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r." Miss r. was a Scotch nurse
on the floor above, whom had never
seen but had often heard mentioned.
Miss R is out this afternoon"
was the reJolnder; besides, she does not
look at all like Miss c., either; she
has very dark hair" And the doctor
pondered, and shook his head and re.
peated: "Strangei I do not see who
it could have been" Again he ques-
toned US about the details of the Incl.
dent. ruminated over them, and was as
bafded by them as before. At length
we turned to other subjects, and after
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 atstil
just the same angle as before. pushed
it back little and stepped in to look
around for auld acquaintance sake.
The room was unoccupied and un-
changed from the days when I used to
pass through 1t to the terrace.
We made our call on the fraulein in
my old room. Of course the loss of
Miss C. was spoken of, and again we
mentioned the person whom we had
seen and mistaken for her sister. Ifan.
eied 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 a nurses cap on? 1t is very
strange;" and frauIein looked puzzled
even to anxiety.
1T must have been Miss R"
again suggested.
"Why, Miss R. has dark hair"
was the rejoinder
Il am not sure about the color of the
hair" replied. II was struck with
the resemblance in the profile and
contour of the face, and in the form
and carriage Of the person"
Il certainly think the hair was
light" reiterated Carl. similar in
color to Miss G-'s; but I 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. st is very strange
very strange, indeed, she said; 'and
with a nurses capt could not have
been q patient, then"
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 l speculated further on this
strange incident. We had both of Us
seen the woman distinctly; that was
undeniable. I'VE had both been imme-
diately struck with the resemblance
to Miss C.. True, we neither of US
had ever seen Miss c. 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 vouehsefed a sight Of one Of those
occult phenomena" of which Mr
Stead, Mr.. Haweis and others say so
much? Was this really one OF the
thought bodies" whose ability 10
manifest themselves after death, Mr.
Haweis regards as Of incaleulable i'm
pOrtance," since they prove that the
dead are alive?" We were forced to
admit that many things favored this
conclusion. And it harmonized with
the nOiseless, gliding figure, the fall
ure to look at or to speak TO Us and
the seeming aimlessness, IN an ordinary
mortal, Of going = few yards down the
corridor, and then going directly back,
whereas a spirit DESTROYS 20 show itself
might naturally pass twice before Us
for this very purpose. All the cireum-
stances taken together made It dificult
to account for what we had seen, ex-
eept on the theory that our apparition
actually belonged to what Mr.. Haweis
calls the puzzhng residuum OF indis-
putable but unintelligible phenomena.
On this superstition we did not, to be
sure, feel that accession Of faith 10 ini-
mortality which ME. Haweis thinks
ought to result from Kindred expert.
encas for thai faith we still felt that
tie grand statements Of Scripture are
s much dFmer Foundations but Ve did.
I confess it, experience q certain ox.
hilaEasion Of spirits II the Thought Of
having set0sLly sesn q live ghost
But the Neiis aTs psrsistently I'D
dtcjed to testing th1e& errv tie