Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-07-16
WARNED BY SPEC7ERS
One Persons Three Experiences
With Ghosts.
THE SPIRIT OF HIS SISTER.
How an Apparition From the Unseen
World Aided the Brother In Deciding
an important Legal ousstion-Ths
Phantom on the Grave.

World Aided the Brother In Deciding
an Important Legal ousstion-Ths
Phantom on the Grave.
Three times in my life, each instance
separated by an interval of years, have
the experiences here told been mine.
come of family to different mem-
bers of which have become visible at
times those appearances which for
want of q better name are known as
ghosts" 1t is at least possible that
the superstition regarding the second
sight of one born with veil may have
some foundation in scientific fact, for
my uncle was thus yelled at birth,
and all his life from infancy vacant
space was peopled to him with forms,
which he would describe so accurate
ly In dress, appearance and manner
that listeners would instantly recog-
nize departed friends, gone over years
before my uncle's birth in many in
stances.
1t was not till he was large boy
that he realized that the forms seen by
him were not visible to others. Pages
could be written of his experiences,
but am not here to give hearsay evi-
dence, but my own personal expert
ences, the sights seen with my own
bodily vision.
The first instance was so early in
my life that do not recall 1t, but my
mother relates the circumstances.
Our home was in Brooklyn, and we
had gone for the summer to Green
field Hill, Conn. was so young that
l still wore dresses and was In charge
of a nursemaid who was in the habit
of receiving visits from Annie, a girl
of her own class, so that was well
acquainted with Annie.
She died suddenly and was buried in
the country churchyard, but was not
told of her death, being considered too
young to understand.
AS l walked with my nurse past the
cemetery one evening In the edge of
dusk her superstitious horror can be
imagined when 1 cried, pointing di-
rectly to Annie's grave: ''Oh, Maggie,
there is Anniel She is waving her
hand for us to come over to herr
broke away from my nurse and ran to
the cemetery fence. She caught me
up and ran In a panic to the house,
nor would she ever again pass the Gem
etery after dark.
The only idea In my mind was that
OF familiar friend whom I had not
! seen for some time.
The second instance was at the most
unromanuc age possible to u boy
about thirteen. was attending board
lng school in Dedham, Mass.
A school friend, boy of about my
age, had left the school some days
before for his home in the west, leav
Ing In perfect health
At about 0 in the evening l sat or
! the edge of the bed removing III!
shoes when the wall of the room
seemed to part and open, showing
the night outside, with the dim forn'
Of the trees gently waving in tn
wind. AS I sat spellbound at thi'
strange sight In the rift of the wal
against the background of the nigh
| L
Just as in life. He waved his hand t.
me In token of farewell, stood LOOKING
at me a moment, and gently the vision
faded
/ said to my roommate, who haC
seen nothing: Charlie is dead. l hav,
Just seen him" The next morning {
! telegram TO the school said that he hat
, died the night preceding.
In the third instance | had grown I,
manhood-a normal. healthy man, owe
six feet tall and weighing nearly 20C
pounds l am civil engineer, tn,
hardy outdoor life being far removed
! from dreams and morbid inaginings.
1t was on one occasion necessary 70
. me to consult lawyer and one even
ing l met the lawyer in his Boston OF
| fee TO talk over Il matter Of business
In the course Of the conversation IN
asked me Il question which | was un
decided about answering. | stoppe,
moment before replying, for consid
Grafton. lowering my eyes, and, whel
/ raised them. there stood behind tn
/ attorney favorite sister dead man!
years.
Her eyes were fixed on mine, he
! fingers on her lips. | instantly ab
sorbed the idea conveyed by her sug
gestive pose and did not give the law
yer the information he asked. As /
afterward proved, it was greatly II
my interest not to do So
The lawyer shivered slightly rs tht
| visitant stood behind his chair ant
said that there was a draft through
! the room.
He never knew that the sensation o
cold conveyed to his nervous system
was breath from an unseen world
Science has proved that light, sounJ
| and color are all the results of vibra
! ton of greater or less rapidity. Som,
of these vibrations affect our senses ant
we see, hear or feel their effects. Blu
| what of the vast space filled with thost
! vibrations which affect none of on
senses, yet are unknown to science
| Could our senses respond to them wha
secrets of the unseen might not bt
revealed, and who can say but the
secret of these strange sights which
sometimes greet the eye of mortals is
hidden In this unknown range of vi
brations, hiding II world that is al
about us. mingling with and overlap