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My DcGr Janc My letter of last week
was SO sad and solemn that it touched the
hearts Of some very respectable spiritualists
who live here and received through the
Republican Office, the following note:
Mar .NlnrojnC, Sg.;-Dear Sir-I have been
impressed to write you brief letter, informing you
that the spirit of Kate - has made its appearance
in our circle, and wishes for interview with you.
The spirit is described by a seeing medium one Of
much beauty and great gentlcncsS,-w worthy of
the high tribute you paid to her, from your impres
ions of her in the form. The circle will meet at my
house Saturday evening (March - when
hope to see you.
Yours in the love Of the dispcnsation,
Now nothing could more fully have fallen
in with my wishes than this invitation had
heard so much and seen so little OF spiritual
ism. that | determined, at once, to attend the
circle; and, accordingly | dispatched note
announcing the fact to my new, unknown and
very polite friend.
confess that, as the hour approached for
tho proposed interview, feeling OF most un-
worthy superstition crept over me. | was
about to hold converse with being of another
world, and while the thing seemed pleasantly
at distance, as u mere poetic fancy, the
reality quite excited Inc. ! was not to be
terrified however, and was at the appointed
place punctually. | was greeted with great
cOrdiality by the company assembled, cspe-
cially the female portion Of it. One young
lady held my hand long time, and remarked
that my vigorous electrical force quite restor
cd her weak nerves She rather thought she
should know now where to look for tone,
when she wanted it, if | would be so kind.
Her confident and confding manner quite
don me, for she was very pretty, and-well,
after all, that wasn't exactly what | was go
ing to say.
We sat down at table, the pretty young
lady by my side. and we took hold of one
anothcr's hands, and remained still for a few
minutes. Then my pretty neighbor began to
twitch all over. Sometimes she Grasped my
hand convulsivcly, and really began to feel
sorry for her. She looked as if she was get
ting unconscious at last, and spoke to the
gentleman who had invited me. Isn't Miss
going into fit I inquired |. rs she often
| troubled in that way . The spirits are
magnetizing her., replied the gentleman SOL
cmnly, and added see the heavenly smile a
| fitting over her countenancc.' looked, and
she really appeared quite pleased with the
operation, or with something that had been
said, | could not tell which. Pretty soon,
! becoming calm and still, she said - AN
| HERE, now DO YOU Do. Max - And then she
shook my hand, and, leaning over, kissed me :
| You may imagine that blushcd and felt not
IL little indignant but ! was Immediately
calmcd and placed at my case by the remark OF
the gentleman that the spirit of my old friend
Kate had possessed itself of my neghbor :
form, and that it was Kate who kissed me,
and not my neighbor. But | had come de-
termned not to be duped and said, " How
shall know that it is Kate and not my
ncighbor The lady answered, " name
your tests; and first remember that Kate
never kissed you on your lips, but always on
your check. She kissed your check lust now.
| can appreciate, as think calmly of it, the
delicacy and beauty Of this test, for the
statement of the lady was correct in regard
to dear kate's mode of kissing. The test was
all the more perfect from the fact that prob
ably not one female spirit in a thousand, II
their earthly tastes and habits had been per
pctuatcd, would have preferred the checks t
the lips.
Then began to think about tests, but
could not fix upon any that would be salts
factory. She evidently became aware of m,
puzzled condition, for with n heavenly smil
She leaned over and whispered in my ear
Max, DO you remember ever having put OF
, your trowsers hind side 'aforel' | wa
thunderstruck She had gone back to an in
. nOccnt and artless scene of my childhood, an'
, called up an event which shook my skepti
cism to the very bottom. ! remember tn
@ scene we'll was little boy, and had jus
a got off my pcttcoats. Being ambitious t
t dress myself without maternal assistance,
@ had risen in the morning, and having insult
GENTLY studied the mechanism of my neN
= clothes, had plunged my foot into the wron
hole, buttoned myself up as well as ! could
$ and gone down stairs, with, think, my trow
@ sers slightly open down the back, and m
i shirt forming an Insignificant projection thrc
the gap On my arrival in the drdwing-roon
: ! found little Kate and her mother there
d Father, who, you know is an old loker, II
: sisted that had got up the wrong side frs
and that must turn my head and leet aroun
and then | should be all right. Little Kat
laughed and gggled as if she would burs
l. and it seems that this little incident had :
impressed itself upon her mind that she ha
a resortcd to it as a test. was satisfied. to
is the circle that | was more than satisfied Ito
1t could be otherwise ! knew that there vi
not a person present who had ever seen II
m pantaloons on in any but the correct manne
You may smile, but tell you was satisiie
n You need not tell me it was clairvoyance, Fl