"The medium sat bolt upright in her chair and rubbed her eyes
violently. 'Your levity has destroyed the conditions,' she said. 'Two
dollars, please.'

"I paid the money, and, in going out, I met a man looking at his watch
in an irritated way.

"'I engaged a sitting for 3 o'clock by telephone,' he said. 'Why have
I been kept waiting half an hour?'

"The medium's jaw dropped with peculiar suddenness and she sat down
heavily in a chair. A sudden revelation came to me.

"'Sir,' I said, addressing the stranger, 'pardon the inquiry, but have
you a Sister Ida and a Brother Charley in spirit life? Do you love two
women--one fair and wealthy, the other poor and dark, but talented?
Does a dark cloud hover over your life and do you hear voices calling
you from afar? Are you sensitive and have you developed the sense of
tou--?'

"'Enough!' cried the man, hoarsely. 'I am convinced--here is your
money,' and he handed me a five-dollar bill.

"'Thanks,' said I, and left them there together."




THE POTENCY OF THE TESTIMONIAL