immediately sent for and took her remarkable story in writing. Since this time she has gone into a trance daily, and upon awakening has a story to tell of new experiences.
A Chicago psychologist who has studied the case thinks that the girl was hypnotized by the minister and while in this hypnotic state sees these strange visions. However, no matter what the solution of the mystery may be, Miss Mutchlar’s story is an interesting one.
Upon losing consciousness the girl claims she had a feeling of being carried upward by unseen hands. When she reached the portals of heaven she was surprised to see not a “golden city,” as has always been taught, but a place that looked like a beautiful spot on this earth. Mountains and lakes dotted the landscape, while beautiful, villas were built in the semblance of earthly architecture. The atmosphere) was warm and balmy, very much like I a summer day on earth.
A very dear girl friend who had died some years ago met her with these words:
“Dear Mae, I have been waiting for you so long. Now you must come and live with me always.”
The queer part of it was that the, people in heaven lived in families just the same as on earth and dwelt together in modern-looking homes. The people were all gowned in silken robes made very much like the dress of the Japanese women and seemed water-proof.
The lakes were deep and clear and used by the people to bathe in, and great was her surprise when she found herself walking under water without the slightest sensation of
