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{{Style P-No indent|She even said that Sunflower could not come out alone unless we had some such contrivances to aid her.}}
She went off, and I consulted with Mr. Bennett and with Sunflower. Mr. Bennett went over to the house to make a survey. Sunflower was very averse to the undertaking, and only consented to take part by my most earnest solicitations.
Mr. Bennett came back and said he did not want to do the job; but I told him he must do it, as Mrs. Hardy had said it was going to save us all.
On Monday following both Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Brigham again came over, and the latter came up, when I told her I would give the seance on Tuesday night—that was last Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Bennett went over and made the trap, and everything was in readiness for the evening seance, the result of which has been given in the Herald. You can see how I was ensnared by that woman under the guise of friendship. When she was last here, urging me on to my betrayal, she gave me a most loving kiss at parting. I would die before I would do such an act of perfidy! Whatever may be said of me it can never be Mid that I betrayed my friends, or, under pretense of friendship, led them, to their ruin. This is the whole truth of the story, and you will see that it differs very widely from that published in the Herald on Thursday. Well, you can see the reason. I was beating them all in the business, and they wanted to kill me. But I’m not dead yet, and they will find they have a harder job on their hands than they bargained for.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> {{Style S-Small capitals|Notes by the Editor of the Spiritual Scientist.}} The person refered to is T. B. Taylor. He was confidentially informed by Dr. Storer, to whom he had Mid that he was to attend a seance there, that he (Dr. Storer) suspected fraud and wished an opportunity to go there in Dr. Grover’s circle. Dr. Taylor was to see Dr. Grover, and arrange for Dr. Storer’s admission, but did not do so. Dr. Storer suspected fraud soon after the close of the seances in the summer and in company with several Spiritualists attempted an expose before the trapdoor was discovered; in justice to him it must be said that he was one of the first to move in the matter.
† Mrs. Hardy did write such a note upon the request of this woman, and admits it.
‡ That person was Mr. Gordon. The woman supposed he was going to Mrs. Brigham's also and therefore did not go.
§ “John” knew all about it the day of the seance, however, and was quite busy informing several gentlemen of it; among others the correspondent of the Herald and the gentleman who acted as counsel for Mr. Bennett until the first trap was discovered.
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