Eureka Daily Sentinel

SEPARATED BY SPIRITS.

Strange Experience of a Base Range Couple

A strange domestic disturbance, located in a family whose place of residence is within that scope of territory popularly known as the Base Range, fell prey to a Sentinel reporter yesterday. The cause of the trouble in this otherwise happy home is novel indeed, being out of the usual order of such matters. The gentleman and his wife live alone, and while he fondly cherishes his better half, as she does him in return, they are both of the opinion that they will be compelled to separate, which, should it occur, will be one of the queerest cases that has ever come to light. The wife, whom he married several years ago, has, within the past few months, developed into a spiritual medium; and so troublesome has this become to the husband that he admits that, in order to find peace and comfort, he will be compelled to leave his wife, whom he adores above all other creatures on earth. She, too, looks at the matter in the same way, and is free to confess that there will be no peace for them until the separation occurs. The spirits manifest themselves unbidden by her, and, while they do not particularly frighten, prove nevertheless a source of great annoyance to her and her husband. The furniture is hauled about the house, the bed on which they sleep is tilted, and a thousand other mischievous pranks are played by them, greatly to their mutual annoyance. At first the husband was horrified by these nightly visitations, but he soon came to regard their nightly visits as a matter of course, although his dislike to them constantly increased. The spirit that causes the greatest disturbance is that of a young man who was his rival for the hand of his wife, and which insists on their separating, having communicated to the medium the fact that it will never give either of them peace or quiet until they do so. The gentleman is a respectable citizen and his wife a most estimable woman, and they had kept the entire matter a secret, hoping that the annoyance would cease, but the spirit in question became more violent each night, and he and his wife have mutually agreed to live apart for a while, at least.