word, "dear, near, fear, rear, cheer, three cheers." These I have
cut, for the sake of clearness.

For some five minutes, perhaps, Miss Jeremy breathed stertorously,
and it was during that interval that we introduced Clara and took
up our positions. Sperry sat near the medium now, having changed
places with Herbert, and the rest of us were as we had been, save
that we no longer touched hands. Suddenly Miss Jeremy began to
breathe more quietly, and to move about in her chair. Then she
sat upright.

"Good evening, friends," she said. "I am glad to see you all again."

I caught Herbert's eye, and he grinned.

"Good evening, little Bright Eyes," he said. "How's everything in
the happy hunting ground tonight?"

"Dark and cold," she said. "Dark and cold. And the knee hurts.
It's very bad. If the key is on the nail--Arnica will take the
pain out."

She lapsed into silence. In transcribing Clara's record I shall
make no reference to these pauses, which were frequent, and
occasionally filled in with extraneous matter. For instance, once
there was what amounted to five minutes of Mother Goose jingles.
Our method was simply one of question, by one of ourselves, and of
answer by Miss Jeremy. These replies were usually in a querulous
tone, and were often apparently unwilling. Also occasionally there
was a bit of vernacular, as in the next reply. Herbert, who was