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Ills iNtng Ourueni she rem ming pet feotly Dass |
i've The mOilon mere sod in pidiy, until the |
eye could hardly follow her uOdy In It's circuit. |
lht- continued u, rh ~ for two or three minutes,
unhl Hr luutiy slNckcning the morton, he
stopped II, and In al instant mad landed the rirl
upon her kueos In the middle OF the ltmp.lit
CIRCLE. Such was the Eastern method Of mes
mtriL atiOn IA pra tsed among tue Dervishes.
In A TRANCE.
And nov the dwarf seemed entirely oblivions
OF external objects, AMI In dcep IT nee. Her
head ana Jaw dropped upon her hest her eyes
we're glazed ana staring, aud aitogc ther her au-
le france was hidcous. 1ne Dervish tuen care
fully closed the wooden shutters OF the only
window. and we would We been In total Oh
security but that there was n hole bCred IN VI,
through when entered a bright ray Of sunlight,
which shot through the darkened room and
shune upon the gtrl. He arranged nor dropping
the crown, after which. motiOuing us to remain
silent he folded ms arms upon his bosom, and
fixing his gaze upon tine bright SPOT, became as
moUuulcss ~ an Image Of stone. |. too, rIveted
nv ewes upon the same spot, and followed he
proceeding with intense interest. for | had seen
something similar before. ana knew what bead
tiful phenomena to tNucCt.
liN degrees the brifh, y ton, asi Y had drawn
without and condensed Il WITHIN is own area,
shaped itscll INFO a brilliant star, which from its
focus sent out vs. In every direction.
A curious optical ef,ot then occurred. The
room. which previously had been partially
lighted by the sunbeam. grew darker aud darker
rs the star incre ,scd III radiance, until we found
ourselves In an Egyptian gloom. The star twin
Killed., trembled. and turned, ut first with slow,
gyrdtury motion, Ia II faster aud faster, expand
Ing and increasing its circumference at every
rotation until II formed brilliant disk, and we
lost sight OF the DIV It ap N she herself h Il been
assorted into ITS lght. Having gradually at
tanned a vertginuus velocity, "a the girl had
wnrn whirled bv the Dcrvish, the motion began
decreasing, aud nn l.y merged into feeUle
vihrA ton, ike the shimmer OF noOnbeams ON
ripping water Then 1t aickered for a moment
longer, emit ed few last Il shes, aud uuiug
the density and iridescence OF an Immense opal,
Fl remained mouonlcs- the disk now radiated
OF Illuminating the garrett. this seemed only to
Intensity the darkness. Its edge was not
pcuumbrous. but, On the contrary, sharply de-
fined like that Of silver shield.
the MAGICAL SHIELD.
All being now ready the De wish without ut
tetiug word, or removing his gl1e from the
disk, stretcned out a hand and KING hold -
uluc, he drew me to his side ana pointed To the
iuumin tea shield. LOJkln- At the place In l.
Gated, We saw dark tchcs apneI Ike those
upon lac moon. These gradu llv formed theu-
selves into d, ures, whtch began moving about
I'LL he, came cat ia high relief ~ tueir natural
cpiOf-. They u liner appeatc1 like Photograph
nor an engraving -tiil less like reflection OF
Images ON a miirur Out rs II tn disk were "a
cameo au1 they W, re raised above it, surface
aud then endowed w,th life and motion. 10
my stonisnment and INV friends ron-trtnltipn
We rccurnIz i the fridge lcauine from g. "a
T., ~ MIMI ~ ,.,fN. a. niisn tl,rn f.,,fr DO
new e. The old citN. There were the people
rrylng To aud iro, steamer aDd gay caios
uNcI buildings Niha- am palaces tr-
fl lei - tue w"cr; and the whole
picture illumln ted boy tie noouday sur.
