The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01


Denver, Colo, April 3O.-"Margie."
the little spirit playmate of Corinne
! Alberta Mayheld, 5-year- old daughter
/ of A. U. Mayfeld, a newspaper man
| of this city concerning which an ar
ticIe appeared in this paper a few
weeks ago, has created a wide interest
among people who read the story and
want to know more about the strange
visitation of the spirit companion Of
! the little Denver girl. Hundreds Of
letters have poured into the Mayfie1d
residence, at 1865 Josephine street
and dozens of persons have called
either out of curiosity or sincerity.
The article which brought about this
food Of inquiries told of the mysteri
Gus psychic powers of the little girl,
and of how she daily played with an
ina ginary or spiritual playmate she
always calls by the name of "Margie.'
This little invisible companion, which
Corinne Alberta describes as being a
mere child like herself has been the
constant playmate of the Denver girl
since she was one year old, at which
time she first began to lisp the name
of "Margie." The parents make no at !
tempt at solving the mystery, but
many students in psychology have
ventured the assertion that the play |!
mate is a reality and not mere i'm
agination.
Accounts of some of the strangest |
coincidents in connection with the |
mysterious appearance of the spirit !
child, have come in the mail. One |
letter. written by a very earnest and |
intelligent woman from Rochester, n. |
Y, recounts story that is even more
little Denver girl.
Strange Story
The letter is directed to Mrs. May
field, and in part is as follows.
Dear Mrs. Mayfield 4 few days
ago I read about your little girl, Co
rhine Alberta, who has an invisible
little playmate called 'Margie.'
ct could not forget It; ii is 50
strange. The picture of your little girl
which appeared in the newspa per
looks like a little girl we lad whose
name was 'Margie,' with beautiful yell
low curls and eyes the color of violet.
She died in June, 1911. She, too. had
great talent for drawing and had she
lived, We believe, would have made an
artist.
when Margie was first taken sick
she used to say q little girl was in the
room with her, dressed in white with
white shoes and stockings. 1t hap
pened to be Sunday when she began
saying she wanted white shoes and
stockings like that other little girl. She
called for them all da wand we could
not get them Git being Sunday, and
when Monday came and we could get
them for her, she never knew it.
Dear little Margie, when we laid
her away she had on her last pair
IF white shoes and stockings.
"At the time Margie was sick our
,ther little child. seven months old,
whom Margie loved dearly, was very
II, and we did not expect him to re- !
cover. 1 was sitting alone in the room
With baby in my arms and though
Iargie had been buried two days. I
heard her call out to me:
"Baby's better, mamma
TT was just dawn, and I heard her
speak as plainly as l ever did when
he was here.
"I am not spiritualist, but I know
dargie's spirit came back then, and 1
annot help but wonder does that little
pirit visit your Corinne? :
"She was such a dear, and strangers c
AVE remarked that she looked like d I
airy. IN fact. many in Rochester Z
allied her The Little Fairy She died b
With the sweetest smile on her face $
nd no one could doubt but that Mar :
lie was happy" Il
One From kentucky, d
Another strange story comes from |,
Irs. K. McGovern, who writes from
Zee. KY, in part as follows: n
sixteen years ago our little Mar d
arete, seven, small for her age, was q
urned to death by getting too near .,
n open crate. A few weeks later a Il
amily living here claimed a little girl. y
II in white. visited their home one fl
sunday evening just after dark. and b
he description they gave was that of !
ur little Margie. a.
They said she came in at an open ii
yindovv and left the Same uav Said IA
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dlo not oeAeVe it-that Margle would D