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"Public interest remains unabated in the remarkable occurrences at the
poultry-house farm at Brickendon, where spirit rappings in the morse
code have been heard for weeks past.... One question put to the spirit
last night was 'How many people are outside?' And the reply was
'Rorty,' which proved to be correct."--_Liverpool Paper._
And possibly furnishes some clue to the identity of the spirit concerned.
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[Illustration: _Officer._ "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?"
_Lighterman._ "COAL."
_Officer._ "I CAN SEE THAT. WHAT KIND OF COAL?"
_Lighterman._ "BLACK COAL."]
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