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34 Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.
(True; very true.) [73]
[Moaned; Indian; P. F. R.]
(1ake your time; it is all right.)
[Made marks on paper] H
(Yes.) [74]
[Indian.]
Dont think can
(All right.)
P P P is one
(Yes.)
e e [Pause.) [75]
(Is Gertie in the cemetery, father?)
You mean sister in cemetery
(No, I asked if Gertie is in the cemetery. From what you
said it looks on the paper as though she is.) [76]
No no no
(All right.)
73. "B ", which was correct, came at once. The "u" which followed
it I would not read either time, as I found stenographer reading it "a",
but it is a clear "u ", and correctly so for the unusual pet name I had in
mind. The '' b" which follows it is also correct; after a pause the final "e"
or "y" was tacked on, but neither was correct for the answer to my
question. The repetition in the form of " Baby " after the stenographer had ·
read " Babe " is natural on the subliminal basis, and " Baby" was a familiar
pet name for me until I was old enough to rebel, as I was the last of the
family. The name I asked for had 'been used by my father only, and I did
not quite get it . . Only the last letter is missing, and I believe one reading of
a letter given in the first attempt is the correct letter made in a somewhat
careless fashion as it often is in automatic writing with Mrs. C.
74. "H" refers to no pet name of mine that I recall. "Yes" was merely
a response indicating that we had the initial clearly.
75. Possibly an attempt at "Pet", tho this is not the distinctive name
requested, it was one of several in use in the family for me. " P is one"
is therefore pertinent.
76. "Sister" is "in cemetery "-more than one, in fact. The question
was asked very impartially, in order to have the matter cleared up "on
paper". No inflection of tone was permitted to indicate what answer might
be expected. And it is to be noted that being " with the children and the
babies" as "old grand people" would necessarily apply to the living "children
" as my parents' only grandchildren are living and their parents are,
also. The mistake in interpretation was mine, and my father's evident
surprise is entirely natural.
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