"MY DEAR MRS. FISH: "Can you and your sister possibly make it convenient to come to my house this afternoon? If not, do come this evening without fail. You will confer a great favor by so doing. I want to see you both very much. "Your ever dear friend, "MRS. PATCHEN. "P.S. I did not send your little satchel, as I wanted you to come and see me yourself. Please send an answer by the little boy." "BUFFALO, March 21, 1851. "DEAR FRIENDS, MRS. FISH AND SISTER: "I have been anxiously waiting to see you at our home again. "The Phelps House is so crowded I could not see you privately for a moment. I do want to see you very much. I have heard so much of your 'manifestations'--not yours, but the manifestations of the Spirits. They are very mysterious; it is very singular. My husband was at your rooms last evening, but he thought it not best for me to come in such a crowd. I wish you could disengage yourselves for one afternoon or evening as soon as you possibly can. I never before felt so deeply interested in the subject. I cannot possibly wait a week. Please send word when you will come. "Faithfully yours, "MRS. PATCHEN." This is the lady through whom Dr. Flint endeavored to expose us to the world as humbugs and impostors. CHAPTER XIII. BUFFALO (_Continued_). INVESTIGATIONS UPON INVESTIGATIONS--A MEETING AT THE PHELPS HOUSE--MANIFESTATIONS WITH BELLS, ETC.--MR. ALBRO'S REPORT--A DEATH SCENE--LETTER FROM ME TO THE "COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER," AND HOW I FORCED ITS INSERTION--ARTICLE FROM THE "BUFFALO DAILY REPUBLIC"--LETTER FROM MR. GREELEY--MR. E. W. CAPRON--DEPARTURE FROM BUFFALO. But the three doctors were not to have it all their own way--not even with the assistance of a fourth, who was now the ex-diplomatic editor of their organ, and whom I spare from mention of what had been, in former times, his last exercise in Buffalo of the honorable profession to which he had been of but little honor. Whether he is still living in the flesh, or has gone to learn for himself, in the Spirit world, all the truth of Spiritualism, I do not know. They had put all Buffalo on the boil, and our rooms were crowded with hosts of indignant friends. For about a fortnight they were open and free to the public, without money and without price, whenever fresh parties came or were brought who desired satisfaction on any point glowing out of the then raging doctoral controversy. Different committees of investigation and re-investigation were appointed, for which services the first and best men and women of Buffalo would be chosen. I will particularize two, with omission of some merely prefatory matter from the second of the two, the reports of which are taken from Mr. Capron's book, quoting from the Buffalo papers. A MEETING AT THE PHELPS HOUSE.