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with him a gentleman who had known Mrs. Hadavood for 

 several years, and who knew her children. It should be 

 remarked that the family were in mourning, and that the 

 children were a boy and a girl, the former being the older. At 

 Newton Station Mr. Hazlewood bought a newspaper, and was 

 reading it during the remainder of the journey. He had, for 

 a time, forgotten the arrangement made with his wife, and he 

 states that he certainly had not spoken of it to any one. As 

 the train drew near Torre Station his companion said, ' There's 

 Mrs. Hazlewood and your two children standing on the bank.' 

 He at once looked in the direction indicated, and distinctly 

 saw a party, which he had not the least doubt were his wife 

 and boy and girl, standing on the hedge or bank, which, under 

 Chapel Hill, overlooks the railway. On leaving the station, 

 instead of walking towards Torquay, he went in the opposite 

 direction, on the Newton Road to join them. On his way he 

 met a man who had known Mrs. Hazlewood from her child- 

 hood, and who volunteered the remark, ' You are going to join 

 your wife and family, I suppose. They are just above here, 

 standing on the hedge.' He proceeded to the spot, and to his 

 surprise found the party had left, and were nowhere to be seen. 

 After some fruitless search he proceeded to his own house, 

 and found his family just starting to meet him at the station, 

 they having forgotten the hour at which the train was due. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that three persons, who knew them 

 well, were prepared to swear that they had seen Mrs. Hazel- 

 wood and her children at a particular spot, notwithstanding the 

 further fact that this was just the spot where they had 

 previously, and without the knowledge of two of the witnesses, 

 agreed to be at the time, it zuas not a fact that Mrs. Hazel- 

 wood and her children had on that day been standing on the 

 hedge overlooking the railway near the station at Torre." 



This is one of a large class of appearances termed " doubles," 

 some of the most curious of which I have made use of in my 

 chapters on " Phantasms " in my book on " Spiritualism." This 

 one is especially valuable, as being recorded by a gentleman 

 who was remarkable for the great care he gave to attain 

 accuracy in all his work; and it was published under a well- 



