The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-07


in answer to the question. Who was il
that you saw that night? tthe ques-
ton being purposely so framed as not
to seem to refer to anybody out of the
body he at once replied: Tt was my
father. The father had been dead for
some years. and the mother had been
married again"
An English girl was engaged to be
married to young American who had
been a student abroad. They had met
at Heidelberg, He died suddenly after
returning to this country. She came
over here shortly afterward to visit
his mother. While in New York, she
went to a medium. There was no APP
pointment before hand, and there was
no way by which the psychic could
know who she was Taking her turn
she sat down by the medium, who
went into trance and began to speak
immediately the girls lover claimed
to be present. He told her a NUM-
Der of things which only thex two had
ever known. He recalled circun-
stances connected with their acquain-
lance abroad. Now, 1t 20 happened
that this young iady's father was an
English officer in the war in South
Africa Among other things which the
young man told was this: He said:
/ am glad that / have been able to
save your fathers life once or twice
during the past summer. Now comes
the strange coincidence. II coincidence
only 1t be. The father writes home
from South Africa, being entirely ig-
norant of all that had taken place
mere, and relates what seems to him
a. somewhat remarkable fact He
tells how he was sitting in his tent
one day when there came upon him
sudoeniy an unaccountable impression
that he was in danger 1t was as
though some one were trying to make
MIN feel this and induce him to move.
80 strong was the feeling that he got
up ana went over to the other side
OF his tent. He had hardly done this
peiore she'll struck the chair where
ne had been sitting. Had he remained
there he would have been instantly
killed. OF course it is not asserted
that this is anything more than a CO.
incidence; but the suggestion is made
tnat condolences of this sort have
been so very frequent as to make one
wonder as to whether there Is not
some deeper meaning in 1t ALL"
am now to Gstal a little expert
ehce when seems to me to have about
II certain features which are very I'M
usuaI, and therefore unworthy of spe-
cial remarks. Never in my life
uhth my son died two years
ago ala l attempt to get into conn
munlcauon with any special person at
any sitting held with any medium. 7
nave always taken the attitude of a
student trying to solve the general
problem involved. On two or three oc-
casions, however within the last two
years, have tried to see If could gel
anything that appeared to be mes
sage from my boy. He died two years
ago last June at the age of 81. / was
having a
son claimed to be present Exclud-
ing for the moment all other things. I
wish definitely to outline this one little
experience. At the time of his death
ne was occupying a room with a medi-
cal student and an old personal friend
ON Joy street, in Boston. He had moved
there from a room he occupied on Bea-
con street since ! had visited him, SO
that ! had never been i'm his present
room. / knew nothing about it what
ever, and could not even have guessed
as to anything concerning it which he
might say.
He said: Papa, / want you TO go
at once to my room. Look in my
drawer and you will find there a lot of
loose papers. Among them are some
which l wish you to take and destroy
az once He would not be satisfied uns
| VI l had promised to do this. Mrs
| Piper, / remember, was in a dead
| trance at. the time and her hand was
writing. She had no personal ac-
quaintance with my son, and, so far as
| know, had never seen him. | SUBJ
NIT that this reference to loose notes
and papers which for some unknown
reason he was anxious to have de-
stroyed is something which would be
beyond the range of guesswork even
had Mrs. Piper been conscious.
Though my boy and / had been inti-
mate heart-frlends all our lives. this re-
guest was utterly inexplioabie to me.
1t did not even enter into my mind to
! give wild guess as to what he meant,
or why he wanted this thing done. /
went, however, to his room, searched
his drawer. gathered up all the loose
papers, looked through them. and at
once saw the meaning and Importance
Of what he had asked me to do There
were things there which he had jotted
down and trusted to the privacy of his
drawer which he would not have had
made public for the world"