Arizona republican., 1905-03-19

questions-which is a risky thing to do. and no medium that values a reputa- ton will attempt it, I told her about her husband that had passed out and give a message, and she led me on and wrote me up in the very paper that was advertisin' in and almost ruined my prospects. You get such scoffers all the time, and only later on you learn to look out and give 'em re- bukes from the spirits. It ain't no use tryin to get ahead of us, as I used to tell the people at my seances that l thought I was a collision, because they've only got themselves; but we've got ourselves and the spirits beside.
 It wasn't long in the course of event. ualities before I was ordained by the Spirit Psychic Truth Society and elect ed secretary of the union, and gettin' my percentages from test and trance meetin's at Pythian hall. I was pop ular with the professionals, which pays because mediums as a class is a little nervous, and-not to speak slanderous l of a profession that contains some of the most gifted seientists-a set of knockers.
 Only I wasn't satisfied. I was am- bilious in them days and I wanted to make my debut in materialisin', which takes a hall of your own and appar- atus and a special circle for the front row, but pays heavy on the invest ment. Try every way I could, with de- velopin' circles and private readin's and palms extra. I could never amass the funds for one first class spirit and a 1 cabinet, which ought to be enough to start on. Then one night-it was a grand psychic reunion and reception to our visitin' brothers from Portland | she come to the circle.
 Our publication--I united with my other functionaries that of assistant editor of Unseen Hands-stigmatized 1t afterward as the grandest demonstra- tion of hidden forces ever seen on this hemisphere. It was the climax to my career, I was communicatin' beauti- full, and fortune favored my endeayors. When I pumped them they let me see that which they had concealed, and when guessed I guessed with amazin' accuracy. I told a swede all about his sweetheart on the other plane and the color of her hair, and how happy she was, and i how 1t was comin' out all right, and hazarded that her name was Tina, and guessed right at the first trial. I rec ollect I was tellin' him he was a phy- sic, and he didn't sometimes feel a in f1uence he couldn't account for, and | hadn't he ever tried to establish com ! munication with them on the spirit plane. and all he needed was a few i developin' sittin's-doin' it neat an professional you know and all of the other mediums on the platform ac-
 quiescin-when a woman spoke up from the back of the room. That was the first time that ever I seen her. She was a middle-sized, fairish sort of a woman, in mournin', which l hadn't comprehended, or I'd found the article that she sent up for me to test her influence, long before. As soon as , she spoke, I know she'd come to be
 comforted. She was tidy sort of a woman, and her eyes were dark, sort | of between brown and a black. Her shape was nice and neat, and she had a straightish sort of a nose with a | curve into it. She was dead easy. I seen that she had rings
 on her fingers and was dressed real tasty, and right there it come to me,
 just like my control sent it, that a way was openin' for me to get my cabinet and stock of spirits.
 "Will you please read my article '' she says. Bein' against the esthetics
 of the profession to let a party guide you like that Mrs. Schreiber, the Egyp-
 tian astral medium was for rebukin' l her. I superposed because I seen my
 cabinet growth.
 'T was strongly drawed to the token
 in question" I says, and then Mrs.
 Schreiber who was there to watch who