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CREEPY YARNS.COLD BY THE DISCIPLES OP ‘ PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.doldierly Ghosts Revisit by the Glimpses of the Moon.rra/'two!8t Otn the i eur-Tlic Society for Psychical Resereh held a meeting: in Boston the other night, which attracted a large number of enthusiasts. .They listened with great interest to the reading by Secretary Hodgson of abridged versions of papers by Frank Podmoro, and F. W. II. Myers on “Phantasms of the Dead.’7The two distinguished psychologists explained tho numerous cases of super-nominal phenomena to 6uit themselves in very long, very deep and very involved documents. But some of the stories wore of the thrilling variety suposcd to be purely fictional.No. 1. An English army officer bid farewell to Mnj. J. P., with whom he was intimate, cn tho cvc of the latter’8 departure to the seat of war in the Transvaal, they mutually promising to meet again. Taking up the words of the narrator. “The war was at its height when one night just before dawn I suddenly awoke with the consciousness that some one was in the room. There, standing between me and the big military chest of drawers on the opposite side of the room I saw a figure which I recognized as that of my brother officer. But he wore a beard, which was not Ida custom in in England. lie wore a fatigue coat, tho white pith helmet of tho service and I could see the field strap of hie field glasses and his 6word belt.The lace was pale. I imagined myself in camp. “Hello, P./* I said, “arc you ready for parade?” “I’m shot!” said he. “How?” “HereI” and the hand of the figure slowly moved to the right breast. “IIow did it happen?” “The general sent me to tho front——” Then the figure vanished. Later I talked with a comrade and found that Maj. P. had been killed at tho time 1 saw his apparition, and I established the fact that he was dressed as I saw him and had raised a board.No. 2. Gen. Barter was doing duty at a hill station in the Penjaub, and was quartered at a house on a bluff which had been occupied the previous year by Lieut. 15., since deceased.“Shortly after moving in,” says the general, “Major D. and his wife paid mo a visit, and when they left I went buck with them a short distance along the road leading from my house to the main bridle path. It was a wonderful moonlight night,) as bright as day, and having parted wjth my friends 1 stood for a moment (admiring the scene. Suddenly I heard tho ring of horses’ hoofs and saw the figure of a man on horseback, accompanied by a mounted groom, outlined on tho ridge against tho sky. My dogs crouched on the ground and moaned uneasily. The j mysterious rider bore down upon mo, and I saw thst ho was in full evening dross and wore a tall hat. lie sat in his saddle in a listless way , holding tho reins in either hand. The figure of the groom was barely visible in tho shadow.1 called out “What do you want?” and the group stood still. I then recognized the rider as Lieut B. He was stouter tlmn in life, and had a fringe of whiskers. The faeo was that of a dead man and beamed in a ghastly manner under the light of the tropic moon. I dashed up tho bank, but slipped and fell. When I arose horses and horsemen had vanished. Tho road stopped abruptly at the edge of a precipice and there had not been time to turn around. There was not a sign.“I described Lieut. B.'s appearance to friends who had seen him previously to his death, and they told me that he had raised whiskers, and grown stouter through dissipation. They recognized the pony he rodo through my description as one which lie had ridden to death a few months before his death.”pond out n pond sing* able' w;mming apartto nilinat'iwavelow-1sweethingofteiwineaccoiof 11partduneportiwithsoil iculti'goodfrcsfrplo.theredeepof tiltop.It hottc inori live cnou part for t blacl days in tii mem *hcll hints Ane; equa 5 nun densI myNi Clar pany says fore' Leoi and beer at tl: M nied as h boy. anxit:parifortan a comto li to t: lots A out mot get Ihoi oldI tfV, in liSthetheIson bra' thei paii thei vet He botl thei of J T pasi raeiWaC dui, que wal Cor to s colt Bui wal tailmei
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