Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21

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clandestinely rs to escape my watch) q
spirit medium-Cxtraordin because
he always had scotfod at the idea Of
spirit communications saw him as he
was leaving the mediums rooms His
face was purple, his eyes were bullying
and terrified, and he tottered in his
walk. A policeman, seeing his distress,
advanced to assist him, whcreupon the
soldier hoarsely begged:
Call hack.
Into it he fell and asked to BIO driven
to his quarters, ! hastily assembled to
the mediums rooms and found her ly-
ing unconscious on tho floor. Soon, with
my aid, sho recalled her wits, but her
conscious state was even more alarming
than tho other. At first she regarded
me with terror and cried:
1t il horrible for you to hound him
sop
/ assured her that / was bounding no
one.
! ooh, thought you were the spir-I
mean-I-oh, but it was standing ex-
actly where you arev" she exclaimed.
IL suppose so, / agreed, "but you
can sec that am not the young mans
spirit. However, am familiar with
this whole case, madam, and IL / can
be OF any service in the matter should
DO glad il you will inform me. am
aware that our friend is prosecuted by
II spirit, which visits him frequently,
and 1 am positive that through you 1t
has informed him that the end is not
far away and that our elderly friend s
death will assume some terrible form.
Is there anything that l can do to avert
the tragedy"
The woman stared Mt mo in II Mortified
silence. "Ilow do you know those
things?" she gasped.
"That il immatcrial. When will tho
tragedy occur? Can / prevent it?'
Eyes, yesl" she exclaimed. ut will
happen this very night, but no earthly
power can prevent it. "
She came close to mo and looked ut
me with IN expression Of tho most acute
terror.
"Mercful God What will become of
mo? He is to be murdered, you under
stand-murdcrcd in cold blood by u
spirit--and he knows it, and | know it !!
IL ho is spared long enough, he will tell
them ut tho garrison, and they will all
think that had something to do with
IL. oh, this il terrible, terrible, and
yet dnro not say word in advance
nobody there would believe in what tho
spirits say, and they will think that |
huh n hand in tho murder!"
"Bo assured that he will say nothing
about it, " said, "and If you keep your
tongue from wagging you need fear
nothing"
With this and few other hurried
words Of comfort soothed her and has
tened away.
For had interesting work on hand.
1t is not often thirt ono may be in such
u murder M that | ran to livery sta
bic, secured swift horse, mounted him
and spurrod furiously for the roscrva-
ton. Tho hack, with its generous start,
had gone far on its way, but my horse
was nimblo, and his legs felt tho prick
ing of my eagorness. A few miles of
this furious pursuit brought mo within
sight of tho hack just rs it was crossing
dark ravine near the reservation. AS
| came nearer imagined that tho hack
swayed somewhat and that fleeing
shadow escaped from it into tho tree
banked farther wall Of the rayinc. |
certainly was not III error with regard
to the swaying for it had reused tho
dull notice of tho driver. | saw him
turn, with m air of alarm in his action,
and then pull up with II heavy swing
upon the reins, At this moment dashed
up and halted,
Anything tho natter" / asked.
Il don't know" he answered, getting
down. Il felt tho carriage sway, and |
SEQ that the doors wide open. Guess
my load thought he'd sohorcd up enough
to get ont and walk without troubling
mo or his pockotbool. "
Meanwhile l. too, had alighted Then
| struck n match, and by its light we
discovered through the open door the
"load' huddlcd coniusedly ON tho floor
of the hack, face upward and looking
altogether vulgar, misshapcn and miser-
ably unlike soldier, 1t neither moved
nor spoke when we called We hastily
clamhercd within and lifted him upon
the scat, but his head rolled about with
IN awful looscness and freedom, and
another match disclosed II CHASTITY dead
face and wide open eyes that stared hor.
ribly at nothing.
"lou had letter drive tho body to
headquarters, said.
Instead of following eantered back
to town, housed my horse and went
straightway to bod and this will prove
to he tho first information that was
tho mysterious man ON horse" whom
the coroner could never find
About year aftorward l received the
following lettcr--which is observed to
be in fair English-from Stockholm:
DEAR sm--For some years have been read
ing your remarkable psychological. studies
with great interest and take the liberty to
suggest n theme for your able pen, | have
just found IN II library here newspaper dated
about n year ago, in which is an account Of
tho mysterious death OF n military officer in u
hack.
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