Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-14
DO SPIRITS Return
THE TESTIMONY OF ALICE AND
PHGBE CARY


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Hecnmr Part os the Iss.ttis,.,p
Of these IosrD a.d I.,sas ~.
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In her later years rhrhc Car,
said: 81 know that tho dead come
back just ~ ! know | think. or soc. 80
know anything else. II il no more
wonderful to me that I should .rc and
perceive with my soul than AN all,
to discern objects through ny ~,
balls On one occasion when Ali,,
was 80 years old, writes q. u Fluw,t
in the February Forum. speaking col
her favorltc little sister Rhndt. vhr|
passed from life when she wa- nnl, 81
years. she snid 81 have mover ~ thi.
day lost consciousness ~ the pf,.rn, 4,
of that child" Both the sisters b,
held Mt intervals thc appnritiun ui
their sisters. cannot iufhcat citing
here one OF the most cxtfaurlinsft
objective appartions on record. which
Alice Cary was wont 10 give when 4,
scribing the wonderful cKpetion,r
which came into their lives TIE
story is valuable because u VAS Nit.
messed by n number of persons. and
cannot therefore be dismissed ~. q
subjective hallucinatiou. u - also
interesting To note that Ia this ease
the vision, which in broad day ighl
was so real rs 10 deceive all memlsofs
of the family who witnessed II. ne.
CURED before the children died The
is the story as related 10y Alice
THE new house was just nui.l,d.
but we had not moved into u There
had been a violent shower. father had
come home from the field aud every
body had come in out Of the rain I
think it was about O'Clock IN the
afternoon when the storm ceased aud
the sun shone out. The now house
stood on the edge Of rayine aud the
sun was shining foil upon ". WHEN
some one in the family called out aud
asked how Rhoda and Lucy came ~
be over in the new house aud the door
open. Upon this all ihe tamil,
rushed to the front door. and there
across the ravinc. in the opcr deef NJ
the new house. stood Rhosla with Lucy
in her arms. Some one said She
must have come from the sugar ramp
and has taken shelter there with Lucy
from the rain Upon this another
called out 'Rhoda = but she did not
answer. While We were gazing and
talking and calling, Rhojs hcr,seli
came downstairs, whore shs hal lsil
Lucy fast asleep. and stood with us
while we all saw in the iull blsse oi
tho sun the form, with the child w
her arms. slowly sink, sink. sink into
the ground until she disappeared from
sight. Then a great silence fell upon
US all. In our hearts We all believed
it TO be a warning OF sorrow--oi what
we knew not. When Rhoda aud
Lucy both died. then We know Rho,la
died the noxt autumn, November II
Lucy a month later. December 10.
1888. Father went directly over to
the house and out into the road. but
no human being. and not even a
track. could be seen. Lucy" con.
tinucd Alice Cary In her narrative
I" has been seen many times since by
different members oi the family. In
the same house. always In q red ifoc1
like the one she was fond Of wearing
the last time by my brother Warren .
little boy. who had never heard ~.
story. lie came running In, ,ing
he had seen little girl up stairs IN a
red dress"
II is not strange that the heliel
grounded ON these repeated visions
and the intuitivc perception Of ,hess
unusually fine and highly spiritual
natures frequently found expression
in verses reflecting the convictions oi
their souls. space prevents nay pursu.
ing this subjec, further. Enough he.
been said, however 10 Indicate q ias
cinating line Of study Tor those IN
terested In occult subjects.