MEXICAN GHOST STORY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 391, 5 November 1903, Page 6

MEXICAN GHOST STORY.

Woman Who llnrt Been Hetfnrded aa Dead for Five Years Confesses to a Priest.

A curious story comes from a small town in the sta*e of Puebla, reports a Mexico correspondent of the Memphis (.'ommerciai Appeal. A missionary i ri. :it named Patre Pimentel, staying s';-rc, stuted in a sermon he

preached ih:\x he was visited by a youth named Daniel Diaz, who begged h'iv. to co to iJrf house and confess his :■'::•; ;-. r-ho had been dead five years, "r.'H'l who had appeared to him, beseach'ng him to call on the missionaries to assist her out of purgatory." The padre says that, despite the fears which v. ere aroused by this .<--"'.::;.• request, he determined to go, and tr.ok for his companions Mariano Mvllado and two sae.ristanes. On rcach'r.g the house, which was a gloo:-.:;.- place, he was conducted to a cheerless room, where he seated himEf'f ;:nd immediately became aware of a rh.ating vaporous figure, while at the same time ir.> heard "creaking of bones.*' The wretched young woman made her confession, arid, on being absolved, disappeared suddenly. The padre stales rhat the awful experience brought on a severe illi/ess, but that since Iks recovery he has determined to make the fact known, that others may not be exposed to the same long durance in purgatory for want of absolution. The news of this occurrence has spread like wildfire, and the missionaries have been the recipients of hand-' Borne contributions since it took place.

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