Evening star., 1922-10-26
"Our American Adventure"
Hyderville Rappings Near Rochester Earliest Impor
tant American Psychic Evidences and Deserve
Monument, Says Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN. DOYLE.
ME road from New York to the
interior lies for several hours

TIME road from New York to the
interior lies for several hours
along the left bank Of the
! Hudson river. with the won
derful basalt-like cliffs called the
Palisades upon the farther Sid" {
do not think that finer river scenery
can be found anywhere in the world.
Poughkeepsie Is passed. with its
memories OF Andrew Jackson Davis
and the spur of the Catskills where
! he claimed to have seen the form OF
Swedenborg. That particular chap
ter of his experiences was, I must
confess. very incredible to me, though
I have no doubt Of tho truth and
tons. in the course of which he, the
unread lad, gave the true number Of
the planets before the astronomers
had discovered Uranus.
1t is strange that the Harmonic
Philosophy" which has gone through
known in England. A less weighty
but more readable book 10 THE
Magic Staff" which gives the account
of Davis wonderful youth and de-
velopment from mesmerfc medical
diagnostician to a Notwithstanding
seer.
The line leaves the Hudson near
Albany. the little town which Is the
legal master of New York. Then YOU
get for many hours the beautiful Mo-
hawk valley, inhabited now by the
prosperous farmer and mechanic. but
only a couple of centuries ago by
tribe of Indians who. even in far
London. gave the very name to reck-
less lawlessness. Schenectady, Utica,
Syracuse-I had lectured in all Of
them nearly thirty years before. 1t
did not seem to me that they had
improved in the interval. and per-
haps the observation would have been
mutual.
Suggests Spiritual Memorial.
Then we passed classic Rochester,
most honorcd Of all towns and bliss
fully unconscious of 1t. 1t is much
more proud Of being the seat Of the
kodak industry than of the fact that
on its outskirts there came the hrst
systematic material touch between
the plane Of mortal and Of spirit. |.
occurred to my mind as we passed
what fine thing ii would be IL
could now, at once, start movement
here for building fine commemora-
tive obelisk upon the spot as visible
sign of cur gratitude. If every one
" ho has had comfort from the reve-
lation were to subscribe some small
coin, We could put up one OF The
greatest monuments In the world.
We all assembled outside the OBJ
servation car and tried TO imagine
which was Hydesville. but sc got no
further than noting down several old
frame houses which were exactly like
"a s,., -k1 sV1Nv rNN1 he
original house WAS removed by pious
hands and reconstructed. as ! under
stand. at Lily Dale 1t is not gen,
orally known that when it was pulled
down. or before. the bones Of the
murdered peddler and his tin box
were discovered buried in the cellar.
as was stated in the original rap
pings. The rappings were in 1s4s, the
discovery in 1909. What have our
opponentslto say to that? And how
blind are the papers. with their pages
Of base ball and foot ball. and hardly
line as to fact SO wonderful.
AS rule IL is / who have to be in
the limciight, but 1t was my wife who
now fairly took the middle of the
stage The page of the Buffalo Cour-
ier lies before me with caption
which could be read across the road.
and was read by me, right across the
dining room of the lroauois Hotel:
LADY CONAN bolLE .AOSA ol-N
HOURS.
wife of Author Rests Quietly at
Niagara Falls. Ontario Hotel.
"fran:.c Inquiry on L. 5. Side"
Parting at BuHalo.
There was a great deal more to it,
but that was the first burst. The
facts were that l was desEous that
hA
sight Of America. and 80 we all traT.
eled together until we reached Buff
falo, where l had to lecture next
evening. The rest Of the party con-
tinued the ffty-minute journey which
should land them at Niagara. where
rooms had been reserved for them at
the Prospect House on the American
shore. They were due there about
o'clock. At 9 Capt. Widdecomoe
phonad them up to see that they were
ali right and came to ne. somewhat
aghast. to say they had never ar
rived.
1t seemed to me as II q small mys-
terry tale which I once wrote where
certain train started from one juno
ton and never arrived at the next
one. never being heard of again. had
actually come back upon me- For
three hours, until nearly midnight. We
were phoning and inquiring, with no
result. We traced down the AT.
sendant of the railway car, who
swore they had all. six Of them.
landed safely at their destination. But
they had never reached the Prospect
House. Things came to such pass
that we were on the point Of order
ing & swift automobile to take US
both to Niaraga after midnight. wnen
at last a still small voice at the end
Of a thirty miles of wire put us at
our ease. A series Of incidents. which
are superfiuous. had caused them to
seek quarters in the Lafayette Hotel
upon the farther shore
1t was no laughing matter at the
moment but it gave us severa!
hearty laughs afterward. especially
when We heard of a negro porter
running up and down the platform
shouting: Lady Doyle done gone lost
herself:
No BETTER Audience.
do not remember in all my meetings