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Rh well. "But," said she, "I can, not tell whether they are humbugs or not; I think they do and say some things that are very strange: speaking of them, makes me think of some more of Iangy's impudence. Did you hear what a going over she gave these spiritual rappers the other day?"

Mrs. S. replied "I did. Do yon know the cause of her giving them such a lecture? My husband said she did right, and if he says it is right, it is so. These spiritual rappers got some ladies in their room, and frightening them, made them tell some little things they would not otherwise have told, and then they told these things again. Iangy heard it, and she gave them what they ought to have; and the spiritual rappers getting afraid lest she would tell the ladies, undertook, in a sly manner, to tell falsehoods on her to the proprietor. Come, come, I hear her footsteps—for I can tell when she comes—at the top of the stairs."

I then opened the door; Mrs. S. was standing; the two other ladies turning toward me, said, "Why, Iangy, how are you?" I replied, "I am well, I thank you." Mrs. said, "You don't look well, you seem nervous, perhaps you walked too fast, or come too quickly up the stairs." I replied, "perhaps I have; I might have felt better had I not come up so fast."

After seating Mrs. S. before the glass, I began to comb her, occasionally taking a glance at the two other ladies, to watch their manner and countenances, seeing them so perfectly confused. Mrs. S. asked, "Well, Iangy, how does the world use you."

"As well, madam, as I wish, I have enemies as well as friends, but for my part, I like enemies; I feel