The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-06-19
A MYSTIC TOUCH.
WINIFEED WARNER.

once every two weeks r room adj
Joining Cofiiu,& Dingta;', undertaking
parlor-. and n rrtfcee. written in lead
pencil, were posted AZ every street
corner and in every saloon, and a
there ~crc few cheap places OF amusc-
gnczt in town, the meeting, were al
way. well attended
Spirituali-ts in that camp we're not
numerous, and there were many scep-
tics; but every body suffered from ennui
and those who believed in ghosts. and
could b. prevailed upon to relate their
experiences, received much gratifying
announcement in the shape OF applause
aud sometimes chcws Of tobacco, aud
even liquid refrcshmcnt.
The society met at 5. p. m, and sat
until near midnight, by which time
everybody the most sceptical Of
the yi.itors-wa- feeling somewhat
anxious FOR daylight or an adjournment
from such close proximity TO the I'M
dcrtaking parlors. whore two or three
corpscs usually lay awaiting intcrmcnt.
On the 18th Of January, 1883, the
society had been called together for
the transaction OF such business as
might come up, and to afford an oppor-
tunity for the general discussion Of
matters spiritualistic and spookish.
The notices brought together twenty
five people, clad in tho customary
heterogeneous garments OF Il frontier
mining camp. and all more or less un-
der the weather. \ few were recover
ing from measles which had been cpl
dcmic throughout the country during
the fall; others had hacking coughs
and sniveling colds, and one man, who
appeared TO excite the cOmmi5cratiOn
Of all the rest, wore a sOiled red hand
kcrchicf as bandagc over his right
eye, having lost it with one LEG and
some minor portions Of his anatomy in
a powder explosion on Mineral Creek.
MIR. Dingbat, the founder Of the So
ciety, was unanimously reelected pres
idcnt, and after George Williams and
John Lambert, two Of the pioneer
miners Of the MogollOns, upon pay
mcnt Of two dollars each, had been add
mittcd to membership, the business Of
the society was declared and discussion
began.
Mister President, said an old min
err, rising to his feet and addressing
the chair, "Oi should like to how
the nure"
(Which numc, Mr.. Horrigan?"
asked the President, who was hard of
hearing.
"Tho nure, sor the nurc, " Mr. Horri-
gan repeated.
"Ah, yes, to be sure Mr.. Dinghat
replied, scratching his whiskers
nervously. MIR. Horrigan has the
floor, gentlemen"
Mr.. Horrigan bowed to the president
and the members of the society, almost
loosing his suspendcr buttons while SO
doing, and then began his remarks.
"Gintlemin," he began, "For many
years past Oi HOY INTERESTED mcsclf in
spiritualism and the kindred sciences,
mesmerism and tcllygraphy.'
"Tcllypathy, Moike,' whispered
Doyle sitting at his side.
''Oi name in mcsmcrsm and tcllv-
pathy, gintlcmin. 1t is not me intin-
tion to spakc of mcself wild pride, but
Oi COON Of very Guild and celebrated
family. The Horrigans Of Ballymera
are miutioncd i'm the days Of that Guild
blathrr, kite Oliver Cromwell and HIN
ever there was Il roOmpus, from Il bat
tie to II faction fight, the HorriEans Of
Ballvmcra were always in it,
Mr.. IIorrigan looked around AT his
audience for few moments, and then
continued:
The IIOrrigaus was nivcr the under
dogs except wan, aud he was a prastc-
Holy IIorriSan Is he was called
-andwho lived about the carly part
of the last century. He was AS
estimated by order of the English
Coort, the rayson therefor nivcr being
known. Now, gintlcmin," and MIR.
Torrigan lifted one arm slowly to add
emphasis to his words, liver since the
days Of his death, tho spirit Of me as
estimated ancestor has appeared to the
living Numbers Of the family, and has
held communication wild them. Whin-
liver wan was about to die, Holy Horri-
gan would come by night to the bed
side and tell him to prepare for death,
and before me late laminted father
was evicted from our farrum at Bally-
mera, Holy Horrigan would come and
tell him whin the dommcd bailitr was
coming after the riut."
"Mc laminted fathcr''-aud Mr.. Hor-
rigan passed horny hand across his
cycs-"died of appleplcNy Is he was
rising from the loonch table, so he J
was niver warned; for as We may know, !
ghosts cannot appear by daylight. for J
the rayson that the light shines /
their bodies, making them in !
divisible. But whin it grow darruk, we
saw Holy Horrigan standing al the
head of the table and wringiug his !
hands; so we offered him Il whiskey
bottle to show that we thought As
mucn OF him as iYer, and then he /
smiled in seasick sort of way and dis
We never saw him again.
and we began to suppose that his leave