The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

on the state According 10 the ether rss~'
seHxerS this man hai tsen In a profound
sleep at the time the maie Saw the vtstsa.
s.fn The Story NJ Nv Late Cob Mead
owx Tasier. 81 the Rfsstsa army. and tae
author Of several NOVELS whose scenes aru
laid ia Inss.a. tells the following: The
determination to I've single" he SAYS. VIA
IRE result OF "A strange incident that sefesl
me Oh one % my narches 20 HydssaeAd.
y have never forgosten II. and II getaras 20
this Gay - nay memory with a strangely
vivid effecs that | can neither reisel aor
explain | had hsen devoted 20 girl at
hams and only rsilpauished hope Of WIN
ming her when The terrible order came that
no sarsoush would be grained to Europe"
The cetonsl VAS a captain then. In
England was q woman ne loved and
hoped 10 marry. II waGsd seem she cared
FOR him also, At any rate. there was a
sympathy between the TIVE, This is the
coionea'S story
''oae evening / was AZ the village Of
pewar hueiea. after a long afternoon ard
evening march from Mnktal ! lay doNa
weary. but the barking cf village dasss.
the eaying % iackals and oser.atigus
and heat prevented sleep, was vida
awake and restless. suddenly Jar ny
tent door was wide oIsen-i saw the face
and figure familiar 10 me. but looking
elder and white. and seemed covered eath
a profusian at lace that glistenea In The
moonlight. The arms were stretched cut.
and a lev. plainitve cry. pe not LET me 30.
Do rot let me ger reached me | sprans
forward, but the figure recsdejs growing
fainter and fainter. til could see II ma
longer. hat the iow, sad tanes still sound
ed | wrote to my father / wished 10
know whether there vas any hope for me-
He wrote hack 10 ME these words. Too
late. my dear son; cn the very day Of tho
vision yoG deserioed 10 me ~----- was mar
risd =.
Lord Hrougham Saw u Ghost.
In has autobiography Lord fsraugham.
the famous English statesman. tells this
INCIDENT, which he had recorded in his
diary at the time. lie WAS travelling In
Sweden.
''At ! o'clock In the morning az Decem-
her H. lag. arriving at a decent ian, wa
decided 10 step for the night, and found
a couple Of comfortable rooms Tired
with the cold OF yesterday | was giaa To
take advantage OF hot hath before /
turned in, And here most remarkable
thing happened 10 me-so remarkable
that | must tell the story from the Begin
ming:
After left the high school I went
with c.. my most intimate friend. TO
attend the classes In the university. We
actually committed the folly OF drawing
UP an Aktstfuttits WfftttN Win our utnoss
10 the effect that whichever of US died
the first should appear 10 the other. and
thus solve any doubts we had entertained
OF the life after death. c. went To
India. years passed. and had nearly for
gotten his existence. had taken. as I
have said. warm bath. and while lying
In II and enjoying the comfort Of the heat
! turned my head round looking toward
the chair on which had deposited my
clothes. as was about To get out OF the
bath. On the chair sat G--~-. looking
calmly at me. How got out OF the bath
/ know not. but on recovering my senses
I found myself sprawiing on the floor.
The apparitfon or whatever IL was that
had taken the likeness of c. had dis
appeared, So strongly was I affected by
II that I have here written down the
whole history, with the date. Decent sr
10. and all the particulars. a. they are now
fresh before me-
On Lord Brcugham's return to England
he received letter from India ANNOUNCE
Ing the death of c.. The date of tho
death was December 10. i7ss.-chicago In
ter-Ocean.