It had a neglected yard around it, with a paling fence that needed straightening up, in places, and a gate that would stay shut.

By the door-post were several modest tin signs.

"Col.

Mulberry Sellers, Attorney at Law and Claim Agent," was the principal one.

One learned from the others that the Colonel was a Materializer, a Hypnotizer, a Mind-Cure dabbler; and so on.