People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-02-18

owing to the anxiety OF my mind, or
what, hut this afternoon as | was
sitting at this very table, engaged ia
pr pairing dispatch, something in
the apartment seemed to disturb me.
Looking up, l beheld, standing Op-
pOsite me, singular beautiful female.
So astOnished was |, for l had given
strict orders not to be disturbed,
that it was some moments before
found language to inquire the cause
of her presence. A second, third, and
even the fourth time did l repeat the
question, but received no other
answer from my mysterious visitor
than a slight raising of the eyes. By
this time | felt a strange sensation
spreading through me. l would have
risen, out the rivettd gaze of the be-
ing before me rendered volition i'm
possible. l essayed once more to
address her, but my tongue had
become powehess. Even thought it.
self presently became paralized. a
new influence, mysterious, potent,
irresistible, took possession of me.
All | could do was to gaze steadily,
vacantly, at my unknown visitant.
Gradually the surrounding atmOs-
phere seemed as though becoming
full of sensations, and grew luminous.
Every thing about me appeared to
rarity, the mysterious visitor herself
becoming more airy, and yet more
distinctly to my eyes than before. l
now began to feel as one dying, or
rather to experience the sensations
which l had sometimes imagined
accompanied death, l did not move,
all we're alike impossible, l was only
conscious of gazing fxedly, vacantly
at my companion.
Presently l heard voice saying:
"SOn Of the Republic, look and learn"
while at the same time my visitor ex-
tended her forefinger eastwardIy.
now behold heavy, white vapOr at
some distance, rising, fold upon fold:
this gradually disappeared, and l
looked upon a strange scene. Before
me lay spread out on one vast plain,
all the countries of the world
Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
l saw rolling and tossing between
Europe and America, the pillows of
the Atlantic and between Asia and
America lay the Pacific.
''Son of the Republic" said the
same mysterious voice as before, "look
and learn"
Eat that moment | beheld a dark
shadOwy being like an angel standing,
Ur rather floating in mid air between
Europe and America. Dipping water
out of the ocean in the hollow of each
hand, he sprinkled some upon Amer
lea with the right hand while he cast
upon Europe some with his left. I'm.
mediately a dark cloud arose from
each of these countries and Joined in
mid ocean. For while it remained
stationary, and then moved slowly
westward, until it envelOped Amer
lea in its murky fold. Sharp flashes
of lightning now cleaned throughout
it at intervals, and l heard the
smOthered groans and cries of the
American people.
"a second time the angel dipped
water from the ocean and Spanked
it out as before. The dark cloud was
then drawn back to the ocean, into
whose wave it sank from view. A
third time | heard the mysterious
voice saying:
"Son of the Republic, look and
learn
Il cast my eyes upon America,
and beheld villages, towns, and cities
springing up, one after another, until
the whole land from the Atlantic to
the Pacific was dotted with them.
Again l heard the mysterious voice
say:
"Son of the Republic, the end of a
country cometh; look andlearn."
"At this the dark shadowy angel
turned his face southwark, and from
Africa | saw an ill formed spectoI
approaching our country, fitted
slowly and heavily over every village,
town and city of the latter; the 10.
habitants of which presently set
themselves in battle array, one against
the other. AS continued looking,
saw bright angel, on which was
traced the word Union, being the
American flag, which he placed be.
tween the divided nation and said:
Remember ye are brethren"
INSTANTLY the inhabitants casting
from them their weapons, became
friends once more, aud united around
the old standard. And again l heard
the mysterious voice saying:
"Son Of the Republic, look anG
learn"
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