Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-05

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ts@ s'ms sdsa At Abant tie $50. =,
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VOW CONG 70 the oldest thing tsat
fFei happened u me. Two ~ tbra.
years ago ! was lying il. Bal ,,tv ,a,,as, 49,
o,,s 'ii'fa'Iig-7it was the III VI March
~.ieh snddeniy red hot new i4.e, ,.,oa
"shs1nns down Into my camp and az
pioded with such comprehensive IT,
Nyeiiers a. 70 sweep the vicinity c,aa,, \,
ruDDsny reflections aud fill the air w;ta
.ne'r dust and flying fragments. This
lusa' stated ~ simple phrase. was that
spe i'ile was ripe and The market rea.Jv
~ a certain book; book which ought
y DC written atonces book which tn3st
command attention and be Of pecuyIar
'hssrest--to sit, book aboet the Ne
sada silver mines.
The threat Bonanza was ne1 49,,
DER then. and everybody was taIkin,
apont y. II seemed to me that the ney.
son best qualified to write this took VA
Mr William Fl. Wright. a journaliaf ~
virginia. New. by whose side / bad
scrubbed many months when was a
reporter there ten or twelve before H.
might be alive still; he might be dead.
couia not tell; bnt | would write him
anyway.
began BY merely and modestly sng-
costing that he make such book. INT
my interest grew az went on. and ven.
tufed to map out what Thought onght
20 be the plan Of the work, he being an DID
trend and not given to taking good in
tentions for i'll. even dealt with det,,iIs
and suggested the order and sequence
WHICH they should follow. was about
70 pnt the manuscript in an envelope.
when the Thought occurred to me that il
this book should be written at nv sne-
gestion, and then no publisher hammer "a
want 1t, should feel uncomfortable; 50
! concluded to keep my letter back until
sEonld have secured a publisher.
READiSG An UNOPENED LETTER.
pseonhoesi my document aud drop
ped note 10 my own publisher, asking
MN 10 name aday for business consuItz-
ton he was ont of town on far iorr
ney. My note remained uuauswared and
at the end of three or four DAYS fine waole.
matter had passed out Of my mind On
the 9th Of March the postman brought
three or four letters, aud among them A
thick one whose superscrintlon was in a
hand which seemed d;nlly familiar to
me could not place" il at first, but
presently | succeeded. Then | said To a
visiting relative who was Dresent-
Now / will do a miracle. | will ten
you everything this letter contains
date. signature and alI-withont break
ing tue seal. Ii is from a Mr.. Wright. of
Virginia. New. and is dated the % Of
Marcn--seven DAYS ago. Mr.. Wriohf
proposes to make book about the silver
mines aud the Great Bonanza. and asks
what |, as a friend, think of the idea
He says his subjects are 10 be 50 and
80. their order and sequence so and 50
and he will close with history of the
chief feature Of the book. the Great
Bonanza
READ Alright
opened the letter and showed that /
had stated the date and the contents cor
rectly. Mr.. Nright's letter simply CON
tanned what nv own letter. written on
the same date contained. and nine still
lay in its pigeonhols., where it had been
lying during the seven days since it was
written.
There was no clairvoyance about this.
if rightly comprehend what clairvov-
ance Is. | think the clairvOvdnt pro
f-sses to actually see coneealed writing
and read it off word for word. This was
not NV case. only sesmed 10 know.
and to know absolutely. the contents of
the letter in detail and due order. but
had to word them myself. | translated
them. so to siYaak. ont IF Wrigats lau-
guase into my own
Wrisht's letter aud the Que which |
had written to him. but never sent, were
in substance the same
Necessarily this could not come by ac-
cideut; such elaborate accidents cannot
happen. Chance might have duplicated
one or two Of the details but she would
have broken down on the rest. could
not doubt-therp was no tenable reason
for doubtiuy-that Mr.. Wrieht's mind
and mine had been in close aud crystal
clear communication with each other
across 1900 miles Of mountain and
desert on the morning of March =. dill
not consider that both minds originated
that succession of ideas. but that one
mind originated them. ali simply tele-
qranbed Them 70 the other