el, and supplying a possible clue to the identity
of the mind of which she seems to be an imaginary creation.

Fifty-nine was the age of the late Rev. Mother Frances Helen in the
year 1873, when Sarah N---- died. They are not people who are at all
likely to have met each other upon "the other side" any more than upon
this.

It is a generally recognised fact that the conditions which we call
"time and space" exist on in the world beyond in a form so very
different from those in which they are conceived of by us, that from
our point of view they can hardly be said to exist at all. It is
natural, therefore, to seek the utterer of this remarkable statement
in some person connected with B---- who did not know the late Mother
Frances Helen (supposing her to be the person for whom Ishbel was
intended), but had heard of her.

_February 22nd, Monday._--Mr. "Z----" _came_.

The whole matter of the inquiry had been made known to Mr. "Z----,"
the proprietor of a prominent Scottish newspaper, of course in the
strictest confidence, which was carefully made a condition of the
admission of any one to the house, a confidence which he most
honourably observed. It was arranged that if anything occurred within
the observation of himself or his son, the scientific value of which
rendered it, in their judgment, desirable to publish a notice of it in
_The ----_, the notice should be published under avowedly false names
and geographical indications. Mr. "Z----" was unable to come himself,
but his son arrived this day.

Mr. "Endell" (a Member of the S.P.R.) arrived while we were out,
and made a tour of inspection alone of the outside of the house
and the ground-floor rooms. He intuitively fixed on the window
of No. 3 as that of a "haunted" room, and has since, equally by
intuition, diagnosed the drawing-room and library as "creepy,"
and the dining-room as definitely cheerful. (This coincides with
our experience.)

My own experiences to-day were confined to ejection from a high
waggonette, while waiting at the station for Mr. "Z----," the
horse having bolted at the appearance of the train.

No phenomena. We are putting Mr. "Z----", at his own request, in
No. 3, the "ghost-room."

_February 23rd, Tuesday._--Pouring wet. No phenomena. Visit to
glen impossible.

Mr. and Mrs. R---- (local residents) came to lunch. Though in
great pain I was able to see them for a few minutes, and both