Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-18


Presently Isaw Elena nov back again,
past the mirror once more, and on tow ard
the door by which she had entered. Mr..
Weymouth had gwen me his word that
De would under no consideration move or
show the least sign OF wakefulHess I'M
less he had received distinct permission
to do 50 from myself. And the old gen.
tleman now Kept his word.
Just as Elena was crossing the thresh-
old of the door l slipped from my hiding
place. had provided myself with a pair
of the sOftest cloth slippers prOcurable,
and my tread was almost an absolute ST.
lence.
saw her pass out of the room, leav-
ing the door slightly ajar. With a step
as still as that of some prOwling leopard
l followed her, Beyond CLEANED a dark
ened p~assageway, at whose end l saw
a lighted chamber. | boldly entered
the passageway as Elena moved on
ward.
In the lighted chamber beyond l saw a
man meet her. 1t was easy to recognize
her brother, Wilke Weymouth. | had
closed the door behind me, so that the
shadow in which | now PLAYED caves
dropper was, l quickly concluded, most
deslrably obscure. l went as neal the
lighted chamber as l dared, and there
halted.
Elena, TO my surprise, was standing
with both her hands in those of her broth
er. She had so placed herself that l
could see her face with perfect clearness.
And the instant that | did so a thrill of
horrible realization passed through me.
Her wiqe-Open eyes were CLASSY and set
in their gaze. Her features were as rigid
as those of a corpse. What a fainter light
had failed to betray a stronger one made
most tellingly apparent.
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Wilke Weymouth's first words to his Sis
ter, as he spoke them, while still holding
both her hands in his own.
awake up, Elena" he said. awake
up
She stared at him m%otionlessly, with
her fixed, blank look.
"Did you do what l told you? !" he asked.
yes" came her low voice. II did it.
| had to do it. You made me. You al
ways make me, night after night. What
is It, brother, that you make me do?
What is it? What is-?'' Her words
ended in a sudden gssplng sob, and she
reeled backward a little, while her broth
er caught her and placed her in an easy
chair near at hand. Almost Immediately
after this her whole expression changed.
She seemed like IL awakening from a
sound slumber. She looked up at WIIke
with a dazed but perfectly intelligent
glance.
"Why, WIlke," she said, quite natural
ly, ''lIave l been asieep?"
Yes" he answered. 81 found you in
a dOze."
she passed one hand confusedly over
her forehead.
Ibid fall asleep while you were tell
ing me of that odd adventure OF youIs in
Indian"
Yes. Rather uncompllmentary, was
it notp7
And then, with my blood at boiling heat
l went back into Mr.. Weymouth's cham
Der. | closed the door very softly, and
locked 1t. Afterward, for more than two
hours, the old gentleman and l talked in
whispers together.
At the end Of our talk ! had convinced
him.
Wilke Weymouth was a late sleeper.
When he entered his fathers room (sum-
moned there by q message) at about II 80
O'Clock on the following morning, he was
wholly unprepared to find me at the old
gentleman's bedside.
AT first he laughed at my accusations.
But as | continued to make them, lucidly
and calmly, his nerve began to give way.
And after l had told him the result of a
certain chemical analysis he sank into
a chair and miserably confessed every
thing.
He had first learned, while i'm India,
from a sect OF devOut believers in mes
merism, that be himself possessed such
power over certain sensitive human tenn
peraments. But his efforts TO exert it
had often failed, and when he had made
the attempt upon his sister Elena. it was
with scarcely a hope OF anything like the
v|illainous success which he had achieved.
OF course. he had but one motive in the
slow, deliberated plan when he after
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