Show I IN I f Church Dignitary ry Tells Queer Ghost Stories Archdeacon Colley Rector oi of and prominent English En lish Says Ile ha Makes Makos Gus Ous oi of It II Psychic Post That Carried n Rundle pF r Muslin Over 70 Milos in Loss Less Than Five Special Correspondence I ONDON No Nov yards Ir or nt bundled loosely together L III It 1 Ohl c h eater lit at c are tie de Glared dared to 10 have In Leaden tO tivo minutes later rite Iho dl be between tween the two to cities on n A direct III a 11 trifle Irina more marc than thull iO 70 miles The OJ ox Parcels Post Imag In Ina too R or or more years old alII munching nn an apple in the full Cull glare ot of In a London room In oho tho twentieth century these and r astonishing things are aro told of as actual happenings by br a high dignitary ot of the Church or of the Iho immense amount or of publicity attracted American probably rob ably havo already learned learnell through the cable that It a rather extra extraordinary or ordinary controversy has hils been going on In III this country b between n a venerable archdeacon and a pro lIra professor fessor ot of the tho art of conjuring on the of spiritualistic manifestations OCCUlT 1 ECCLESIASTIC The Iho church dignitary In question 1 Is Thomas CoB Colley cr and U us this I is b by no means tin first tine time that hits has hugely In the tele telegrams grams from 1 always In ht connection with occult can renders may have hwo felt relt sumo curios fly ar as to Un or of this what wha t churchman The ninny man rand surprising make him worth telling about ever even were wro It not for tM the fact that be besides sides being ono one of the tho most mOMI ardent stu students lentil dents In III of supernatural do doings dl IrI ings II he to havo had perhaps the most moat extraordinary ex cx of which Thera is IH a 0 record That lh tt such luh II a description of at the tho arch archdeacons deacons KlIo ghostly ll adventures Is nil fa Cl can n be from the nc ac count of them which has Ims just been given to me All to 10 their readers will I for themselves but It may be 11 said that there III no question whatever as to the arch standing all as a 11 clergyman ot of the of England Atter a Ills curly career In III this Ihl county ho he was invited by to IN go INto goto to South Africa and upon accepting wile made r of Natal a 0 e M r ii Oti I lion which Ito ho heM held for many years lie HI lieIs I IIII Is III IIO now rector of Stockton near Rugby HURb and the InOt man m III of 1 nett et Archdeacon hns with supernatural for more molo than 3 30 years or Of all the tho 6 ox which he claims to have hao hall had In that tunic time how however however ever perhaps none is III more amazing than that with what ho himself de describes scribes lightly parcels post Hero Is the stor story lit of the tho hap hapP P which for tor greater accuracy I give sho In the archdeacons own words word Tim THE MYSTERIOUS At Southsea some years IUrI ago o I with lIh little noro all day Ily under m my clothes clothe and next the tho skin f several yards of white muslin In the tho Inning evening still wearing It II I cycled to Chichester for a 11 surprise visit lt to 10 II a young lady of my own developing Mak Making Ing there thero an up Im small all hUll butt die alo of the attire and loosely I In fly card l to It Il with no oth other r undress I 1 and a friend and 1 th the young ladys JadI I ss IN INtel tel ter saw lIaw the muslin fade away Ills appear and tacit molt like vapor from the tho lap of the little medium mell It t waR nos titan thell rn nearly and ond I hUll hail willed l the tho muslin to go Leaden to a friend Next day canto callie a telegram from my quickly kl followed I by a 1 letter to the effect that at the first hotel lie hind hilI chanced beau beon to the opera tutu missed the last train that would have hao taJ taken en toy my friend to hi his out nut ot of t I to and card se 1111 In Ins s securely cur ly pinned to It had fallen upon his hili ice just its III h he had gotten into Inlo lied old anil seeing lilY my I none and ho hf wired to mn first thing III ht the lie He afterwards found that It had hlo taken less lell than five by aerial highs t ot of about TO iO miles iron from Chichester te tc midnight delivery 1 II r ot of the tho golds in London lit at II a chance by Parcels Past Io t This astounding story told and vouched for tor by a respected etell Pillar of the I Iq little lets In trig than many of If the of extra extraordinary ordinary witnessed by II hint lit In and Ind elsewhere given to me by Iy Archdeacon alley to him oho tho scene of these c generally huts hns been his hll drawing room during tho ihu even Iven evenIng Ing with gas lights Raring front ninny chandeliers while t the h renting or of the thep p psychic bo bodies baa hn been all as 11 a column ot of support nl at athis his hla right side Hide I Ith my any left arm at al the back usually our entranced 11 nil ilium having thus the tho best hest opportunity that could be desired for observIng