"We could not remove our eyes from the glittering, moving, thing; and
now a most surprising change took place. The light seemed to leave
the figure, so that it was not visible as a light, and yet it filled
the room with a radiant glow.
"Who was that who stood before us? Could we believe our eyes? Were
they playing us a trick? Were we the victims of a too active
imagination? No, there could be no mistake. The form that stood
before us was that of the man who lay dead in the next room.
"Turning towards us, from the form came the words distinctly spoken--
'It must be signed!' The figure pointed to the table near which Mrs.
Bliss still sat in an apparently unconscious state. I took the will
from my pocket, opened it, advanced to the table, and laid it
thereon. The figure reached out its right hand and beckoned. The
thought came to me that he wanted a pen. There was none in the room.
Jack divined the situation as quickly as I did and took his
stylographic pen from his visiting book, fitted it for use, and laid
it on the table beside the will. The form advanced, took up the pen,
joined a small letter to the capital 'T' already written, and
finished out the name in full.
"The form then laid the pen upon the table and pointed to the places
set apart for witnesses. I wrote my name, Edward Everett Colbert, and
Jack put his,--John Loring Bannister, under mine.
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