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"I've got a queer feeling in ers--all the way upthe arnantly Lizzie always exaggerated, of course--yet now her own fingers felt prickly, uncanny There was a little pause while both sat tense, staring at the board

"Now, Ouija," said Miss Cornelia defiantly, "is Lizzie Allen right about this house or is it all stuff and nonsense?"

For one second--two--the ouija re place in the center of the board Then-"My Gawd! It's !" said Lizzie in tones of pure horror as the little pointer began to wander a the letters

"You shoved it!"

"I did not--cross ers glued rigidly and aardly to the ouija As the rew more rapid her mouth dropped open--wider and wider--prepared for an ear-piercing scream

"Keep quiet!" said Miss Cornelia tensely There was a pause of a few seconds while the pointer darted from one letter to another wildly

"B--M--C--X--P--R--S--K--Z--"to follow the spelled letters

"It's Russian!" gasped Lizzie breathlessly and Miss Cornelia nearly disgraced herself in the eyes of any spirits that hter The ouija continued to ood heavens--"B--A--T--Bat!" said Miss Cornelia with a tiny catch in her voice

The pointer stopped : She took her hands froh She glanced at Lizzie to see how Lizzie was taking it But the latter seemed too relieved to have her hands off the ouija-board to make the mental connection that her mistress had feared

All she said was, "Bats indeed! That shows it's spirits There's been a bat flying around this house all evening"

She got up fro that the seance was over

"Oh, Miss Neily," she burst out "Please let ht! It's only when my jaw drops that I snore--I can tie it up with a handkerchief!"

"I wish you'd tie it up with a handkerchief now," said her e that the pointer had spelled "B--A--T--Bat!" she --accident? Whatever it was, it was--nerve-shaking She put the ouija-board aside Accident or not, she was done with it for the evening But she could not so easily dispose of the Bat Sending a protesting Lizzie off for her reading glasses, Miss Cornelia got the evening paper and settled down to what by now had beco black streaain"