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134Mrs. Z. ’s guide, a nun called Edna, when she came, arose from the carpet two feet infront of me; she was wearing a smaller cross than she wore two years ago when I last saw her. Afterstopping two or three minutes she dematerialised, and soon afterwards rose from the carpet in thesame place as before.My father and mother came together, and a little girl in Scotch plaid, said to be a guide of anartist in Canada, came to Mr. and Mrs. Z.I should mention that, shortly after Grayfeather took possession of Jonson, he made thelatter rise and collect magnetism from Mrs. Jonson and us sitters, with his hands. This he appearedto throw into the cabinet.Thursday, January 19, 1911. With the Jonsons. Sitters, Mr. and Mrs. Z., their two nieces,Mrs. Wriedt, and myself. The atmospheric conditions were satisfactory, but the séance was not sogood as that of January 10.(97) Grayfeather took possession of Jonson easily; he caused him to rise from his chair andthrow his hands about as before, collecting magnetism from his wife and the sitters, and throwing itinto the cabinet. Viola came out of the cabinet early, and flitted about, peering into our faces as shedid at the last seance. With her consent I took hold of her tresses of long hair on either side of herhead with both hands, drew her face gently down to mine, and kissed her. It was precisely the sameas kissing any ordinary mortal. This experiment, in the interest of science, was remarked upon withjeers by “Kitty” inside the cabinet, who called out: “Oh! oh! he’s all amongst the girls !“ I was toldafterwards that this is a favour sometimes accorded by Viola to old friends. The light was quitegood enough to see the face and form clearly down to her feet. She then retired into the cabinet.During a subsequent seance at the house of Mr. Kaiser, in Detroit, Kitty spoke to me in the dark,and, among other things, said: “Viola thought that kiss of yours real nice.Dr. Sharp, Mrs. Wriedt’s control, came according to a promise made to us at Detroit. It waseasy to recognise the face and long beard as he appears in his picture in Mrs. Wriedt’s drawingroom;but, otherwise, he appeared to me to be very phantasmal, evidently not a solid form. Mrs.Wriedt had a conversation with him. I heard him say, “I came to keep my promise”; but he couldnot stop very long.Hypatia and Cleopatra manifested, and were both shy. I had no opportunity of testing theirtangibility. Friends and relatives appeared to all the party.The name Alldin was given. I went up to the cabinet and saw a vague figure of a man, butcould not make out the face. I put out my left hand, and clutched the lapel of a tweed coat. Itevaded my hand after I had held it for two or three seconds; there was no struggle, and the formvanished.(98) The same old relative whom I saw on the 10th came again. I got the name clearly, andsaw the form at the opening of the cabinet. I approached her closely; she kissed me, as she would inlife, and I instantly put my right hand straight through the white garment. Until my hand bad gonethrough about a foot or fifteen inches, it encountered no resistance; then my fingers met a slightobstruction, somewhat hard. There was, at this moment, a stagger back of the form, and itdisappeared.After this a white form tried to rise from the carpet outside the cabinet, but failed and sankagain.Jonson came out of trance very suddenly. This was the only occasion upon which there wasany sign that my experiments had disturbed him. He was quite himself in a few minutes and nonethe worse; but my guide (who must have been in the cabinet and seen what I was doing at the time)referred to the incident a few days later, in Detroit, and warned me that it must not be repeated.Friday, February 3, 1911. 2.30 to 4.40 p.m. Sitting with Jonson. Conditions good. The partyconsisted of Mrs. Wriedt, Mr. and Mrs. Newton, a lady friend of theirs, Mr. Xander, anothergentleman, and myself. The most interesting event in this seance will be described in the nextchapter. It was by a mere accident that I was able to attend at all, and I consider myself fortunatein witnessing the final act of a pretty episode.