The Come Back Author:Carolyn Wells General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1921 Original Publisher: George H. Doran Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: "Oh, no! I mean, not a professional medium, -- a lady we've known for years. She had had some experience with the Board, and she tried it with us. And then, -- you tell it, father." "Then," said Mr. Crane, speaking very seriously, "then we got a message from Peter. The message said that he had died in the snow." "What!" cried Shelby, "incredible! When was this?" "In November." "Peter died the seventeenth of October." "Yes, and it was the tenth of November that we had the message." "Just what did it say?" asked Blair, his eyes wide with amazement. "It was a little stammering and uncertain, as if hard to get it through. But the Ouija spelled out Peter's name, and when she -- Miss -- when the lady with us asked if it had a message from Peter, it pointed to 'yes-' Then she tried to get the message. But the words were a little mixed up. There was snow and ice and storm and at last the word dead. When we asked if Peter had died in a snowstorm the Board said yes. So, we knew the prophecy was fulfilled at last. The news you brought us was corroboration, not a surprise." Shelby restrained himself by an effort. His sharp glance at Blair made him keep quiet also. Neither was at all impressed at the story Crane told them, except to be moved to ridicule. Well theyknew how a Ouija Board will make glib statements as startling as they are untrue. But this one happened to be true. Even so, the fact of its relation by such means was unbelievable to both the hearers. Yet, they could not disturb the faith of the parents of their lost chum. "I am glad, for your sakes, ...« less