, Mia ‘
m had. always been:
hat-mac and ebiml‘rlml in her
m tendencies: There was a war-
M' independence in her nature that
m her either for a deluded crank or d
patron! ”Blue. .I trembled sometimes
u‘towhleh.
» Idld not love her for these abnormal
. MM but‘ruore for the beauty of her
, ' stud (mend a' quiet, sympathetic
, lty tbatelumbered somewhere in
“ Mn. She did not look kindly upon
, " to minim her from her mantel
, Me. I feltat times that she believed in
molt things just to shook my sense of
‘ 'mflety. When I was fully satisfied of
this. i swung around tothe other extreme
Mindulgently listened to all of her wild
Whales concerning mysticism. spirits,
mind—readers, and astral bodies.
This was how we came to visit Doctor
Becor. the celebrated hypnotist. 1 de-
rcidedtodisarm her of all suspicion. I
would not cross her in anything. But 1
Idol had cause to regret my approval of
this extreme course. How well I remem-
«her the words of the doctor when be ex-
Ilnined her as asubject for exhibiting his
almost supernatural power.
“I do not wish to use you. You have
in you the making of a powerful hypno-
tlst. Yield to no one, but make others
your subjects.”
With that be dismissed her, but no
one saw the look of exultution in her
eyesae I did. She was now conscious of
’her power. Her eyes were feverishly
brightaswe left the meeting. I knew
that the mischief was done, and l quietly
‘ Waited the results.
Selmanever did things by hsl vcs. When
. Ilaw the books piled upon her dainty
table two nights after this visit, I knew
that she was making a study of hypno-
tism. At first she was shy about her new
fad, but she soon launched boldly forth
into her subject. She was reading every-
thing about the question, from the first
principles up to the latest discoveries. I
tried to discourage her, and to drew her
mind toward other interesting things.
But that was not Selma to yield until
. Ibo had exhausted her passion, and the
‘ thing itself began to cloy.
One evening Icalled later than usual.
I was not in an enviable frame of mind.
Things had irritated me that day, and I
found myself in the desperate mood of
wishing to bring matters to a climax be-
tween $elma and myself. If she would
not accept my love Iwould give up the
chase. l Wulllfl Use every legitimate
means and argument to force her to love
and accept me. She could not be won by
quiet, modest wooing. She required the
determined opposition of a mind that
would conquer her own in the struggle
for supremacy.
Strange that I did not lllllll\ of the
words of Doctor Senor as l revolved these
thoughts in my brain! l urver once
thought of Selmu‘s mind brim: stronger
than my own. I had ulwuy~ lrrutod her
is a imlfmpoiled. pone-d rhild, that
needed a master and adviser. l bud un-
consciously assumed this function for
myself.
Despite my self-possession uud self—ub-
eorption in one great subject. us [ entered
her room I soon became lqul'o of a pc-
culiar sensation. The 8“":er in the
room had all been changed, nod Selma
herself looked strangely bright and
laminating. Her eyes were never more
brilliant and attractiw. She was
dressed in an evening costume that
set ofl’ her great benuly rather than
concealed it. She glide-d toward me in a
Winsome, sylph-like fashion, and extend-
ed a warm hand to wr-luonm me. I shud-
dered us I dropped the hand » why. [could
not say. My eyes “'Hllllt‘l'l‘ll around the
room. and then bark ll) Selma curl: time.
She was always watching me. with her
lips hulf~pnrled in a ~unile.
“Why have you changed llw lnruiture
so, Selma?" [asked m u mi- e that seem
ed somewhat. dreamy to um
“Why? Do you not like if“ she un-
swei'ed slowly. without rounding her
eyes from me.
They were verybrilliuul I could nl‘
most imagine they “’Pl'l' iwmmrx. ’l‘bey
wereacomplete study in llu-om-lvcs. l
wandered somewhat in my lhouuhlu. lillli
then recalled myself.
“Have you anything new on hypno-
tlemf" I asked irreh-vumly, looking it»
ward her recent collection of lmnkn.
