Year: 1875

DIR. Lee gives the following story in
his "Glimpses of the Supernatural.
Two persons had promised each other
that whichever of them died first would,
if possible, appear to the other. Lady
Beresford related the following result
to her son aud her granddaughter, Lady
Betty Cobbe "I have something"
she said, "of the greatest importance
to communicate to you both before /
die, period which is not far distant.
You, Lady Betty, are no stranger to the
friendship which subsisted between Lord
Tyrone and myself. We were educated
under the same roof and i'll the same
principles of deism. When the friends
into whose hands we afterwards fell en-
deavored to persuade us TO embrace Re
vealed Religion, their arguments, though
insufficient to convince, were powerful
to stagger our former feelings, and to
leave us wavering between two opinions.
In this perplexing state of doubt and
uncertainty we made solemn promise
TO each other that whichever died first
should Off permitted) appear to the
other, and declare what religion was
most acceptable to God; accordingly,
one night, while Sir Martin and myself
were in bed, l suddenly awoke and dis
covered Lord Tyrone sitting by my bed
side. / screamed out and endeavored TO
awake Sir Martin. For heavens
sake, exclaimed, Lord Tyrone, by
what means or for what reason came you
hither at this time of night2' Have
you then forgotten our promise2' said
he L died last Tuesday mt o'clock,
and have been permitted by the Su-
preme Being to appear to you to assure
you that the Revealed Religion is true,
and the only religion by which we can
be saved. L am further suffered to in
form you that you will soon produce q
son, who it is decreed will marry my
daughter not many years after
his birth Sir Martin will die and
you will marry again, and to
man by whose ill-treatment you will be
rendered miserable you will have two
daughters, and afterwards a son, in
childbirth of whom you will die in the
forty-seventh year of your age Just
heavens = L exclaimed, and cannot l
prevent this 2 Undoubtedly re-
turned the specter you are free
agent and may prevent it all by resisting
every temptation 10 second marriage !;
but your passions are strong; you know
not their power Hitherto you have had
no trials. More 1 am not permitted to
reveal, but if after this warming You per-
sist in your infidelity your lot in another
world will be miserable indeed. May
1 not ask, said l, if you are happyi?'
Had 1 been otherwise, he replied,
l should not have been permitted to
appear to you Il may, then, infer
that you are happy He smiled
But how, said l, when morning
comes, shall l know that your appear
ance to me las been real, and not the
mere representation of my own ima2i-
nationP will not the news of my
death be sufficient to convince you r
No, returned l might have had
such dream, and that dream accident
ally come to pass. L will have some
stronger proofs of its reality You
shall, said he, and, waving his hand,
the bed curtains, which were crimson
velvet, were instantly drawn through "a
large iron hoop by which the tester of
the bed was suspended. In that, he
said, you cannot be mistaken no NOR
tai arm could have performed this. ,
True said /, 'but sleeping we are
often possessed of far more strength
than when awake though waking L
could not have done it, asleep might :;
and / shall still doubt Here is a
pocket-book i'll this said he, Il will
write my name you know my hand
writing replied, Yes He wrote
with pencil on one side of the leaves.
STILL said ], in the morning 1 may
doubt though waking could not imi-
tate your hand, asleep might. You
are hard of belief, said he. Touch
would injure you irreparably; it is not
for spirits to touch mortal flesh Il do
not, said /, regard slight blemish.'
You are woman of course said he,
'hold out your hand did he struck
my wrist I; his hand was cold as marble
in a moment the sinews shrunk up,
every nerve withered. Now said
he, while you live let no mortal eye
behold that wrist to see it is sacrilege.'
He stopped / turned to him again he
was gone"


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