Ing what took plate place wua een steaming ns as from a Hl snout out through the tho texture anti of 01 the tho mediums black coat roat a little below the tho left Idt breast toward the tho I side a IL Vl Se porous which woul l ho bo td 11 most Invisible until when nn an Inch or 0 two inches of our friends body bod It II grew In density to 1 c cloudy Same thing which h would stO step foray or baldly aid olM naturally tr If companion with us mortals to In a cloud I Iback batik back Into his ball body were they thoy with withdrawn drawn front WI us wistfully gazing on their mysterious departure and hating this or that phase of It with withIn lit In a ful tun Inches of the point of theIr In and Thus according to the tho archdeacon carte the most remarkable or of nil alt hl his psychic visitors I lIou whom he named the From my own knowledge ot of 1111 travels in III pt says Iho d 1 straightway guessed that lit III tens form WI we Jo III do With au denizen of the that fit of the Nile NII who in III r reminded titer 1116 or of II a mummy of I elites 1111 saw In sonic museum at Mime fir or Ito He was hr by no tl a mum mummy mummy my now though nil as lods dead bod body It II may lie that hl his earthly remain yet In some 1011 cn case nr are low I Grunt crum hung Into ino dust L The Ih bronze hued skin skill of our mel visitor whIch I f was UI puffery crl very closely to with In my len ions and oh erp the th lIeR hash markings the Huger and to toe natte hands wrt feel teet and the R swarthy h hairy arms and aull nether limbs to tf the tho knee knel the tho features mobile with II life fl yet ot lit at times with a 0 east enAt or of expression lon the haughty Mont black piercing but hot lIot unkindly eyes eel hair lank lunk and jot with mustaches beard long ant and drooping II limbs 11 wiry and coil height some six foot feet eight inches The Tho WM wax In hn everything round loo Ho walked up and down the h Ing roam lih t he 01 n Ide table tohle II a ato t of af aft e ell l n jj H I 1 Kot him Ira to eat tent The met Rus 1 n II feet aI away at ate otti end ent or of the room JIll IIo lull I Ai fI apple ho he could taste tits tho the at atthe th the other end of o room roam in III the full tull glare of the thu vas gobbling Aft As tini nr I the I helda held II a place Illece of the tho and LInd the skin Cure of tho apples eaten lIten by I the tho fIll fell font the Iho lips Iry 1111 that t paperS paper S ToldA I t TU TUOt Ot Of another mI ate iliA ihu told toldas t ld nil as Ono also alAI d wham hulI I rind In my wife had in III the tho 11 il 1011 long ago II its lIc het Hel grow trow front the left lort sill I I of If the enhanced Ifer Hr I III a 3 whisper was nH its lv greeted II moo 1110 with the words so gl tl to see eo you Oll een during her hel hUll busy of psychic par parti ti and of Identity her hel to 10 I bit our OUI d dear lIr nt M former years bo fota foro I W went to t nod and before her lieI friend my wife Ir hand in III held hall I boon a feminine or of will about thu ho n but hul this ros 1111 now Been lIeen In hu het laughing to th the of ht about the room III 10 IIII ways n j with girlish trod floss acting the th of a 11 willful young lady lully Ju just t to shot that she WI was net to be 11 ordered and had it 11 will of et hr her own It 1 my m laughing suggestion that for tor 1 y potu lance tho spirit maiden should hoUll box his uN cars she r responded and saying OIL Oh yes eH J Will do that step 11 1 KaI gayly up tV u litter lifted her h head all 0 and I lo dicta boxed d his ear Clr y I non In Clarence though a an Jt 11 the tho n a hatter battery of the I nl field artillery lit In also n spiritual I Ito IIo ruts about n a year yar II ago to Miss lIas Dt Dl p youngest daughter or of the tho lyle n Des H ot of Maryville Ireland The Tho archdeacon says 1111 n je young oung cou couple lo met ot through the of I n medium tit Of hits son the arch deacon rough the tho lion of cf his hili a spirit I pr WW n z sella set to guard him when In danger Tills This spirit his guardian angel materializes In the form torm of 1 a white dove Ibis dove OO hint him ono ill gut toad Im ho cov covered IId his trite very orr ill III An and need ell I the doctor quickly Ito Ho rushed rushell to tn the tho doctors octor house hut but found fOil nil the tho gar Jor gardon don hl gale lucked and the wall Impossible to 10 climb Suddenly loo he WM was levitated over the tho wall roused the and raved MCd hi his wife On many occasions my m sole has hns been mysterious mysteriously ly j out nut of danger tutu limo tho white dove bait haR always hovered near he wall strangely awn from II pot a on which n wall O In 11 wh to tot n It a t tree tren tell uj again i from from the path pa t of o two wa horses Among other things Archdeacon Colley is h II a shining light In lima tho for the tho Prevention of Premature u al which hu he narrowly escaped him himself himself self When a child M ho suddenly be canto CIUllO III 11 The doctor pronounced hint him Ito wall teas