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This I did, and we placed our hands over them as before, and 

 in a few minutes, on opening them, we found six portraits 

 in a peculiar kind of crayon drawing. 



1 will now describe what were the writing and drawings we 

 obtained, which are all now before me. The first was a letter 

 filling the slate in small, clear, and delicate writing, of which 

 I will quote the concluding portion : " I wish I could describe 

 to you my spirit home. But I cannot find words suitable in 

 your earthly language to give it the expression it deserves. 

 But you will know all when you join me in the spirit world. 

 . . . Your loving sister, Elizabeth Wallace. Herbert is 

 here." 



Here are two family names given, the first being one which 

 no one present could have known, as she died when we were 

 both schoolboys. The opening and concluding parts of the 

 letter show that it was addressed specially to myself. The 

 next was addressed to my brother, referring to me as " brother 

 Alf," and is signed " P. Wallace." This we cannot under- 

 stand, as we have no relative with that initial, except a cousin, 

 Percy Wilson. It is, I think, not improbable that in trans- 

 ferring the message through the medium, and perhaps through 

 a spirit-scribe (as is often said to be the case), the surname 

 was misunderstood owing to the latter supposing that the 

 communicant was a brother. 



The next slate contains a message signed " Judge Ed- 

 monds," addressed to myself and Mr. Owen, on the general 

 subject of spirit manifestations. It is written very distinctly 

 in a flowing hand. 



The next is the slate written in five colours, and signed 

 ' John Gray," one of the well-known early advocates of 

 spiritualism in America. It is also on the general subject of 

 spirit-return. Then comes a slate containing a portrait and 

 signature of " Jno. Pierpont," one of the pioneers of spiritu- 

 alism, and around the margin three messages in different 

 handwritings. One is from Stanley St. Clair, the spirit-artist, 

 who says he has produced the portrait for me, at the request of 

 the medium. The others are short messages from Elizabeth 

 Wallace and R. Wallace, the latter perhaps one of the un- 



