The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-10
SPIRIT EXPOSES
THE YES IN
INDIA
Curious Yarn & Told About
Bride Used AZ Medium
IN Revelations
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CALCUTTA, Oct. 10.~A story q
spirit manifestation that IS unidue
even ii this land of mysterious
happenings ana supernatural beliefs
comes from PuruIla. ! district town
IN eastern Bengal,
The story has quite prosaic
beginning, and centers around an
ordinary Indian marriage Of chi.
dren 81 fourteen and seventeen in
which. as usual. love bore No part.
Pundarik, the son 81 4 weIl-knoNn
family az the grocer cast. d pro-
fession handed down from father to
son through countless centuries
was welded To meek ana modest
daughter or local celebrity Of
the same caste. After the marriage
the bride came to the bridegrOOmlsa
family house enid the customary
rejoicing and apparently everything
was az Il should be.
Brides Manner Changes
The moment the bride entered
the house, however, she began to
show signs OF great excitement.
Her dcmeanor changed from that
OF tho meek and modest maiden ~
that Of dornineering parsonage
Calling upon the father and the
bridegroom to come to her, she
peremptoriIy ordere.l him to tell
another respectable elder Of the
community to come to her. Amid
great excitement, this elder was
brought, when she fiercely turned
upon him with What have you
done, you rascal, with the property
you stole from my house. and
followed this up by accusing him
Of stealing various ANTIQUE vessels
and dishes.
The old man was taken anack
and tried to laugh II Off She
fiercely INTERRUPTED him. ask.n &,
DO you doubt my statement1 Re
member. i am Juanendra Baishya
and it was my property which YOU
stole. did not know when w.
alive that you had removed the
fI1inra. but later watched you
visft the place and found you out
hut up TIL now could not fln0
a11vhodv who could be used az g IT
Instr1meuk through which cOul1
sneak. But now this girl has CONS
ana shall insist on my properly
being returned.
ss, The story goes on that Juanendra
Baishya was the grandfather q the
brfdegrOom and had long been dead.
.Tha other old man was his 1r1en0
ana rival in business. and when the
vn,Tnr bride accused him with All
mis- wealth of detail he had no r..
collrsa but to confess and pray 1or
forgiveness.
Enjoys 3 Field Day
Z AnnarentIv old Juanendra deter
naIred fO make this happy occasion
3 fieId dav now that he had found
snn1ebofIy through whom to vent his
ury.afh. No sooner had the elder con.
feasad. proceeds the story than the
uirl charged the eldest son Of old
Juanendra, who was present at the
celebrations, with stealing his
Juanendra' gold and keeping y G0r
himself instead OF dividing II
amongst the rest OF the family. the
son turned pale and denied this. bus
the old man, still speaking through
the girl, followed his accusation up
with such wealth Of detail that ne
soon confessed and pleaded Tor 10r-
gtYeness.
For q while everybody was silent,
while the spirit apparently pondered.
Then IL spoke. III expiatiOn is
done / win forgive all and not come
back again. But Il not, shall
come back and there are other
revelations that can be made.
Everything then became normal.
md the erstwhile daughter-in-law
became her meek and modest sell
e According Acc to the local gossipa.
both the elder and the son gave ND
their ill-gotten gains, and old Juan
endra has not visited the family
since.
ADyTRTIsEMENT