ASPR Journal, V14 - Iapsop.com

Three Evidential Chenoweth Sittings.
tie [71]
(Yes; yes. What is another name for Gertie?)
Yes I know. G. [Scrawls, effort.] [72]
(Your name for Gertie. Take it easy.)
My pet name [Indian]
(Yes.)
you mean
(Yes.)
[Pause; made marks on paper; moaned; P. F. R.]
(Take your time; there is no hurry.)
B
(Good:)
u [read "a"]
(Yes, all right; go ahead.)
be [read " Babe "]
( Ha ! ha ! try it again ; that is pretty good.)
B
(Yes.)
u [read" a")
(Yes.)
b
(Yes.)
y
(Yes.) Buby [Read "Baby"]
There is one more
(That is right. Give it.)
But Baby was one
71. In writing "Gertie", the hand worked unevenly, the first syllable
being lighter in the first instance than the second syllable. In the second
instance the " ie" was lighter. There were evidently two controls at work
on it, someone trying to help my father, very likely. The "ie " was entirely
unnatural to him and to. mo. We disliked it exceedingly. It was not used in
the family. But it is a very natural ending to append to " Gert ", of course,
in most minds. I was very careful not to indicate by word or tone that this
referred to my own name. The stenographer did not know my name, tho
of course the subliminal of Mrs. Chenoweth did, having known me personally
for years, in a business relation. She has never met any of my
family or known anything whatever of them or their pet names for me.
72. Possibly by "Yes, I know G." my father meant to indicate that he
knew he wished to write " Gertrude ".
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