The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14


pears. Horror-stricken as she Is at the
situation. she tells him that she will re-
main dead. That In that way alone can
sha become mistress OF herself, an, viii
she he able to keep from her husband the
story of her infidelity. Her cousin tells
nor he will not encourage her in tits
ecbeme The lover quickly realizes that
dead. she cannot control her fortune. and
he urges her to declare herself alive. get
a divorce and marry him. Then she
comprehends 1t is her money and not her
.oIr which he IS after. Scoring him.
she agrees TO go with her cousin, and to
confess all to her husband.
During the time she waits Tor darkness
che secs her home draped In mourning
for her. she hears the cries or those who
loved her. and she sees the body cf en-
Other woman as she says. An norest
woman" carried on a per 20 her own
homo az herself. The husband. grief
stricken cannot stay in his own nome.
ana goes 10 n small cottage wnare he
had snent his HONEYMOON. Here the
cousin brings the wife. conceals her. rrd
tho, talks 70 the husband. that he may
thinl, out what to do. Natur1llv. tie con-
versation d.ifts 10 his latest study
.,,ir,,,,olier, He asks him II he has ever
called mn the spirit Of his wife. The sor-
rowing man tells him that he has done
II again and again. but without getting
an answer. .,,,, ,,-
HE BELIEVED II.
Then the husband goes on 10 say That
no 60 happv. because there appeared 70
him the spirit of a young sister VINO. 10
prove her identity. called INN D. pc.
name. known only 20 ner. ana assured
rim that on that very night ho would see
III.
roaiized his opportunity. II leaves the
oxrocton+ man alone and, later on, In the
eernf-darkonod room. tho husband calls
mon tho wife to appear she enters. and
he believing II 10 be her spirit promises
her he Will not touch her OF come near
her. Then she tells her story ms story
of sin and repentance. Al hist' he Is
,orrined men angry. then forgiving, and
then sine nuts the awful qucsuon-awiu!
because il means so much 10 mr.. on
forrive the dead bit what would you
do il 1 were livins 2 Ana ne answers
Il would rather hold you IN my arms
alive. guilty but repentant' tnan "oA
upon your dead face And TINS Is ne
play I'm which my master the critic 'd,-
ways excepting one VINO "n-e4S.oou'
seems 70 find a great zeal ll"9 10 "'ii"'
ing.
II was sineularly well acted, and yet l
do not believe there was one criticism IN
which there was not a reference 70 now
the part would have been played by Nine.
Rernhardt. The actress who played the
mart OF the wife Virginia HaiSed) Ola
really great work She has had neither
the experience, nor is she tho age or the
divine Sarah. but she did work that we.
as Americans. ought 20 be proud or And
vet the critics continually say: "Sdrah
would have done differently Yes, she
would. Here IN New YORK she would
have had a miserable company; ana she
would have acted well, or DIT. as she
fancied Outside OF Paris, Nine. Bern
hardt Is the creature or caprice. she
acts supcrbly or badly as fne Chooses.
I have seen her do magnificent work. and
7 have soon her slur her work. here IN
New York. as no fourth-rate actress
yyould dare to do. she Is invariably lily
siipnorted. and II IS weil-knOwn fact
that she sncors an America add only
comes 10 Il for It's dollars. Why then,
should We not praise the best among cur
actors. encourage them. and not keep
IN the continual cry OF Nine. Bern
hardt" every time there is Sardou pro-
ducton. .....
RAP IS NOT 4 SPfRITTALlST.
Then what 10 you or I know about
eniritualism? How can We decide what
there IS I'm Il OF truth, or or untfulh
Everybody knows there have been char
latans innumerable. but are there not
charlatans i'm medicine. in law, In theol-
ogy. and even IN newspaper Worh am
not making a plea for Spirtuaiism' !
know nothing about 1t. Ny one expert
enco In IL frightened me 50 That nave
never permitted myself 10 even attempt
TO know anything more. But who can
deny that there ere more things in this
world than are dreamed OF in the phiio-
sophv Of the ordinary thinker? History
tells Of the wonderful things that were
shown i'm a glass Of clear water 20 Marie
Antoinette by Cagliostro History tells
Of wonderful apparitions. and only inc
other day It was announced that a blsn-
OBS wife had met the ghost Of Charles j.!
IL hasn't been so very long ago since hyp-
notism was believed in exclusively by the
so-called charlatans. And yet who.
among the scientists. can deny the Won
derful force of the human VIII today
Poets. dramatists. scientists-cspeciA
scientists-on the other side Of the water.
are trying to solve the question as TO the
possibility Of those who are dead coming
back TO this world ] wonder If we VIII
ever be able even TO explain what we call
cOincdcnccs2 ....-,
WHAT WE CALI. CONDOLENCES.
You think Of some one all during the
dav You cannot get that some one out
Of your mind. Tomorrow. she either
appears. or YOU get a letter from her.
And I'm the letter she SAYS: "You have
tocn on nv mind all day" How often
does that happen TO you? How 90 you
evnlain fl? You are sitting entirely
alone. vet YOU have n curious conscious
ness Of another presence I'm the room
with Won. You are restless you drop
YOUR book. your pen. or your work; YOU
do not know what II e.. but You feel sure
that there Is some one with YOU how DO
Won evplain this2 You 90 into a strange
cifv. a place YOU have never IN this life
been before. and yet the very house IN
which YOU stay IS old 10 YOU. you seem
to know your way about the streets. ard
nothing, so far as the town goes IS
etranpe 20 Won. Doctors VIII tell you
that there Is some sneoial action on once
hair OF the brain-that Il photographs
more quickly than the other-hut that
doesn't explain 70 satisfactorily TO you or
N me. How often. when you arc read
ing n book. do you seem TO know. before
Won turn the page. exactly how the next
few lines viii be worded. and how often
do YOU say: "Thls man IS writing ox-
actlv as have always thoucht."
MAY LEAD TO MADNESS.
little things. al OF them. but they are
tho etrar~a Iisfl. o'-o-te in ne that make
one wonder ard which. firmly bc..
t awe.; uuon 10 too great
tent lead 10 madness.
Personally. 7 have always remembered
what n good old priest said 20 me 7
asked him: Father what do YOU think