“John, I am perfectly
happy only for one thing;
that is on your account.
and
He answered, “0 Mary,
do not allow my affairs to mar your bliss! I am com-
paratively happy for an old man and comparatively
comfortable.”
But the answer came, “0 no, John,
I know better. I know that yon are lonely, very lone-
ly, that yon miss me very much, and are suffering from
lack of many little attentions; and that your home Is
comparatively dreary.
Mr. N. had full confience in
Mary’s judgment, and the message carried great weight;
and his home and its affairs gradually grew less happi-
fying, and he gradually grew dissatisfied; and so at a
subsequent “seance” he inquired of Mary what he
could do that would relieve her burden and make her
bliss complete. She replied that he should find a suit-
able companion and re-marry. But the old gentleman
(seventy years old) objected that even if he could find
a suitable companion, such a one would not have him.
But at frequent interviews the supposed spirit of his
wife insisted, and as he thought further over the matter
he grew more lonely, and finally asked Mary to choose
for him, as she had so much better judgment than any
earthly being could have on the subject. The medium
affected great indignation at the answer, and would
not commnnicate it at first.
The more she objected to
giving the answer, the more anxious Mr. N. became
to have it, and finally the medium explained that the
spirit of his wife had said that Mr. N. should marry
her (the medium); but that she was indignant that the
spirit should think that she would marry an old man ‘
like him.
But the more Mr. N. thought the matter over the
more he was inclined to be, as he supposed, led by the