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131Miss Ada’s control, “Black Cloud,” bashed my left hand with his; many times a gentlefeminine hand pressed my hand down on the right hand of the medium. “Silvermoon” gave a loudwar-whoop from the ceiling.When the seance was nearly at an end, the table, which weighs over a hundredweight, waslifted clean off the floor two or three inches for a second.February 2, 1911. With Miss Ada Besinnet and Mrs. Moore alone, 7.30 to 9 p.m.On this evening there was a great display of spirit lights; Iola tried to show her face by these.I dare-say there were, at different times, one hundred; about the size of a quarter dollar; not oneemanated from the medium. One song was sung three times by Oma Yoant, and also by Iola. Wehad other songs and whistling, with and without the graphophone. Three new spirit singers madethemselves known. “Leonore” spoke several times through the trumpet.The psychic was brought out of trance, very suddenly, by “Black Cloud,” her Indian control,and taken into the drawing-room, where she was made to lie down on the sofa, “Black Cloud”muttering all the while through her lips. As she passed round the table, among the chairs in thepitch-dark seance-room, she never stumbled, nor came into collision with any furniture.(95) Friday, February 3, 1911. With Miss Ada Besinnet, S to 10.30 p.m. The party consistedof Mr. and Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Wriedt, and three friends, besides Mrs. M. Moore and myself. Thefact of Mrs. Wriedt being present added very much to the power. When the seats were beingarranged, I suggested that a Mr. Xander should sit next to the medium, which he did, and talked toa spirit nearly the whole evening. His experiences during that seance quite dispersed any doubts hemay have had before; he is a man of strong character, and it was a fine instance of the comfortingand elevating power of spiritism.I sat next to Mrs. Wriedt. On my right was a man who obtained some convincing andconsoling test. The Newtons’ two children in spirit life passed flowers and other articles backwardsand forwards between their father and mother. Iola made herself known to me and to Mrs. Wriedt.But the best evidence of spirit power to the party as a whole came to Mr. Xander, through Mrs.Wriedt. He said to a spirit: “ Please take this ring to Mrs. Wriedt, and ask her if she can tell mewhere it came from.” Before receiving it in her hand, Mrs. Wriedt said: “I see a watch; the worksare all out of it, and it appears to fuse while I look at it, as if it were in the melting-pot. I see the faceof an old man [describing him], who once owned the watch.” She received the ring in her hand, andpassed it to me. After I returned it, the spirit carried it back to Mr. Xander, who said: “This is oneof the most remarkable things which has ever happened to me. The watch seen by Mrs. Wriedtbelonged to my father, whom she described correctly. After it came into my possession, I had theworks removed, and the cover beaten up and made into this ring.”There were, on this evening, many songs on the graphophone, accompanied by spiritsinging;Oma Yoant, as usual, showing the greatest power.Finally, I heard the voice of Black Cloud: “Me go”; Miss Ada came out of trance easily,and without any ill effects being apparent from the exercise of her gift.February 10,1911. Alone with Miss Ada and Mrs. Moore, 7.30 to 9.5.I informed the controls in open voice that we did not want much spirit-singing, but wouldlike the manifestations this evening to take the form of talking and mental phenomena. We beganwith songs through the graphophone, one Indian song — a favourite with me—being accompaniedby Oma Yoant in her loud voice, and, in gentler tones, by Iola afterwards. When my favouritepassages came round, Iola sang straight into my face. After this first singing was over, she talked tome through the trumpet, telling me how hard she was trying to do what I wanted (referring toJonson’s seances). Pietro, the whistler, joined in only when Cavalleria Rusticana was played by thegraphophone.There were some thirty good spirit-lights.Three letters written automatically by the psychic were given into my hands(1) My name is spelled Yoant.(2) I have come to you so many many times but you do not seem to see me or hear meand it is so difficult. I love to come to the home and the loved ones.