Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-02

we had concluded our pleasant visit to
the doctor, we went to the opposite
wing Of the building to see my kind
nurse. We passed Miss G--'s door,
standing partly open, apparently at still
just the same angle as before. Ipushed
it back a little and stepped in to look
around "for auld acquaintance sake"
The room was unoccupied and un-
changed from the days when used to
pass through it to the terrace.
We made our call on the fraulein in
my old room. OF course the loss Of
Miss G. was spoken Of, and again we
mentioned the person whom we had
seen and mistaken for her sister. fan.
cied that Fraulein A. would proba-
bly, furnish some explanation of the
occurrence. But she seemed even more
at loss than the doctor had been.
"Some one coming out of her room?
with nurses cap on? 1t is very
strange;" and fraulein looked puzzled
even to anxiety.
SIT must have been Miss R-,"I
again suggested
why, Miss R has dark hair"
was the rejoinder.
II am not sure about the color Of the
hair" replied. 81 was struck with
the resemblance in the profile and
contour of the face, and in the form
and carriage of the person."
II certainly think the hair was
light reiterated Carl, similar in
color to Miss G-'s; but l cannot be
sure, as so much was covered by the
cap"
But Miss R. has gone out this aft
ernoon," said fraulein; and, if she had
been in, she would probably have been
upstairs anyway; and she does not
look at all like Miss c." Fraulein
looked troubled. ut is very strange
very strange, indeed" she said; land
with nurses capt could not have
been pa ient, them"
The more she turned it over in her
mind the more perplexing the prob
lem grew.
When we had finished our visit and
were once more alone together, Carl
and specialized further on this
strange incident. We had both of us
seen the woman distinctly; that was
undeniable. We had both been imme-
diately struck with the resemblance
to Miss C.. True, we neither of us
had ever seen Miss G. wearing a
nurses cap; and this individual did not
have short, lambert flames, but smooth
ly parted locks. Still she otherwise
looked amazingly like the deceased
person. Now here were two of us
sure that we had seen this figure glide
to and fro in front of us in the cor
ridor, and then vanish beyond that
partly open door. On the other hand
here were two credible and indie
pendent witnesses who insisted that
there was no living person in the pre-
cincts corresponding to what we had
seen.
What did this mean? Had we really
been vouchsafed sight of one of those
occult phenomena" of which Mr.
Stead, Mr.. Haweis and others say SC
much? Was this really one of the
Thought bodies" whose ability tt
manifest themselves after death, Mr.
Haweis regards as of 'incalculable i'm
portance," since "they prove that the
dead are alive?' We were forced t.
admit that many things favored thil
conclusion. And it harmonized with
the noiseless, gliding figure, the fail
ure to look at or to speak to us ant
the seeming aimlessness, in an ordinary
mortal, of going few yards down tn,
, corridor, and then going directly back
whereas spirit DESTROYS to show itsel
might naturally pass twice before III
for this very purpose All the circum
stances taken together made it Difficult
: to account for what we had seen, ex
cept on the theory that our apparitiol
actually belonged to what Mr.. Hawei
calls ''the puzzling residuum of indis
putable but unintelligible phenomena.
, On this supposition we did not, to b,
sure, feel that accession OF faith in i'm
: mortality which Mr.. Haweis think
r ought to result from kindred expert
ences, for that faith we still felt tina
the grand statements of Scripture ar
$ a much firmer foundations; but we did
l confess it, experience certain ex
} hilaration of spirits in the thought O
having actually seen live ghost.
But the Neils are persistently ad
dicted to testing things. Try tn
spirits" So ms to be their ms. met. OIL
! habits of mind led us to demand NOR
l evidence than would have Statistic
= many. Carl" | said, there is on
thing more we can try; you can go u
to the hospital again in the mornin
and see Miss R for yourself. Yo
know how often persons are governe
!, almost wholly by complexion in trac
|. ing resemblances; she may not look S
!. utterly unlike Miss c., as DR.. s. an
Fraulein A. represent. And possibl
she may not have been out, althoug
they thought she was"
Accordingly the next morning Cal
called on Miss R. Her hair was darl
: decidedly dark Her manner and vi
terance were very unlike Miss G.,
But the features, especially the profit
y and the high cheek bones, were simila
' to the matron's. Carl made these il
.quiries of her, whether she had bee
at home when she was supposed
have been out on the afternoon pr,
vious; whether she had been dow
/ from her ward TO the uatron'i
whether she had noticed us as W
= came in-and she Aad.--N, Y. Inds
y pendent.