Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-22
MYSTIC MESSENGERS.
A SINGULAR APPARiTloN THAT MA
TERlALlzEo IN THE FLESH.

The Intangible vision Drew Daughter and
Mother to the Brink Of Death, Whence
It's Human Prototype Repealed Them-A
Mother In a Vision.
The events here related were told TO me
by persons intimately connected with them
persons who In the ordinary Affairs oflife
would be believed.
Miss A. was strong, healthy English
girl, exceedingly sensible, and one who was
ascoffeT at ghosts. Like the other woman,
she did not believe in ghosts, but unlike
her she was not afraid Of them.
She was invited to stay at Sfriend'shouse
in ireland, and this house had haunted
room. Miss A. asked permission 10 sleep
In the haunted room, and the permission
WAS reluctantly granted, for those in the
house thoroughly believed In the ghost
1t was nearly midnight when Miss A.
went to the haunted room, which was stu
ated in the front ptrt OF the house over
looking the carriage drive that led to tho
entrance. She looked around che room,
which was furnished in a modern manner,
and saw nothing TO disquiet her, but AS she
was preparing for bed she heard n carriage
come up the drive and apparently stop at
the front door. Astonished that any Wis
itors should arrive SO late she parted the
curtains and looked out. 1t was lovely
moonlight night, the moon shining full on
the front Of the place, making the drive US
Light almost as day.
She saw standing opposite the door two
black horbss and closed hearse The
driver had got down from his scat and was
standing by the horses, looking up at her
window, with his hat In his hand. His
face was bloodless, nothing but skin and
bone-thc face Of one almost but not quite
skeleton,
1t says much for Miss AS nerves that
she d not call out nor faint. More than
that, she stald until morning in the room,
although she did not sleep, and next day
told them that she had seen nothing Of a
ghostly nature in the haunted chamber, at
tributing her paleness TO lack OF sleep. She
also insisted on remaining in the room the
second night in spite OF the protestations
of her hostess, who firmly believed She had
seen something.
Next night exactly the same thing hap
pened, but this time her nerves gave way,
and she ran into the hall and tainted
The result OF this was long illness, and
whether Miss A, saw ghost or not there
is no doubt about the fact that her health
has been permanently impaired by her two
nights stay ia the house in Ireland. Last
winter she was 10 Ill that her mother took
her to the Riviera in the hope that change
of scene would obliterate the memory Of
the man with the hearse. Apparently the
stay nj the south OF France had that result,
for Miss A. became almost her old self
again. On the way home they stopped at
large hotel. The girl became suddenly
worse, and oh being questioned told her
mother with n shudder that she had met
the hearse driver in the corridors of the
hotel.
The mother was shocked TO find the old
delusion, as she called It, returning. She
finally succeeded in getting the girl to be-
lieve it was only fancy, but when they re-
turned 10 the hotel that afternoon and were
about to enter the elevator to go TO their
room the girl drew back and said In hor.
rified whisper to her mother that the ele-
vator man was the driver Of the hearse.
The mother saw that the man was most
cadayerous looking individual, and he, see
ing them hesitate, said;
Are you going up, ladies'"
Two other persons were in the elevator
waiting
NO, said Mrs A, "we'll walk up stairs. -
The man closed the lift door and went
up. At the fourth story the rope broke, the
elevator fell and killed both the visitors
and the attendant.
Those who told me the story look upon
this as hint that we should not neglect
warnings from the other world, and they
think that what Miss A. saw In Ireland
was the means Of saving her life, quite tx.
noring the fact that II she had not seen the
vision or whatever It was her health would
not have broken down, she would not have
beer staying at that hotel and would there
fore not have been in danger of going on
that elevator
The events next to be related happened
in London only few weeks ago. Mrs. X.
had been III for some time, but was not
supposed to be In immediate danger. Size
died suddenly and Unexpectedly one night
about o'clock. So unanticipated was this
event that her husband was from home M
AuH Allnts Tic WAS sent Tor md arrived