The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
SENSATIONS OF A GHOST.
TWO YEN WHO DIED AND THEN
CAME TO III AGAIN.

Seen from the Viewpoint of the Now
Tho Narrator I'm One Case n Physician.
Speaking Of strange experiences" said the
professor as the party sat chatting over their
after dinner cigars, IF you care to hear Il. I
will tell you how IL seems to die. MY uncle.
DR.. j. 4. Long. one of the prominent physi-
clans OF st. Louis, told me years ago. The
man that died was an freshman named Pat
rick FlaheTty. My uncle did his best TO save
him. but one night said he could not live till
morning. To his utter amazemont he found
the Irishman alive and on tho road to recovery
the next morning, In reply TO his question
as to why he had not died during the night a.
he should have done. Pat said:
Sure. doctor. l did die. but 1 came TO life
again. And they held q wake over me. but I
came back and scared the life out of most OF
them. About 9 o'clock last night l fell back
on the bed utterly exhausted and soon be-
came unconscious, How long l remained so I
don't know. but the next thing l knew I felt
myself falling on the floor. which l struck win
a bound. Hooked toward the bed and saw
that, my body lay there stiff and apparently
glanced at my new body and saw II was shaped
and clothed like my old body, / did not feel .
Sus t tSen M ie,s MaS TGl1 81 o @s o 5'fS SS as n ! aid tSss.
said; well. wen have the wake tonight. IN
have my, man get the pipes and tobacco. send
viii 90 round and give the %invIittes."H And 50
she started the ball a-rolling and In less than
two hours ,mpI we had a packed house and the
before the people came in l foated up and
attached to my old body by something Hw6ioh
looked like a string: Several times I called
but she did not, seem to hear mo. What
seemed more curious to me. did not want
me mad when Tim Cragan tried to pour some
whiskey down my dead throat and then stuck
pulling me toward the bed. When | had
opened my eyes and looked around, asking
saw saS that / was alive the people fell over cash
other IN trying to get out Of the house; Soon
man whose husband had come to life. and
we've Te been waiting to see YOU, ,.S
you like l will tell you of another man who
factory. because he was Intelligent enough to
watch the changes aud report them when he
returned to consciousness. This incident hap-
pened to one Dr.. Warren. a physician Of Coz
BY, one Of the members Of the Society for Psy.
possession of his faculties. appeared to come
to the moment Of death In the last stage OF ty-
seriousness. he discussed with his friends the
question gu sttsnS OF bimmoErsalit}y' All His voice 6 failed .tr and
he %stiflened his legs. lie lay Tor hours as dead.
the church bell being. rung for his death. a
bb esg FROM MaS the snf fsst to tnt the y 6ins Mit EEeFts h 2t hds
any effect. He was pulseless for n long time.
and for nearly half an hour he appeared abb
this deathlike trance his soul was disenguging
itself from its earthly tabernacle. This is the
account he gave of his sensations:
- woke up out OF uncon seriousness into a
state Of conscious existence and discovered
that the soul was in the body. but not OF it;
With all the interest OF u physician. l behold
the wonders of my bodily, anatomy. ilti-
mately interviewer with which. even tissue for
tissue. was l.. the living soul OF that dead body.
learned that the, epldermis was the outside
of the soul. / realized my condition. and rea-
soned calmly THIS: l have died, as men term
am about TO get out OF tile body. / watched
the interesting process OF the separation Of
BY some power. apparently not my own.
the ego was, rocked to aud fro. latterly. as a
cradle is rocked. by which process its connec-
tion with the tissues OF the body was broken
up. After a little time the lateral. motion
ceased. and along the soles of the feet, be-
ginning at the toes. passing rapidly to the
heels. L felt, and heard. as it seemed, the
swapping of innumerable small cords; When
treat from the feet toward the head. as a
rubber cord shortens. | remember reaching
no life below the hips." / can recall no mem
9ry OF passing through the abdomen or chest,
was collected in the head, when / retiected
thus, l am all in the head now. and ] shall
bOOu De -lTeo. L Ihsstu dTOuUu Inc DTdlD as IL
branes slightly on all sides toward the centre.
skull. emerging like the iattened edges ola
bag Of membranes. i Eecoliect distinctly
ieiiyash aP as reSaf I'd myself oeiar s sna form. ii ks Z
emerged from the head | tioated up and down.
and %latterly, like a soap bubble attached to the
the body = and ifeI nn lightly s to test the T,f doo ioV Where I
slowly rose and expanded into the. full stature
Of q man. l seemed to be translucent. OF q
blush cast.
VI fed toward the partially opened door, but
upon reaching the door | turned and faced the
company. As l did 80 my left elbow came In
contact with the arm of one of two Rentle-
his arm passed through mine without apparent
resistance. the severed parts closing again
up at his face to see il he had noticed the con:
s goIs1 pn tow ne gaze aye me ao1n mo Snd 31sy fafs a9a
saw. my own dead body, .
standing about the body. and particularly nod
left side; and knew that they were weeping:
diSid mz sisteF &i Fas sls hsa n and fGih risnpd %e g. ' sii
lions Of relationship:, at least. | did not th!nh
OF any. l could distipguish sex. but nothing
i%nclininG my head and watching, where ! sei
crossed the porch. descended the steps. walked
down the path and, into the street. There I
bLOpp6u ana iOOktu uDOuL me. i u6Vbr hty
that street more distinctly than l saw It then,
! took note Of the redness OF the soil and OF
the washes the rain had made. 1 took q rath-,
er pathetic look about. me-, like one who III
about to leave his home for a long time. TheQ
l discovered that l had become larger than I
was in earth life. and congratulated myself
thereupon. l was somewhat smaller In the
body than.I Just likedsto be. but In the next
life. ! thought. am TO be as l desired, W
clothes. 1 noticed. had accommodated themy
selves 70 my increased stature. and ! fell to
wondering where they came from and how
they got on to me so quickly and without my
judged il TO be OF some kind o. Scotch ma
terial-a good suit. ] III night. put not hand
AIS loosely. too. and that is well for sumner.
How well | feel" l thought. Only few
Then cam that change called death. which I
have SO much dreaded 1t is past now, and here
an L. still q man. alive and thinking-yes,
thinking as clearly as aver. and how vol I
feel"
that / would never be sick again ] danced in
high glee. | then noticed that ! could, see the
hack of nv coat with the pyas of mV old hyuy-