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is certainly q different person from what she
Was when first saw her. In fact," added, re-
hectively, Miss CdrlyOn has gained In almost
exact proportion to Mrs. Westhaven's loss"
Westnaveu started violently. His face grew
| lived. He regarded me with strange express
| sion. one which could not fathom. l contin-
81 should give Mrs. westhaven no medicines.
II she does not improve, you must take her
oack to England. Miss Cariyon need not be
considered: believe her TO be quite restored to
| health"
returned to my room. After ALL pondered.
considering this mans strange position between
| the two women and allowing him TO have Ger
| tain conscientious scrupes. his agitation was
not remarkable, and called myself, no. quite
| brute. In the morning my patient Was much
better. She insisted upon going out For sew
another attack OF complete exhaustion. They
had begun u make preparations Tor leaving Al
, giers. Westhaven had formerly suggested that
We should return to London together, but made
| no mention Of my joining them i'll their sudden
departure. !, of course, did not allude to such
| an arrangement.
| 1 think one ever impressed me so dis.
| agreeably as Miss Caryon at this period. She
| had recovered her heath in u most extraordi-
| nary way, but 1t seemed to bring her neither
! happiness nor good temper. 1t was Impossible
| to converse with her upon the most trivial
wearsome 10 the ex xlreme, aud her indifference
| TO her sister utterly repulsive. WeSthaven was
oblivious toit. Whatever was the fascination
she eXerted over him, he was quite SubservIent
! to the spell. She ciun. persstently to his side
and monupoiized the time aud attention which
should have been given, for huminity's sake,
to his vile. This poor creature tue wreck
| OF her former self She had lost even her ready
smile, all she possessed, aud wore hunted
look in her great dark eyes which Wrung
| my heart With pity for her. She sat
ianguidly, patiently ior hours together on
to sit beside her with my books and some
| times talk TO her as one would talk indul-
gently to a sick child. Iavoided Westhaven:
| He was great disappointment to me, and
had entirely ost respect for him, though l firm
| ly believed his greatest sin To he weakness in
| the hands OF an uuscrupulous woman. One day
| he came 10 me quite beside himself Miss Carl
yon was ii-in the old way-he had believed
| her entirely recovered-ne was in despair. His
vile, he Shid was much letter. did not know
what to advise. WAS not q practising physi-
| clan, and had come TO the hrm conclusion
that had best uot meddie with u complicated
and perplexing hereditary trouble which prom
| lsed no successful cure. preferred not TO ad-
| wise at all, out promised So see them in the
evening. Westhaven lett me dejectedly. saw
nOtnInS Ot min through the day and toward
O'Clock In the AFTERNOON, reproacned myself
,, Ior what might seem To him an unpardonaUle
Indifference On my part, aud, on an impulse.
Went directly TO his rooins The day Was in
suherably hot. There were few guests III The
hotei the season Was we'll over, and no one was
visible i'll The Corridors. There was not Il sound
save the splasning oil a fountain whicn played
In the court below, cooling the air ue!lciUusly.
walked lazIly along the gallery, gazing up
ward at the bit Oi blue Sky ABOVE the open
court, Intensely blue as only a tropical sky can
be.
1 suddenly paused, transtxed, incapable of
further inOtiOn.
l stoou before a door leading into an inner
sillIng-ruom Of Weslhaven's, a room wuicn 1
h;,u catered but uhce which l beiie,e eu lie used
ior a s.uuy Iue large glass venti,ator above
Tue door was swung peii LIiily open, and tipped
ai sucu au angle tn.,t Tie interior of tue room,
glowing i'll fierce suulIgut wuicu poured
into IL thruusn the open window, was reflected
with the iatdi detailed reproduction OF photo
giaphy, upon the surface y. the glass.
Every detail Oi its nO ribie ie,e eiatiOn was
Ournt upon my Uraln Ill an Instant
Upon "a long table DeiOre window through
whicn Tue sun beat botiy. lay IL long, glass
c"hu.iike case, with convex sides, and wituin
ths uncovered east, HVid, gifisliy, unconscious,
tuy 4urS. WesMuCeH. Her Lace w.is drawn Dy
'an eXp sion oi terrible agony, ner limbs We're
rlgIu, ner hands ciencneu cunvu ulsiveiy, her
De'u'l.ui white breast Was tare. Inc DIazlng
ray, vi the SUI concentrated uy the strong lens
formed ny the convex side vi the case tnrew
tue spectrum directly over her heart. She was
absolutely iIotiolIess; cOuid nOt even that
sue breathed Just where tue ;tc,iuic rays oI
the spectrum .eli upon so.t ,kii, those uIys-
ierouS rays, whose LcrriUie cuenl ic,l power has
Yet ~ ue iath lned. were placed two glass
tGoes connecting with ma aneto-eiectrlc uat-
tefy BY TIC sue OI the c;i>e, manipulated ny
W estnaveu. His lace couiu not see; il was
beuL over The body his wiie; uis whole atli-
tude brsatned u desperate and fearIuI anxiety.
