The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-24

hhhAu NftnhuAJ mas never ueen so \
great as In the present day. and Il is ,
not 90 be denied that these trivial I
things occupy a large portion OF the |
minds and imaglnatlons OF most men. |
Those who make Il a point to ridi- /.
culo these manifestations. and who /.
pride themselves upon being strong 7.
minded. are not 80 entirely Indifferent .
as they would appear 10 be- Whether .
the present fad be avatism. apprehen-
sion Of the future. or the innate love
Of the marvellous. what matters it? The
fact exists. and n seems that the pres
ent moment would be a badly chosen
one In which TO bring to bear on these
supentltlous beliefs a spirit 81 friyo-
lous curiosity.
There has recently been made pub
lic the circumstances OF q phenomenon
n double sight. so strange and weird.
and accompanied with such precise de-
tails. that its publication may be an
object lesson 10 :he scoher
on May { last Dr. c.. Of Vouziers.
in France. was called 90 see a woman
LIVING a short distance from the town
and whom he had been attending FOR
some days She was a peasant woman
~ old. and very ill.
y eeslas about Z O'Clock IN the after
noon whel the doctor entered his pa
TENTS bodchamher From tho very
first he had felt that there Vas mo- hope
Of SAVING her. the sick woman was
very feeble. and had already lost con
seiousness. Her neighburs, according
10 the custom Of the country. had has
tened 10 render what assistance they
,ould In her last moments. There
acre therefore In the room. besides
the doctor. several women, and he.
after a few last directions, vas about
to retire. iudglng his presence unneees-
eary. when At 90 or p minutes past I
the dying woman seemed 10 rouse out
~ the stupor and uttered a loud cry.
The doctor. on the point OF going out
of the door. Aasfecled 10 tho bedside
The dying wowkd vas very much agi-
taicd. The ~ which she had uttered
VA 40 exclamation OF horror and SUR
prise. All at once she began TO talk
quickly
"Oh. mon Dieu' mon Dieu' II o. Gre
yes yes. ere. And they DO not see that
itis burning they see nothing yet Oh
the unfortunate ones' u Is burning
under the floor and they know nothing
of o. Now u is bursting into flames
The poor women. they are rushing 10
the door Not that way-yuu cannot
get out that way. there is no door
thcrel The poor young girls, all so
beautifully dressed. Save them' Save
them They are on Gre
The peasant women Ia the room. at
these delirious words. repeated among
themselves. Listen 20 her She Is out
of her head. she sees purgatory. aud
there are great. rich ladies there beau
umny dressed
In the meantime the dying woman
continued 10 rave 10 tcycrIsh aglta-
ton
"Sayc them They are all crowded
together there in the corner. There O
one whose hat has just caught nre. and
there ls another Oh all their skirts
are In famosl What crics' Aud all
that mass who are falling ono on TOT
of another, They could save them
selves 80 easily there just over Their
there h door there They hay'
fallen IN a pile across the door an,
they are an ahlaze' n Is ralnlnI
flames. great drops Of Ore are ialllnl
on them. the ceiling Is Swing way oh
those who are In the loom behinU
them. they cannot see how 10 get on,
they are rolling over each other. pillnl
ON ton OF one another Tho poor Wo
man DRAG her out Tor Gods sake
drag her out!
All those who were present at thi
frighiful agony they we're numerous
twelve or hfteen listened IN conster
natlon. The scene lasted Tor i've o
si1 minutes. and then the DYING va
man. utiering loud cry that IN
whole place crumbles aad disappear
In fame" was silent and rcmaiue
tor over half an hour 10 a condition q
,omplole pros,raiion About ave o'c.oc
shr died.
The doctor LEI, her about Ave min
utes hgorc she hroathed her last an
that same evening repeated 90 sey'rl
friends the details 81 the terrible sen
OF which be- had been a witness
70 b. hardly neCcssar, 90 draw after
ton % che fact that ih, peasau, ,
whom We have Just spoken knew moth
ina whatever of Paris She wns on
urcly ignorant of the existence of th
narnr De- "a Charlie and the uH'ora
nate women who persisted In the flame
that afternoon were equally ulkuuw
io her. Tho rex. iay when me Par
Journals arrived win the accounts A.,
thr catastrophe. The CONSERVATION Wa
great as DO was alI over France. m
90 those who had listened 90 tte Ng
mans dolifIum or who had heard Oh
facts narrated by ear witnesses lh
SHOCK vas almost siureiylne Tb
lead woman, 900 me UNCONSCIOUS aknh
Of her last hour. had been present q
spirit Though bodily distant m.
Ieaguesl Al the awful drama Of the Ru
Jean Goujon. an the details which
she had glven In broken phrases wer'
20 be- found In the newspapers. "sh'
had seen thcmf"
Doctor G. was no less agitaied
han the other witnesses Al this extra
ordinary coincidence BE spoke abpu,
4 the same day 10 some friends PIE
Incident made quite a oommot.on To-
- days In Vouslers. then Il Jed
81. '. seems that 30 strange a fact Ind
60 ..'..ls verified, az the ~
= sss,s.. Aainsrona. shou