Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17

you, and she tells you not to be afraid
of the cloud that has been hanging
over you for so long. 1t will go away
and Will not trouble you any more"
never knew an Alice and there is no
I cloud hanging over me that has been
worrying me.
We left after that inspiration with
ing at IL 80 o'clock.
Not caring to face an intoxicated
spookist. I took q man with me this
time, and we were there promptly. He
was not up, so the landlady told us, and
we were compelled to wait for half an
hour The landlady, Mrs. Margaret
johnson, took it upon herself to enter
tain us until he was ready, and told
us about the dark circle he had had
the night before. 1 will tell it in her
own words.
Mrs. johnson Tells Of Spooks
at was perfectly wonderful. 1 have
never been to a dark circle of his be-
fore. The room was all dark and there
were only eight OF us there. 1t is better
usually when there are more people,
but 1t didn't seem to make any differ
ence last night. The doctors friends
had been treating him the afternoon
before, so / was afraid he could not
have the circle.
"Why, my brother that died years
ago came out and touched me on the
face and guided my hand to write his
name on the tablet, and my own name,
too. I never saw anything like it.
Spirits all lighted up and with the most
beautiful faces showed themselves and
1t was just like shining lights all over"
Swami Reads YeIIowback Novel
She interrupted her recital several
times to reawaken the Swami, but
apologized each time, saying that the
must be excused.
She finally took us into his room and
he slid out of the door down the hall
half dressed. While we were waiting
for him we had time to examine the
other rooms. A book which was laying
opened on the table and which he had
evidently been reading the night before
was a paper back, much -bethumbed
volume of THE Crime of a Countess"
by Nick Carter.
Between his bedroom and his seance
room there were two sets of curtains.
The one fronting toward the yard was
in two pieces. The other one was in
one piece and had to be pulled aside by
cords There was a spece between them
of about three feet and large enough
for six people. There was one window
in this Seance room, and on the OPP
posite side was the cabinet.
This was a long black curtain with
five slits in it, some big enough for an
arm to come through and two large
enough for the head. The only thing
behind the curtain was a large horn.
Beside this was the altar. This was a
brass concern with an image of Buddha
on top. On the table in front of it was
a cup with Chinese incense sticks burn
ing in it. A japanese bell stood in one
corner and vases and papers Uttered up
the rest of the table In another corner
was an organ, while opposite to that
was the music box.
Tells Of Spirits Coming
On the table in the other room was
the Swami's set of false teeth which in
his hurry he had forgotten to put in.
When the faker finally arrived on the
scene he pulled the curtains together
and shut the outside door. The strange
part of ii was that he let my cousin
into his trance. 1t was very cold and
he kept on his overcoat all the while.
He placed two chairs three or four
feet apart and facing each other. and
with the remarks that the spirits
wouldn't come If the light was on them
he pulled the window curtain half way
down. oddly enough, however he mis-
calculated, for he put me facing the
window so what light there was fell ON
lmy face, and as the spirits We're sup