between the thumb and finger of his right hand, and placed them upon Dr. Pepper’s shoulder near the back of that gentleman’s head.  The covering of slate answered the same purpose which a table would have answered, and prevented those present from observing the operation.  He frequently repeated the words, ‘The Spirits will write upon the slate.’  He held the slate in this position for some time, but there was no writing upon it.  He then placed both slates upon the table before him, side by side.  Taking in his right hand the slate which was towards his left hand, he placed a bit of pencil upon it, held it under the table, and said, ’Will the Spirits write upon this slate?’ He then added, ’I feel a sort of drawing, a something which seems to pull the slate down underneath the table.  That often occurs.’

I may here remark that, at the other sittings, the same expression was made use of at times, accompanied by the thrusting of the slate some distance under the table.  The statement was that the slate seemed to be drawn some distance over to the person opposite the Medium.

A sound was heard, and upon the Medium bringing the slate out from under the table, a zig-zag line appeared upon the slate with the pencil at the end of the line.  The Medium remarked, ‘That is something.’  Then laying the slate upon the slate to his right hand, with a sponge wiped off the top of it, but did not show what was on the underside of it.  He then placed his thumb beneath the slates, and turned them in such a way that the left hand, or top slate, came to be the one furthest from him as it was held behind Dr. Pepper’s head.  When holding it in that position for a moment, a scratching sound was heard in answer to the question, ’Will the Spirits endeavor to write on the slate thus held?’ A rap followed the sound of the writing.  The slates were then taken down, and the top slate taken off.  Upon what had previously been the top slate was written the words, ‘Yes, we will try.’

Mr. Furness (interposing):  That was one of the neatest things he did.

Mr. Sellers:  My habits of observation have been trained in this kind of work, and I watched the slates intently during the process.

Subsequently certain raps were audible, when the Medium called the attention of Dr. Pepper to the fact that some of the raps were made upon the chair on which the Doctor was seated.  It was very evident that the raps were, in fact, made on that chair; there was no doubt about that at all.

Throughout this entire sitting the Medium complained sadly of his physical disability.  He said that he was afraid that he was going to lose the power of his right side, that he was becoming numb all over.  The peculiar symptoms which he described will be reported upon in the observations of Dr. Pepper, by whom they were noted.

(Mr. Furness here stated that the notes of Dr. Pepper would be read later in the evening.)

Mr. Sellers (continuing):  The Medium did very little more in the way of writing.  He repeated some few of the experiments previously made, such as the throwing off of the pencil.  He declined to play upon the accordion, as the instrument had been broken.