But why not ask _him_ the question?"
"That is just my purpose.--Sir Joseph Barley, can you give me the date
of your death?"
"It is hard for spirits to give numbers," said Mr. Stellato.
"It is sometimes done by tips," quoth Miss Turligood.
I pressed the demand, and, after much cajoling and counting, a certain
day of March was fixed upon.
"Can you give me the place?"
I was instructed to call over the names of such foreign cities as I
might remember, and assured that Sir Joseph would tip at the right one.
It turned out to be "London."
"And now, Sir Joseph, could you oblige me with the name of the physician
who attended your last sickness?"
But no sooner had I propounded this final query than Mr. Stellato
declared his consciousness of a skeptical influence in the company which
would go far to impede other manifestations. Where people were not
harmonial, he explained, the Detached Vitalized Electricity being unable
to unite with the Imponderable Magnetic Fluid given off by mediums,
satisfactory results could not be obtained.
"But we have at least obtained this satisfaction," said I, addressing
Colonel Prowley: "Sir Joseph has committed himself about the day and
place of his decease. You must soon hear from some member of his family.
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