"No; I don't either. But the old people do, and if it helps them bear their grief,—why——"
"Yes; I understand. How—how much did they tell you?"
"All, I suppose. They said some medium,—well, not a professional, but some friend of theirs,—helped them to get messages 'through,' as they call it."
"Didn't they tell you who the friend was?"
"No; but they weren't mysterious about it. They simply didn't say. I believe Julie doesn't like to have them try it,—the Ouija, I mean."
"Oh, she feels as I do,—as anybody must,—if they like it let them have it. She went to the lectures."
"Everybody did, it seems."
"Yes, the whole town went crazy on the subject. Is yet, but not quite to the same extent."
"The war brought it all about, of course. After a short time, the fad will die out."
"Yes, if it is a fad. But,—do you never think there may be a grain of truth in it all?"