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DO GHOSTS ExIsTt
DIR. MlnOf j. savage Certain That
They Do--An Incident in Proof

DIR, MInOf j. savage Certain That
They Do-An Incident in Proof.
Or. Minot J. Savage in Ainslee's.
1.-THE history of the world is full of
reported apparitions or ghosts. Do
such things as ghosts exist? | am per-
fectly certain that they do. This does
not mean that l feel that | am ready
to explain their origin or nature,
simply recognize the fact. Whether
they are purely subjective or whether
they represent some objective reality
particular case. | have many in
stances in my notes; but they must be
omitted for the present.
There is one case, however, which
is of very extraordinary kind. 1t oc-
Culrel about a couple of years ago
here in the immediate vicinity of New
York. There was a certain young man
who had been studying abroad. He
had been at Heidelberg University. He
was of anything but an imaginative
temperament. Tall and stalwart in
build, he had a reputation as an ath-
lete. His favorite studies were math-
ematical, physical and electrical He
had returned home from abroad, and
so far as anybody knew, was in perfect
health. He was at the summer home
of his mother. 1t was his habit, after
dinner, to go out on the piazza and
walk up and down while smoking his
pipe. One evening he came quietly in,
and, without talking with anybody,
went up to bed. The next morning he
went into his mothers room before she
was up, and laid his hand on her cheek
in order to awaken her quietly. Then
he said, Mother, l have something
very sad to tell you. You must brace
yourself and be strong to bear it, OF
course she was startled and asked him
what he was talking about He said,
Mother, ! mean just what | am say
ing. ! am going to die, and very SOON
when his mother, startled and trou-
bled, pressed him for an explanation,
he said. Last night, when | was walk
ing up and down the piazza, smoking.
spirit appeared and walked up and
down by my side. | have received my
call and am going to die The mother.
of course, was seriously troubled and
wondered whether anything might be
the matter with him. She therefore
sent for the doctor and told him the
story. The doctor made a careful ex-
animation, said there was nothing the
matter, treated the whole thing as
bad dream or an Authorization. told
them to pay no attention to it, and
said that within a few days they
would be laughing at themselves for
letting such thing worry them, The
next morning the young man did not
seem quite as well as usual, and the
doctor was sent for a second time.
Again he said there was nothing the
matter, and tried TO laugh them cut
of their fears. The third morning the
young man appeared in still poorer
condition and the third time the ply
stefan was summoned. He now dis
covered a case of appendicitis. The
young man was operated on and died
in a couple of days. From the time
of the vision until his death not more
than FIVE days had gone by. Some
time after this experience the mother
visited a psychic here in New York,
She made no previous appointment, but
went as a perfect stranger and waited
her turn. The son claimed at once to
be present, and told his mother a
whole series of very remarkable
things. which by no possibility could
the psychic ever have known. Then