The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-08

5 She Sees the Unseen. )
< Widow Wade Fathoms the Deepest Mysteries. -

in-laW happened to drive over to the
Grover house and casually inquired af-
ter the old farmer.
Father said the young Grover SIS
at your house, isn't he?''
No said the other. 1--WE haven't
seen him.
1t was at once surmised that the old
man had been injured or perhaps killed
by a falling limb in the woods. A
search was begun, but a SnoWstorn
had covered up the old mans foot-
prints and it was impossible to fol-
low his course. The search was kept
up for two or three days and every
corner of the two farms was visited,
but no trace Of the missing man was
found. Then Widow Wade was called
in.
With glass in hand the old woman
gazed long and carefully. Then she
told how the old man took the path
from his sons house to the woods.
how he picked his way carefully among
the trees to avoid the deepest snow,
how he came to the rail fence which
separated the two farms and walked
along 1t for some distance, looking
for convenient spot to climb over.
He must have been very tired" she
said, for he waited here at the fence
for long time. On the other side Of
it are some deep drifts of snow, and
there you will find him.
And there they found him after fol-
lowing the course which the woman
had described, his body covered by tn
snow.
Another case in which the Widow
Wade's faculties were employed for 9
more trivial matter is vouched for by
B. j. Frank, farmer living near Cas-
tile. Mr.. Frank says that one day two
young fellows drove up to his house
and said that they had heard that he
had a sugar evaporator to sell Mr.
Frank told them his price for the eVap-
orator. and giving them the key to
his sugar house sent them down to the
maple grove to look at it. Presently
they came back.
It's a good evaporator," said one
but we can't pay what you ask, for
two pans are gone"
The farmer felt certain that there
were no parts missing, for he had
locked the sugar house. But when he
came to look, sure enough two Of the
pans were missing. He told the men
to come back in a few days, and mean
while he visited the Widow Wade. She
told him that the men had taken the
pans and hidden them under a certain
brush heap in a neighbOring woods a
quarter Of a mile away. There the
pans were found.
Both these and many other cases are
attested not only by the persons di-
rectly interested, but also by cOnspic-
uOus men of the town. Whether it is
a case of lost cattle, stolen goods or
runaway children, the Widow Wade
is called upon to see them in her
glass.
Mrs. Wade says she learned Of her
power by accident long before she be-
came widow. On the farm where she
lived when a young woman a tool had
been lost She found it by looking in
a glass Later she found other things
in the same way, until it came to be
accepted by her family that her vision
was not bounded by ordinary physical
barriers. Many years ago a murder
was committed in Wyoming county.
After an unsuccessful hunt for the
murderer the authorities went to the
Widow Wade. She looked in her glass
and then described one Of the men who
had been active in the search for the
! murderer as the one who had done the
| killing. The man was accused, and
he confessed. The widow does not pre-
tend to be infallable-at least she can
not always see the object sought dis
/ tinctly enough to locate 1t exactly.
! Widow Wade will not accept money
| for her services, though she is often
! urged to do so. Since the Lord has
sent this gift she said, "he certainly
| intends me to use it for the benefit
| of my fellow creatures"