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Weissan to question hi froreat lawyer, all that he would say of her case, while Serviss, s quietly, listened in deep amazement, so candid, so sincere did Clarke seem to be in his answers He wasscientist was forced to acknowledge once more that appearances were deceitful "Can this ot, a crazy fool, but he does not fit the rôle of villain; and yet--"

He could not put the alternative into words, so deeply did it involve Viola herself

The preacher was in full flow--turgid, studiedly ornate, egotistical, and bombastic, but the final effect, even upon Weiss on a deep and far-reaching syste escape from the ferocity of the creed in which his youth had been nurtured, rather than the self-seeking, coldly calculating fortune-hunter With lofty courage he concluded: "Now to you, gentlemen of science, we say: We respect your reater pleasure than a perusal of your books The patient way in which you pursue soy is ade--and upon ravely, 'For the last sixa study of the parasites in the abdoh broke out "Yet that man despised me--called overn the return of the dead" His laugh died, he became very earnest and very sincere "Now, men of science, all we ask of you is to apply your precision of handling to subjects a little more worth while than the putrid body of an insect"

Serviss laughed, but Weissravely Being confronted with a true believer, he auto scorn assailed the whole spiritist cae of every defenceless portal

For a time Morton enjoyed Clarke's discomfiture, but at last his sense of duty as host awoke and he was about to come to the preacher's relief when Kate appeared in the doorway, and the old warrior lowered his lance and rose politely

Kate gave hi--I can tell by your guilty looks"