The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-02
AT THE SEANCE.
The Lonely Widow Speaks With Her
/ "Harry" and Is Much Comferted.


From the Chicago News.
There were 13 in the circle. includ-
ing the medium. The woman who be-
lieved, but who had never given her
faith the benefit of a spiritual seance,
and the man who doubted and who
had fed his icredulity on exhibitions OF
mediumistic power galore, sat together
on a narrow red divan in one corner
of the room and awaited developments
with widely contrasting emotions.
Somebody turned out the gas and
she drew nearer to him and laid her
hand on his with a convulsive shiver
of mingled fear and excitement. Her
involuntary expression of faith In his
power to avert whatever evil might be
lurking around under cover OF the
darkness, elected a tender reassuring
pat from his disengaged left member
and her half-stified gasp of nervous
ness ended in a sigh of satisfaction
born of the knowledge that he was
there and able to protect her. She had
come to the meeting expecting to have
momentous questions settled which
had been troubling her for several
weeks and the prospect of immediate
communication with unseen messen-
gers from the spirit land overawed
her with an unwonted sense OF SOL
emnity.
p, They sat there for a minute or more
enveloped in Cimmerian darkness and
tomblike silence. At last a. man in an
other corner of the room raised ms
cracked voice to the tune of He VIII
Save You," and invited the inhabi-
tants of the world beyond to show
your faces just now"
when you feel the trumpet touch
you speak to the visiting spirit" said
the medium, otherwise ii will not
| stay"
They waited again for some mani
| festation. At the expiration of the
| second period of expectancy meek
sister struck up a hymn expressive at
| once of deep devotion, alteration ana
| contrition, and the woman Joined In
| with her conscience divided against
| itself as to whether such method or
4 worship. were sacrllege or a sanctified
4 expression of the most profound faltn.
/ The last stanza died away In a trem-
| bling and long-doawn out note. AT
| that moment three distinct taps on
her knees aroused the woman 10 the
| fact that the critical time had come
| and she grasped her companions hand
still more tightly.
What is it? What do you want?''
| she asked, family.
| There was a series OF inG4stinc'
| gasps and murmurs, which gave COM
| nonsense listeners the impression
that the ghostly visitor had lef'
| mart of his breath behind him in his
| scra mble to reach shores terrestrial. A,
last there floated up from the depths
| of the trumpet the one word, Harry.
| She emitted a frightened little scream
| and drew vet nearer to the man beside
her.
my husband" she walled in &
voice made weak by terror.
Talk to him." whispered the man
gravely.
She fought for composure and SPOKE
again. 49,,
"Harry." she pleaded meekly, "tel
oeEteu me truly. Did you mean wha
vou said Just before you died abou
NV marrying again? Do you thinl
that was just right? l am very lionel!
some times, you know"
After the usual prelude OF labore'
respiration the far-away voice sounde'
clearly and distinctly throughout tn
| room. ., -,
II want you to marry at once" ]
| said II shall never be happy unit
you have done so.
The lights flashed up with suddel
| brilliancy and the woman leaned owe
AGAINST the mans shoulder and yer,
| appropriately tainted. The whole ba
ker's dozen of them pronounced II IN
most remarkable meeting they ma
ever attended. When the party orok
nm and the little band of seekers afte
spiritual truth paid the usual zee IN
man who doubted slipped an extra u
bill into the mediums HANDS.
you've made everything plain SAL
ing for me from this time on, ne sai
! payly. "and / consider your service
cheap at this price