The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15
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GHOSTLY EXPERIENCES.
An ApParition That Appeared to a
Woman at New Orleans.

soft southern accent, who is making
her home now in New York. And
there is no story TO tell about it, for it
is all absolutely true. 1t was when
was not much more than child living
in New Orleans at the time of one of
the yellow fever epidemics.
There had come 10 New Orleans
some time before a young English girl.
whom we can cali Isabel Brown. She
was a beautiful girl, with golden hair,
big blue eyes, and a fine complexion
She showed in her general appearance
that she was of a good family. and the
woman who was with her. much more
communicating woman, whom, she
called her mother. we always believed
to be her nurse. That we never knew.
put we met them, anu my mother was
interested in Isabel. and she was fire.
quenty invited to our house, and be-
came somewhat intimate with my older
sister.
AT the time of the outbreak of the
yellow fever we had not seen her for
some time, though we mad heard that
her mother had gone to a home for
boys in the city and Isabel had gone to
assist her | was always delicate. and
at that time l was i'll enough to be con
nned TO my room part of the time and
receive good deal of care from my
mother. In New Orleans we have what
we can galleries, though you would call
them balconies here, and there was one
on the side of our house opening into
the yard, and the door and window of
my room opened onto this gallery. l
was IN my room and in bed, perfectly
VIDE awake, when suddenly some one
pulled aside the mosquito bar from the
Ded-We always have testers to the
Deds and the mosquito bar, or net. as
you say, over it-and there saw Isabel
Brown.
L shall never forget how beautiful
she looked She was a beautiful girl
anyway, but this time she looked IN
usually lovely. She was in her white
night clothes, her long hair was flying
around her, her cheeks were flushed.
and she looked like an angel. She
called to me three times:
Lizziei Lizzie! Lizziei [ want YOU
and then she was gone.
1 was not at all frightened any more
than would have been if she had been
really there. l had none of the feeling
mat one would have in seeing a spirit.
ana she did not have the appearance of
a spirit. But knew she was not in
our mousse, and 1 felt that something
must De the matter. My mother came
70 my room few minutes later and
said TO her:
Mother Isabel Brown is either dead
or dying, and 1 told her about it. She
wouldn't believe it-she didn't have
laith IN anything of that kfnd-she
tnought l was visionary, but was GER
tam that something had happened 70
MISS Brown, a gentleman who came
70 our mouse that night told my moIhar
that ne believed Isabel's mother had
oled OF the fever, and he understood
titdt ISaoel had gone to certain ad-
uresS, which he oave and M mother
decided to go there the next morning
ana inquire. We never felt anv fear
OF the fever. 1t seems to follow some
Iamllles, and they have a death ever
Iiine IL comes burt we had never had If
we reached the house. and there was
something very quiet about il as if
something might have happened. Nv
Hother asked after Isabel. and if was
as l felt sure il would be.
ISaDel died last night, her friend
ISdlu, ana we have just come from
Durylng her People are buried very
quickly when they die of the fever
Have yon daughter named Lizzie p
she continued to my mother. She was
calling for her last night
II was Just a little before s, lust
before she died She jumped ont of
bed and rushed our Of the room and
called Lizzie. Lizzie, I want YOU.
she looked like an angel, in her white
night dress, with her long hair hanging
around ner, her big blue eyes and
20 go TO Lizzie that in the delirium of
the fever it took several of MS tn get
ner pack to bed. AS soon as we did
the last symptoms of the disease. set. in
ana she died immediately
Yes, said my mother, and nv
daughter saw her just as you have de-
scribed her. and told me about it, II
was a little before s when l had seen
her. sven
have always wondered what she
could have wanted Of me for vvas
younger and she was more a friend Of
my sister, and 1 knew her very little
except as | saw her in the house. But
one thing L have thought might have
Deen on her mind. I have. understood
tnaI there were some medals. or some
thing of that kind. which had been
awarded TO her father, who, il was said
had been physician in England. and
they should have been returned there
l dld her marketing and wrote most of
ner letters Tor her. And have thought
that perhaps Isabel knowing this. had
wanted TO come to me to ask me to do
something about returning those
medals or write some letters for her
don't think l am superstitious.
though know that some dreams mean
something to me. and that diamonds
'alWays bring me trouble, and 1 dreamed
OF them twice, and woke screaming
with terror before my husband died.
something rather strange hammered
While was i'll after that in my mother
in-law'S house, though [ was deIirious
at the time and do not remember it. II
was IN relation to telegram which
my mOther-in-laW received. teIIine, her
OF the death of young relative who
had committed suicide II was a sad
case, and she thought it would be hest
not to tell any one of it. She came into
my room, Where my mother was taking
care of me, soon after, and nv first
words to her We're:
" 1T was too bad, wasn't it? He was
so young
said
The young MAJ who committed
suicide l answered. Didn't you re-
ceiye a telegram
Yes she said, I did, but I didn't
tell anyone about it,
I was delirious at the time. and 7
didn't know about it until she told me
afterwards. All these things have come
10 me when L have been under some
particular stress or illness of some
KIND II l have any peculiar powers.
L don't know anything about it any
more than l know what has happened
ana there was some meaning to it all -
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