Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-08-12
THE EvOCATION.


<s00E had been talking of spirit
MAW ualism, telepathy and black
magic; the conversation
sprned to apparitions and mediums.
Among us all, men and women, assem-
BLEED in the drawing-room after a long
and formal dinner, there were several
who were skeptical, two or three vague
" credulous, without certainty one way
or the other, and my friend Francois,
who was an ardent believer In what we
not Of the faith agreed to call spirit
ualism. In his mind there were vast
differences in the meanings of terms,
but for me spiritualism covered them
All One of the young women, making
allusion to the recent experiences OF an
English medium, asked:
lis 1t true that NJ. Crooks has seen
and touched the spirits, or, rather, the
material forms OF the dead?" NJ.
Crooks is u very learned man, they say.
IL he has not been the victim of an IL
hsion or an imposture, l must confess
that his testimony would have great
Influence on my own faith"
1T is certainly a mystery" said
Francois, thougbtfully, land mystery
which those who hove never had any
experience are willing to deny exist
ence to. But If this man has not been
mistaken or deceived; IL he can, as he
says, prove scientifically that souls sur
yiye bodies, preserve their identity,
aheir personality, their memory, and
have the power to become material
and visible to living people, what a rev.
olutiOn it viii make in philosophy
"oh, hew wish might have some
experience OF the kind" sighed young
girl.
well, don't" responded one of the
men. II would fear for my reason If l
should see the phantom of my mother
come at the call of a medium. And, on
ahe other hand, resent the idea that
nv own soul. when it is freed from
my body, must be obliged to clothe It.
self in visibility at the command of q
Nring person"
Zone OF my friends" said Francois
.Atried the experiment, and It cost him
dear"
TEL us about It." cried the women
drawn by the instructive delight in the
supernatural
Francois responded: 1T Is not a very
happy story, but 1t may be interesting
n shows that it is not always safe Il
interfere with those powers which gov
srn the unseen. Here Is the story.
and he related the following:
Pierre Franckal was one of the best
friends Of my childhood. saw him
sgain when he was 20 years old, pale
yeung man with blonde hair, eyes a:
blue as the sea. singular eyes. large anC
sxed. lit as by an interior light. tbs
eyes of a gill. somewhat unusual In the
face OF a man. With a delicacy OF col
sring. siightness OF build and soft
sweetness OF voice the beautiful eyes
gave to my poor friend charm almost
eReminate. But he was a manly Eel
lew and had a great many friends.
He was - years old when he met
Madeline Meurice ar ball given In tbs
chateau Of Changes. This young cir
vas poor but brilliant and well born
beautiful. yivacious and gracious. HeI
great black eyes spoke eloQueEtly Il
the blue eyes OF Pierre. and he Wa;
Nred with an enthusiastic and sincer'
lore for her. He had been skepti,
on the subject OF love. so that IL came
~ him with az IKE force OF new ex
perienee. and she had nothing to ios'
by being compared 10 former objects o.
saorasko.L SMs was the first TO enteI
Ais seart, ana she took entire posses
sion She rSSurred his love and accept
I'd his PROPOSAL OF marriage.
1t took Pierre some time TO talk hi:
family into conserving 10 the match
hrs SITTER they lad seen and talked with
neSeline thex succumbe4 TO the charm
Of he. personality. They were married
and he took her away Immediately Il
q house he owned in the country. whers
Aey lived alone and reveled IN she pUr.