(A True Experience)
by Kenneth B. Pritchard
My grandfather was on his death bed. A door to his room was closed.
Other doors in the house were shut, and at least one was locked or
bolted.
Some of his family were downstairs. They knew that the end was near;
but just when he would pass, they could not tell.
What happened next must have put terror into the hearts of the
inhabitants.
All of a sudden, all the doors in the house opened, whether they were
bolted or otherwise! And then, even as they had opened, so they closed!
And my grandfather was dead.
It seemed as though his death was a signal for someone or something to
open and close the doors. What was its meaning? Did something come to
take his soul?
It is easy to see how Shakespeare's Hamlet spoke strange truths; and
that men of science and learning have much to uncover, with the light
of the torch of intelligence leading the way into dark corners and
shedding an illuminating gleam into the unknown.
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