“Of course,” agreed Mrs. Hodges. “We are selfish to overtax you.”
Recovering their trinkets, the elderly couple and Mrs. Weems went from the room. Penny was the last to leave.
“Well, sister?” inquired the medium in a low voice. “Were you convinced, or do you still think that you can show up Al Gepper?”
“I think,” said Penny softly, “that you are a very clever man. But clever as you are, one of your well-trained ghosts may yet lead you to the city jail!”
CHAPTER
13
COUSIN DAVID’S GHOST
When Penny reached the lower floor she found Mrs. Weems and the Hodges excitedly discussing the séance. The seamstress and her husband emphatically declared that they had given the medium no information regarding either the housekeeper or the deceased Cousin David.
“Then there can be only one explanation,” Mrs. Weems said. “We were truly in communication with a departed spirit.”
“Don’t you agree, Penny?” inquired Mrs. Hodges.
“I am afraid I can’t,” she replied.
“The test was a fair one,” Mrs. Weems insisted. “Mr. Gepper couldn’t have described Cousin David so accurately if he hadn’t actually seen him as he materialized from the spirit world.”