the greater part of their rent, which had been paid in advance. The evidence
of Mr. H---- himself, of his butler, and of several guests, will be found in
due chronological sequence.
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When Colonel Taylor, one of the fundamental members of the London Spiritualist
Alliance, a distinguished member of the S.P.R., whose name is associated both
in this country and in America with the investigation of haunted houses, offered
to take a lease of B---- House, after the lease had been resigned by Mr. H----,
the proprietor made no objection whatever. Indeed, the only allusion made to
the haunting was the expression of a hope on the part of Captain S----'s agents
in Edinburgh, that Colonel Taylor would not make it a subject of complaint,
as had been done by Mr. H----, in reply to which they were informed that Colonel
Taylor was thoroughly well aware of what had happened during Mr. H----'s tenancy,
and would undertake to make no complaint on the subject. Captain S---- having
th