The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-04-13
A REAL GHOST STORY.
STRANGE EXPERIENCES OF A RE-
sPEcTAeLE BUSINESS MAN.

STRANGE EXPERIENCES OF A RE-
SPECTACLE BUSINESS MAN.
xhree Times In the Course Of His Life
Ne Has Seen the Shade Of His Dead
Mother, and Each Time She Seemed %
Ne Trying 20 Warn Him Of Danger.
"Thsre are more things In heaven and
sarth, Horatio"-
It came to the knowledgeo Of reporter
quite by accident that in an eminently
respectable house lying between Mad.
bou and Fifth avenues, on an eminently
respectable street, gentleman well
known In business circles has repeatedly
experienced what may bs called, ON lack
pf better word, visitations. This the
psportsr learned, while the gentleman
was quite unaware of his connection
With the press, Thanksgiving evening,
whom conversation turned on mesmerism
and other occult subjects. From talk
10 experiment the step was easy. when
Il was disooyered that the man in ques-
Hon was an almost perfect sensitive" to
hypnotic influence.
The discovery was probably 4 surprise
10 most Of those In the room. The man
Il perhaps forty-five years old. under the
medium height, stout and inclined to
badness. fond Of tho good things Of life,
q shrewd business man. yet he was alb
solutsly at the beck and call Of an anna
tsux Of tolsrsbly developed hypnotio
power. When. after some grotesque
manifestation, the subject was restored
10 consciousness. the company, with one
seeord. pressed him to explain his feel
Ing while under the influence.
"You are asking impossibilitjes, said
the man good humoredly, "for while
In the hypnotic state my waking self
IL submsrcsd, and I--resl l. the ego
Of the mstaphy hystcians-am what is
called unconscious, although something
that must be . second !, or, alter ego. 10
Obsdisntly active. Il Il ell a. great
marvel to me ~ 1t can bs to any OF you.
I Am not . weak willed man or one easy
10 influence by ordinary methods, yet !
have always been ksenly susceptible to
psychic influences"
This caused stir OF expectancy In the
little company.
II do not often speak Of these things"
went on tho man after little pause.
''Such nature as mine must seem un-
canny 10 others. aud to bs frank. in q
business way could not afford to be
known a. . sensitive" but think ] ann
sass 10 speak under this reof.
II can remember wheB quite small
boy seeing my uncle drive toward the
country homo where ] then lived. While
he was yet far OF, and neither face nor
attitude could have borne TO me any
visual hint. knew that his- son. my
cousin William, was dead. ! ran and
sobbed In my mothers lap: 'Oh, NAM
mai Willis's dssdl Willis's deadr She
ohidsd me for my folly. a. she b.
hsvsd. In long two minutes my uncls
drove up. looking ashen gray and sad,
and the questions my mother would have
Pat died upon her lips. It wac true. My
cousin had died unexpectedly after tho
hsiefest illness. / couldn't have been
more than six years old, and had never
heard Of occult art Of any sort, for ours
ware old fashioned country folk.
'sAs ! grew up experiences Of this kind
were more common. was stupid,
ballet headed fellow In the main, but
IN this special sense, a. ] must think It.
was and am extraordinarily gifted.
10 this I attribute the fact that on three
>oacssions I have seen the ghost Of my
mothss. who died very soon after the
incident which ! have 3ust related"
A stir Of incredulity caused q rustic in
the room. and one festive chap whistled
q bar Of lover the Fence Il Out"
.'oh, don't expect you to believe 1t. "
resumed the narrator easily. I'm q way
! don't believe II myself. That Is. I
can't account for It. and my mind re-
volts against accepting anything against
my reason. Yet I am brought face ia
faee with the fact. Thrice in my mature
Me. while wide awake, fully clothed
and - much In my right mind a. am
At this minute, have seen the shade,
ghost or aura Of my dead mother, seem.
IN not worn and thin, a. ] remember
~, bat young and fairer. And here
n the curious part Of 1t. She was
clothed - in the days before my birth.
thses were older children than Lin a
dssss which had never seen or heard
described, and Of which no picture is in
sxisssnce. Yet, by my description Of
the dress - ! saw 1t, my Oldest sister
recognizes II perfectly
what did the, ghost say to your
asksd ops Of the party.
Nothing. Yet In each case the visit
came before some misfortune which was
n sense avertable. II seems to mo q
q tAs wrath Of my mother was trying
inslIsetually towarn her favorits and
youngest child. Tho cot -face. the mourn.
ful siy, sll 20 indistinctly seen, might
soovsy that impression. All the visit
were q night, Twice the vision cams
whsu I was slone. Tho last time my
wifs was with mo. ] said nothing IA
her at the time, not wishing 10 alarm her.
"But shs can testify that was wide
awake. The room In which we sat l,
lasgs, and was ct tho time lighted only
By . we'll shaded lamp, which left the
sesthsr end oe the room In semiobscurity
But the Agurs seemed iptsrpsustrated
ttth 3 light Of Its own. Ndid not move
O. hsckon. II simply was and then wa
not"
An odd Thanksgiving night tale, waa
Il uot2 II don't want my business ssso.