The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

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that passed between us at various times on
the subject. l was alone in strange city,
without home, save the temporary one l
then occupied. Had no money; my health
was poor; to work at my usual occupation
was out of the question; what ought to
do? They offered me two dollars a seance,
and agreed that if Katie King would
"take," they would hold three day. l
made up my mind to play the part for
short time hoping that something better
would turn up in my interest; in the mean
time l would be earning my expenses and
doing no one any harm. All the necessary
preparations were made for my debut,
which was to take place on the evening of
the 18th of May. A robe had been pre-
pared of thin, white French muslin, reach
ing to the floor, with long, flowing sleeves,
and fastened around the waist with belt,
which, when put on, gave me very grace.
full appearance. A white veil was then
thrown loosely over my head. l had taken
great pains, by the free use of Magnolia
Balm, to give my face, arms and hands a
white, corpse-like appearance. Altogether,
looked very much like spirit. The
manner in which l entered and left the
cabinet will be hereafter described. | en-
tered it the first time, after the dark seance
was over, from the bed room. Mr.. Holmes
was in the cabinet. After one or two false
faces had been exhibited, l gently drew
aside the curtain hanging over one of the
apertures, showing the audience my face
and in a very low whisper, scarcely audi
BILE, said, "Good evening, frends,' then
drew back my head and drew down the
curtain. The sensation in the audience
was great.
Although somewhat excited l was amused
to hear the different remarks, did you
hear it speak ?'' 81 wonder who it is ?'
: GLOW beautiful it was" 81 do wish it
would appear again. The lady medium,
who was on the outside of the cabinet
among the audience, appeared very much
pleased, indeed, at the reception l had re-
ceived, and remarked that "she thought
something unusual would occur, for the
spirits had been drawing from her SO hard
all evening, to enable them to materialize,
that she had scarce any vitality left" AT
ter the excitement had subsidized little
and various requests had been made that l
should appear again, pulled the curtain
to one side, showed my face at the aper-
ture, and three or four voices at the same
time said, "Who are you? Please tell US
your name" 1 answered in low wills
per, as before, 81 am Katie King you
stupid" These cant phrases, 'You stu
pid, y" shant," 90 Be sure l am" &c, were
used by Florence Cook $50 l was informed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Holiness when personal
ing Katie King, and it was very important
that should use them, so that the people
would think | was the same Katie who had
appeared in London. The sensation among
the audience was greater than at first, and
often was the question asked "Can this
possible be the Katie King who appeared
through the mediumshp of Florence Cook
in London?" After a few moments l again
showed my face and said, "Of course it is,
you stupid The sensation was even
greater than before. l again withdrew.
The lady medium remarked that "spirits
could not remain materiaized but few
moments at time; they had to retire into
the cabinet to gather strength" On my
appearance again at the aperture, DIR.
| Child asked me L" when had been in Lon
dom l replied: I" l attended a seance
there today you stupid" and again re-
tired. Mr.. H. suggested that l had said
enough for the first time, and | left the
cabinet, passed through the bedroom up
| stairs to my own room on the third floor.
The audience soon after retired, congratu.
lating each "that the naturalization of
spirits was a fact beyond all doubt
katie's first appearance was an entire sue
cess; the mediums were overjoyed and the
audience highly pleased. The news that
spirit had appeared and talked to the audi
ence spread through the ranks of the faith
full with immense rapidity. So great was
the excitement that the parlor was filled
every evening, and large numbers were
sent away for want Of room to admit them.
Things had now assumed a lovely shape
them to come up, one at a time, to the
cabinet, and take a mementary look at her
through the aperture. She was careful.
however, to keep out of reach, unless it
was to a member of the inner circle. She
had allowed DR.. Child to feel her pulse;
she had accepted of gold ring as pres
ent from one the ladies of the inner circle,
and allowed Mr.. Owen to put it on her
finger. Mr.. Owen told the audience that
"her hand was beautifully formed, like
that of mortal woman; nearly of the
same temperature as his own, and slightly
moist" all of which was literally true, for
it was very warm weather. Poor " dear
father Owen" how wicked and sinful it
was to deceive such a good, kind hearted,
pure minded man. He was as innocent as
a child-never doubted for moment the
truth of any thing that Katie told him.
He called me his "dear daughter Katie;''
sent me very loving letter, accompanying
a lock of hair; he also gave me a hair chain.
which think he said some lady friend had
given him many years before. l think he
called her Violet" l could not bear to
keep the chain, and the next night gave it
back. telling him that :" his friend Violet
wished him to keep it in remembrance Of
her. 1t was now deemed quite safe for me
to open the cabinet door to allow the audi
ence to look at my full FORM as we were
satisfied that Mr. Ovens confidence was
obtained. We were DESTROYS of introduc-
inc new sensations every nipht I wonli
open the cabinet door gently and hold it
open for moment, that all could see
me, but l did not pass out, contenting
myself with waving my hands in as grace
full manner as could, complimentary to
the audience. The room being quite dark,