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"Will you take these now?" asked Gaylor, and into her open palms he poured the flour and shot. "And, now," continued Lee, "will you go into the cabinet?" As she seated herself, he knelt in front of her and bound her ankles. From behind her Strombergk deftly wound the ropes about her body and through the rungs and back of the chair. "Would you mind seeing if you can withdraw your arms?" Lee asked.
It will give me confidence." He turned to Vance. "You select some one," he commanded. With a bow, Vance designated the tall German. "Will Professor Strombergk be acceptable?" he asked. Mr. Hallowell nodded. "Then, the three gentlemen chosen will please come to the cabinet." Vance, his manner now that of a master of ceremonies, assigned to each person the seat he or she was to occupy.
"So, I've got down as low as this, have I?" he demanded. Vance heard him, undisturbed. "I must ask you," he said, briskly, "to help me keep the people just as I seat them. They will be in this half-circle facing the cabinet and holding hands. Those we know are against us," he explained, "will have one of my friends, Professor Strombergk, or Mrs. Marsh, or my wife, on each side of him.
With a dramatic gesture, Vance swept aside from the opening in the cabinet the black velvet curtain. "It's a simple affair," he said indifferently. "As you see, it's open at the top and bottom. The medium sits inside on that chair, bound hand and foot." In turn, Mr. Hallowell, Mrs. Marsh, Gaylor, Rainey, Professor Strombergk entered the cabinet. With their knuckles they beat upon its sides.
Professor Strombergk, as he moved to his chair, announced in devout, solemn tones; "Nothing but spirit hands can move those ropes now." From the organ rose softly the prelude to a Moody and Sankey hymn, and, in keeping with the music, the voice of Vance sank to a low tone. "We will now," he said, "establish the magnetic chain.
"Professor Strombergk," announced Vance, "the distinguished writer on psychic and occult subjects, editor of The World Beyond." A tall, full-bearded German, in a too-short frock coat, bowed awkwardly. Upon him, as upon Mannie, had fallen the spell of the Hallowell fortune.
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