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The Red Cross nurse is the symbol of 44»$ 1941 American Red Cross Roll Cail
poster, appealing to a|l men and women to joip |ke|r local chapters as members
during the annual Roll Call. Bradshaw Crandell, distinguished poster artist,
painted £he poster gr»d l-r ..ces Fedden is the model
A NOCTURNAL
By M. C. Liddell
Some years ago I conducted a revi
val in an East Tennessee town. The
meeting ran for two weeks closing or
a Sunday night. *
After this last service. I was invit
ed to the home of a deacon where a
goodly i umber of the members had
gathered for the purpose of giving me
a pleasant send off after my labors
among them.
The chairman of the board of dea
cons arose and made a pretty littie
talk rfte r which he presented to me
a pot-bfilied purse which made my
eyes protrude and my cardia to beat
a pit-a-pat against my diaphram.
Such treatment paralyzed my organ
of articulation, making me speechless;
but it lifted the flood gate of tears
and let forth a copious stream of sa
line fluid which chased down jny
cheeks, speaking my appreciation in
more forceful eloquence than thou
sand words could convey.
After that, refreshments were serv
ed, then the groups began to say
goodnight; and to their respec
tive homes, and I to the hotel where
I had sojourned comfortably during
my stay in the town.
The hour being late, and I, tired
and .- leepy, soon went to bed, snap
ping <rff the light and pulling the
soft, warm blankets up around my
neck and falling asleep. Just how
long I slept I never knew, when sud- <
deniy I was awake and sitting up in
bed.
There was a noise in the room. I
stared into thd darkness and listened.
Near my bed wa.< 3 paper trash con
tainer full of bits erf stationary. The
noise at first gave the impression of
a mouse moving among the bits of
paper. Knowing just where thin bas
ket sat on the floor I reached over
and shook it. and lay down thinking
the mouse was frightened away.
Directly, the noise started again.
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This time it seemed to be on the op
posite side of tlm ropfit, By this time
I was good awake am| turned Ob thv
light and looked in the direction from
whence it came. There was a lablo
the kind one usually finds in hotel
room#, placed there for the conven
ience of gimsts who might desire io
write there instead of going down to
‘ the lobby.
I had used this table quite a lot
writing letters and sermon outlines
during my stay the«T- * hu'J noticed
that a book lay on this table. Ii w:;s a
, child’s Picture book about H inches in
, size and 1 1-2 inches thick, with heavy
. board backs. It not being dLlurbiul,
lay closed all the while.
But that night when I looked in the
[ direction of the Uibje I was surpris
; j ed to find this book was open, Even
: | this would not have made much im
. I pression on my mind, it was what
'■ else transpired that jerked me to wide
i awake attention.
As 1 gazed at the open book a leaf
in the book on the right side began to
. trcini'le and slowly leaving its re-
■ dining position moving up till it came
.to a perpcndfeidftr angle when it
■ paused a few monmnta then slowly
• | lay down on the left side. Another
1 leaf did the same thing, in the same
11 way. By this time I was standing in
.' the middle of the room. I looked to
> * ward the two windows of the room to
• j see if one or both had been left open
• a little letting the air in but they were
closed tight. Another leaf turned, an
other and another as if some invisi
ble hand ;yas turning the pages. 1
looked up at vfee transom over the
■ door but it was also pjosed. Then 1
decided that it was not caused by the
stirring of air in the room.
Pages of the book continued to
turn. Little prickly sensations were
felt all over my body and creepy fep|.
jngs crawled up and down my spinal
(Wfiimn. My hair, usually crooked,
seemed to straighten out its locks like
a chicken etching its leg.
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I was ashamed to do what I felt
ike doing, running out of the room,
into the hall, down the long stairway,
into the lobby where the clerk dozed
in his chair. So I stood frozen in my
tracks.
Another page trembled but failed to
turn all the way like the others and
then this strange phenomena ceased
altogether.
When no more pages moved, I sat
on the edge of the bed a long time
wondering about this strange thing.
When daylight began to show in the
east, I put out the light and fell as
leep to be awakened, shortly by the
ringing of the breakfast bell. I dress
ed and went down to the table to par
take of a cup of coffee and hot cakes.
In conversation with the mistress
of the hotel I casually inquired about
the book on the table in my room and
she told me this story.
“About two years ago a young
couple with their little four year old
daughter Stopped with us and occu
pied the room in which you have been
staying, They were tourists on their
way from Up in Michigan going to
Florida. During the night the child
became very ill with high fever. She
was such a beautiful little thing. The
doctors did all they knew to do but
the next day she died. She looked like
an angel lying in the white casket.
They shipped the body to Michigan
and the parents followed in their car.
We heard from them, just a card
thanking us for qur kindness, and we
have never heard a tine from them
singe,”
Hut what about the book?” I asked.
She answered, “Oh that. Well, the
book belonged to the child. I remem
bered her with the open book on the
table looking through it the night she
became so desperately sick.
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“In 1 e c ’..fu ■ ;n .nd .• • dues • that ■ dered, could it be possible that the 1 Junction, was the guest last week of
prevailed because of her death the | spirit of that child came back to that a)1( | rs . j Greene of Iron
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