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For ato Laurie; then he re suspicions were quelled instantly by his friend's next re of you a week or two ago"

"Indeed! I am flattered," said the old ht Laurie

"Mr Baxter here is interested in Spiritualism--rump steak, waiter, and pint of bitter--and I told him you were the man for him"

Laurie interiorly drew in his horns

"A--er--an experimenter?" asked the old leaerous--erous And any success, Mr Baxter?"

Laurie felt his annoyance deepen

"Very considerable success," he said shortly

"Ah, yes--you ood deal of experience, and Ihih Churchave up spiritualis experiences, too; but--well, I value e piece of potato into his , thought Laurie, to be catechized in this way; so he determined to show superiority

"And you think it all superstition and nonsense?" he asked

"Indeed, no," said the old man shortly

Laurie pushed his plate on one side, and drew the cheese towards hiht, but he was still far fro communicative

"What then?" he asked

"Oh, very real indeed," said the old er?"

"Yes, Mr Baxter Of course there's plenty of fraud and trickery; we all know that But it's the part that's not fraud that's--May I ask what o to?"

"I know Mr Vincent And I've been to some public séances, too"

The old

"You think he's not honest?" said Laurie, with cool offensiveness

"Oh, yes; he's perfectly honest," said the other deliberately "I'll trouble you for the sugar, Mr Morton"

Laurie was deterain He felt that he was being patronized and lectured, and did not like it And once again the suspicion crossed hisIt was so very neat--two days before the séance--the entry of Morton--his own seat occupied Yet he did not feel quite courageous enough to challenge either of the to the talk between the two on quite irrelevant subjects, and presently determined on a bit of bravado