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THE DRUMMERS' STORY
Alice Bodington in the Open Court. I will
now give an account of some of the more remarkable stories
given by Mr. Myers; promising that none are admitted by the
Society for Psychical Research except such as are signed by
the percipients are attested to as genuine signatures by
their friends. The first instance given by Mr. Myers of an
apparition is related by a commercial traveller of Boston.
Nothing could be more different from the ordinary Christmas
ghost story; there was no motive in the appearance of the
phantom, nor was it seen in the place where she died, nor
did it follow any time-honored rate. But one slight
incident connected with the apparition is most remarkable,
and difficult, I think, to explain away on any other
hypothesis than that the participant was was influenced by
his dead sister. Mr. F. G. relates that his only sister,
to whom he was strongly attached, had died a year or so
before the incident; which follow. He says he had
"drummed" the city of St. Joseph, Mo., very successfully,
and had consequently returned to his hotel in a thoroughly
contented frame of mind. His thoughts were of his
orders, and how pleased his house would be with their large
amount. He continues: |
February 7, 1892
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"While writing out my orders I suddenly became conscious that
someone was sitting on my left with one arm resting on the table.
Quick as a flash I turned and distinctly saw the form of my dead
sister, and for a brief second or so looked her squarely in the
face; and so sure was I that it was she that I sprang forward in
delight, calling her by name, and as I did so the apparition
suddenly vanished. She appeared as if alive. Her eyes
looked kindly and naturally into mine." Mr. F. G. says that he was
so much impressed with what occurred that he took the next train
home. His father, a man of strong good sense, was inclined to
ridicule him. But when Mr. F. G. mentioned having distinctly
seen a "bright, red line or scratch" on his sister's face, his
mother rose trembling to her feet and nearly fainted away. As soon
as she recovered her self-possession, she exclaimed with tears
running down her face that he had indeed seen her sister, as no
living mortal but herself was aware of that scratch, which she had
accidentally made while doing some little act of kindness after her
daughter's death. Neither Mr. F. G's father nor any of his
family were aware of the incident, "yet," he says, "I saw the
scratch as bright as if just made." A few weeks later the
mother died, happy in the belief that she should rejoin her favorite
daughter. Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, New York -
February 7
1892
The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity..
Emily Dickinson, The Bustle in a House
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