Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-07-31
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PRtMoNnONS OF DEATH
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"Premonltions Of death are often
secuted at" said welLknown Wash.
ington newspaper man, 'but there are
occasionally authentic instances arts.
Ing which raise doubts as to whether
there may not be. after all. some sort
OF indeinable spiritual phenomena In
the Incidents.
1T may be recalled that well.
known CHIEF OF division In one OF the
departments, IN apparent perfect
health on the last day he appeared at
the office died recently OF apoplexy on
that night have since learned that
on the evening IN question, shortly be-
fore he retired. large dog In his
household set up such a prolonged and
dismal bowling In his yard that he
went out with a revolver under tue
supposition that there might be In.
truders prowllng about, although the
dog howled and did not bark. The dog
refused to ston bowling upon the ap.
pearance Of his master. and followed
him In the Aouse whining aud show.
ing evidences OF distress. looking up
into the officials face In such a pecu.
liar manner that the members OF the
family at the time thought II exceed.
ing strange. The dog continued to
follow his master about the house, act.
ing strangely In the manner I have de-
scribed. On the following morning the
official was found dead In his room.
"The above Incident Is curious fact,
as Is also the following, and while not
or startling ghostly interest Is also
local to Washington. the parties being
members OF my own family.
Some time ago my wlfe's mother
started on journey to California. Sew.
eral days after her departure an elder.
ly colored woman. who had been
slave In her family, having been raised
with my wife's mother. called at the
house. As In similar instances In the
South, there had been a warm attach.
ment existing between former mistress
an" slave, which had continued through
life. She declared she had been warn.
ed that my wife's mother had died ut
an early hour on that morning on the
train. When asked whether she had
received a telegram to that effect she
replied that she had not, but that ut
the hour In question she had been
awakened by the ringing of the front
door bell. In responding to the call
she had found no one on the steps In
each instance, the bell having been
pulled three successive times. Her
house, by the way, was on n down
town street, and was recently razed
TO make room for business structure.
AT about 10 o'clock on the morning
Of the day when the former slave had
communicated the intelligence OF my
wife's mothers death we received
telegram from the officials of the rail-
road, dated from a far Western State,
announcing her sudden death at about
Ine hour when the colored companion
Of her early childhood had heard the
pulls at the bell. Had the bell been
rung during the ordinary hours of the
day we would have attached no lmpor.
tance to the former slaves positive as
sertion Of spiritual visitation from
the deceased lady, but as 1t was at
about 8 o'clock in the morning the in
cident has ever been one of more than
usual interest in our family. II the
pulls at the bell were not supernatural.
they were assuredly a strange colncl-
dence. Washington Star.