Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-12

on in tones audible to all the mortals in
the room.
one ratrlarchlal spirit came up to John
panforth and called him brother. You
speak Of us as the dead, but you are mis-
taken, brother" said he you are the
dead; we are the living Don't you fear TO
die. It's but Going from one room into
another and larger one. There is much
beyond us s'ilL"
Tho words were spoken with great delb-
Grafton and 80 loudly that they would have
been audible from the stage OF a large
thCatcr. one spirit OF a woman stood In
the center OF the black rug. a bridal
wreath was ON her brow and she was
dressed in bridal robes that were ex-
quisitcly lovely She turned and faced the
audience and extended her open hands,
palms outward, as If to show that they
were empty. Then bending down with
w.tching grace she began to knead the
carpet Her hands worked nmhly and
quickly revealing the flash Of diamond
ring on her third finger She appeared to
be gathering up some Invisible substance
from the floor and shaking II out Slowly
she arose from her STOPPING posture until
her hands were even with her knees What
appeared to be film OF blush smoke
gathered there and gradually grew into a
great mass of noecy lace. This quickly
took the form Of a bridal veil, which the
white arms, with rayishiag grace, tossed
over her head and she disappeared with
face was the face Of an angel A moment
later tall man dressed in a full military
uniform appeared before Mr.. and Mrs.
Vein, and from the invisible air he wrought
another great mass Of nmy lace of most
exquisite texture and lnenoss and threw
is over their heads.
SPECIAL FAVORa FOR THE SQUIRE.
Squire Wien was especially marked for
ghostly consideration. While the room was
filed with other ghosts who we're huggng
aud kissing their living friends an Indian,
six feet and a half tall dashed out of the
rug and pranccd around the room holding
| aloft a fearful looking dagger. He paused
before Wen and passed the scaping knife
close to his face and over his hair Women
screamed and the red light CLEANED With in
| formal malevolenCc. Get away from here;
| don't want anything to do with you" ="
yelled Wen. The rcdskin strobe away with
his face stretched in malicious grin and
camo perilously near where the reporter S
stcplalder was shivering. Mrs. Wen was
| inclined to hunt for the trick of 1t all and
! asked big. healthy spirit that was near
| her for some information. The face that
| was turned upon her was that Of a murderer.
| Come into the cabinet with me and I'll
| show you" IL said Mrs Wien demurred
| and clung the closer to her stalwart hus.
| band, but the spirit put a hand on each
| shoulder and lifted her bodily. In an in
! stant she was whisked through the curtains
/
| the spirit, 'and the other on the face OF
| the medium One was warm, small and
| soft; the other was large, bony and cold
| as Labrador ice. Am | the medium? &C
out and tell these people what you saw"
| Another apparation stopped before Wien
and made a Masonic sign one but rarely
| offered in public you know / dare not
| answer that sign here, If you are Mason
| said Wen. Give me the grip and the words
| that go with it, Il will give you the grip
/ lttN
arms" said the spirit "I'll excuse you
| said Wien.
| French, Danish, German. Swedish and
| Italian were being spoken in various parts
| Of the room In communications with the
| spooks. Hundreds came who found nc
! friends and went away bitterly disappointed
| One young man came out of the black rug
| with an expression OF intense expectancy
| on his face. He scanned the features o.
| every mortal in the room and as he turned
| to walk away an audible sob broke from
| him. Instantly "Maudie" was at his side
walking away with him and saying con.
| solingly: Don't be so disappointed Rec
| ollect, If at first you don't succeed You
| will find them some time. Don't take II
so hard" and the voice died away beyond
! the curtains.
DEPENDS ON THE LANTERN.
The seance lasted for nearly two hours
| When the light in the red lantern woult
die down the manager" would call on tn,
people to take hold of hands. and tn,
ghostly fingers would quickly turn up tn,
red flame. The manager explained that 4
the light went out under such circumstance
the medium would die, and when the fam,
would get dangerously low the manage
would leave the room and look after th
medium.
When all was over and the gas light
were turned on the medium was fount
rigid as If dead His hands were clutchet
so tightly on the flour and rice that the,
could not be pried open. He had not move,
and it required twenty minutes of rubbing
and alcohol bathing to bring him to con
scousness. While this was being done tn
reporter folded his stepladder and silentl
| stole away,