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He went hoht with the words of both Weissly tempted to tell Viola's story to his sister, and so enlist her syement to dine filled Kate's mind, and he had no time to open the subject till they were on the way, and by that time he had concluded not to involve her in his perplexity

By a curious coincidence one of the guests at the dinner brought a hush of expectancy over the entire coed to share with a "psychic" soh in his eyes and with racy vigor of tongue, but Serviss, newly alive to the topic, could not but marvel at the intensity of interest uise it as we may," said the narrator, "this question of the life beyond the grave is chief of all our problen mystery, after all"

At this the hostess spoke: "I e could see sos Youthis re woly replied the young fellow "One of the ton, whoboth your hands"

"Why do the spirits do such foolish things? I should think they'd be ashamed to act so 'frivolous like'"

"They always talk like Indians, don't they? It's a pity Why aren't they dignified and sincere?"

The young story-teller went on "That's just it Thethesea slate in order that theyno , they had made me that careless of their hocus-pocus A voice in , can now 'rouse my fell of hair' You put a potato in the ashes of the hearth and it will ulti to eat You put a mediule"

Under all this banter Serviss perceived the pulse of an interest which laid hold on the est and shook the eldest with an eleates of a sea of doubt and wonder had been turned in upon a dozen minds hitherto as well kept as lawns Questions popped like corks and ansere as vivacious as the gurgle of wine, but the topic reument inconclusive