Il Ia-s,d like punoratna, tut 50 VIVID MS
the imp esslOn that We could u tell whether II
selves were ln notion All was bus lV ana
| lie, Odt not sound br. X the "r pteS-iNe st'l
ness IL " : nOisole-s ~ drea o.. II a
| phantom lici ure. street altcr street and II t'r-
ter dtcr quarter go fe"dtd ca utheri there
w. zoe II al, Wt,hits % ROW, 70 fed BASS r'-,
the s'i all IA. ~ on O. sidt, mo cOn e houses,
with urtvey suNktng Turks, and = elmer th"s
r. We el,dVu u 70 thetn one uf the smokets u.ct
| his rritated couutehdno. aud "a voley OF sound
! les inveclVes mace Us great ami eucnt. 80
/ We n yelled WIZ tn picture un,ll we came To
| the nHrgul y ava cop ot cunne IT another. and
lar,, builiins whiri, 1 recognized ~ the T. Il re
! of n. MlUi-fet IF IIftu.sn "A Itttth ipIIIUu
tie MOUSE and close uv to auo-u ie, king "A a
! pool Of mud, WIKI his -ilNcncoat ai hcuras I'd,
| las uS poor ltalpul Painting aud crNuruiuI
| Gown az u eKhait-sed. bee seemed diving. and
| lac r MIN wete gathered -IWe -orr,-pH King ours
| VINO Jay oluNiug IN the Sun aud Swapping al the
| 1.es
| had seen all that had desired, although
ha NOT breathed word about the dog to the
de. Ni-h. ana al come more "ht al cnrio-NS
! tuIu with the idea Of any success. | was impa-
tient to leave at once TO recover ltalph but as
NV conn anon oesought me to remain httle
| while logger, reluctantly consented.
THINKING or HIM
The scene faded away, and Miss Il placed
herself IN her turn nearer oy the side OF the
4 II viii think OF HIM" whispered she into my
ear. with that sentimental 1 ne when young
| lIilrs generally assume when referrng to a
him "
4 lon, stretch Of sand: blue sen, with white
caps dancing ia the sun; great steamer.
uIuurh!ng ner way along past a desoldtc shore.
/ and ieavif.r milky track behind her. 1he deck
is ft.ll Of HE: the men busy ( rWard the cook.
win ms wbite cap and apron. con,ug out Of hls
: galley: uniformed oflccrs moving about; pas
ssu1ers Oh the quarter deck flirting. luunrln1,
or re tdtng; and young nan We both rccog-
ne q m's forward aud leans over the tanrAll
Miss IL gives little gasp, bushes and
smiles. and concentrates her thoughts again
Tn picture Of the steamer fades away IN It's
turn the magic moon remains for few
seconds pictureiess. Hut new spots appear on
its luminous face; we see library SLOWLY
emerging from its depths-a library with gre a
ctr.et ana h ngings, and book shelves around
thr side u the room. Seated IN an arnn-ch "
gentle man writing HIS gray hair is brushed
AK from MS forehead, hi face n smooth
shaven aud bis countenanee has an expression
".Paiher!" joyfuly 1clalms Miss H.
Tue DerVi-h makes d hasty motion 20 enj Join
silence the light on the disk quivers, but re-
sumes its steady brilliancy once more.
WONDERFUL
We are back In Constantlnople now; and on,
OF the peariy depths Of the shield forms ON
own apartment In tho hotel. here ate oul
papers and books lying upon the bureau. my
hannns on ,be slass and on the bed the YER,
dress which she had exchanged when we start
ed out on our memorable expedition. No detail
was lacking 10 make tne Identification com
Ulete; and. to prove that We were not seeing
something conJured up in our own imarin
= tiuns, there lay upon the dressing case tive
sealed letters, the very handwriting upon which
I my friend recognizes. They were from a VERY
pected to hear at Athens, hut had been dIsap
pointed. The scene faded away, and we now se'
, her brothers room, with himself lying upon III,
lounge. and the servant bathing his head, which
, 10 our horror. we see bfeRGinsl
We had left the boy perfectly well one hon
before but upon seeing this picture my com
panion uttered cry Of alarm, and seizng M
nv the hant DR. eyed me toward the door
Down below we rejoined our guide, and hurried
back TO our hotel
The boy had fallen down stairs and cut him
sef badly on the forehead In the room, on tn
writing desk were the two letters which ha(
, been forwarded from Athens, letters SHE ha
seen In the desk and recognized, and the arrivi
OF which had been 81 impafiantly expected
Ordering the carriage, drove hurrieily 20 IN
: Minister OF Finance, and aligitng with IN
guide went right to the ditch mad never see
but IN tho magic moon. In the middle Of tn
pool, badly mapgled, half furnished, but st
: alive, lay my beautiful spaniel, hainh
, HAnJI MORA.
LOVE IN RAILROAD CAR.