The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

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IVY live so much In the unreal
w the fanciful consciousness
that 1t would seem that ",
live simultaneously in two worlds
have had strange experiences with
q. the two worlds clamoring for recog
milton. The material, the every day
matterof-fact Consciousness, / have
seen frequently thrust aside to give
place to the spiritual, all-knowing In
telligence.
! suppose everyone must have wit
messed some unusual phenomenon oc
casionally. What am about to re
late, however, is my psychic problem
which has been one of the inexplica
bic things Of my life.
From the time was years old
until my l4th year, was attended
by familiar spirit" which the
spiritual mediums call guide" We
were living in Rome at the time that
this very old witch" or spiritual
guardian first made her appearance.
1t took me some time before learned
that no one else of our family group
could see her or hear her talk. Even at
that early age had dread of her.
She was never welcome. and I was
glad when she left the room. She had
no regular time for her visits, com.
ing sometimes when had gone to
bed or when l was at play, and SO
often when the other members OF the
family were present that 1t was hard
for me to believe that they could not
see her. She frequently told me
things or events of the day which
we're happening. If thought OF her
conversation at all, It was to babble
the news in a childish way to the
family at meals.
Spirits First Prophecy.
remember that. one OF my
guides first prophecies to me was
about cur little calf. We we're as.
sembled about the breakfast table
when said:
"our calf died last night"
The coachman had not yet made
his appearance at the house and
there was no way for me to know
except by his information. The mem.
bers Of the family looked at each
other knowingly, and father asked
me how knew, as had Just arisen.
why the old lady told me-" an.
swered.
My prophecy was ignored and the
matter dropped until the coachman
verified my information about an
hour later. Then father took me ON
his knee and asked me to tell him
all about the "old LADY," She was
about the house SO much that could
not comprehend the fact that no one
else saw her. tried to explain her
to father as best could. told him
that sometimes could hear, away
off in the distance, a buzzing noise
that usually accompanies an aero
plane. Then. after little while,
could see sher coming. first like a
tiny speck in the Sky, until she came
closer and closer. It seemed to me
that she rode on large spool deco
rated with ribbons and l thought the
tapping ribbons made the noise. You
may call It the Imagination Of a child
II you will, but when my guides"
communications were voiced to me
and verified by my family after a
matter of few, hours, the interest
lin my ghostly visitor grew apace.
and would be taken into the family
councils for more catechism. got
20 annoyed by her visits and their
subsequent effect upon the members
OF our family that l did not always
tell about them. dreaded her daily
calls.
Spirit Guide" Foretells Death.
One day while at the dinner table /
reinembe:. that 1 bl,irted out the in.
formation that "Mrs. B was
dead" This news was received with
smiles and my sister said: "oh. no.
you are mistaken, for mother has
Just received letter from her hus-
band saying that she was much bet
ter. You are wrong this time"
Mrs. B. had been neighbor
and was one of mothers friends. She
had been quite III. and on the doc.
tors advice had moved to a villa not
tar from Rome wnere the climate
was considered beneficial to sufferers