The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-29
Dicks Spiritual Help.


Dicks Spiritual Help.
A very select school, consisting Of two
teachers and one pupil-Pansy's only
wax daughter, the Lady Melinda Mug
gins just come to grief. The Lady
Melinda had for some days been suffer
ing for-not .trona-a stitch in her side,
and Miss Nudge, In vigorous effort to
shake her into a knowledge of her
geography lesson, lad produced a vio-
lent hemorrhage of sawdust that made it
necessary for the poor lady to be put In
bed at once. So two worthy teachers
we're out of situation. They were more
fortunate than many people who are out
of employment, however, for just as
they began to consider what they had
better do next, hand beckoned at the
Window hand rather the worse for
late contact with green paint, hand
with piece of gingerbread In it, but
still it beckoned.
Come out here, said Dicks voice,
repeating the invitation his hand had
given. And Nudge and Pansy accepted
at once.
They found Max and Teddy sitting on
the grass, and sat down beside them to
learn the object for which council had
been called.
See here, all of you [ know some
thing" said Dick, by way of opening
the subject. Dick generally knew
something, or thought he did, which is
not always exactly the same thing. 81
want a se-ance.
GCTTI,o4 o17nfc xr,bo4 do won wont %O
see 'em for?" questioned Nudge with
wide-open eyes /; for Dick did not under
stand French and pronounced the word
as he had seen it spelled.
!" Pshaw [ don't mean that mean
a spiritual se-ance don't you know Z"
But Nudge did not understand, and
the others looked considerably Devil
dered.
"I know that's the name Of it, cause
I saw it in paper,' pursued Dick posi-
lively. g couldn't tell much about it
there, it was all mixed up with SO many
big words and stuff but I'd found out
all about it before, and what they do
and everything. heard Miss Roxbury
telling Aunt Prue about it last night.
You see. the folks sit round the table
and put their hands on it, and keep real
still, and by and by the spirits come and
knock, and move the table around like
like smash | expect you'd do it
too
CT s'pose-may be-I'd be afraid, =
said Nudge, hesitatingly.
''Afraid? Ho that's just like girl !!
I wouldn't be bit afraid exclaimed
Dick scornfully, and Max and Teddy
echoed the sentiment so valorously that
Nudge was quite abashed, and remarked
apologetically
sWell, I didn't say / should be, I
only said may be might be-p'r'aps. .
6 But what do you want to have a see
see-your-uncle, OF whatever you call it,
for Z" asked Max.
"Why, to find out if we can do it,
and-we1, you see," said Dick, hesitat-
ing, and then growing confidential, If
we could get 'em to move table, they
might do lots of things for us-pile up
all the wood that's out in the shed, may
be, if we just laid our fingers on ii, and
draw our sleds up hill for us in the win
ter. It wouldn't be bit harder than
some things Miss Roxbury told about,
and shouldn't wonder if we could get
so they'd do nearly all our work for us,
and we needn't do anything ourselves
but Just have good times"
It wasa an inviting prospect, and the
brilliant plan was adopted at once. They
decided to try the experiment that very
evening.
Because evening seems more-more
somehow. you know" explained
Teddy, not very lucidly.
Pansy suggested the attic as a good
place to meet.
eve all can be by ourselves there,
and nobody will come, or hear US, OF
anything" she said.
So The whole party went up to the
attic to view the place and make their
preoarations. There was large finished
chamber that had often served them fol-
3lay-room, and among it's odd furnish
ing of dilapidated sofas, old chairs,
boxes and barrels, they found shabby
little table, and the boys lifted it out
!. into the middle of the room. It was d
cripple. having lost one leg in some
former service, and inclined to tip over
at the hghtest touch.
Dick volunteered to make it all right,
however, and running down stairs he re-
turned with stick, hammer and nails
ii required deal of holding and ham.
Eering before the new leg would be fast
ened on, and even then it was rather