The evening world., 1920-12-29
CHAPTER vi.
THE PORT ARTHUR
VISION.
this story unfolds the
reader will find convincing
sthtemenia which I hnne

hullbhiueu by hplIlluhd luuueuCeH
which have a tremendous power in
moulding and shaping our lives.
Among the directors Of the Kansas
City Southern was a very dear friend
Or. Woods, President of the Bank
Of Commerce Of Kansas City, in
whom 1 often confided what the
Brownies told me. Though he would
punch me in the ribs and make a
joke OF my messages, he believed In
them. The fact that he backed them
with his powerful influence and hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars Is PROOF
Of his belief, But the Doctor said it
was inspiration. l wish at that time
had been aware that the definition
of inspiration was spiritual influ-
ences." One Of my Philadelphia di-
rectors called me a prophet. The die
tionary definition Of prophet Includes
this sentence, THE Old Testament
written b. the prophets" Any num-
| Der Of these prophets assert that
their prophesies came in dreams--sO
IL inspiration Is spiritual Influences,
and am a prophet should It be
thought surprising that l receive in
dreams messages from spirits2 =
The Port Arthur message was not
only a message, but for the first
time ! saw vision. IN later years
they have become more frequent as
/ shall relate later Sir Arthur
| Conan Doyle showed me a photo
graph OF his spirit son which had
| been taken. developed and printed by
| himself. / compared it with n photo
| graph OF his son taken before he
| died and II was very good likeness,
While the Kansas City Southern
/ Railroad was under construction,
/ plans for the connections 70 be made
/ for New Orleans and Galveston were
\ under way. / had secured the op-
/ tion to buy the Houston, East 8
! West Texas Railroad that ran from
! Shreveport TO Houston where II made
connection for Galveston. had been
to Galveston end had taken mp the
matter of terminals with the Calves
ton Terminal Company.
| had read in some book that the
Indians said that the island on which
Galveston was located had been twice
covered by water before there was a
city on the island, but this did not
influence me against making Calves
ton our terminal.
The purchase of the Houston, East
6S West Texas Railroad seemed Iesir-
able and l called a meeting OF the
directors TO approve the purchase.
The night after sending out the no
tice of the meeting, l received the
following message in my sleep:
do not purchase the Houston,
East and West Texas Railroad,
but build directly south from
Shreveport through the virgin
forests of Louisiana. Locate your
terminal city on the north shore
| of Sabine Lake. Connect with
! deep water via canal from your
terminal city. Build the canal the
same width at the top. the same
depth and the same width at the p
bottom as the Suez Canal. Dig
1t on the west shore of the lake
and put the earth on the east
bank to protect the canal from
any storm. for Galveston win
some day be destroyed by q tidal
wave"
1 also saw in a vision a perfect
map Of the canal, docks and turning
basin just as they exist to-day-not
the slightest change.
A few days later I made up my
mind to go to Sabine Pass, as the
I owners Of this property wished me TO
make this our terminal point. In the
party were my wife, Miss Waterfall OF
Philadelphia, Mr.. Jack c. Taylor, the
London secretary of the road, and a
few others making a very pleasant
party. Mr.. Taylor had absolute faith
. in my visions, but was in mortal fear
that would mention them to some OF
the hard-headed and conservative
stockholders.
, While at Sabine Pass was told NJ
the violent storms that had twice de-
stroyed that village, and / then gave
p up any idea OF ever making that
point our terminal. We then started
north ON our way to Kansas City
over the Southern Pacific, whose
tracks skirted the west shore OF Sa-
I bine Lake, where we built the Port
Arthur Canal, which now provides n
safe harbor for ships from all parts
OF the world-all contours Of the
shore were just as l had seen them
r in my vision.
| 1 turned to Mr.. TayloE. pointing 70
] the north shore of tho lake, four
J miles away, and said, "There Is the
future terminal OF our road, There
/. will be the docks,"-pointing 70 the
land where they now exist. 1 was
so convinced Of the Brownies plan
Y that / did not stop the train to in
T, vestigate further, but the following
week sent competent real estate mon
+, to purchase the land on which Port
1 Arthur is now located. We paid the
' lprincely sum Of 81 an acre-$2S, 900 for
r the 1000 acres, which is now worth
millions.
q When the Directors meeting wa =
called to vote on the purchase of'tha
c Houston, East & West Texas Rail
y road, the vote was unanimously ner-
> ative. ] then explained the adyan
70 tage OF a land-loCked harbor on the
n north shore Of Sabine Lake and IN,
. Directors then and there subscribed
s $4,000 and authorized the woll,
started at once.
u My faith in the Brownies direc
! tiOns had enabled me to carry cor
q viction to the Directors and as N bv
q magic there arose great elevators
$ warehouses, docks and piers, and tho
u prosperous and progressive city OF
Port Arthur, to which the Brownies
o had told mo to give my first name
Z. This may not he the only city ever
u located and built under directions
u from the spirit world, but II is IN
= doubtedly the only one 90 recoEnized
. and acknowledged
e Read to-morrow's remarkable
n iastalmsnt.