O. J. L.--Very well then, spell his name. The table spelt:-- MYRES AND GRA. Here O. J. L. thought that he had got wrong--rather suspected that the A meant "No," and stupidly said:-- O. J. L.--Well, it doesn't matter, it won't be evidential, so I may as well guess what you mean: Is it Gurney? The table assented. But it still went on spelling. It again spelt:-- GRA and then ND, at which O. J. L. queried: Grand men? The table dissented, and went on and spelt:-- FATHER. O. J. L.--Oh! You mean Grandfather! YES. M. F. A. L.--Is he with Myers and Gurney? Emphatic "NO." M. F. A. L.--Which grandfather is it that you mean? Give the first letter of his Christian name. W. M. F. A. L.--Dear Grandpapa! He would be sure to come and help you! O. J. L.--I say, do you like this table method better than the 'Feda' method? YES. O. J. L.--But you remember that you can send anything you want specially through Paul always? YES. O. J. L.--That was a grand sitting yesterday that your mother had! [_i.e._ the one with Peters.] YES. M. F. A. L.--Do you remember showing olives? YES. M. F. A. L.--What did you mean by them? OLIVER. M. F. A. L.--Then we now understand--A Roland for an Oliver. YES. O. J. L.--You intended no reference to Italy? [We had been doubtful at first of the significance of the olives; see p. 131.] NO. O. J. L.--But you were interested in Italy? YES. O. J. L.--Do you remember anyone special in Italy? YES. O. J. L.--Well, spell the name. (A name was spelt correctly.) O. J. L.--You _are_ clever at this! Loud "YES." O. J. L.--You always did like mechanical things. YES. O. J. L.--Can you explain how you do this? I mean how you work the table? The table then spelt with the alphabet for a long time, and as the words were not divided up, the sitters lost touch, one after the other, with what was being said. I, for instance, lost touch after the word "magnetism," and, for all I know, it was nonsense that was being said; but the recorder put all the letters down as they came, each letter being called out by me according to the stoppages of the table, and the record reads thus:-- YOU ALL SUPPLY MAGNETISM GATHERED IN MEDIUM, AND THAT GOES INTO TABLE; AND WE MANIPULATE. [The interest of this is due to the fact that the table was spelling our coherent words, although the sitters could hardly, under the circumstances, be exercising any control. Naturally, this does not prevent the medium from being supposed to be tilting out a message herself, and hence it is quite unevidential of course; but, in innumerable other cases, the things said were quite outside the knowledge of the medium.] O. J. L.--It is not what _I_ should call "magnetism," is it? NO. O. J. L.--But you do not object to the term? NO. O. J. L--Paul's mother offers to take messages from you, and if she gets them, she will transmit them to us. YES.