The herald., 1893-02-26
AREAL GHOST STORY.
aTBAslE EXPERIENCES OF A RE.
spEcrAHlE BUSINESS MAN.

H tkAs Seen tho Shade Of His Doad
Haz6thAr, aud Each Time She Seemed to
EsBe Tsyfag to Warn Him of Danger.
MhEe aH more things In heaven and
hxjA HhrY&pe---
H6pms 10 4he knowledge of reporter
hnfte ny sysI4sht that In an emineptly
ksspeeeAu1A honse lying between Mad
Don and Ftl5h svendes, ON an endinently
eespspaes qixset. geutaeman well
knovn b business oirclEs has repeatedly
expsxieaced what mag b. called, on lack
b bvtset wura, viy3tatipns. This the
e4portes itasusA, white the gentleman
b QkilS NnGware Of his connection
HI The press, Thanksgiving evening,
khsn cpnvtssatfyn turned on tnesmerism
md othsr ccuuH subjects. From talk
% experfnvnt the step was easy, when
u was &sccvsrsd that Tho man in ques.
Lon WIS On almost perfect sensitive to
Npnoae influence.
The discovery was probably surprise
10 most Of those In the room. The man
y p4hsps fcrty.Hve years old, under the
k&qlurn height, stout and inclined to
Badness, fond of the good things of life,
D ehrewd bqaness man, yet he was alb.
bolutoI9 4t the beck and call Of an anna
ltsur 81 toiersbiy developed hypnotic
bower. When, after some grotesqus
Enanffestatfons, the subject was restored
10 consciousnses, the company, with one
&ccos@, pressed him to explain his feel
hag wtfifs undr She influence,
srEou are asking responsibilities, SAID
hhe man good ht1mofedly, ''for while
hn ths hypnotic state my waking self
y fuAbme1scd, and I-real l, the ego
kf the instsphysicians-am what is
EdllsA unconscious, although something
that must be second /, or, alter ego, is
hnedlsntly active. It is all as great
Enar~e1 TO me as it can be to any of you.
Nam nct-a weak willed man or one easy
10 inzfuenco BY ordinary methods, yet
hAv sfwsys been keenly susceptible to
neruafc inAuencrA"
This cawed SIR Of expectancy in the
ntHe COMPANY.
ss1do NOT oftsn speak Of these things"
yut-cn the man after little pause.
EuchAaat1re az mine must seem un-
Gannyto others, ard to be frank, in a
husiness way could not afford to be
kn0wn nsa nsensitfve," but think am
te%b epssk under this roof.
~ csA rensmbsy whom qrite small
bay seeing my uncle drive toward the
khnmtry k0me whore then Hvcd. While
IA ws8 yvt fr cH, and neisher face nor
kNtitHAS cUued have borne to me any
Visual tfnt, knew Chat his son, my
buugtn WIIlinn, was dead. ran and
tuhnea h my rnoeher's lap: sOh, NAM
bal WhaSs deAdl WnAss deadY She
hfasd aAe for my folly, as she be-
lesed Ina lopg two minutes my uncle
Hruva up, locking ashen gray and sad,
kndtHequeSxke my mother would have
putdisd upup her lips. It was true. My
boudnhs4 died Unexpectedly after the
6riefest mress. couldn't have been
knpra diem SIX ysars old, and had never
beard 0f eucuat'art of any sort, for ours
Here,cl fasiaioned country folk.
sfas Igrowup experiences of this kind
@ere more ccrnmon. / was a stupid,
bnAet hesdea fellow in the main, but
h this specfA sense, as must think it
was and sn extraordinarily gifted.
10 this attribute the fact that on thres
keoasSons have seen the ghost of my
bmohher who diyd very soon after the
tnuidept witch have just related"
| A str of incredulity caused rustic in
&s.Focm, eua one festive chap whistled
Hhar d "Over the Fence Is Out"
"Oh, don't expect you to believe it,n
hesumed the narrator easily. "In way
4 don't believe 1t myself. That is, !
pan't account for it. and my mind re.
krlas aeatnst accepting anything against
nv ssapon. Yet ! am brought face to
kHte with thesact Thrice in my mature
tife, while wide awake, fully clothed
snd aSmpch in my right mind as am
1t this minute, havo seen the shade.
ghost o. aura Of my dead mother, seem
ing nutwcrn and thin, as remember
her, but young and fairer. And here
- the curious part of it. She was
nlothed a. In tho days before my birth
Shere were older children than lin a
Dress which had never seen or heard
hescrfhcd, and OF whioh no picture is in
txistence. Yet. by my description Of
Ae dress as I saw it, my Oldest sister
tedugnixss II perfectly"
"Whst dsd the ghost say to your
Nkca one Of the party.
1N0thing. Yet in each case the visit
bams bsturs some misfortune which was
tns sense svsrtsble. II seems 10 me as
E the wrstth Of my mgther was trying
tns&eotuahy 70 yarn her fsvoribe and
youngest 6Afld. Thesst fsce, the mourn
HI air, a 50 indisancey seen, might
konvey xhat fapresston. An the visits
fkpre % haSah, Twice the vision came
Nhen ! wal alone. The last time my
msfs was visA me. said nothing to
har stths lime, not wishing 70 alarm her.
"But shp can testify that was wide
awake. TIE reom In which we sat Is
barge. and was at the time lighted only
By 8 we'll fheded lamp, which left the
v6axhW end Of thereon in ssna3phscurity
But the Aguxe seemed intprPenstrated
lIdSh . iigksok is own. Itdia not rugve
ktpdkyn. It sinDly was and then was
hat."
An odd Thsakagiring night tale, was
b npff II dcn't want my business asso
nAtes ia ruspsct me Of sesing visions.'
Ne Eerfaenaan concluded, hut this Is
ny ssory, and / would like to know
kASt yeu make Of it."--Aew York Be
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