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"Dear Laura was quite right," cried the lady; "there is so very unique about this place How fortunate you are, dear Mrs Baxter!"

"My dear husband's grandfather bought the place," observed theand pleasant"

"How right you are! And--and have you had any experiences here?" Mrs Baxter eyed her in alarhter, which, however, gave no hint of its presence in her steady features She glanced at Laurie, as eatingto Mr Vincent, the great spiritualist," went on the other vivaciously, "only last week You have heard of hireat emotions have been felt is colored and stained by them as objectively as old walls are weather-beaten I had such an interesting conversation, too, with Cardinal Newie, as if to reassure her of her own orthodoxy--"scarcely six weeks ago"

There was a pregnant silence Mrs Baxter's fork sank to her plate

"I don't understand," she said faintly "Cardinal Newently "I know it sounds very startling to orthodox ears; but to us of the Higher Thought all these things are quite familiar Of course, I need hardly say that Cardinal Newlanced archly at Maggie

"Oh, please go on," said Maggie genially "You were saying that Cardinal Newman--"

"Dear Miss Deronnais, are you sure you will not be offended?"

"I aie solemnly

The other looked at her doubtfully; but there was no hint of irony in the girl's face

"Well," she began, "of course on the Other Side they see things very differently I don't ion is exactly untrue Oh no; they tell us that if we cannot welcohts will do very well for the present Indeed, when there are Catholics present Cardinal New--"

"Is it true that he speaks with an Ahed with a soeniality

"That is too bad, Miss Deronnais Well, of course, the personality of the h which the communications come That is no difficulty at all when once you understand the principle--"