“I will try to keep you posted.
“W. T. Stead.”
Two plates had been exposed; both contained the same message, but in one case the writing was reversed and appeared as “mirror writing,” as it is called. This result is shown by [Figure 18]. The writing does not reproduce very clearly, but experts have declared that, beyond all doubt, it is identical with the handwriting of the late W. T. Stead.
Mr. Wm. Walker followed Mr. Stead into the Great Beyond a few years later. Since his death his relatives and friends have received innumerable tokens of his activities on the “other side,” in connection with the subject in which he was so interested whilst in the body. The illustration shown by [Figure 19] represents a normal photograph of Mr. H. Walker and his wife (son and daughter-in-law) and two friends, with a clearly-defined supernormal likeness of the late Mr. Wm. Walker. This was taken under satisfactory test conditions on February 19th, 1916.
As illustrating the interest Mr. Walker still takes in the Crewe Circle, attention is directed to the psychograph shown by [Figure 20]. This was secured late on Friday evening, July 28th, 1922, and reads (my own punctuation):
“Dear Friends of the Circle,
“I would not spend a moment with the Psychical Research Scty, because they are nothing more nor less than fraud hunters and I want you to come to Buxton for a sitting with Mrs. Walker, 3, Palace Rd., about the 8th-9th of Aug. Then the spirit friends can further demonstrate the wondrous powers which to-day are needed more than ever. Peace be with you.
“Yours faithfully,
“W. Walker.”
“Please inform Henry.”