Nogales international., 1931-11-28

| O}fN'tS1tl sfN sHS St5tcT, AllCc, alG IT
Srtrrs, fiiet';s and i.eighbors, are in the
....,i. of hcltiir.y weekly meetings. At one Of
t-e.. Mf:. UA4c, ,t,.o is hostess, varies the
rro1.a.. - rarx. Aectcdly arranging spirit
! ra,is.ic seJ.si = .HtE Miss Jeremy, friend OF
liz. Gpetry srd Eat professional, as the
Now c. OK WITH THE STORY
Miss le;e.ly, the medium, was due
:. $50 ard 1t 500 my wife assisted
Ms. D....e into one OF the straight
o..;.its ii lie table, and Sperry, sent
Cur BY Ecr, returned with darkish
t3.lt:le j: his arms, and carrying a
light 5an,Jco rod. /
"T;o:.'t ask me what they are for,
&C sad To Herbert's grin of amuse-
1aer:t. Every workman has his tools.
Herbert examined the rod, but it
Wa; What /, appeared to be, and Moth
ing else. !.
Sine che had started the paono-
erarh iii tic library, and it was play
ing s!oonily, "Shall we meet beyond
ire river" when Miss Jeremy came
5h. WAS not at all what We had
expecse!. Twenty-six, | should say.
and III black dinner dress. She seemed
Ike perfectly normal young woman,
eve. attractive in fragile, delicate
wa5. Net much personality, perhaps
the very word medium" precludes
tnat. A sensitive, I think she called
herself. We we're presented to her, and
hit ier the stripped and bare room,
IT r,ig;,t have been any evening after
a.iy dinrer. viii, bridge waiting.
We all liked h.r, and Sperry. Sperry
the bachelor, fhe iconnclast, the anti
feminist, was staring at her with
curicusly intent eyes.
Miss jeremy gave the room only
the most Casual Of glances.
where shall I sit?" she asked.
Mrs. Dane Indicated her place, and
she asked for small stand to be
brought il and placed about two feet
behind acr chair, and two chairs 70
lark i, and then to take the black
cloth from the table and hang it over
the bamboo rod, which was laid across
the backs Of the chairs. Thus ar
ranged, the curtain formed low
screen behind her, with the stand be-
yc.d it. On this stand we placed, at
her order, various articles from our
pockets-I fountain pen, Sperry a
knife; and my wife contributed
cold bracelet.
We III felt, 1 fzncy. rather ah-
sufI.
We arranged bltwe.n Us that we
wc4e to st ore On each size OF hes
and Sperly warned me not . let 81
OF he hand fof a moment They
have a way Of s.gitching hands" he
explained in a whisper. If she wants
10 scratch her nose I'll scra7c1 It"
w were, we discoveries, not t.
touch tie table, but az Sit around II
at I. distance Ct few M1nes, holding
han Is and thus forming The circle.
And for twenty minutes We sat thus,
and nothing halp.ne:l. She was fully
conscious and even spoke once lor
wee, and 1t l.at she nlov:-il inpa
tiently and told IS. TO put CTR hands
OIL the able.
l he'd put my opercd watch Oil tie
table before RE, night watch with a
luminous dial. At ire minute, after
nine | felt the top of the tablc waver
under my fingers, Curious, fiuid-tike
motion.
THE table is going to move said.
However, cur;ously enough, the
table cid not move. Instead, my watch,
before my eyes, slid to the edge of
the table and dropped to the floor.
and almost Instantly an object, which
we recognized later as Spcrry's knife,
was fling over the curtain and struck
the wall behind Mrs. Dane violently.
Ol.e of the women screamed. ending
in a hysterical egiggle. Then we heard
rhythmic beating on the top OF the
stand behind tie medium. Startling
as it was at the beginning, incr easing
as it did from slow beat to an in
credibly rapid drumming, whe;i the
initial shock was oyei Herbert cori-
1nenced to gibe.
"Your fountain pen, Horace" he
said to rae. Milking out statement
for services rendered, by its eager
ness"
The answer TO tnat was the pen
itself, aimed at Kim with apparent
accuracy, ano followed BY An oItcry
from him.
here, stop It! lIC SdLH' W
got ink ali over mel"
We laughed consumedly. The sit
ting had taken on all the attributes
Of practical joking The table 10
longer quivered under my hands.
Please be sure yol are holding my
hands tighy. Hold them very tight, "
said Miss Jeremy. Her voice sounded
faint and far away. Her head was
dropped forward on her chest, and
she suddenly sagged in her chair.
Sperry broke the circle and coming 20
her. took her pulse. It was. be re-
ported, very rapid.
''You can move and talk now If you
like" he said. "She's iii trance, and
there will be no raofe physical dera-
onstrat;ons."
Mrs. Dane was TIE first to speak.
was looking for 10y fountain Pen.
and Herbert was again examining the
stand.
81 believe it now" Mrs. Dane said.
IL saw your watch go, Horace. ous
tomorrow / won't believe it at all"
! ':How about yeur companion !