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Show HE WAS SOMEWHAT PEEVED Attendant at Spiritualistic Seance Considered Con-sidered Himself Aggrieved and Said So. Charles M. Cross of Indianapolis Ihinks variety adds spice to life, so he Went to a spiritualistic service. It was a lively affair with sepulchral voices sounding through trumpets, tambourines playing mysteriously in mid air, and (.old, clammy hands ol partially materialized men and women making free in the dusky room with those who were in the (lesh. In the midst of it something dealt Mr. Cross a vicious whack on the nose and he called for lights iu a tone not to be disobeyed. With the light the circle as disclosed was all natural and human hu-man again. The most human member of It was Mr. Cross, with a bloody nose, spoiling for a fight and all the "madder" because he did not know horn to fight. "Who did that?" he demanded of the medium. The medium said the gay spirit was that of St. Peter. But even this explanation did not satisfy Mr. Cross. "Well, all I ask of St. Peter," he said, "is to materialize for just one minute and if I don't make a vacancy for a new gatekeeper I won't ask to get In." Indianapolis News. |