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"Did you know the spirit visitor?" she asked

With the question Kate's panic ceased Her awe, her fright, passed into wonder and aly ado into such states?"

"We cannot control these manifestations Hush! They are not yet finished They are about to write for you"

Still lying in languid ease, the girl lifted one hand to the table--to Kate it seemed that the hand was raised by soh weary and irl's eyes opened, and she sat regarding it as though it belonged to soht a pencil and a pad of paper, and laid theorous action Seizing the pencil as a dog an to write slowly, firmly, while Viola watched it, quietly, detachedly, as if it were so entirely separate from her brain At the end it tore the leaf fro it to the floor

Mrs Lambert picked it up "It is from father," she said; "but it is for you"

Kate took the leaf, on which ritten, in a firm, round, old-fashioned hand, these words: "Your aunt is here, and asks that you and your brother pay her debt She is angry because it has not been done"

"I have no knowledge of any such debt," said Kate "I don't understand this"

The hand riting again, busily, i back into Viola's face As Kate waited, her awe began to pass, and doubts ca farcical in all this

Again the hand flung its ain the mother picked it from the floor

"This also is from father," she announced, with more of excitean abruptly: "The doubter may be convinced if he will but put hihter isor queen Her mission is to open the door between the torlds She is here ready for the test Let the men of science corave" It was signed with an elaborate rubric "McLeod"

"Who is this e for, father?" asked Mrs Lambert "Mrs Rice?"

A violent thuested Kate

Three treave affirmative answer