prepared far tor tile gro nod the coon coffin lid screwed down At the cemetery the tho nr grave thin tho b heard It a suspicious sound Thu cotton corrin was hastily opened and the tho child chillI sat Fat up gasping for breath The Tho archdeacon nee h be because cause of that terrible enc ence had his collin cotlin made matle old carries It about with him on hIs man many travels It is 18 I a coffin built on prin principles such as will prevent a 11 ture u n burial bu IaL JIo Io has hall bequeathed his hili IJo body ly to for purposes elJ elJIn In rp the l con 18 rather under medium height With n a large well shaped head Ito lIo wears a full beard now gray CrAr for ho is III chose on an threescore rind and tOil ten Ito is 18 quiet unassuming and carries the tho air of the plains abet him rather than the smug polished complacency of the tho wealthy clergyman of high degree Ile He has been rector ot of Stock Stockton ton for live years earll Ills 1111 parishioners of his hili very advanced dens mind glory In his hili Independence and f fearlessness lie hoe made ot of ton toil n II model village Ills church is III 1 crowded for he reo re fascinating and eloquent sermons and th the choir befits hents n It elt city edifice rather than the church of an obscure village a 1 The Th archdeacons salary Is IH not a tenth part of ho ha spends on the choir the tho church and the thu village Sean of his hili own oln hymns and anthems are by Ids his choir tor Or ho is III nl also o n a nn and corn com loner SI uti m GUILU Most remarkable of nil all ids hll village works Is III that the tho young people and children It II takes the tho form farm of 1 a of oC Gool 1 based oHI on the triangles Of Solomon sl six points BUg sug 1 on page pago TELLS QUEER UEE GHOST O T STORI SI Continued PIfo seventeen I II I gelling the Do as al youl bo be do l h by archery amateur photograph the tho ot or light the of at his hili parish to tM the rector And now a I sum soon mH hou houe c with camera obscure leM Ien on root roof hoes lately Intel been heon built the tho rectory rector wall from whIch stretches down eer every Moot tIn Ill afternoon a 12 1 2 feet long and lip U his boys and girls girl say n from the village green the texts or of Holy scriptUres taught In Sunday Sundar school chool A laro haro neath the eighth window of at tim summer Jummer house is 13 fixed tf to the gordon wull wati sets forth In III bold type thu Iho rules Hero lIero U a copy cavy ot of the tho no nolice lice Ilea Do Boys s and girls girts speaking up UJ this the sayings and texts taught bY bYthe the ho venerable le Archdeacon Colby Collo Dill DIO otal rector of at Stockton Warwick shIre will as a first have huo rolled down to them In an 01 an a 11 penny on holding their hands below the tho mouthpiece of at the pipe up which the speak And whoa whon 12 sayings have been said each speaker showing by gOod behavior that what whal baa hns been learned has been In daily life will havo ono one shilling and kno knoW bow Itow much more than pelt or pounds shall IhlI tallow follow tho doIng of what the tho wIsdom spoken through the Iho speaking teaches should b be donut done Archdeacon Colby Colley has raised the tho question ot of spiritualism nt at several church but has always b been cn howled At last years great conference however he od II a victory for Cor Ito ho then thell delivered his no now t address on spiritual I torn m anti and actual hi his being Do you ou thInk L I have como come here to dAmn my soul soulby II by toiling lies for your our A thunder ot or was the Ille un an teer and utter atter the address Ito ho was with ti IL specIal vote ot of Severt months altO ago J X K the tho famous conjurer or of Egyptian hull hail attacked some assertion mario mado by Colley ColIc as to w work workings rl ings and one particular manifestation lie boasted that ho he II as a 11 professional Illusionist produce the tho same eama et ef on the tho stage or of hIs famous en entertainment hail whereupon Arch bacon Collo Colby offered to give ht Mr It If lie ho do as he claimed The Tho challenge WI was promptly accepted The archdeacon deposited the tho money In the ton bank bani seven months Mr Ir worked to pere perfect t his illusion ho hils produced It Ills His theater Is to tM the doors It at ove every per N Ho has publicly laid claim to the tho hut Bul Colby In tutu turn claims that the tho the challenge e In tito tho matter ot of n a corn com ot of investIgation ho have not been currIed out nob the illusion is isby Ii by no moans the proper and success rill iii one days u the tho lighting tins hal gone OlIO on In III ts Itro h IIi with th archdeacon Lo Llo tinb strange to say eay the tho church In the tho ot of a ot of the tho or of tue tho gospel approve of 01 l bide ot of the tho Pamphlets havo hao been printed and nOll circulated on both holh ido The r lIlt has been an n action nt at law fOr libel against ont nail a threatened lawsuit Colby Colley to te the Iho claimed to hao been fairly von wun |