Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-07-14

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"But will come to the occurrence to
which alluded at the outset. I was
sitting in the sick mans room one
night reading before the fire. He grew
restless, and arose and saw that he
was moving and struggling as though
trying to rise. spoke to him, and he
tried hard to respond and gripped my
hand with extraordinary vigor for SC
( sick person. Seeing that he was using
| every exertion to sit up in bed, helped
him as well as l could, but just as he
had acquired an apparently upright po-
sition his frame relaxed, and he fell
back. ] stood by him for some min
utes, and, as he seemed to be breathing
easily, l resumed my place at the fire
side, once and again casting glance
at the bed.
Suddenly 1 experienced strange
sensation, and, on looking up, saw a
spectral figure standing right opposite
me. rose with an exclamation of sur
prise and approached the form, won
dering how the sick man could have
left his bed and passed me without my
having observed him. l did not lose
my presence Of mind, but took step
toward the dimly outlined figure. Then
I saw that one hand was pointing to-
ward small, old fashioned desk which
stood on the top Of bookcase. AS
my eye followed the direction indicated
the form disappeared. / turned, ex-
pecting to see the figure moving to-
ward the bed. Nothing, however, was
visible. l went to the bed and gazed
upon a corpse!
''The man was dead beyond question.
summoned the housekeeper and other
attendants, and when the body was
properly disposed all Of us quilted the
room. locked the door and gave the
key into the custody of the housekeep-
er, directing her to allow no one to en-
ter the room until my father came next
day with the undertaken.
Next morning accompanied my IA
Their to the house. 1 had already in
formed him what had occurred, and as
soon as some other matters were ar
ranged my father took the desk, and
we retired to another room. On open
ing the desk there was apparently
nothing in it but quire Of note paper.
We made close examination; but, as
it was simply a desk to be carried in
the hand or in trunk, we found moth
ing that would indicate any secret
drawer. took up the note paper and
carelessly turned over the sheets. A
surprise was in store, for on the inside
sheet there was writing. 1t turned out
to be the Photographic will of the de-
ceased-that is. will wholly written
by himself. 1t bore date the very day
when he last visited our Office and was
struck down by apoplexy.
'The will left all in trust to a certain
woman for the benefit of the testator's
five children. mentioned by name, with
their places of abode. The name of the
trustee l cannot, of course, mention,
nor would it be right to give the adj
dress. The will was duly admitted to
probate. The trustee did not bear the
name of the testator, but all the chill
dren did.
GLOW do account for the spectral
form? Well, think he had felt symn-
toms of the attack which carried hin
off and wrote the will and came direct
ly to our Office, intending to inform my
father Of the fact of it's existence. AT
the point of separation from the body
the spirit obeyed the last impulse Of
.he dying man. Brooklyn Citizen.