"Nothing in book-form, but i have
n
A strange [den flushed urrow my mind
”if by intuition. und 1 inln'rruplcd her
only to finish her owl! scllll'm'c.
“You hm’v bum in em- [lm'foi' Scour?"
She nodded lwr lwud simply, and shrug.
god her pretty allnIliIil-n.
"Selma. this is going loo fur!" l
burnt out wrutlilully. "You should not
do such ~ 1'
She waved lwr huuds iuun-riously, and
“id decidedly:
”Stop? you huve Hillli enough."
This Wm M! unlike. Holum that l obeyed.
Ithoughl bur eye» grew more feverish.
and who was making grnmvlul motions
with her llllilill'l tlmt flw'inulml um. i
watched her mutt-1y.
Then I “VFW dizzy. l clulrbml Hm llf‘illll
OI my chair and would for my brenlll. it
dawned upon me that «he vm-«lrylnglo
hypnotlm- me. llm‘tor Hui-or hud lnlliuml
her into Hm Illynlerirm ”I ills power. The
thought in. first was rcvolllnlz and made
me anurv. llul. before I could speak a
heavy sigh «mine from Si-lmu. film was
breathing burdund fast. [lid she think
to triumph owl-me. to brim: my mind
lander her control? Hlle might have a
strong permmullly but i Wits willinulo test
uyown powers against here. i braced
myself for the ordeal, and returned her
steady on».
The sudden wave of slrunulh which
swept over me scented in willful“! and
mystify her. She sighed ocain. and
clutched her hands nervously, Then she
gflduelly grew qnlM and plmiw. Her
hands seemed to lose their poorer, and her
whole form dropped back into her chair
listless”. A V'Illd fehelhl‘g of exultauun
M, ii me. feltt st hndtrinmphed.
Sh was in my power. lronld do with
In! In I pleased.
Then come the nimngdmrc in make
heriore me. I could force her to that
inst her will. She could not escape.
I come to declare my law. [would
Int tell her of it, and If she returned
fipieaolngs I would command hei- to
me.
”Selma." 1 spoke slowly. and my voice
sounded strange and unnatural. "You
are is my power."
so: renal her has slightly u n to re- rod
'98“ entirely.” she altered. "I have
Wig“ you unsettled!»
L‘ sleet.“ _
‘ “remains; we‘re-fin...
. ...l
Inseam , n1, Murmurs,»
m m dorm has into the chair. The
sensation startled rue. .
”Selma, you. must do my bidding," I
said again. determined to try the effect of
my power. "What I commend, you must
0’”
She laughed a low, silvery laugh. Then
mockingly, she added:
“You are over-estimating your power
as I Wee-estimated mine. I am not your
subject yet.” ' .
It was not necessary to tell me this. I
could see that our two minds were titul-
gling for the mastery, and each was bef-
fled by the other. My feelings ware strange
beyond comprehension. I felt almost as
if I was in a trance. I realised that “I
should yield one inch Selma would
triumph and obtain complete ascendancy
over me. A weakening sensation crept
upon my limbs and nearly paralyzed them.
The thought that l was yielding inch by
inch roused me, and 'I recon-red my
strength again with a grout. lfi‘orl. AS
1 regained possession of my powers, Selma
seemed to waver and grow more nervous.
“I shall conquer," I muttered, more to
myself. “You must yield. I shall read
your life, and make you tell me of the
future!”
Her hands fluttered nervously and her
eyelids drooped. Her whole form threat-
ened to collapse before me. For the mo-
ment I had gained the subtle power over
her.
“Tell me, Selma, what I ask of you," I
said, ruining my hand. “If. is impossible
to resist longer. You are my subject.
You must answer me truthfully."
She nodded assent, and whispered
slowly:
“Yes, I must answer you; but you can-
not nsk me the questions you wish. I
know what they are. You cannot ask
them, but I will answer what you oak."
This strange confession confused me.
