Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-11
WARNED BY SPECTERS
One Persons Three Experiences
With Ghosts.
THE SPIRIT OF HIS SISTER.

World Aided the Brother In Deciding
an Important Legal Question-The
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 a family to different men,
bers of which have become visible at
times those appearances which for
want of a better name are known as
GHOSTS" 1t is at least possible that
the superstition regarding the second
sight of one born with a 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
" in dress, appearance and manner
that listeners would instantly recog-
nize departed friends, gone over years
before my uncles 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 evil
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. l was so young that
I still wore dresses and was in charge
| of a nurSemaid who was In the habit
of receiving visits from Annie, 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 l cried, pointing di-
rectly to Annie's grave: ooh, Maggie,
J there is Annie! She is waving her
hand for us to come over to her!' 1
| broke away from my nurse and ran to,
! the cemetery fence. She caught me,
/ up and ran in 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 | 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, a 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 8 in the evening 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 l sat spellbound at this
strange sight in the rift of the wall
against the background of the night
stood my friend as l had last seen him,
Just as in life He waved his hand to
me in token of farewell stood looking
at me a moment and gently the vision
faded.
l said to my roommate. who had
seen nothing: "Charlie is dead. have
just seen him." The next morning a
telegram to the school said that he had
died the night preceding.
| In the third instance | had grown to
'
six feet tall and weighing nearly 200
pounds. l am a civil engineer, the
hardy outdoor life being far removed
from dreams and morbid imagnings.
| 1t was on one occasion necessary for
me to consult a lawyer, and one even
! ing 1 met the lawyer in his Boston of
| fee to talk over a matter of business.
| In the course of the conversation he
asked me a question which ! was uns
decided about answering. I stopped
a moment before replying, for consid-
Grafton, lowering my eyes, and, when
| l raised them, there stood behind the
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 give the law
yer the information he asked. As it
afterward proved, it was greatly to
my interest not to do so.
The lawyer. shivered slightly as the
visitant stood behind his chair and
said that there was a draft through
the room.
He never knew that the sensation Of
| cold conveyed to his nervous system
was a breath from an unseen world.
Science has proved that light sound
| and color are all the results of vibra-
ton Of greater or less rapidity. Some
of these vibrations affect our senses and
we see, hear or feel their effects. But
| what of the vast space filed with those
vibrations which affect none of our