The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-25
nYsrsaIous MANlfssrArloNs.
The Puzziina Things That Happen 10
some People.

Nearly every one IS familiar with
stories Of events that forcshaaow
death, says Parsons weekiy. Ihs
writer OF this article Is personally
acquainted with a family who are sus-
ceptible to certain warning. and
once had the unoanny experience OF
hearing 1t himself.
One night child lag ill In the
room next to IL the governess slept
On the following morning she spoke
OF a tapping at her window during
the night and was surprised to see
that the father OF the child was violeu,-
" affected by her remark The child
died early on the following morniae.
Some years afterwards the wliter,
in company with member of this
family and some other friends, was
seated in room playing cards
Suddenly he heard three distinct
taps az a large French window which
opened into the garden. Looking un.
his gaze met that OF his filends.
and be saw a sudden rallor come into
the latter's face Afterpsrd he men-
toned the occurrance, and received
the reply that It was the death tap
he had heard. Surely enough, teie-
gram arrived on the following doy
to say that his friends grandmother
was dead
Another instance occurred in the
writer's own family A lady dreamed
that she was iourneying 70 ine Yves.
CT England At swildom she left the
train AID waited ii the waiting room
until branch connection arrived.
Suddenly she looked NJ al the clock
and saw that st registered 3;l5. At
That moment dense olackness came
over the scene and she Remembered
nothing more
The next day TIE news arr.vel trat
her mother had died at -:15 that same
morning in her home in the west Of
England
Life IS fnn Of LITTLE inoxpgiolble
mysteries. They occur every doy, and
are passed by as being merely ordin-
ary. Whenever the conversation t,nns
on telegraphy OF the occult sciences
there is always some one 'yith .,cry
Of the mysterious to tell.
About ten years ago, on l.rge
open tract OF land in the north Of
London now fortunately covered with
red brick Villas a number Of boys
were playing cricket Suddenly tl,re
came loud humming noise. ike The
combined dronine of thousands Il
bees, and great stone. larger than
mans hst whizzed across the. esrter
Of the pitch ahd embedded itself in
bank. Almost immediate = vas
followed by another. and then a tnird.
Although they waited in hiding Tor
'ome time there was no repehtiaa Of
The mysterious missiles. The question
then arouse: Where could they have
come from? The nearest house WAS
quite 40O yards away, and machine
10 have sent these large stones whirl.
ing at such frightful pace over chs
distance woulo be rather an eXtraoi d.
nary article Of furniture Tor q subur.
ban villa So the cause Of this remarks
able occurance yet requires expIaha.
ton.
In the same district, few years
back, four young men were seated In
room playing whist Suddenly, mst
after midnight, ;hc door, which I'D
been latched, opened slowly until i.
had reached its fullest limit.
In surprise iee players looked up.
but no one was standing in the door
way. Then, ere one of them could
move, the door aicSly closeo itself
again. Immediately one OF the young
men jumped up, pulled the door opea
and stared up and down the hall, bu,
there was absolute silence and no uns
about.
Some years ago a gentleman Na1
seated at a table busily writing Al
the moment he was alone ia the house.
Suddenly he heard the patter Of feet
outside the door aud then the sound
OF dog barking. Going outside tha
room he saw. 10 his surprise that mia
dog had found lis way from the gar
den into the house, and for some rea,
son was violently barking
Crash! The room behind him was
suddenly IN darkness and smell Il
escaping gas preyaded The air Direc--
ly he understood what had happened
and hurried 70 seal up the aroken
pipe of the chandelier rhe latter was
lying in thousan pieces ON the floor
But for the mysterious instinct hat
caused the dog TO enter the aouse and
attract this gentleman'S attention, ne
would probably have been killed bg
the falling chandelier for he had been
sitting directly beneath.
But there is no end to the number
Of similar experiences, untn one is
lea 10 believe that there are many
mysterious forces st work. oi winch
We have no conception.
Idtde Elmer Papa. what is crit
icg
t.rof proadboad crtttc -. so,