Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-03
WARNED BY SpECTERS.
One Persons Three Experiences
With Ghosts.
THE SPlRlT OF HIS SISTER.

How an Apparition From the Unseen
World Aided the Brother In Deciding
an Important Legal Questionable
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 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
and all his life from infancy vacant
space was peopled to him with forms.
which he would describe so accurate
~ In dress. appearance and manner
that listeners would instantly recog-
nize departed friends, gone over years
before my uncIe's birth in many in
stances.
1t was not till he was a 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 evil
dence, but my own personal expert
ences, the sights seen with my own
bodily vision.
The first instance was so early III
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. l was so young that
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 l 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 walked with my nurse past the
cemetery one evening in the edge of
dusk her superstitious horror can be
imagined when cried. pointing di-
rectly to Annie's grave: oh Maggie.
there is Annie! 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 thai
Of familiar friend whom | had not
seen for some time.
The second instance was at the most
unromantic age possible to a boy
about thirteen. | was attending board
ing school in Dedham, Mass.
A school friend. 4 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 on
the edge of the bed removing my
shoes when the wall of the room
seemed to part and open. showing
the night outside, with the dim forms
of the trees gently waving in the
wind AS sat spellbound at this
strange sight in the rift Of the wall
against the background of the night
stood my friend as had last seen him,
just as In life. He waved his hand to
me In token of farewell. stood looking
at me moment, and gently the vision
faded
| said to my roommate, who had
seen nothing: Charlie is dead. have
just seen him" The next morning
telegram to the school said that be had
died the night preceding.
In the third instance had grown to
manhood normal. healthy man. over
six feet tall and weighing nearly 200
pounds. am a civil engineer. the
hardy outdoor life being far removed
from dreams and morbid imaginings.
1t was on ole occasion necessary foi
me to consult lawyer, and one even
ing / met the lawyer in his Boston Of
fee to talk over matter of business.
In the course Of the conversation he
asked me Il question which | was un-|
decided about answering. stopped
a moment before replying, for consid
GRAFTON. lowering my eyes, and. when
attorney a favorite sister, dead many
years.
Her eyes were fixed on mine, her
fingers on her lips. ! instantly alb
sorbed the idea conveyed BY her sug
gestive pose and did not givethe law
yer the information be asked. AS i'll
afterward proved, 1t was greatly tel
my interest not to do so.
The lawyer shivered slightly as the
yisitant stood behind his chair and
said that there was draft through
the room.
He never knew that the sensation Of
cold conveyed to his nervous system
was breath from an unseen world.
Science has proved that light sound
and color are all the results of vibra
ton Of greater or less rapidlty. Some
of these vibrations affect our senses and