Could not ask her what i wished. The
thought made me smile. llud she the
power over me to keep back the question
that was uppermost in my mind? No; I
would declare my love and get her con-
fession from her. I tried to frame my
thoughts in appropriate language, but
my mind was confused. I vainly endeav.
ored to begin, but each sentence that I re-
volved in my brain seemed unsuitable.
My mind was never so uncertain and
lacking in decision. Could I not speak?
Bashiul lover never hesitated so long as I
did to dcclure his love. Was she really
exerting a subtle influence over me that
confused my mind and kept bark the
Words I wanted to utter?
“Selma, when did you use Doctor Se-
cor?” I said. anxious to discover whether
I hull lost control of my tongue.
“'l‘mluy," sbe said, simply.
“Did he touch you how to hypnotize?”
I continued.
“Yes. he lricd to, but [ have purlly
failed."
“Not pnflly, but wholly,"
quickly.
She smiled us she answered:
"You or.» mistaken. You are partly
under-my power. You cannot rise from
your chair without permission from me,
and you miuuot ask me the qllawllnll you
desire."
To show how absurd her words were. I
attempted to not. up, but my limbs were
paralyzed. i could not more. Neither
could i tell lu-r of my loveuud ask her to
accept me. The realization of my mulli-
tion mudc lbs perspiration «thud out in
grant bonds on my forehead.
“How run I free my soil from lhis po-
sition?" [usked in dcspi-ruliou.
"Only by oblniuilig my consent."
“And you? How cuu you return to
your normul condition?”
Sliosnnlcd.
“You how it within your power to It‘-
licve llll‘.
“'l‘hon i will do if as won us [ have
shown my pom-r over you. I must loll you
that [—~ "
I could got no further. The Words
choked in my month. My pride formok
me of the thought of my ullor hl'illleflfi'
new. I bowl-d my head.
"it is ”M‘liWN There is some myslcri.
nus pmwr holding me bark. l vnnuol
lull you."
“If [ willml if so you rould.:uul lwmrid
have to answer you truthfully,”
[did not ruiw my iii-ml. l was sick of
the Whole business. if wu~ ruinous to flu:
Hilml and nerves. lulluml dreads-d the
result of Mll‘ll n sirniu upon fivlmu. Willi
hor son-olive. r'lnnlionul unfun-
"llvlmur llll‘, til-lulu. nod l will willy
druw my influence," 1 wild, suddenly
raising my band.
liul ms my eyes Illl'l. ln-r brighl nlwu. n
delicious sunsollou slolu on-r In». My
spirits row Willi a jump The lu-uvy op.
presnion was willidrnwn. I only l'mllimul
tlml Solmn wus llI'IIll'ii nu- bright. lwuu-
iiiul. l'llll‘llllt‘lllK. My louguc wusuow
free, dud in the most eloquent inn-.umge
[ pollrcllnnl lliu story of my passion. I
even rose lrom my clmlr and mlrunmui lo
her side. film was still slllluu lllulllmlpmq
with ln-r lmmls handing I'M lowly by lwr
side. She answered my llllmllunn on is
child as u more nulomnlon. ’l‘lwn- WM
no nninml ion or emollon in ln-r Words or
voice. .‘4lw was Milled entruiwml, hypnot-
ill'd.
l remllml (rum her The Hill“ lllwlu'd
norms my mmd III on lnnldnl. Al my
bidding slur luld rclimpilaliwl lur subtly
powrr over my miml. but in my mu busi-
asml hull forgollm in rl'lt‘llei‘ bur From
a partial nlulo of hypnol‘um «in! bud then
rapidly fallen into nlolully qlllvsr‘nut.
piluslm condition. 1 bed uummri-mnly
taken undue advantage of her and olr
tallied lu-r mechanical (‘Hlllvnnioli of love,
The lbmmhl llllml me will: remorse and
disqulcllldc.
Illll‘lmli from her Mill lmwu-l lily lie-ml
on my bonds. The whole night's expel-l
once had been disagreeable and own lmr-
rible lotm'. l vowedllinl ll Wulllli be
thelnst llmv lehmild ever tumor-r with
hypmiilnm or other unseen mmdnl forces.
