means the firing squad unless we can escape."

Theodolinda feebly opened her eyes.

"O horrible," she murmured. "The spirit of buttermilk--I saw him--
he threatened me--"

"The horse!" cried Quimbleton, with fierce energy. "The Bishop's
horse--in the stable!"

They ran wildly to the rear quarters of the Home, where they found
the Bishop's famous charger whinneying in his stall. All three
leaped upon his back. In the confusion, amid the screams of the
tortured inmates and the cruel cries of the invading chuffs, they
made good their escape.

Every one of the wretched inmates captured at the psychic carouse
was immediately sentenced to six months' hard listening on the
Chautauqua circuit. But even during this brutal punishment their
memories returned with tenderest reminiscence to the experience of
that afternoon. As one of them said, "it was a real treat." And
although Quimbleton had plainly stated the relation in which he
stood to Theodolinda Chuff, she had no less than two hundred and
ten proposals of marriage, by mail, from those who had attended
the seance.