"Well, would you believe it, in a short time he returned and handed Mr. Funk an envelope containing two Widow's Mites, a smaller light coloured one and a black one. The envelope had been found in a little drawer in the iron safe under a lot of papers, where it had not been seen or disturbed for many years. In fact it had been entirely forgotten.
"Now, the curious part of the affair was that the smaller bright coin had been thought to be the genuine one, and had in consequence been used for the Dictionary. No one dreamt that the black one could be the genuine one. However, at the next séance when George began talking, I said to George, 'I find there are two coins in the envelope, tell me which of the two is the right one?'
"Instantly he replied, 'Why, the black coin of course.'
"Mr. Funk said, 'I am certain he is wrong there, I know that the black coin is spurious.'
"Then he asked George again, 'Can you tell me to whom I have to return it?'
"He replied, 'To a friend of Mr. Beecher's, I can't remember his name, but I have seen a picture of the college where he resides, and I know that it is in Brooklyn.'
"'What part of Brooklyn?' asked Mr. Funk.
"'On Brooklyn Heights.'
"'A gentlemen's or a ladies' school?'