The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27


which are well worthy Of a most search
.ng investigation. ! refer to the alleged
visions which many dying persons are
said to have had of friends who have
passed away before them. In some cases
they seem to have n coincidental impor-
tance that may give them some scientific
value. If well enough attested as facts,
writes Prof James II. HysIop, in the
Chicago Chronicle.
The phenomena which I have in miud
are type of appreciation. Whatever
their explanation they have one char
actcristic which distinguishes them from
ordinary dcliria. They represent the APP
pearance OF deceased persons TO the Wis
ion, Imagination. or other source of
sensoTy representation Of the dying
person.
The following instance received from
correspondent whose testimony I have no
reason 10 question:
I called this afternoon CAIay Il. 1896
upon a lady who buried a niue-year-old
boy two weeks ago. The child had been
operated upon for appendicitis some two
OF three years ago and had had 2eritonitis
at the same time. He recovered and was
apparently quite well for a time Again
NE was taken sick and from the first the
doctor thinks he did not expect to get
well. He was taken 10 the hospital and
operated upon. lie was perfectly rational.
recognizing his parents, the doctor, and
the nurse after coming out from under
the influence of the ancsthetiC. Feeling
that ne was going, he asked his mother
10 hold his hands until he should have
gone. He had. I forgot 10 say, been given
strong stimHlants after the operation,
which, / suppose, made his mind very
active.
soon he looked up and said. Mother.
dear, don't you see little sister over
there
NO. where is she2'
Right over there. She is looking at
me
Saw His GRANDMOTHER.
Then the mother to pacify him said
she saw the child. In a few minutes his
face lighted up fun of smiles and he said,
There comes Mrs. c. Ca lady OF
whom he was very fond and who had died
nearly two years hcfore) and she is
smiling just as she used To. She is smil-
ing and wants me TO come. In rev
moments.
There is Roy, 1 am going 10 them. l
don't want 20 leave You, but yoU'H come
10 me soon, won't you2 open the door
ana let them in. They are waiting for me
outside and he was gone.
NO, ] forgot TO tell about bis
grandma her. I gathered the impression
that D. lid not know his maternal grand
mothe. but may be wrong
AS his mother held his hands he said.
How small you are growing. Are you
still holding my hands? Grandma is
larger than you. isn't she? Her hand Is
larger than yours She is holding one hand
and her hand is larger than yours.
Remember. the boy was but nine
years old. Did he really see spirits and
recognize them2 or was it the result of
the highly sensitive condition of the
brain. caused by the medicine
The mother confirms this narrative and
inquiry brings out the following facts
The boy had never known his grand
mother. who had died twenty years ago.
His sister had died four years before his
own birth. Roy is the name of friend
of the child and he had died about
year previous
4 Suggestive Case.
But have a group of incidents which
are much more suggestive of something
unusual and possibly quite significant
Some Of them involve a record and con-
hrmatory support that gives them inn
portance. The first of this group is one
dictate to me and taken down verbatim
bv the two persons who knew the facts.
They are both intelligent and trustworthy
witnesses. not more liable 10 errors in
such things than all of us. 1t involved
circumstances which give peculiar value
10 the incident as the story viii vouch
for itself / quote the narrative as l took
it down.
-Four or five weeks before my sons
death Mrs. s. was with me lshe was
my friend and a psychic). and message
was given me that little Bright Eyes
CONTROL would be with my SON. who was
then i'll with cancer The night before
his death he complained that there was
little girl about his bed, and asked who
IL was. This was at MuskOka, 160 miles
north of Toronto. He had not known
what Mrs. S. had told me. Just be
fore his DEATH about five minutes, he
reused, called his nurse for a drink OF
water, and said clearly: I think they
are taking me. AfteTWard seeing the
possible significance of this, L wrote Miss
A. and asked her TO see MrsaS-- and
try TO find why the word they was used.
underscOTing il in the letter, as ! always
supposed the boys father would be with
him at death Miss A. went to see
Mrs. s., and did not mention the letter
When ! saw Mrs. s., more than week
later, we We're having a sitting. and
Guthrie, my son, came and told me how
he died. He said he was lying on the bed
and felt he was being lifted out of his
body, and al that point all pain left. His
first impulse was to get back into his
body. but he was being drawn away He
was taken up into a cloud, and he seemed
70 II Of
he was being taken by invisible hands
into rarihed air that was SO delightful.
He spoke OF his freedom from pain and
said that he saw his father beyond"
DR.. SavaEe'S story.
I quote next a welI-authenticate in
stance on the authority of DIT. Aifnot J.
Savage. He records 1t in his Psychic
Facts and Theories" He also told me
personally Of the facts and gave me the
names and addresses of the persons on
whose authority he tells the Incidents I
am not permitted 10 mention them But
the story is as follows:
In neighboring city were two little
girls, Jennie and Edith. one about eight
years of age and the other but a little
older They were schOolmates and init
mate friends In June. 1883. both were
taken i'll of diphtheria. At noon on Wed
nesday Jennie died Then the parents
of Edith and her physician as well took
particular pains to keep from her the
fact that her little playmate was gone
They feared the effect Of the knowledge
on her own condition. To prove that they
succeeded and that she did not know ii
may be mentioned that on Saturday. June
S. at noon, just before she became un-
conscious Of all that was passing about
her, she selected two Of her photographs
10 oe stint TO Jennie and also told her