But Dave was not easily approachable. He met the medium's
allusions to the occult with contemptuous amusement, nor would he
consent to a private "reading," Strange grew almost desperate
enough to speak the ungarnisned truth.
"You'd better pay a little attention to me," he grieved; "I've got
a message to you from the 'Unseen World.'"
"Charges 'collect,' I reckon," the Ranger grinned.
Strange waved aside the suggestion. "It came unbidden and I pass
it on for what it's worth." As Dave turned away he added, hastily,
"It's about a skeleton in the chaparral, and a red-haired woman."
Dave stopped; he eyed the speaker curiously. "Go on," said he.
But a public street, Strange explained, was no place for psychic
discussions. If Dave cared to come to his room, where the
surroundings were favorable to thought transference, and where
Phil's spirit control could have a chance to make itself felt,
they would interrogate the "Unseen Forces" further. Dave agreed.
When they were alone in the fortune-telling "parlor," he sat back
while the medium closed his eyes and prepared to explore the
Invisible. After a brief delay Phil began:
"I see a great many things--that woman I told you about, and three
men.
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