Iliremled lolmui: lll'nlliltl and «on what
effect. llw whole. mavurrrncn lmd upon Hal.
ma. 24hr wnupiiet and [minor-side. but
her hard lumlhlng fell lllmiololllmaly up
on my core.
“Helms." l mid. liosliy. mrulnc in her.
"let us new-r try ibis experiment
again."
She looked up at me and slnuldered.
i-lhe way now in her normal condition.
The feverish hrilllsncy of her eyes had
disoppeeml. ,
"No, never." she murmured. ”It seems
as if I was making mil. of a dream. But
it was a delirious «ire-em, or at least part
at it. i thought that-w."
A. flush tinged her cheeks. and she drop
her eyes. ,
"What. Selma?" I asked.
machine, except that in wars together,
WW ”W
rem outing. lier confes-
eisaseflersmamwittms. With
M in ‘7 ,
l nmwered,
or
' we...” when:
““1“!“ m
M
Itemtleg mm or new
‘ ' . Put in" Brittle.
Dr. C‘onau Day “ anys that the first
words he ever unwed Were, “Please
tell me n story)" There’s precocity for
you. '
Mrs. Frances llmlgsou liuruett in ii
conicslly descaliml in an article on women
writers. us "the mother of two sons and
twenty-two novels."
Considering the vast amount of fiction
she has produced, it is not surprising to
learn that Miss Braddon begun to write
at the tender age of eight years. .At
twelve she had ready for the publisher a
historical novel, a tale of domestic life.
an Eastern story and a romance of the
Hertz Mountains.
Many obituary sketches of the late
Mrs. Celia 'l‘hsxter asserted that she
married her guardian. The fact is that
Mr. Tlmxter was a college student when,
happening to visit the Isle of Shoals,
he fell in love with the lightkeeper'e
daughter, who become the distinguished
poetess. ’
Munkacsy, the Hungarian artist, has
passed the summer at his home in the
Grand Duchy of Inlxemburg working on
a large canvas representing a strike in
Paris. He has had great difficulty in pro-
curing mmlels, and for Lind purpose
found it necessary to go intothe indus-
trial towns of Belgium and Lorraine to
make sketches, and even into the reputed
haunts of the Anarchists.
es... mm
An Uuexpecied Confession.
Clarence Templeton uud ('luru Ketch-
nm were seated together on the moonlit
beach.
'l‘heir ucuuaintuuce was one of but three
weeks' standing, and yet in that short
period of time they had been almost con.
stantly together. (,‘larn thought she saw
the opportunity that she had longed for
in her dreams. and had been shrewdly
developing her hand.
The time had arrived for prompt and
decisive action.
“So you [cure for the city lo‘morrow.
Mr. Templeton?" she said, with assumed
indifference.
“Yes," he replied thoughtfully, “and
although it may seem paradoxical, I am
both sorry uud glad."
“We shall all miss you so lunch," she
continued. "You have contributed so in-
estimably to the success of our hope and
other entertainments that it will be in~
deed hard to exist without you. lint I
don’t think I exactly comproln-nd your
meaning when you say you ill'l' both sorry
and glad tolenve. Haven‘t you enjoyed
yourself here?“
“[ndocd [ have," responded Florence,
heurtily, "for you girls how ocrtuiuly
made it most enjoyable for one. [shall
miss the round of guycly and these do-
lighlful informal tote-n-tclrs wry much.
It is on this nccouul that I am sorry to
louvre"
"'l‘hcn w by u re you glad you or» going?”
interrognli-«l ('lnru, wulh l‘o-mlmuv inqui-
sitivcm'ss. not pnrliculnrly pli-ur-od with
the turn things were taking.
"Wt-ll," replied l‘lnrcnrc. m be glued
nbslrurtedly ul- lin- mouu- [IlNIllll‘kil‘ll
water. “wt- linvc been Rood l'riomls. Miss
Kutchum. “and tlwrr- run [in no burn: in
my inlrusliug you with tlu- ru-usou for
my [ll‘Hlf'l‘ lo lvnvr. illlhlllllx'll :u l depart
tomorrow. (in the tiny :lfli‘l‘ l meet at
tho pin-r llu' slrnmcr llpuu whit-l1 urn fluma
[ bold most dear in lift" my wifu und chil-
dren. who have been vieilinl.’ .ll. her old
home in England. uud"
[int he WM ulono.
