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did not think she entertained, was
certainly very gratifying and at any
other moment would have filled me
with happiness, but in the light of the
fact that 1 was not there, where / felt
myself to be, 1 was too horrorstruck
for anything else.
I stood mechanically glazing at Ger
aldine, and the glass which did not
reflect me, and at myself. L could see
myself with my own eyes, perfectly,
hear my own voice distinctly, or touch
myself with my own hands, in fact,
l could see and feel as well as ever
1 resolved to make one more effort.
Geraldine" l said softly. "Geral-
dine" louder. "Geraldine!" in a per-
feet scream. II am going to kiss you
this moment!"
She was lying back in a large chair,
her hands listlessly crossed in her lap
and her eyes closed. I walked firmly
over to her, hesitated second and
then bent over and kissed her upon
the lips. She says now it was very
ungenerous of me to have taken advan-
tage of her, but / submit that 1 had
given every possible warning of my
intentions and besides 1 was wrought
up to such a pitch by the events of the
afternoon I scarcely knew what 1 did;
so | kissed her again and again, and
this did really have some effect upon
her. At first she blushed a warm,
beautiful crimson, and as / kissed her
second and a third time, she start
ed, raised her head, opened her eyes
with little scream and said:
20, / must have fallen asleep and
dreamed he was here....I suddenly
felt kiss it seemed. =. %, Harry, Har-
~, why do you not come and help your
girl?" And her head sank back in the
chair, and tears came again into her
eyes. 20, Harry, why are you not
here?"
was nearly frantic by this time.
Geraldine" 1 said, II am here. 1
| did kiss you, really and truly, a mo-
| ment ago.
But she paid no attention, and even
while I was speaking kept up her lit
tie agonized appeal for me to come and
! help her. I rushed to the window,
leaped out on the porch, jumped reck-
| lessly to the ground, dashed right into
the arms of Mr.. Hola bird, ran through
the streets to my own house. burst
into the house, tore up the stairs to my
room. and saw-what2"
Myself, calmly and composedly ~
ing back in the chair. with Geraldine's
letter in my hand! This was too aw-
| full. sank down in the other chair
| and as / did so my eyes fell upon the
volume of the learned Archidechus
| The mystery was solved! There in
the other chair was my physical body,
and in this one 1 sat. disembodied
| spirit
/ The explanation was so simple and
evident ii brought great relief to me.
| Everything was explained. OF course
no looking glass could reflect the spirit
Of man. no one could feel hIm--or
it, or hear him. or see him; Of course,
he could not open doors or strike peo-
pie, or lift anything though tc he sure
no door could prove a barrier TO such
an ETHEREAL immaterial entity as Il dis
embodied spirit.
That accounted for my finding my =
self In Geraldine's room In spite OF
the locked door, for the child sitting
down on my lap. for the bisque head
smiling at my buffet, for Geraldlnc's
ignorance OF my presence. As 10 the
( klss-well. love was the highest and
nOblest sensation, love such as we felt
for each other, and az nearly a spir-
ituai ethereal, feeling as any human
one could be- 70 when ! mad Kissed
her her spiritual being had responded
70 mine. This explanation fell easily
Do with the rest
As far ~ ] was concerned was. n
put u plainly and simply, only my