increased mental cl9arness
had caused an increase on her imaginative
! powers, and, with what size had read OF
heaven as basis, she could imagine and be-
lieve she had visited the place of eternal
rest and felicity. The dootor was con-
vincsd, however, that Miss Fencher had the
marvellous powers attributed 20 her
Prof. Parkhurst of Brooklyn, who was
very skeptical, thought that Miss Fancher
was simply a mind reader until he investi-
gated. His first test was to pick letter.
which he had not read, from the waste bas-
ket of friend. tear it into ribbons, and
carefully seal it in an envelope. Miss
Fancher passed her hand rapidly across the
envelope, and wrote out the contents of the
letter. Then the professor prepared another
test He took an old report of a mining
company, cut it into minute pieces, threw
some of these on the floor and gave the
balance to friend He sealed them in an
envelope and two other friends placed it in
two more envelopes, and the last one was
handed TO Miss Fancher. She instantly said
the contents we're nonsense, but wrote out
wba was there, and the pieces thrown on
the floor, fitted to what she had written out,
made the report perfect.
During all the years Of her blindness she
executed the most exquisite work in en-
broidery and wax. The work was held
over her head in the hand of the rigid right
arm, and the left hand worked out the
most beautiful designs in worsted and wax
with wonderful rapidly. She worked in
the dark quite as well as in the light. She
refused to see many people who called on her.
One day Prof. West brought Kossuth's sis
ter to see her, and while the lady waited
downstairs the professor went up to Molie's
room. Before he spoke she said: mo. /
won't see her. don't like her looks" Ex-
actly the Same thing occurred when the
professor brought whiskered scientist to
see her shortly afterward.
Now that this power that deserted her for
years is returning, it is hoped that a
thorough and concerted inquiry will be
made into her case by eminent scientists.
With ner returning power her physical con-
dition is declining She suffers from heart
trouble, and when attacked half Of her face
becomes black, as though covered by
mask.