Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-22

was met Dy lHe StdDle poy, WIN lOlu
me that my mother, who had been an
invalid for several years, was much
worse. It was the fall Of the year, and
I remember noticing, as 1 passed
leaves had accumulated in front Of it,
and as 1 walked through them thought
that I must see that the gardener had
them removed the next morning.
Il did not enter the house at once,
but sat down on q bench on a side
porch, thinking I would collect myself
after the shock Of the stable boys
news, before going into my mothers
room.
My mother was a very charitable
woman and was greatly beloved.
Among her pensioners was a Mrs.
Brown, a poor widow, dead for several
years at the time Of which am speak
ing. This poor woman had been an
especial pet and beneficiary Of my
mothers.
"As sat idly looking out into the
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come down the lane and pass
through the gate was especially
struck with the fact that whel. she
passed through the pile Of dead leaves
there was not a rustic Of a leaf, so
far as could hear. She was dressed
in black and came on quickly down the
walk and passed me with face averted,
going into the house. She did not
make sound, and passed so near me
as almost to brush against me.
seemed to recognize something vaguely
familiar in the figure.
Presently, without a sound, she
again, going as she had come, through
the leaves and on up the lane. I reused
myself, wondering if I could have
been dreaming, and went into the
house, washed my face and hands and
went down to mothers room.
"As bent to kiss her and asked SOL
icitously If she were feeling better, she
said:
"'Oh, much better! All day 1 have
been suffering so with my head, but q
little while ago 1 thought that Mrs
Brown came in here and bent over me
and laid her hand on my head and
soothed all the pain away, and now
am in no pain at all"
Then realized that the figure that
had seemed so familiar was that OF
Mrs. Brown, dead many years before
but who, I do firmly believe, entered
my mothers sick room that night and
ministered to her."
Il was visiting relatives in North
Carolina" one of the group said. lone
of the girls whom 1 was visiting had
given a party and we had been very
gay all the evening, so I had gone to
bed with no sense Of uneasiness about
any member Of my family, who were
in distant state, and, so far as knew
we'll and happy.
Il dreamed that I saw my mother
lying on her bed, white and Ill, and
about her all her children gathered
with the exception of myself. thought
I stood far off, struggling to get to her
through heavy white mist that SEEM
ed to hold me imprisoned. The dream
came to me three times and at day
light I arose and went to my aunt's
room, telling her Of the vision and the
anxiety 1 felt about my mother.
"The family tried to laugh me out
Of my fears, but persisted in my be-
lief that my mother was Ill. No bad
tidings came that day, but several
days later I received letter, written
on the night of my dream, telling me
that my mother had been taken Ill
suddenly and her life despaired Of that
night, but was pronounced out of dan
ger at the time Of nay sisters writing
All of the children but myself had been
gathered about her bedside, and be-
lieve my mothers spirit called to me
through space that night"