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JAINA GAZETTE. [Aug. & Sept. I wonder if any of us are travelling, and I dreaming of it ?' Someone unseen by me answered, 'No; something quite different -something wrong.' 'I don't like to look at these things,' I said.
“Then I saw behind and above my head William's upper half reclining, eyes, and mouth half shut. His chest moved forward convulsively, and he raised his right arm. Then he bent forward, saying, “ I suppose I should move out of this ?
“Then I saw him lying, eyes shut, on the ground flat the chimney of an engine at his head. I called, in excitement, “That will strike him! The someone answered, “Yes—well, here's what it was. And immediately I saw William sitting in the open air-faint moonlight-on a raised place, sideways. He raised his right arm, shuddered, and said, “I can't go on or back-no!"
“Then he seemed lying flat. I cried out, 'Oh, oh! and others seemed to echo 'Ob, oh!
“He seemed then upon his elbow, saying, “Now it comes.' Then, as if struggling to rise, turned twice round quickly saying, 'Is it the train—the train, the train?' his right shoulder reverberating as if struck from behind. He fell back like fainting ; his eyes rolled.
A large dark object came between us, like panelling of wood, and, rather in the dark, something rolled over, and like an arm was thrown up, and the whole thing went away with a swish!'
“ Close beside me, on the ground, there seemed a long dark object. I called out, They've left something behind; it's like a man! It then raised its shoulders and head, and fell down again. The same someone answered, “ Yes,' sadly.
::“After a moment I seemed called on to look up, and said, * Is that thing not away yet?' Answered, ' No.'
" And in front, in light, there was a railway compartment, in which sat Rev. Mr. Johnstone, of Echuca. I said, “ What's he doing there ?' Answered, He's there,”
“ After all this, the someone said, close to me, Now I'm going.' I started, and at once saw Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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