Year: 1871

waiting, he arrives The lady then asks
him II he knows anything about the sender
of the message, and he replies that he no
ticcd the gentleman who sent the dispatch
and thdt his appearance and behavioof wer6
Olike mysterious and uncommon,


Being asked to describe him, he replied
that the gentleman was tall, with dark hair
and goatee. He wore no hat and his half
md clothes were in disorder. His face was
Oshy pale, and he bore the mark of severe,
and dangerous wound In the forehead.
Another popularity the young man ots
served was that he wrote with the lefthand
and his arm seemed TO hang loosely and
helpless at his side. At this she becomes
somewhat alarmed. ami asks the yoih6
man II he had seen anything npfe ot this
mysterious Individual. The cletk answered
by saying that while he had turned his
back to put the telegram on his. desk hO
found the man with tho wound on his fore
head gone though it was only tlie space Of
second. At this moment the stationmaster
entered the Office, and ascertaIning the drift
of her inquiries, asked her to step aside
with him. He asked her whom she was
seeking, and on her replying that 1t was
her husband. he produced locket and
asked her If she knew It, She recognized
1t as token Of affection that she had pre-
scented to him during their couttship, and
1t contained portrait of herself She was
much agitated at the sight Of this relic
and dstractedly entreated the station'mas.
ter to tell her anything lie might know
of the whereabouts OF the OWNER Of the
locket. In ns delicate HAMMER hs he
could be related the story of the accident,
and added that the locket was detached
from the watch.chaiu of the deceased
She still hardly believed that her husband
was the unfortunate victim Of the accident,
and In q state of the most intense agitation
asked to view the body,


The .station.innstor accompanied her to
the baggage room, where 1t lay, and to her
horror and grief, found her worst feafs
confirmed. There lay the inanimate body
Of him who had been her husband but one
shor. month, and who had 80 recently left
her In the full enjoyment Of youth and
health. In spite OF the distraction Of her
mind, she could not fail TO perceive that
the form before her answered exactly the
description given by the telegraph clerk Of
tho mysterious stranger


There was the dreadful confused mark
on the forehead. The dress and hair in
disorder. Tho faco with the dismal pallor
of death, and II last confirmation wero
needed, the right ann hung crushed and
shattered. She eagerly questioned the
etation.master as to whether her husband
bad been able to move after the accident,
but the men who had succored him to the
last added their testimony ns 10 his last


words, and the security Of the fastenings


upon the door Of the room where the body


had been placed after death.


The men had left the room at $50 pro-
clsely and 1t was at that hour that the mos
sage had been sent There could be no


longer any doubt. The supreme will and


wish Of tho dying man had prevailed over


Nature, and one Of those wonderful occur.


rences which sometimes though rarely


happen--hIs discmbodied spirit 'was per.


mitted by the powers above to communi'


cate with the being who was his nll in this


world. With the assistance of several


gentlemen who offered their sympathy and


aid, the body was enclosed In coffin, and


the griefstricken widow had the heroism


to accompany II herself to New York


never losing sight Of II for moment until


she arrived homo. The friends Of the


family wero notified In the usual way, aud


the burial took place In the family vault


nt Greenwood. Not word however, wat


said about the wonderful telegram, partly


from the feeling that the story would moi


be credited, but mostly TO restrain curiosity


from public visiting and ovcrrunnipg the


house and the family. Yet here was m
event which surpassed any connings OF Q


romancers brain. Not ono but dozer


could certify to the fact that these eventI
occurred In Port Jervis. The telegraph


operator had neither heard nor seen any
thinG Of the accident TO Edward Glover


and II he had, could not have sent o tele
gram to the house in Twcnty.sccond street
His description Of the details OF the sending
OF the message and the more than suddeI


departure Of the man who sent IL, whicl
had occurred while the clerk simply turneC
his head, oil seemed 10 corroborate th
truth that some more than natural even
had occurred, which could not remain OK


planned by any human hypothesis.


One week had passed over these events
, The family had not recovered from th


fearful excitement which this supernatura


aifhir Ind created. The telegram remnine'
as much unexplained as on the day Of II
!. reception. Mrs. Fanny Glover, the prett.
:. widow, uuconsolable ns che was for Oh
loss of her husband, whom sho dearly love
a was still as thunderstruck by the strang
manner in which she had received the now
!. Of the death.


There was mixed with the horror o
= the dcoth sickly presentment Of som
:, coming disaster. 1t was impossible 70
: nny to imagine q solut on for the strang
; mystery, and all kinds Of escsrehcs wer
/, but on foot 10 obtain reasonable oxpl'
;. nation Of the afIh r. but 70 no purpos'
Tho first few days were passed In doubt
y and fears, and the family still had som
= strange hope that oven the dead mo
a might c,mo to life as hc was described b
q the telegraph operator ut Port Jervi


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