, 1925-01-25
SPIRIT TELLS
HIRED MAN T0|
HOLD TO FARM
Mrs. Phoebe Simon In.
tended Him to Have
1t, He Claims.
By EDNA MARSHALL.
Copyright. 1895. Consolidated Pres
Association.)

AoSONtuliOll.f D.
EAST HAMPTON. Conn, Jan. .
The village volunteer psychiatrist
sit by the hour around the CLOWN
stove in the handy store discus
Ing the nature Of the tic that bring
Mrs, Phoebe Simon's spirit back {
talk with Herbert Lyman. her hire
man. to advise him to keep posse,
sion OF the farm she left unwille
when she died six months ago.
Folks around about East Hanpto
seemingly neve doubt for n me
ment that Phoebe Simon actual,
comes to Herb to tell him to ham
on-not 20 give the farm up to he
daughter, with whom she quarrele'
In her life time.
Tall. spare, her white hair combe
straight back from her brow. sh
stood before him In all the realnes
OF her earthly form again las
night. the prosecuted Herb allowet
today.
"Stayv' she reiterated her com
mand. You Will not lose you
home"
And then Get married. FIN.
some nice girl with brown hair anc
brown eyes. With her 10 make ID
coy for you and you to tend tho
fields and stock. you can mako muci
Of the little farm"
So the townsfolk pouring in =
steady stream to Herbs place TO see
how he progresses. ~heard-and sc
they have believed.
There is nothing strange nhou,
his vision, Herb declares.
II came to her when / was just
u boy. 20 years DID," he said. In be.
ginning his story to the writer. 81
was n boarder. paying 81 n week,
working in the big Bell factory. That
was after her husband had died.
She had no n to run tho farm for
her. go In my odd moments I did
the work. Then l gave up my fac
tory job and worked for her for my
keep. We shared and shared alike
that's all-the homo and products
OF my work.
"She was 80 years older than
and ] played the son to her. But
we never went anywhere. We
stayed here on the farm, talking and
working and reading together. We
scarcely ever had n cross word aud
were closer than any man and
woman for miles about. We shared
every thought and finally. we go,
so near we did % have to tell our
thoughts. We know without II
| word.
"One day. a year or so ago. whef
she was none too we'll. she said 10
me. she said:
Herb. II anything happens 10
me. this place Is to be yours. My
daughter won't have my of Il. AND
III como back and tell you how /
am. You'll never have 10 worry
THAT'S why she's come. you see
he offered quietly.
-Four times. Herb said, Phoebe y
spirit awakened him from his slecl
in the little bed In his old room that
is almost all the furniture left IN
tho house since Mrs. May Purcell.
the daughter. and II. q. Hills. post
mastre and administrator. have beer
trying to dispossess him to clear VI
the estate.
Each time in the dream, he has
heard her gentle call "Yoohoo'' sum
mon him TO dinner. us of old. II,
has seen them sitting opposite cncl
other at the table. talking OF sundrs
things. she looking like herself cN
cept that the small pox scars whici
married her face arc gone. And. Tin
ally. sho has stood and touched hi
hair and told him to ,''hang on am
remember she wanted the farm {,
be his"
More than twenty times, Phoebe
spirit has crystallized out OF ths
quiet OF the kitchen as he sat theft
at night. trying TO keep warm. ne
cording to Herbs story. and he Ina.
answered freely the questions she
has asked, which could be heard bs
no other mortal ears.
Thursday, she came again.
I've thought It all out, Herb NJ;
quoted the spirit as saying. "Yur
must get married. Find n nice gir
with dark brown hair and whcr
you're settled down. they won't trs
to put you out. I'm sorry tiis
shock came so sudden | couldn'i
make no will. But It will DO al
rlg hit. all right
This is not Herbs first experience
In spiritual realms. he told tho wri
ter. Two years ago, when he WA
sitting In the living room. thinking
things over. he heard three hnocl
upon the door. lie rose TO open 81
and saw a vision OF his father lyinp
on a sick bed and then being ilftct
into a coffin.
HE and | were close. too Herr
explained" and when l told Phocb,
OF It. abe said It was impossible an,
we figured how II could be. Tht
next day. I heard that Pa had dice
in tho same place and way l saw
him at the time tho vision came
He came back to talk TO me often