The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
TELEPATHY.
Vain Regrets OF a woman warned OF
the DarIlngton's Upsafety.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: One day
last winter u have for gotten the exact date
1 had an engagement on West F0rty-aixth
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
| AS got on Sixth avenue car at Forty six tn
street noticed On apartment hotel. or house,
building on the upper side of that street. i
noted 1t particularly because Of a certain in
tercst had taken In that kind of building.
] crossed 10 the upper side OF the street, and
walked rapidly toward Fifth avenue. as ]
was little late for my engagement. which
was at IL O'Clock. and it was then alniosv ~.
As ] came within fifty feet. perhaps. OF the
apartment house which ! had noticed. ] was
suddenly seized with the'most intense feeling
OF iear-a sickening. horrible, unaccountablc
FEAR. stopped not knowing what was
AFRAID OF. then came like Cash into my mind
this positive conviction: Il cannot pass that
building. There is some frishtful danger
j cannot pass IL. "
What that danger might be was not clear.
but the fear was so great that l started to
cross the street. am not timid person. and
my reason asserted itself and berated me
what was there to fear? forced myself to
come back. to look steadily at the building
I saw nothing beyond the ordinary--a tall
building Of iron construction. the first floor
or two Of sto,,e. granite presumed. ! noted
this In detail to steady my nerves: also no
ticed number Of workmen about, and a
covered way over the sidewalk This last
appealed to me as somewhat reassuring, and
walked slowly beneath II; more slowly than
under ordinary crcumst stances, because
would not give UP to an apparently idiotic
fear. But the fear increased at every step.
i seemed years In passing over that distance
OF fifty feet or So AS ! said. | am not ordi-
narly timid woman. but the feeling that
then had has given me sympathy. which
had heretofore lacked. for the nervous and
sensitive. for ] was trembling with abject
terror-unreasoning. horrible.
As came out from beneath the covered way
noticed a man. Il 70 remain Judged him to be.
in conversation with several men. laborers.
who stood about him. ] heard nothing Of what
they were saying, but was moved by an al
most irresistible impulse TO stop and say TO
the foreman: What Is the matter with this
bulding?" Again reason asserted itself.
aided by dread of rdicule and the still
more degrading certainty of being told to
attend strictly to my own affairs. and ] said
nothing. though the impulse to ask my uues-
ton was 80 strclE that stopped two or three
times. j seemed compelled to 60 back, but
resisted the impulse.
Between the fear and the irresolution was
completely unnerved for a half hour or more
The incident faded from my mind, though
am under the impression that mentioned 1t
to a friend with whom ] walked downtown
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thoughts Of it from my mind. conceiving the
cause to lie within myself-a disturbed mental
condition.
Two days after as took up the morning
paper ! saw the headlines. Fall of an Apart
ment HOTEL" Before reading further ] was
convinced that this was the Fort -sxth street
apartment hotel. the object OF my terrible fear
OF the day before. And so it proved to be-the
Darlington. which we remember with horror
Did then. or do now consider that my
fear was prcmonition-a supernatural
within the laws Of nature-of telepatby, as it
is called. believed then. as we now know.
that the building was known to be unsafe.
Per haps It's unsafe condition had been the |
pTehenson in the mind of one or Of many
approach. believe that as in nature all force
follows the line Of least resistance and had |
the moment before had thoughts Of the building |
subject; that fear, being one OF the strongest !
OF human emotions. acted on me AS sent out, !
mans in that b9dns shs
the impulse to speak to the foreman was not
any sense n ~ wasRins Pit in
mind OF each.
Had spoken. we may we'll believe the. re-
not rid me Of the unceasing regret that did
not act upon my impulse. The usefulness Of
in ths Or IN any cases Whes ean reca
az least belief in 1t has saved me the misery,
that might have been mine had believed my
experience direct warning from the Infinite
and that in my hands had rested for moment.I
the issues OF life and death
Morally, hold myself responsible for not
having spoken my word Of truth. The I'M
habit we have Of not consderinei
our truth a universal truth is sadly deter
rent. as well as our fixed idea that. having
spoken i. We must not only compel a recog-
milton Of i in Others, but instant action upon
H. Had believed ] could convince the man
Of real fear would have spoken, for then
should not have had his ridicule. | was that
greatest OF all towards. moral coward My
question would have been an arraignment Of
not know il. Had 10 not been proved on in
that the building was known 70
be unsafe. should have gone before the
Goroners court with my story. l could not
have convinced. but ] was past caring for
hat: knew that mine was but to speak what
felt to- be tho truth. 8. r.. c.