Sanford!"

"My Lord, Aunt Abby, you've got me all mixed up! I remember the
Mortimer boy, but what's he doing blindfolded?"

"No; it's the Hanlon man who's blindfolded, and I can go with
Ferdinand--and--"

"Go with Ferdinand! Is it a servants' ball--or what?"

"No, no; oh, if you'd only listen, Sanford!"

"Well, I will, in a minute, Aunt Abby. But wait till I tell
Eunice something. You see, dear, if Hendricks does show up, I
can pump him judiciously and find out where the Meredith brothers
stand. Then--"

"All right, San, I'll see that he stays. Now do settle Aunt Abby
on this crazy scheme of hers. She doesn't want to go to Newark
at all--"

"I do, I do!" cried the old lady.

"Between you and me, Eunice, I believe she does want to go," and
Embury chuckled. "Where's the paper, Aunt? Let me see what it's
all about."

"'A Fair Test,'" he read aloud. "'Positive evidence for or
against the theory of thought transference. The mysterious
Hanlon to perform a seeming miracle. Sponsored by the Editor of