Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13
EPISODE FIFTEEN
CHAPTER LSII.

DS rArsoS ALDEN has discovered. &c
nv M.t sss.. 'G N. sa nm wn0 dan
Sensitive medium For years he had sough
ss fs5 ins s,s9 s5 ad.t had q 9siS
I'D been sE.sdafsai: .na ii. Keen peresp,ion.
M ne And he was r.veli'ns In nj. profes.
@ sss sa sho on sS Sim ''s''' ma winch she
s S1s rrs 9 low as All. ~ H..
covering :hen TO make ~ s'her.c atm,os-
:asdss q ne room %ss. srs' aat sss ay =.
clan . prepared TO p"i her t" pc most sew
Il am getting tired" IN. said plaintiv.!y
as as she he crossed her sFms nerYou,iy Il viii
haG best hurry
r, y DO no, xisn to =, u.rsasonssle.
& YOU knew ~ha, vital matters / am en..r TO
fs and DEAN ar" "e eoneerd n a"S y"ry
rtsic case which have been Investigating
,HroE W., yourself into real spri;uaii,ttc ran.t
my servants s,ric, orders to"
sled. and lie impa;ien;ly waih'd toward the
Instrument
oas' ssf'Fi a ss ssa Mira s Lac pssy
lost her life through NJ, abstraction In his
Yes. yes Hello he called ':ritabiy Their
m, slsd. 10 hear from, You, bu, am in the
""S well think 6ss, For YOU to- ssa
,a'e- ,r,ai: as YOU might disturb tho medium .
end fssi1 tie de 5oos his al
"a no responded in the negative
Finally. he rs!ented
on Mrs. a 10 so. ns Tired rT 81
will walt for you" anI ne hung up IN e receiver.
9 IS fs cuns issy 9d sss
IN such danger Of late. Perhaps it is just as
oom may perfsot the ' spi S eoane tH
y
TIE narrowing incidents whioh had beclouded
My Iiu,, Ms s:s 1S young life AZ nrst the
the mpiscable hatred with which tho blood.
Psst Order hs the
Something tells me that may be OF greater
had Rss leas Wal, 'i s.f tS's he" Nay
nnn to aaS s0G the
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tine tro% this ana .sen s.Os
..a,y wssh ss1 aiSss servants
p.bs sss ,Ss anal ...s on s
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bs s1 naa 80 to
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pt.oid face was twitehins nervousiy, and she
the s.rSe Sss TO
kldsn had arranged a cabinet" in a corner
Of the room, by stretching O black curtain
across horizontal support reaching from
one side wall to another, in such a way as
to preclude all possibility OF, any assistance
from outside the room. The cabinet extend
ed to height Of about sevsn feet, SO that
they could see over tho top OF It.
80, Now. p.p" he, no directed hts assistant,
here Sefq1e the oasines ese' ana place mem
Dan obeyed instruotions and the scales
with their balancing platform large enough
(the physiclans) instructions, A large net
then pleced around the chair, and tho
medium stepped upon tho soales. and Alden
raised tho net completely enoirclinR her in its
firm meshes He fastened the top Of the net
to tho support above.
why all these curious preparations:' asked
Ayra.
Because this Is the only way in which
to absolutely mako certain that there Is no
legerdemain or trick manipulation in seanoe.
The scales will indicate any departure Of the
case she should use apparatus to help nor in
any use OF her hands feet about the ROOM"
explained tho physician These are the scion
tifo precautions which have betrayed hundreds
OF pretended mediums"
He hurried to the other side Of the labora-
tory, and carried small table to tho side OF
medium.
Upon this he placed q common school slate,
Within whose folded sides he had placed =
elate pencil. He tied the Gidss Of the slate
tr1nly and sealed II. before being satsined.