"At the Black Rock. I was going to tell the story yesterday at dinner, but it slipped by."

"Do you know anything of this--apparition?"

"I saw it myself, and two others saw it."

"Where do we stop first?"

"At Rugby."

She took a note-book from her pocket, and wrote something in it. When the writing was finished, she tore out the leaf on which it was, and handed the leaf to O'Brien, saying:

"Will you be kind enough to telegraph this from Rugby for me?"

"It will have to be written on a form," he said, hesitatingly.

"Will you oblige by writing it on a form for me? There is no reason why you shouldn't read it."

When he got out at Rugby he read the message. It was addressed to Blake, and ran: