The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Real Life
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The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Real Life
Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; Parapsychology
After the lecture, the manager requested the boy to give him one of
the envelopes, which the boy did. The manager did not look toward
it in any manner; but took it in the tips of his right fingers,
held it in the air, and asked the medium to give the writer of this
question a test. The medium shivered a few times, allowed his
frame to convulse slightly, and thus began:
"I feel the influence of one who was a brother. I get the name of
Clarence. Will the one who wrote this question identify it as
his?" There was no response from the spectators, and the medium
asked again that the writer speak out. Still silence greeted his
request; when suddenly he pointed his bony finger into the crowd,
while his blinded face confronted them, and exclaimed: "Mr. John
H----, why do you not respond to your test?" A gentleman in the
audience then acknowledged the test as his. The medium then
continued: "Clarence was drowned. I sense the cold chilly water as
it envelopes his form." At this the lady sitting with the
gentleman began to cry. The medium continued: "The drowning was
wholly an accident. There was no foul play. Now, Mr. H----, have
I answered your question, and are you satisfied with your test?"
The gentleman, a well-known citizen, acknowledged that he was
perfectly satisfied.
The manager then laid the envelope on a small table and asked the
boy for another one. The boy gave him another from the hat when
the blindfolded medium, ten feet or more distant, gave the second
test.
He shivered again and began: "I feel the influence of a young lady
who died suddenly. She says, 'Sister Mary, I am very happy, and
death was not so hard to endure. I want you to consult a good
honorable attorney, and take his advice in the lawsuit you ask me
about.'" The medium then continued, " Miss L----, your sister
regards you with a look of great tenderness and love. Are you
satisfied with your test?" A lady then replied that she certainly
was entirely convinced.
The manager now laid this sealed envelope beside the other one and
again called for another. This was continued until all of the
envelopes in the hat were removed and the questions answered. None
of the envelopes were opened. In some instances the medium first
read the questions, word for word, before answering them; and when
he did so, he described the writing minutely, even the formation of
the strokes of the letters.
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