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Show The -Ghost That Never Was Explained eat of the room and etossd the tour. VHtch thought It moat sxtrsordl-J sxtrsordl-J narr, but wss Inclined to stick' to kit erteinal snd i i) mm ex- . planatton. "Is do time he appeared for luncheon. As the BMaJ pingissssfl, ke started to tell- bla hoeteea ef um kaow the pereoa ST yea aaw kar egaiar 'Assuredly.' said Valtcb. far I never aaw auck aancaattatad hatred aa aay face,' , "He waa takes to tba picture gallery, gal-lery, told to acaa the family portrait por-trait aad to point out hie ghostly vlaitor a aba were there. Tbla ka ye occupied last bight.' - . Dr. Wealer continued to dlarssa tba aubjeot but reverted to hearsay " evideaea. - . "While I hare aarer aaea a chest" aald ke, 1 know many people arba - bam la every other inataaee that . baa coma under my iibssrvattoa tba death. The rbnoa eaa be explained - as one word telepathy of some eorf Bo Interacted In ghosts, and as sallows to aea aaa waa Dr. Wenley ' that many reara era, while be still lived In Scotland, ha went one night te a haunted castle, ta ana wind of X which no one had erer slept la . Br L M. CRAMER. IN thai peculiar are, which Dr. Eliot of Harvard deacrlbes aa an are at IrrarionaHam. It la aim oat necessary that tha mlnda ot ... jhnoaopheri- knd other- men of eotcaee abaaM aa Med to buttreaa either oar' Incredulity or oar belief j ta the thine that other men. per. hapa equally Important, men Ilka Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir Conaa Doyle, aanoonee aa spirt tnsllstlo dlscov-' dlscov-' erlee,' ' ' Ond sack mai Is frofsssm Robert ' Vark Wenley, head ot tba depart-. depart-. . meat of philosophy la the University of Michigan, a poatUon be baa held for a -number ef rears, and te addl. tloa ke Is knowa as ana of' tha secular authorities ea religion la this country. Proteasac Wenley waa bora la ' Scotland and roared there, and Scotland Scot-land la the asuatiy where tba faculty celled "seoond alht- la frequently called lata play. kootehmea. la gn-oral, gn-oral, bare as prejudice aaalnat tha supernatural aad yet. la tha mala, they are taa hard beaded to believe la rboeta, . Profoasui Wenley, for example, la a load Ufa which has brought him Into sympathy with epkitusl matters, mat-ters, admits that hat aaa ghostly appearance eat ot many that ha has . heard at tram members of hla ewa family aad from friends baa so far remained snexplateed by natural dr. eumstanoas. Owe Cheat Nat Eaalalaea. This "possible spirit- taaatfeeted rtxstf ta Ms friend, DrrTeltob, lata "ef the ttarreretty of Olaerow and aa - . authority at hie day ea Jbe logic of the Middle Acaa. In reoooatlng the foOowla ghost atones Prof. Wenley la earefol to acknowledge that ha ballerea bat ana aad that m the Telteh example. Bis aooomat of arr. oral appearances follows, begtaalng with the ghost story he eannot aa-Plara aa-Plara awayt -It Is a trae story, and X have absolutely M explanation for It.- be aald. "It wee told me by Dr. Veltoh, the maa who aaw tbs apparltioa. Be waa say oh let at the Unirerelty ot OUayn a, whoa I taught there. To appreciate ap-preciate the Impreealoa It made upon . . hha, pea most know several facta, Fh-et ef ao, Teftoh was a maa of after laying bis bead oa the pillow, and If tba ghost came 11 came quietly so as not to disturb Dr. Wso-- Wso-- ley's alambers, ' - Dr. Wenleys sister-In-Uw at a - house party la aa ancestral place la Bsddlngtanahire found ksrsslf aa- -alaaed to a suite ta tha haunted wins 4 ot the house. Late that night tolag to her room, tba only Ugbt la tba hall being the flickering candle she ear- , , rled la her hand, aba aaw a ghost loom up before her. Kot seen Homed to giving away te her tears, aba compelled com-pelled hereelt to spprosor It sijibTp It neither moved to one aids nor did H disappear aa she kad expected, and aba walked through It, Afterward, After-ward, la relating her experience, abe , aald It felt Ilka walking through folds ' ot crepe, and aha felt a damp, clinging cling-ing mist which disappeared after abe had psssed through tba apparltioa. 