Little Things.
An interesting [rulun- of the lili'I‘t‘le‘ll
dclnupd for flags slow flrc war is the {not
tlml l-vrr‘ylmdy now wulils lo lw surr- llllil
the flog lit‘ is buying roulnizn Murily the
right nunilwrof slurm .-\ flu: niuuulnr—
lurrr «up llml while llrfnl‘l' llu- \rnr pau-
plowo-re nul puriimlnr ulmu- li|l~, lllcy
look in if how every Him-
in llnly lln'l'v i- u liowrnmrul fund for
providing qurriuur porllorw for poor
young girl» Ever} }'¢-;l1‘§‘.'.ll*rllm“li~Hills
distributed. 'l'lu' upplu-nnl l'.!‘l~l prove
that sln- iv. of Knoll rlnumh'i. line no
Ina-um. ninl llml llll‘ Mom; lIIil'l who
wishes In nmrry lior hm. n [I'dllr
[n [[llilnlu u low was vuuvml Inn yrur
prohibiting llu- Nuplnynn-nl or our ulicu
as a [wow officer. or no u Ila-[oil l sin-riff,
spccinl rmu-inhlv. or «poridl pull. vnmu |n
uny purl “l llml Slnlv, or in) “by of ii...
[oval uulhorlllm. ,\l| pcrwm lllll‘l f‘lil-
ploycd mm! bu .-\llwrirnn l‘lll/I‘iIM.llllli
ulna! have lu-ru urilml rmidonls for Him
your of the county in which Hwy muy be
eumlnymi.
Aplmrlslns of Minnie-on.
We Willh lmlvr nlwn “1' “oil. :llnim
Liluory llll'i mummy lllx- llmgll‘ “‘Hi'li“.
Mlslui‘llliws lmn- llml llvl'lll‘illl uud
llwir glory.
[lculli nmyoxlnnli-
not rrpnlr llmu.
['nrermlmy W pumiul for oil unllons
nod for all own
“'4- urn! of “Hill it lit-ll it v' “Him up (my
mind». in die.
.ludgmi'nl in l'\ll’l'llll' :1qu ~lumlll be
guided by prm'rdmd.
Inilrpmnll'lll‘l'. likt' humor. i“ ll unity in-
luml w‘nbmu n lwuvb.
'l'o rv-ully understood u m m We mum
jmlm' him in misfortune,
liulowmull and willfully in lwulvm lead
in wmiknmn null nusrrhy in rmullu.
When me how drunk llw run of plows.
urn in line drone. all we went 3» Mai
We nrenll destined indie l'un a [my
days of life mpllil the linppimwu of dying
for our“: rnunlry"
We run only rump» llm lirllifrntilimn of
the judge by plowing "linemen under the
nepotism of line low,
mull“, lml ll dons
The War net-mu! of Ancient lien.
in primillve Hines, when nmn wnnt into
the light. il in hardly ulppumlda Hint
anything like a router WM key“. on army
bulletin printed. "dead, minors. wound
ed." Acwrdlnu to lrmilllnn. llu- method
employed in record the Mum in battle
was simple. lielnrs going illinlhe light
every man look It IIMIIE‘ and drpmited it
in a heap. A ”or the boil lv llw elitYiVm
took away enrh one a show. Nothing
wee easier than "to mom lunar-tones
which were "mailed for. The rvmninder
showed llu- loss of life.
Meal: of time.
Btn‘ylsw lenrly ln ”ember: “Well, I
must be going."
Miss iiirlw-~“()h, don't he in such a
hurry. Our inns runs on until next
Hay.
"Well. old} {champs 1cm have when
rherrisgerm
”for. but 1 Museums situation
Indium“: all mwmlymlbe
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