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Show WHAT DID IT MEAN? A youn man who had become much interesU'd in spiritualism was called to the deathbed of a very dear relative. On tho n ,ht of tor her death, when all but the watchers hod retired, re-tired, he beiu to wonder if the dead one would rr urn. Just ut that minute there were Bcvcral quick, muffled thumps under the table at which ho was writing. Ho started, paled, and sat rigid. In ten feconds o wo-ld of thoughts whirled over i''m. Then the thump ings were repealed, longer and louder. loud-er. For n moini .it which seemed nn age ho was beside himself, expecting ex-pecting to see or hear ho knew not what. But nothing further happened. hap-pened. After a full minute of suspenso ho gathered all his courage and, bending bend-ing down, looked muter tho tablo. There, on nnother tha,, ho discovered discov-ered the family cat, still scratching her head, but no longer striking tho tabic with her foo.. Harper's Weekly. |