Show EFFECT OF AN apparition belief in its genuineness caused mind to give way A college story that la often told at harvard Is cited sometimes as showing the effect of an apparition upon the one who beholds it the story Is of a youth who tools it into his wise head to endeavor to convert an infidel companion of his by appearing as a ghost before him he accordingly dressed himself up in the usual ghost attire having bously extracted the ball from a pistol which always lay near the bead of his friend s bed upon first awakening and seeing the apparition brown the youth who was to be frightened very coolly looked his companion the ghost in the face and said I 1 know ou this is a good joke you see I 1 am not alarmed now you may vanish the ghost stood still go on now said brown that Is enough I 1 shall become angry get out of here still the ghost did not move by burst forth brown it you dont get out of here in three minutes show ou he waited the time stated delab irately leveled his pistol and alred when he saw that the immovable figure stood stock still brown uttered a shriek of fright became convulsed and soon afterward died the very moment he believed it to be a ghost his human nature gave way |