A TELEGRAPHIC STORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8114, 19 May 1906, Page 4

A TELEGRAPHIC STORY.

An extraordinary siory i.s seat lo the Occult Kevicw by Mrs Henry Anderson, an liilinborougli lady, who guarantees its general accuracy. Visiting in Scotland at Christmas time a few years ago, a Captain Macleod became involved in a discussion on the supernatural, and declared that he possessed the power of sending audible messages to friends oversea. "Do you think you could send me a message when you are abroad?" asked a lady of the party. "Yes," replied the captain; "i£ I ask you to pray for me some day will you do iip" The My consented, an<k then practically foigot the discussion. A few weeks later she vaguely heard that Captain Macleod had gone to Africa. In May sho was staying in Devon, and soon afterwards sent to Mrs Anderson the story of her experiences one evening when sho retired early. " Suddenly," she wrote, " a storm of frightful voices and swage yells broke the silence, iv ■ s Kinds as I have never heard ociore ur since. Oddiiy, I felt only amazement, not fea:- of any kind. Nor did I for a moment think they were anything but ' natural' sounds, although strange in these peaceful solitudes. I rose and looked out of my open window. There was nothing to be seen or heard, only a few snowy lambs and their mothers. The sounds were in my own room. I turned from tho window; then clear and plain I heard Captain Macieod's voice say, in earnest entreaty, almost command, ' Pray for me now.' I fell on ..iy knees; I knew the hour of need had cuuie. The voices grew fainter, then suddenly ceased. I got into bed again. The whole time I was only conscious of wonder, nothing of fear or nervousness disturbed me." Nex day she wrote to a brother in Central Africa, relating the incident, and inquiring if he h:ul aly news of Captain Macleod, but it wis not till September that further light «a< thrown upon the extraordinary affair. In that month the Times published the account of ' a savage attack upon Captain Macieod's expedition in Central Africa 01 the very date of the lady's remarkable experience. Moreover, the blacks* had wavered just when the white men had'given uphope, .mil Cuplain Macleod made a sprri'il point, in his first communication with the lady, of thanking her for her prayers.