Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research (Volume 15) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Yesterday morning at the store, a pretty little bottle, with a metallic cover was given me for Karl. I put it in my overcoat pocket so as not to forget it, and after I came back from lunch, between twelve and one, I took it out of my pocket and thought it would please Karl very much, as he is particularly fond of bottles. I put it back in my pocket and thought no more about it. As I was going to the station I bought the children some oranges, and when I got home I took one for each of them and went up stairs, Mrs. B. remarking that Karl had been calling for me all the afternoon. I thought it strange, as he is not in the habit of doing this, except sometimes when it is, most time for me to come. Karl almost cried when I gave him the orange; his lip quivered just as it does when he is expecting something and does not get it. I asked him what it was he wanted, and then happened to think of the bottle and went down stairs after it. Showed it to Mrs. B. when I reached the landing, and she asked if I had told Karl that I would bring it to him. I said no, it was given me that morning. She replied that it was very queer, for Karl had been telling about it all the afternoon. (I asked her afterwards when he first spoke about it. and she said soon after lunch, about 1 oclock); that he kept saying? " Papa is going to bring me a nice ' bobble' with a funny cover," listened for the trains, and kept asking when I would come. When I gave the bottle to him he was perfectly satisfied, and went to sleep with the bottle in his hand. Karl will be three years old the 30th of this month. Whooping cough, grip, measles, all in one season, but they are tough and can stand it. Very truly yours, John F. Brown. PREVENTABLE OBSESSION. 8 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin Sept. 26th, 1919. S...