The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-17
BIG PIPE ri DREAM
COMES FROM WALES
BUT SOUNDS LIKE ONE WITH THE
CHICAGO MARK ON IT.
Man Brought Back to Life, He Says,
by Power Of the Will-The Strange
Case Of Lord Grenwythga, a Young
Welsh Nobleman-English Physicians
Puzzled-Romantic Story Of an Odd
Vow.
. Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
By what mysterious power did Lord
Grenwythga Of Ystradyfodwgs Wales,
a trance-that caused physicians to de-
clare him q dead man9 And, having ap-
parently died, how did he bring himself
back to ifeq - ~'.
Such are the questions that English
physicians are asking concerning the
strange case of the young Welsh noble
man who recently died-or at least ply
sicians declared him. dead--and after
two days of death, when the family was
beginning the preparations for his bur
ial, suddenly recovered, sat up in his
coffin and, greeted the mourners. e
The strangest part of the entire busi-
really died and that BY dying he ab-
solved himself from his oath and was
free to we'd. The case has attracted
the attention of medical authorities OF
Wales and even of England, and the
great medical journals Of London are
devoting much space to the discussion
produced. by direct power Of the will.
Spiritualists and other cults of the like
see in the Ystradyfodwg case a sup
port for their contentious, but over and
above all there is a romance which is
one Of the strangest ever told.
Grenwythga was the son Of well-to-
do parents, well educated, and a gradu-
ate of the manual training school at
Ystradyfodwg, afteFward studying at
Cambridge and graduating with honors.
He was graduated in an engineering e
speciality which he pursued diligently,
although his entire turn of mind was
in a different direction. He studied at
odd times the occult sciences of the
east, and on his stolid, materialstic
Welsh mind these studies made deep
and lasting impression. He believed
them. He even practiced them,
There was about that time in
and it was while rowing on the Usk
above Cardiff, that Grenwythga frs
met the girl. >>
The girl, scarcely 20 years old, fel
desperately in love with the serious
handsome fellow, but her passion wa
mild compared with the storm tha
swept his heart. Immediately after
ward the man, without warning, aske'
for a long leave Of absence and depart
ed for India. He had sought every op
portunity to see the girl; he had pai
her the most marked TX attention, and on on
evening, amid the commonplace SUI
roundings Of her home, he told her
story which started her beautiful eye
from her pretty face in astonishmen
and fright. Passionately he told he
of his love for her, and then calmly
as if speaking Of everyday matters, h
told her that he had sworn an oat
never to marry until he had. died.
!, The girl, abashed and ashamed bt
, cause she had confessed her love an
permitted him to. kiss her. in the fir
ecstaeies Of her joy shrank from rom 1a hin
by her Indignation, she demanded a
/ explanation and got one such as nevt
7 before girl had heard. The man calm]
8 informed her that he intended to di
9 to remain dead for a period, then retu1
s to life and wed her. He left for L
4 dia, leaving the girl to weep and wo
e der whether he was crazy ..
): A few weeks ago Grenwythga, pa
I and much more slender than he hs
y y been, returned to Ystradyffodwg: + =
I fawhr What he said to her no Of
knows, but when he left her aunt fou1
her hysterical and weeping, frighten'
I I and clinging to chair for support.
I, Il Grenwythga went from there to t.
l. Engineers club, where he ate dim
J alone and in silence. The waiter W
served him noticed that he ordered t
= Ginnis, whose father was an lri
miner, and with this pretty, .sauccy, ,
VICIOUS mdlu O1 ILIIH VAC
heavy Welsh mining engineer fell
love. Her father was in charge Of t
loading Of coal ships and the transfe
! ence Of coal to the docks and yart
J Grenwythga was the engineering expe
in charge Of the works.
At first it seemed as if the heav
handsome, strong young, Welshman h
chance, but eventually she reject
him and married a young Irish offc
of a merchant ship. And it was tn
that Grenwythga took his strange oai
His fellows were twitting him abo
marriage. He arose from the table q
griily. :,
I am dead,'' he declared solemnly.
The crowd roared, believing he un
tentionally had perpetrated bull, /
the Welshman strobe away serious
and they, recalling his beliefs In G.
tain eastern religions, wondered if the
was anything back Of his oddly word
retort.
The VOW was taken fourteen or
teen years .ago-the friends do not
member which-and during all that
riod Grenwythga had little to do W.