Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-28


the counts ball, had been In condi-
zion which gave her friend Mrs. Ban
nick some anxiety. She was not III, Du'
she was not her usual self. She sat FOL
long periods of time plunged IN intense
meditutiOn; then she would rise ana
wander restlessly about; sometimes her
mood would be gloomy, sometimes
sud len change to hildrity would come
over her. IL answer 10 the tender ques-
tionings Of her friend, Olympia would
reply. with lOO6 Of surprise, tpdt she
WIS perfsctiy well; and Mrs. Rover,
whom Mrs Bapnick consulted. ShcOA
her head and declared shat Olympic
looked 20 der about the sane u usual
she had never been abe 10 understand
ner, anyway. Mrs. Raven, never !
brilliant or powerful intellecj. had beer
growing old of !ate; she was very deaf.
ana spent her sine chiefly IN reading Old
NJ wspaDers. Her mlnG was dull anu
vague. and she was inclined &c
resent any attempt 10 arouse her TO a
living interest in whas was passing
around ner.
sI'm afraid" said TENS wife to her
husband, Is be was putting or clean
shirt for dinner, THAT Olympia was
thrown oil her balance by that hypno-
tiziug business. Nobody really under
stands what these frances are: and there
may be moro harm in them than We Inn
dgine."
"She'il come around all right" an
swered Tom, with cheerful optimism.
Every young unmarried girl goes queer
once In while; ana quite proper, too"
Olympia did not herself know any
thing OF the mysterious part she had
played on the night OF February 25th.
1t had accidentally tranSpired some time
before that she was an exceptionally
good subject for hypnotic experiments,
and the count had intimated that she
might, if she chose, become instru-
mental in discovering the murderer OF
Harry Trent. She finally consented, on
condition that she be not informed OF
the manner in which her power was
used. She was willing to become an in-
strument in the cause of justice, but
shrank from being made privy TO the
means adopted. Garcia, after the first
experiments, was able to throw her into
a trance without her even knowing OF
his proximity; and it had thus been pos
sible TO take her TO the counts house and
back again without any consciousness OF
the transaction on her part. But the
experience had had other effects upon
her which were not as yet suspected by
any one.
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ernoon when the count came in. The
air was still vibrating with delicate har-
monies, softly tuned into life by her fin
gers, as she turned to meet him. 1t was
the first time he had come to her since
the night of the ball.
81 was thinking about you, Count de
Lisle," she said, as she gave him her
hand, land | was expecting you"
THAT is good news" he replied.
"Can / be of any use to you?"
She looked at him while he was
speaking in a singular manner, as IL she
saw, not his physical self, but some
thing within that or emanating from it..
Her eyes sparkled, and their glance was
not fixed, but wandered from point to
point of the counts face. A smile glim-
mered on her lips and was gone, and
again returned, like light upon dimp-
ling water. Though she sat still, there
was subtle unrest perceptlble In her,
as If the thoughts that traversed her
mind TO and fro left vibrations and fine
STRINGS in her palpable organism. In
the shadowy room Olympia seemed spir-
itualistic and to possess spiritual pow
ers, so that the count felt as II she could
see what was in his brain as easily as
she could see his face.
"The time is come when we must
part" she said, after pause.
Part What do you mean? Where
are you going? What has haDpened?''
He was startled, out OF his customary
self-possession, and spoke impulsively.
Eyes, Count de Lisle, we must part, y
she repeated. smiling still mysteriously.
"And we must never meet again, In this
world or in the next"
She said this so decisively and yet so
quietly that the count was dumfounded.
He could not think she was jesting, and
vet how could she be in earnest? be
had been fattering himself OF late that
she had been learning to regard him
with anything but Indifference. Even
now. though her words were so strange,
her manner had never had such attrac-
tiveness.
"Why must we part?" he demanded.
"Glve me areason. What has happened
to change you since saw you last?"
'Can you give me reason why we
should not part?" she returned.