The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891Various
Religion
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891
Various
American literature -- Periodicals
I was sitting in my room sewing, this afternoon, about two
o'clock, when what should I see but your own dear self; but,
heavens! in what a position. Now, I don't want to excite your
curiosity too much, or try your patience too long, so will come
to the point at once. You were falling up the front steps in the
yard. You had on your black skirt and velvet waist, your little
straw bonnet, and in your hand were some papers. When you fell,
your hat went in one direction and the papers in another. You got
up very quickly, put on your bonnet, picked up the papers, and
lost no time getting into the house. You did not appear to be
hurt, but looked somewhat mortified. It was all so plain to me
that I had ten to one notions to dress myself and come over and
see if it were true, but finally concluded that a sober,
industrious woman like yourself would not be stumbling around at
that rate, and thought I'd best not go on a wild goose chase.
Now, what do you think of such a vision as that? Is there any
possible truth in it? I feel almost ready to scream with laughter
whenever I think of it; you did look _too_ funny, spreading
yourself out in the front yard. "Great was the fall thereof."
This letter came to us in an envelope addressed: Mrs. E. A. C----, 217
Del. Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C., and with the postmarks,
Washington, D. C., Jan. 15, 7 A. M., 1889, and Washington, N. E. C.
S., Jan. 15, 8 A. M. Some further letters in the postmarks are
illegible.
Now the point is that every detail in this telepathic vision was
correct. Mrs. C---- had actually (as she tells me in a letter dated
March 7, 1889) fallen in this way, at this place, in the dress
described, at 2.41, on January 14. The coincidence can hardly have
been due to chance. If we suppose that the vision preceded the
accident, we shall have an additional marvel, which, however, I do not
think that we need here face. "About 2," in a letter of this kind, may
quite conceivably have meant 2.41.
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