The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17


taln was bald ana rocky and leakl
an' m it was loo OF young lads and
gerrula, all dressed gally the lads and
the sefFuis walking IKE this 0IustraE
ing by undulat0fy motions) and iull
Of happiness Oh. yes, I've seen the
little folk, but ! don't mind them at
ALL The sight Of them comes to me
when Pd not be thinking o. it, and it's
little / care
She tossed her head in evident SUI
perlority. perhaps feeling that
might think 1t folly for woman as
old as she to see things so out Of
the ken Of an ordinary mortal. But
showed an interest that was perfectly
genuine, and she went further into
her revelations.
Vance 1 was Iookin' out Of this
same winder, an a queen Of the air
came out Of the heavens ridin' on a
cloud Oh, she was the most beauti-
fully made woman / ever saw, with a
stride on her like queen She had a
short skirt on her, and her calves
were lovely and AROUND her waist was
2 sash with loose knot Ia it for
dagger, an the dagger raised in her
right hand-an' a crown upon her
head
And did she look angry?"
Indeed she didn't. "A beautiful face
she had, an she come straight for this
winder, an when she was almost be-
fore it put up my hands to my eyes,
for I thought that If she was coming
out Of the other space and l was the
first she met here she might do harm
to me, and twas well not to look at
her-and when / opened my eyes
again she was gone. Oh, never will /
see so finely made a woman again;
the calves Of her beautiful legs and
the arm raised high above her head
like a queen"
Margaret stood looking out Of the
window at the mountain opposite, and
said nothing for fear she would stop
talking.
After a few moments she went on:
Wan day I saw an elephant over on
the mountain side, an him filling his
trunk with water for a long journey
oh, it's NANNY the thing l see. but I
don't mind II never see them, only
they come to me"
Filling ones trunk with water for a
long Journey would not appeal to a
drummer, but this fippant thought |
did not extend to Margaret. Perhaps
she would not have understood, as
drummers are bagmen on the other
side. That is they are bagmen in
books. In hotels they are commercial
men.
Margaret was not yet through telling
me the things she had seen. was
told that there we're some people that
she would not task to on occult sub
iects. fearing their badinage, but her
sincerity was SO evident that l could
not have joked with her on the subject
II had thought Of doing So
Vance I saw the present King Ed
ward, an him about to be crowned,
an he was IN the heavens lying on a
bed, and his wife standing near,
dressed in a dress with short sleeves
an point lace on them, an / said to
me master (Margaret was living in
service) Sure he'll not be crowned
this time
"An' that very evening the news
came that the king was III, and he was
not crowned that time at all An the
pitcher in the papers afterward
showed the queen in point lace as /
had seen her."
Afterward | talked to the gentleman
for whom this ancient woman kept
house, and he said there was no end
to the queer things she had seen. He
told me that once she saw in "the
heavens" a funeral cortege issuing
from a smallish house, with big, black
horses, plumed and draped, and draw
ing a hearse, and In it either the pope
or a queen. Some one high up.
Margaret said.
That evening came the news Of the
death Of Queen Victoria.
of course this is merely secont
sight, but II you don't believe In suel
things you don't feel like scofBng wheI
people see visions that come true.
I was unfortunate enough not t,
meet a Galway woman, an ignoran
peasant, who saw a vision that SHAPED
itself around a ruined castle.
She said to my informant Zone o
the leaders in the Gaelic revival tha
while she was looking at the castll
one day band Of young gentlemen
on horseback and strangely dressed
came riding up to the castle, and Il
the windows Of It were many hand
some women, gally dressed and witt
their hair brushed up from their fore
I heads, and they were laughing anl
talking. And when the young horse
men came to the ditch that was arounl
the castle a platform that was lai
against the wall was let down b
chains. and over the bridge thus mad
the gay young men rode and ioinel