The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-30
Iark Twaia Has an Experience ir
Tuou.ht TransfereDce.

Thought Iransference.
a great many people are being con
yerted TO the claims of mental tel
e8raphy. Mark Twain gives a numEef
OF curious experiences in Harper S Mag
aZine which indicate telepathy. Among
them is the following: Several years
AGO | made a campaign on the platform
with Mr.. George w. Cable In Mon
treal we were honOred with reception.
It began at > in the afternoon in a
long drawing room in the Windsor ho-
tel. Mr.. Gable and l stood at one end
Of the room and the ladies and gentle
men entered it at the other end, crossed
it at that end, then came up the Ions
left~hand side, shook hands with lis
said a word or two, and passed on, il
the usual way. My sight is OF the tcle-
scopic sort, and l presently recognized
a familiar face among the throng OF
strangers drifting in at the distant
door. and | said to myself, with sur
prise and high qualification: That is
Mrs R.; had forgotten that she was
Canadian She had been a great friend
of mine in Carson City, New, in the
early days. | had not seen her or
heard OF her for twenty years; | had
not been thinking about her; there was
nothing TO suggest her to me, nothiHr
TO bring her to my mind; in fact. T..
me she had long ago ceased to exist.
and had disappeared from my con
sciousness. But | knew her Instantly.
and | saw her SO clearly that | Wa
able to note some Of the particulars ot
her dress, and did note them. and the.
remained in my mind. l was inpa-
tient for her to come. In the midst OF
the Misunderstanding I snatched glimpT.
of her and noted her progress with tha
slowmoving file across the END of IL
room, then | saw her start up the sid.
and this gave me full front view @!
her face. / saw her last when she was
within twenty-five feet of me. Fer NJ
hour | kept thinking she must still hn
in the room somewhere and would cO.2
at last, but ! was disappointed
when | arrived in the lecture hail
that evening some one said: Come
into the waiting room; there's a friend
Of yours there who wants to see yoG
y OIL not be introduceG-you are II (!
the recognizing without help If -,
can
Il said t1 myself: 1t is Mrs. r.: !.
shan't have any trouble
There were perhaps ten ladies pres
ent, all seated. In the midst of thee
was Mrs. r., as I had expected. SE,
was dressed exactly as she was when
had seen her in the afternoon. Iwsat
forward and shook hands with her AMI
called her by name and said:
"'I knew you the moment you an
peared at the reception this Afternoon.
She looked surprised and said: Bat
l was not at the reception. l have jtl
arrived from Quebec and have ur'
been in town an hour
1T was my turn to be surprised IL r.
/ said; I cant help it. I give 20" ~
word of honor that it is as | say.
saw you a; the reception, and you w"re
dressed precisely as you are ~.
When they told me a moment ago that
| should find a friend in this room y-tT
Image rose before me, uleSS anu an
Just as | had seen you at the reception
Those are the facts. She was no,
at the reception at all, or anywhere
near it; but | saw her there neverthc-
less, and most clearly and unmistak
ably. To that | could make oath. How
is one to explain this? | was not
thinking Of her at the time: had not
thought of her for years. But she had
been thinking of me. 40 doubt. Did
her thought fit through leagues of air
to me ard bring with it that clear and
pleasant vision of herself? | think So
That was and remains my sole expert
ence in The matter of apparitions-1
mean apparitions that come when one
is (ostensibly) awake. l could have
been asleep for a moment; the ap-
partition could have been the creature
of a dream. Still that is nothing to
the point The feature of interest is
the happening of the thing just at that
time. instead Of an earlier or later
time, which is argument that Us ori.
gin lay IN thought t-transferepoa