Twixt Two Worlds the work of Wm Eglinton - New Age Spiritual Mission
Twixt Two Worlds the work of Wm Eglinton - New Age Spiritual Mission
Twixt Two Worlds the work of Wm Eglinton - New Age Spiritual Mission
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Rcuiatkablc Scamcs at i^falvcru. 23<br />
was silting on a s<strong>of</strong>a, a iittlt: rcniuvcd<br />
Lnicst.' 1 said, 'I wish slic would cinnc tci mc'<br />
from <strong>the</strong> wail. Siic cnnn- to <strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> s(pra, and stood <strong>the</strong>re, a pr<strong>of</strong>usion <strong>of</strong> white drapery<br />
lalling around her. She took my hand and audibly kissed it ; <strong>the</strong> hand was warm and soj't ;<br />
she said in a low, hut distinct voice,<br />
' 1 love you. I love <strong>the</strong> hand that gives.'<br />
" Ilcr face was broad, and her features were those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Red Indian <strong>of</strong> my country, many<br />
<strong>of</strong> whom 1 have seen. 'I'lic draperj' had a hard feeling, though it was in appearance diaphanous<br />
muslin ; 1 felt it as distinctly as possible. When Daisy disappeared, we were rcqucstctl to<br />
extinguish <strong>the</strong> light. We did so, and soon we saw <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong> a man, liglited up by a lamp,<br />
held under <strong>the</strong> chin ; we saw nothing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> form, except tiie head, and a ra<strong>the</strong>r long, grey<br />
beard. J'hc head came close to my face, and <strong>the</strong> dark eyes looked steadily into mine. I was<br />
awed and distressed by a sight so strange, and I begged <strong>the</strong> person to go away from me. I'he<br />
head went to a lad\- on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> room, and kissed her forehead; she said it<br />
belonged to her Inistiand, who had been four years deceased. After this wc were again allowed<br />
our candle ; it lighted <strong>the</strong> room pretty well. Presently <strong>the</strong> head appeared again on a solidseeming<br />
form. The man was clo<strong>the</strong>d in close-fitting white trousers and jacket, with no drapery;<br />
he went to a centre table and moved it forward, as if to show that he could do so, and he<br />
remained standing with his hands upon it. His wife sat on one side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> room, and 1 on<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. He again came to me and looketi into my eyes, with his face very near to mine;<br />
his e}es seemed to pierce mc. I begged him to go away. He went over to his wife at my<br />
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