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Show mi STORY OF REINCARNATION. f j?, Tho following story comcB from SMS: ', India: I Within tho past few weeks a most f ' extraordinary case of alleged rclncnr- nation claimed to bo the soul of n British officer has mndo Ita appearance appear-ance In Ilurm'a. It Ib tho second ol '"Jt Its kind In recent years, and has nc- ,: cordlngly nttrncted widespread atten tion. " Reincarnation Is a fundamental doc- ' trlno of nuddhhim, nnd a rclncarnn- , tlon of n human Identity, In human form, though changed In outward ns-t- pect, Ib called o "mlnr.a." As n rule, r L tho "mlnzn" Is a very ordinary look- mm lng child, In no way different from Mf his childish companions. It will bo better to quote tho account of tho kX Hancoon Times: F "Thero Is a little blue-eyed, light- hatred hoy here, between 3 and 4 I jenrs old, th son of hardworking and i matter-of-fact Uurmeso parents bo s'.. . longing to tho laboring class, who tin- i , til qulto recently prattled like any ' - other child of that ago. Tho other i day. however, ho astonished his moth- I cr by gravely claiming that ho was tho lato Major D. J. Welsh, Border 'regiment, como to life again, and' Vent on to describe tho houso whero ho had previously lived, tho number tj, , of ponies ho had, and other personal called in tho neighbors, to whom tho jueer albino repented his story, describing de-scribing how he and two others a lady nnd a gentleman were drowned In a boating nccldent during a storm at night In March, 1904, when tho three nnd only occupants of the boat perished. "That Is tho year In which Mrs. Ilea do, Lieutenant A. W. Qulnlan und ' Major Welsh, both of tho Ilordor regi ment, did loso their lives In this manner. man-ner. "Largo crowds asscmblo dally to hear tho llttlo child-man speak. Of course, skeptics will say that It la n 'put up Job.' Tho answer to this la that nurmeeo coolies oro not given to romancing to such an extent. Sovcral niothods havo been applied to test tho genuineness of tho child's utterances, and people itro satisfied that ho ks not been tutored." |