?"
Three impressive, decided raps gave an affirmative reply. "Will he be
satisfied upon this point to-morrow?" Again three raps. "Will the spirit
condescend to signify, in writing, in what way he shall act to obtain
this end?" Three raps again testified that the amiable spirit was
willing to oblige. Accordingly, Selim having produced an antique
ink-stand and an eagle's quill--a goose quill and steel pens would have
been quite too common--the hand of the medium was guided in tracing
strange characters, which looked like a jumble of the Greek, Arabic, and
cuneiform alphabets. This "spirit dialect" was translated to the
inquirer: it contained a direction to call early the next morning,
between the hours of eight and nine--for during that hour the fates were
propitious to him--at the office of a lawyer named Warren, No. 354
Broadway. Upon seeing him, he was to lay down a $20 gold piece, and to
say that he wanted him to procure a copy of the missing will. He must
answer all questions Mr. Warren might ask, and, above all, must feel
implicit faith in him, as the agent appointed by the spirits to restore
to him his property.

Full of awe as he was, the little man still wished to gratify his
curiosity as to the manner of his kinsman's death: could that be done?
"Oh, yes," answered the mysterious one, "nothing is easier." As he was
speaking, the table began to creak, as a ship would do in a storm. It
was excessively agitated; the noise of the rudder was heard, and at
last, after a series of agonizing movements, the whole concern fell
over, with a sudden crash. And yet no one appeared to touch it--the
passive hand of the venerable exile could scarcely have affected it so
strangely. "You see the fate of the ship," said the Wanderer; "it has
gone to the bottom in a storm." "How very odd!" replied the
simple-hearted little man; "when it came home, the Captain said he had
fallen overboard." "He did," answered the magician, in a solemn manner,
avoiding, however, to look in the direction of Selim. "Did you not hear
the plunge into the sea? this describes the ultimate fate of the
vessel." The good, easy man was perfectly satisfied.

He was directed to come on the morrow, when the deed had been found, and
the correctness of the spirit's directions was fully proved: and payment
was indignantly' refused. The next day, various sentimental chambermaids
visited them, desiring to be shown the likeness of their future
husbands. This was done,