The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-05


9lkk the news that Vie
WMN tor Hugo was also
VII & TO great extent a
w believer IN spirit
uallsm. In Hugos |
journal Of My Exile" which has not
yet been published. there are several
passages bearing on this point. Some
OF these. edited by the poets daughter
Mile. Adele Hugo. have been read by
some OF his griends and are a con-
vlneing proof to them OF his BELIEF In
occult powers.
Here follow the most notable pas
sages. AZ written by Mile. Hugo;
March 20, iS5i.-Jersey Ia an island
full Of legends. There Is not rock
not an old ruin. which Ia not sup
posed TO be haunted. Some persons
pretend that the devil has appeared 10
them. and they show with horror the
footprints OF this eternal antagonist OF
the human race: others. more fortu-
nate. are confident that they have seen
the Virgin. and they plously point out
the peak OF the rock where the moth
or OF Christ appeared 10 them.
"One night. about three months ago,
a young workingman Was going to-
ward the Church saln.e-sue. Suddenly
he saw az the end Of the road a white
and motlonless figure, Il seemed, in
deed. one mass Of white fame. The
worklngman stopped a moment terri
fed Then. making a violent effort. he
dashed ahead and 80 got past the Ham
ing white spectre.
This apparltlon appeared several
times afierward. and finally became
known az the White Lady. The first
time my father heard Of the working
mans adventure he smiled. Yet
strange TO say. he began TO hear strange
sounds In his bedroom every night. Al
one time his papers would rustic,
Though there was no wind; at another
time some one would be heard knock
ing al his wall. My brothers. who
slept IN the adjoining rooms. heard the
same noises.
"Other things equally strange also
happened. On the evening when Ia
peur. the incendiary. died. my mother
after locking her bedroom door, went
10 bed. forgetting TO blow out the light
The night was very calm, and there
was not the least breath Of air. Yet
when my mother awoke the room was
dark. The candle. though not eonsum'
ed, had been extingulshed. by whom
ION February 20 my father came
home At eleven D. m, and a. he passed
through the room facing the street b
noticed that the windows were quits
dark. Yet. when my brothers cams
home. at two a. m. the windows wer'
ablaEe with light Yesterday eveninl
Charles was amusing himself by try
ing TO make a table talk. First h
said 10 the spirit who was present;
what is your namef
The spirit. or ghost. replied that II
name was the White Lady. and that !
could not talk TO any one except In IN
I street and At three a. m. My fathe
4 came In Just then. and. being informo
1 OF the hour fixed for the interview. h
= concluded that he would BE- more com
+, Portable In bed than chatting with
{ ghost In a deserted street at that hou
J. IN the morning. We all decided TO
the same. and We went to bed and wer
soon all sleeping soundly. except m
father. who was working In bed. as wa
his occasional custom. Suddenly b
q heard a bell ring loudly. and at once b
q remembered the White Lady and n
Z rendezvous.
a "He No his candle and looked al b
3 watch. Il was exactly three o'cl0cl
Would the White Lady be on tlme' 4
e the thought a horror seized my fatho
z and he dared not leave his bed. wea
e souls believe blindly In mysler
4 strong souls deny u, great souls b
!. came very grave when confronting n
e unknown. They have a sacred horn
OF Il. as my father had. and they q
u with Hamlet. There are more thin
Il In heaven and earth. Horatlo. than a
g dreamed Of In your philosophy
n in the future state" said Victor IA
n 70. on another occasion. "the n
n meaning Of liberty will be made clea
i The laws regulating Il will be reveal
and men will then be free to do VII
A. they please and at their own Tlsk.
n much the worse for those who conn
n suicide and thus ding themselves In
Of ere which they surely know "
Of consume them.
"a Excess OF grief may be an excuse I
h. suicide. but Il cannot serve as a pl
for absolutlon. No person has a rlg
TO shatter his letters and go out Of n
abandoning the house which God "a
n. ~ when he put IA into this world.
~ believe that the crime OF suicide "
be punished In another world. n, no
ever. a nan commits suicide under
cessive prs location. ! believe that q
will then make him live again IN q
world. and under much harder con
tons than those from which ne hoT
to set himself free"
In letter written 20 Nine. Glrard
IN 1855. Victor Hugo says
Tables indeed tell us surprisl
things. We are living In a mystorl,
horizon; the tables command ne
keep lcnce and not 10 dlvulge q
secret. You will nnd. then, On
Contemplation nothing which con
from the tables. with the exception
two details. They are very importa
. and I have asked permission to
!. them"