The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

this phase of occult things is mentioned.
and not even Hudson with his conscious
and sub-conscious mind theory, in his
Psychic Phenomena, can explain them.
While sitting quietly In his homo en-
gagged with his studies, one of my college
mates was started by ticking noise
near his window. 1t was the sound, APP
parently, of telegraphic key. His in
vestigatlon revealed no cause for the
sound, and yet there is was plainly audi
BILE and indisputable. 1t continued for
some time. No one could be found out
side the building, and neither outside nor
inside was there discoverable cause to
produce the clicking. A few hours after
the rat-a-tat had ceased my college
mate received telegraphic message an
nouncing the death of his father.
For special reasons I shall withhold
the names Of the persons of whom I am
about to write. Suffice lit that I say I
knew them all, and my intimacy with the
family was so close as to enable me to
vouch for the occurrence of which
write.
Mr.. Y. had long been dead. He had
left widow, who survived him many
years. She was mentally one of the most
remarkable women that ever knew. She
had fund Of knowledge. an acquaint-
ance with books, and mental penetra-
ton that were amazing. have a reason
for stating these facts; that reason is.
that such a woman as she was could not
be easily deceived by anything. One
night long after her husbands death.
she was awakened by the sense of a
presence near her bed. She became wide
awake Immediately and looked towards
the foot of the bed. and there. somewhat
elevated above the floor, stood her hus-
band. So distinct was the figure and SO
filled with awe was she that she turned
away her face and waited for a long
time thinking that he would disappear.
She looked again; he still stood there,
looking down upon her. She then averted
her face. and drawing the sheet over her
head, looked no more, but waited for
dawn, when he was gone. The daughter
of Mrs. Y. lived in Idaho, over $500 miles
from her mother. About three nights
after the occurrence l have described,
some friends at this daughters homo
asked her to exercise her mediumistic
ability, which she did. and in very little
while there was what they called, a
spirit q am using their phraseology) was
written out, and was the full name of
Mr.. Y Upon being asked IL he had
seen mother" he proceeded to give an
account of his visit to her on the night
of which I have written. and of her re-
ception of him. This he gave in most
startling details. The daughter there
after wrote the facts 70 her mother. ask
ing what 1t meant. Tho reply was that
the facts had been related by the daugh-
ter as they had occurred. Now, no mes
sage had been sent to the daughter, nor
could a letter have journeyed the thou
sands of miles In the short time between
the scene in Mrs. US room and the
strange recital Of what took place In the
home of her daughter in Idaho. How do
7 explain It? I have no explanation, and
no answer, except that which Hamlet
gave to Horatio when the latter told of
the ghost
Horatio: ''Yet once me thought 1t lifted
up its head
And did address itself to notion like as
1t would speak;
But even then the morning cock crew
loud,
And at the sound 1t shrunk in haste
away,
And vanished from our sight
Hamlet: '"T1s very strange"
I had an experience once in my home