The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

thought "IIad sho accepted q sasohoE
or heard tho cry OF 4 cock when the =
gun was down" s5s%yss5
Always when I awoke Quota was
standing by tho bodpost on ray grandn8
mothers sido. and Tidy by tho ppst
on my sido of tho bed, .S5fs 81
Ono morning my post had no cups
porter. and as raised myseif up
Quota whispersd: "TiIdy's through.
quito comprehendod from Quotta's
expression that to DO through WIS
very nice. and % she pointed TO tho
window jumped UP and went to.S
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There was Tidy. below. surrounded
by men and women. shaking hands
with every ono and telling her experi-SS
ence with cheerful vohIbility.
Quota and I watched this acens
eagerly. and OF q sudden Quotas fccl-g
lnss hurst the bounds OF proprIety and +
shs shrieked: "ola miss!-Tildy done
got reiision.'
It broke like bomb upon the still {
room, and startled my grandmother
from her dignihed alun,ber.
No sooner had Tidy gained her rich
ana awful experience. and drawn her
foot from tho miry clay and placed
them upon tho rock OF ages. than
Quota got "trtcked." She had seens
two BticSs crossed at her house door.
| and although she had put them down
almost the minute sho had picked thom
up, the mischief was done. She
| couldn't get well until she saw tho con-
juror going away In fire, ana It took
= long time for her to do that.
These strnngo experiences In the
lives Of my faithful friends. and the
sufferings consequent thereto, Fastened
my reflections upon tho supernatural.
and from that moment to this have
aspircd TO ho "percipient," and have
| eagerly listened to tho evidential tcsti-a
! mony of spirltistic communication.
a psychical phenomenon which has
como within my experience Is the de-
parturc OF tho spirit of a living person
! or the perception OF that certain per-
| son in an entirely different spot from
whero tho real body is; in other words,
scnsory perception OF tho astral body.
| or bilocation.
Our old housekeep - Miss LUCY
| Flowers--was for many years on the
| retired list. She never came down uu-E
| less tho day was warm. and rarely
| even then One day at dinner (thS
windows Save on a long. wide veranda)
| all Of us saw Miss Lucy limping uD
and down the porch. She wore snuff
! brown cape. walked with stick which
clicked on tho floor. and upon her head
was white wool nubia.
| eco and ask Sliss lucy IL sho has
been to dinnor," my grandfather said
to tho servant
"She amt there" the servant do
poued when he returned.
Later Misa LUCY assured us that sta.
had not moved all day; end Qustta de-
posed also that at dinner time she and.
Miss Lucy had been winding yarn. u
| Miss Lucy evidently had projected d
phantasm into our presence.
[ At ono tlrne wo had several guests
among them a lady ind her little girl
billion Byrd McGandlish. A long walk
had bean planned Cor certain even
ing, but tho little gtrl--quite Of an ago
with ule--sot very naughty. and in
stead OF BEING allowed to so to walk,
| was put upon y "Crlckat" behind a hluo
and gold moroon curtain which hung,
from tho drawing-room window.
Wo walked along n white Lowell road
which was sllirtcd by n grove OF scrub
by plum bushes. Just before we reach
ed tho plum bushes Ellen Byrd
emerged thcrefrom and went skipping
UP tho road.
Sho waa about two hundred yards
ahead OF us. Her hair was red and
bohbed saily az she ran along, and TIM
blues and greens or her plaid frocls
wore worry plain.
Her mother called her Justify, and
was most indignant at her disob ed !ence.
Mono Of the party could understand
how shs got so far ahead. Suddenly
sho darted into tho woods and disap-
Dcarcd. ~
| When we returned homo ELLEN Byrd
was behind the blue and gold curtatn,
her sunny head upon tho window seat
| and har eyes closed.
Tier mother chided her for her decep-
ton, but soon secured ample proof that
Ellen Byrd had never moved from hey
scat.
I suppose her desire to be with tho
party was so strong that 1t projected
| n telcpathlo vision on tho country.
road.
After was married my husband. a
| gentleman friend and had u curious
midday Vision.
| Ny husband---a lawwer--had q cliena
Mfr HInklc--w'ho on the day before
had informed him that ho should start
| on the morrow Ctho day OF our eI-
perience) for Philadelphia to bring his
wife and two daughters home.
AS wo throo walked along a narrow
road to tha courthouse wa heard tho
rumble OF a vehicle behind Present..
| ~ Mr.. IIinkle's well known horses
came in sight: one iron gray. the other
black. In the carriage. which was
four seated and open sat Mr., and Mrs.
| lTinkle on tho front seat. and the two
girls behind.
| Tho gentlemen lifted their hats, and
called: "You arc back sooner than
you expected" The occupants OF tho
carriage seemed not TO hear. but drovsH
very rapidly past. F3
| Tho Courthouse one street Vil.i
laSe-was In sight. There was no turn
of the road before 1t was reached. We
| saw tho carriage roll into tho village,
and my husband Quickened his pace. for
he was confident that Mr.. Hinkle wish
cd to SEQ him; but the carriage had not
stopped, nor had IL boon seen by any.
OF the half-dozcn 1oungers who werg
about the strcat
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this fact established. There was no