laroush those ueiicdte tuoe, flowed some
thug, uitra-etheric, the Ialnte,t aurora, aud
passing Into tile battery Was transmitted by
means Vi connecLing wires u the hands vi Miss
Cariyon, Vino, seated almost directly beneath
tue veutilator, held the handles OF the VA. Ley
firmly III her grasp. her head wa, thrown
back, her lace Was clearly reflected above HE,
iier eyes were snIuing, her b. came uicnty.
ine silence u death Was in the ROOM, .e,L The
painful eXClLeneuL OG tue scientist peudln. u
dangerous eX XlerIIneut. could nave surleKeu
aloud IN nervous horror, but seemed To nave
lust tne power vi articulation. / ieit sure that
luis ultra-etheric matter was vital huiu tue Cery
esse"ce ~ tte. II must De conveyed NY ouIc
force engenuered by the Ilnmesas urdule power
vi the actinIc rays. TLen lou, murder was
being conIui.teu in this room by 4. pi uccss uf
Incoucelvauie torture. AS stood mere, power
less, penetrating 10 the depths tue secret liz
,s,Ii
pictured each scene Oi the tragedy winch nad
Ueen enac led before me from the one wulcu Lat.
Curtain hau long since runs down to Lnls last
one SO neorIy u. u c.Use. recalled the beautI-
iul, blooming, senseicss wUnI,n VINO had come
liz tue carry winter Ia -Asier., and tue little,
delicdLe, uyins sister, TIE disa appululed
tortured. untoviug husband. l reInen .er.d
the process oi Change So subtly, 50 ueiIcateiy
treated by whicn tine conaition of these two
women nad UeeI reversed. l Remembered the
feVerlsil anxiety with which the man had
Watched a.Iu guarded The cuaugc, his mysleri-
GUS and battling nature, i'll, surprising iununess
iur my aocie.y, ana the greed with wnicu tie
hAd drawn Irvm me AID uevourei my theories
upon sucn very subjects MY God! Had l.
lnueed. suggested " aim The means by wulcn
To wurk his neti,h purpose? Like fire IN my
biOod tuls lhou. ut burnt me At last tu ac,1On
The transom wound admlta person twice my
sIz-, but could not reach it. l glanced aes-
pera,eiy. about me. Tuere was seLtee stand
ING uear Inc IN the gallery. l seized IT, moved
IL noseiessly be.ure tne door, mounted upOu il.
ana Inserted my mead and shoulders through
tue opening. Miss Carlyon raised her eyes
Wide, Staring, horrible, and Saw me. Sne naue
no sound, i'll nsr terror, and dropped nuiseie, ,s-
ly into tue ROOM. Westnaveu was coin pleiely
eugrOS>ed In uiS gnas,iy work, MS uesd was
turned away. Suddenly, he uttered AL awful
cry. There was d quick snuuder through tue
he Lpless inquire In tue glass Case, the glass
tubes over the heart giowed with an intensified
crimson light winch nckered an instant, lien
went cut. violent shock agitated tue battery
beneatn Westhav ems nands, there was Il sudden
sha,tering oI glass, Il swi.t, Dilndiug iia,u of
brilliant, incande.cent light. Wuen l unciused
my daZZei eyes, Miss Csriyon lay, lace down
Ward, upon tue floor. l knew what had han
pened. The last vital spark mad been exhausted
aud the vampire VINO sucked this iIIe had drawn
dratn with it,. WestnAven stared at Inc win
terrible vacant eyes. lie seemed stunned, /
unlocked tue door, spurniug the figure OF the
woman ON the floor with my loot as passed.
snc WAS quite dead.
l went down to the office,
"SouIethiuy Is WRONG in Mr.. Westhayen's
roon, said to the motel proprietor, as quietly
as l could. You will DO we'll 70 go and see
about it,
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