The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-07

| Lyon and Mary Squires, had married
| against the will of their mothers-who
| hated each other deariy-that my
mother had helped the young couple
| to marry and was now aiding them IN
| starting housekeeping. She had Tour
| patterns of dress goods Tor Mary 10
| select from. and | noticed the designs
| and oolors OF them. Finally, ! went to
| my mother. put my arms about ner
| and kissed her, but she did not seem
| 10 be aware OF the fact. Then turned
| to my father. determined to claim ms
| attention, and put my hand ON ms
| shoulder 90 shake him, but found mat
] nothing / could do would make any
| impression upon him. Inc strange
| ness of the situation excited me
| great deal. / spoke to them and was
unheard, put myself before them ana
| was unseen, touched them ana was uh-
| felt, yet was fully conscious OF every
thing about me and heard every woiu
| of tne!r pacid, contented haDbie. nay
| feelings so oNerpowefcd me that i iVit
| on the verge OF bursting INTO Tears
when suddenly | found myself sitting
in the bandmaster's tent in the same
| attitude 1 held when the orderly came
| 10 the door, with my cisdr YET pc
tween my fingers and still aight'
| Hardly moro than u minute or TWO
could have elapsed.
Are You satisfied now that your SIS
ter Is all right?" asked the bandmastcr
calmly. | replied that | was. YOU
We're getting so excited | had TO hrlhS
YOU back he said.
Not another word was uttered ny
| either of us on the subject. In Il rev
| minutes | got up, said gouu nlGht, anu
| started for my tent AS ! passed 'ol.
| Bartholomenws quarters, he happened
IT, come to the door, greeted me, ana M
| Nited me to enter and S"" somethll"
quite rare in our compromising IN
| "A bottle | went in, saw the something
| rare, and even tasted IL. Then we
| chattcd. and told him Of my strange
| experience II Interested him intensely.
Tattoo sounded and l would have re
tired. hut he would not let me go.
mo he SAID. Never mind about
that. You set To work nj once ana
write a letter home detailing everything
you can remember seeing and hearing
there. things that in the order of time
allowed for your travel should happen
on Thursday evening, two nights from
now, The letter may get there before
then, but even if it does not reach them
by that time il win at all events he in
New York and delivered much before
any such report could br even tclc-
Sraphcd here ana repeated back by let
ter after their occurrences. If you have
actually seen into the future, that VIII
prove the astounding fact. Write your
letter and | win have my orderly take
Il to the boat with letter from me 20
the captain that will insure its being
forwarded in the most expeditions way
"Isatup until 80 O'Clock writing that
letter. for 1t was Il very long one, full
of dernil. and il went as agreed. My
mother did not receive it until Friday
morning. Before she had read ii half
through she flunT il from her. threw up
her hands in horror, and cried out that
it was the work of the devil iy return
mail / had from her a letter of excited
pleading with me to pray for deliver
ance from the power OF the evil one.
But from my father | learned that my
forecast had been absolutely accurate.
down TO even the smallest details. con-
/ cerning everything occurring there that
evening. \ couple of weeks later
chanced to ride with Col. Bartholomew
over to Gen, Hunters Headquarters,
and we called together upon Adjutant
General Seeley, who happened to he an
old friend of my father In the course
of conversation the colonel asked:
Ibid anything happen to the boa t
that went down to Fortress Monroe on
Wednesdays
NO replied the general. not that
I know Of. oh! by the way he con-
tinued. turning to n clerk send down
an order to have that man who stabbed
the sergeant sent NJ here for court mar
tial, with the witnesses. He may as
well be here as there
"'When ana where was the sergeant
stabbed" asked the colonel
Ion the boat: on that trip you asked
. about
81 thought you said nothing hap
pcned.'
:. You asked mo about the boat. Moth
ing happened to the boat
"'Did anything else. of a noteworthy
character, happen aboard the boat on
that trip? / have Il particular reason
for asking and would like to know, II
permissible
Gen. Seeley did not remember that
, anything else had occurred, but upon
hunting up the official report of her
trip on that day it was found that some
cotton bales aboard had set alirc by the
carelessness of the soldiers with their
pipes. and it had been necessary to
, throw fifteen bales into the river
, "Thc incidcnts-thc stabbing of the
, sergeant and the burning of the cotton
. 1t VIII be recalled. occurred on Wednes-
day and Were fully known to me. and
were narrated to Col. Bartholomew six
teen hours before.
In June, after the capituation, when
my regiment was ordered down to
Texas, | resigned from the service and
in company with three brother officers
who had also resigned came home by
way oS Baltimore. My experience was
. generally known and had been much
talked over among the officers of the
lO9th. so, as we ncarcd Baltimore. my
companions banterinRly challenged me
To lead them to the United States hote
: for breakfast, following the route had
} gone under the little darky's guidance
} ! unhesitatihgly averred my ability tc
do so. but when the boat reached hei
wharf the place was quite strange tc
me- but an idea came. to me. The mate
was near us, and turning to him
asked: Did you, in December last
land whore you do now?' NO he re.
piled. We landed then away down yon.
. der where You see them three spiles
We went there, and instantly | recog.
nized the place. From that starting
point | went directly even by the dar.
ky's short cuts. through a rather tan.
gled part of the town to the hotel. But
, on arriving there. we found no such
+ big. witty Irish porter as ! had des
. | cribed. The porter was u large. fat
solmen negro. Again my friends bcgar
to laugh, but my confidence was by that
| time strong. I said Wait: let us SO,
the clerk. and, going to that official,
asked. Where is Mike" using the nam,
I remembered having heard him called
, | Mike the clerk replied. left us II
, January. He Is ut the Monument hous,
l now My triumph was complete.
, I'm New York I went to the stable.
1 Of the Eighth street line of omnibuse!
: to find If possible the driver with whom
. | rode on the box that night. and tn,
9 other drivers readily Identified hin
from my description, but unfortunatel,
t he had gone away, they didn't kpv
Y where"
w.