'The explanation la simple." Dr. Wenley declares. -She had heard ' the legend of the sheet that met people peo-ple who walked through that corridor corri-dor at night. She aaw what she ex-. ex-. peoted to aea. . Tha feel of tha crepe waa Imaginary. She simply had a creepy feeling and had no difficulty ta feeling what aha expected to feel ' when she walked through the ghost.'' Dr. Wenley-s mother-in-law. a guest at Olorat castle In Scotland, sitting before the grate lira ta bar bedroom one night not at midalght either felt some one la tha room back of her. Every one knows that feeling at times, ot not being the only person In the room they have reason to think unoccupied except by themselves. them-selves. Tha old lady turned to ooo , - ttttfe old woman dussid la a slant quilted petticoat, tight bodice, and a peaked bonnet On her feet were little very high healed shoes. The little old woman dropped a curtsey, and Immediately disappeared. While Dr. Wenley does not believe In the mediums ot this age, ha does believe It possible that real mediums, absolutely without any tUe about them, might be ' developed, whose seances might stand tha test ot the sclentlfis laboratory. "It Is quite possible that there are people so neurotically neu-rotically sensitive that they might get Into communication with a spirit world, but that remains to be seen." bs says. "Tha mediums ot this day are too afraid ot tha laboratory testa Of tbs sclent let to bs genuinely what they claim to be. I am not opposed to believing; I don't ssy ghosts are Impossible, but I cannot ese them." ' epleadld aa.yele.ue aad iroa serve. Be waa aoeustomed to walk about tha haunted border tills of Scotland at all hours ot the day aad algal gathering material toy his standard work en border lore. Be bad aot a trace ef 'superstition and be knew nothing ef tha circumstances surrounding sur-rounding the bouse In which tha ghost appeared to, him. ' Iwdeed. ha did not think R a ghost at all but eaa of the servants who wss unaware that be bad arrived late at night and occupied the room where he waa la short, an of the antecedent etr-. etr-. eumstancae were , abfavorable te visions, second sight eg what you will. V -Dr. Velteh arrived at this lonely place la Galloway, after a hard Journey, Jour-ney, late en a Saturday night tor a week end visit. Being se late, hla hostess suggested that be alaea late In the morning, saying: -Do not attempt at-tempt to rise In time for church. Your room Is In a quiet part of the house, and you are to sleep snd rest until luncheon. We . lunch at I' o'elock.' My, chief retired happy In the prospect of a long rest, for be was thoroughly fagged out. Be was dosing dos-ing In the morning, H betag already ' broul daylight, whoa he was aur-prised aur-prised o sea tha door beyond the bed and somewhat to the left open slowly. There entered an elderly woman, dressed la a curiously aa-Mque aa-Mque gown and carrying a bunch ef keys. The thought that ran through--Big Blind' was this: -She Is the housekeeper and dose aot know ot my presence, and she la wearing for. Sunday a gowa that decked her mls trass some years back and la aow suite out of style.' j A Maleeoleat Spirit. ""But. te his amassment, the women, although staring at him aad apparently seeing hint plainly, did not retire with an apology bat crept round the foot ef the bed. enme up the elds and leaned' over -him, looking Into hla face with the most devilish glance of hatred that he had ever seen on lbs countenance ef a human being. Then, her malev. elence eaUsned. aha turned, walked r Tbs -womM , into his ftca with ths moat devilish . yfJ' 1 lanes of hatred that ha had ewer sen on - r i ZJHO f ' ths countenance of s human being. '!sa$ - 77 ' C?yV raddsirt. Immediately aha laid her . , v ' Jg-iS jiT , i The 'woman leaned over him, looking into his face with the most devilish glance of hatred that he bad ewer seen on ths countenance of sk human being. Incident. Immediately aha laid her ' finger npea her Una, Indicating at-' at-' lence, aad la whispered tones begged blm to desist until ths table maids had withdrawn. Over the coffee he told his tale and suggested his explanation, ex-planation, saying. 'Tour housekeeper must be a curlooa person.' -His hostess replied. 'Would you vary soon did, pointing out the portrait por-trait of a lady wbo wore the very dress that bad pussled bhn so. " Tee,' said kls eostasa, that la our ghost. A couple of hundred years ago thle sum charming lady murdered mur-dered her husband ta ths room which phenomenon eaa be explained. X know dossna of tales of apparitlona asaa for which there Is en explanation. explana-tion. My wife had a vision of a very dear friend lying dead. She didn't know the man waa 111, but the next day aba received word of hla sudden recent ' times. Bs went to bed ta that wing, tenanted for nearly fifty ysara only by ghosts, and waited patiently the coming of the ghost. After a time ha waa awakened by the morning aun shining In his face. He evidently had fallen asleep shortly |
