The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-05-19

but not long. Mrs. Mosely began t
speak = the same phenomena o
change occurring as in my friend
case-and from that moment my at
tention was riveted by her words, an
| forgot 10 shrink at the pitiless hear
ing of some of my souls most treasul
| ed secrets.
She told me all-all the story o
my happy youth-the quiet comfor
of my fathers home-the love an(
tenderness that had bound our house
hold as with golden circle; she TOLD
the tragic story of my first love. anC
disclosed to me motives of my owl
and his at which [ had before 5u
vaguely guessed, and some of which
had been utterly hidden
All the household events-some al
most forgotten by me-she narrated
III that sweet. far off voice, which
seemed descending from the past
births, deaths, marriages, JOYS and
trials, small and great; she told of the
gradual healing of that wound, the
new love and hopes that sprang up
and the quiet, practical, and not un
happy transit of our married days
And the came the lonelest and sad
dest episode of all-the short. sweet
life, the quick, sharp death of our
first born, the blossom that had nest
led little time in my bosom, and
wlthered there
Then came the history of our re
mOval to the west-the story of our
disappointments, our losses and our
sutferings All true, but SO far facts
known to myself, and therefore, sup
posing the claims of the pseudo sci
ence of psychology to be real, easily
ascertainable by any person able to
come into perfect rapport with Inc.
But now Mrs. Mosely, while her
form grew more rigid, her face of
more lvid grayness, and the minute
glltterlng points that marked the pu
pills of her eyes glowed with strange
fire, began to speak of my future.
She had nothing very startling or
remarkable to tell. The same inexor-
able logic, the same entire probabil
ity marKed her revelations, as in the
case of my friend. l rose at the close
of the sitting, convinced that she had
uttered truth
Mrs. Mosely dismissed us as quietly
and gracefully as she received US.
We returned silently to my home,
but when there the spell of our awe
was broken by MIR. Barton's laughing
comments upon the story he forced
us to narrate, and began to be once
more incredul0us.
l tried to forget this strange inter
view, but could not. In vain | called
up all my old skepticism; the impres
sion remained the same, spite of all
my philosophy. Nor did time uli2!A-
ish the force of this impression, for
events shaped themselves precisely as
the prophecies had indicated Busi
ness improved somewhat, bat the
continued i'll health of all the family
compelled its abandonment Mr..
Barton could not consent to sacrifice
all our lives to money, arl we aban
doned cur western enterprise, Just as
our prospects there assumed the most
tiattering form.
We returned not to our New Eng
land home, but to our native city.
Here the prophecy of the wise woman
received another fultillment.
For an entire year l lay i'll, all
thoughts and feelings merged into
the one sensation of suffering Anotb-
er child was born to us, and my hus
band struggled bravely i'll tie attempt
to build up business. Then came
the fearful crisis in 1857, and in the
vortex of general ruin our little all
was swallowed Gp. Early in 1858 |
returned to my a.her's house, while
my husband, glad to accept any hon
orable occupation, set off upon an
agency from which while separated
from his family. he hoped to gain
something for their support.
1t was during the season of anxiety
and trial that preceded the crash that
ruined us, that my father banteringly
induced me to pay a visit to another
wise woman whose profession of
remarkable powers in foretelling
events was then circulated about the
city in the form of a handbill.
This was but a common fortune
teller. and | went to her merely be-
cause | had proieed my father to do
SO, and not with the expectation of
hearing anything clothed with the
Importance and dignity of Mis-. Nose
ly's revelations. To my astonishment,
however, Madame G--s state
ment corresponded almost precisely,
IN fact, though clothed in English
that betrayed al utter want of edu-
cation, with those of Mrs Mosely
There was but one additional state
ment, one difference OF prediction.
Ma i,rme told me that in less than
three weeks | should be forced to seek
the protection of my father's roof
while my husband would be absent,
and our family and household quite
broken up. She then, as Mrs Mosely
had done. warned me of still further
and greater trials OF poverty. sickness
and death, in the households; but pre-
dicted that beyond lay long and
happy lapse of years But, differing
from Mrs. Mosely, she told me that |
was 10 become widow, and again d
wife, ere the full tide Of my prosperity
should be reached.
Three weeks had not elapsed ere,
as have stated. [ found myself below
my fathers roof. Many misfortunes
followed. My husbands business was
pecuniarily successful, but often 10
terrupted. He was i'll more than
once, dangerously i'll, far from home,
with heavy expenses that swallowed
up months of profits. Another child,
bright and beautisul, was born to US,
and died in few short months. |
strove and struggled to add my mite
to the earnings of my husband. midst
much anxiety and suffering. All the
hours were very dark, and it seemed
as if no ray of sunshine would evel
again illnminate our lives.
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