The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-05-09
KISIOV; THE VAMPIRE.

emo were takpn in che house No. sl9
Rue St HOnoro, Pari, BY couple who
had Austrian passports and gave their
names as JsaR KBlov and wife
KisIov pretended 70 be . musician, in
part teacher and part epatsur COMPS
He was a person vo we'll informed,
naughty and ayistOcratiO in manner, and
unusually striking in sPPssranca.
He had spectral face net IN q frame
Of thick black hair, aBd cut by long
mustache which hung to his breast His
ewes, iatensaiy black, thrillinGly briE
liant, flashed as if they belonged any
where rather than to that ghAsbly white
face, otherwise immobile, and the pallor
Of which was heightened BY bright ear
mine lips He wss amaciAtSd to q
singular degree, bat there was nothing
of the lanEuor and dsllness II disease
about him; on the contrary, a fire and
intensity which gave sort of Pa@ion TO
all that he said or did he dressed en-
tirely in black with . sumPtuousnsEs Of
tone which was of Itself impressive
Nine. Eislev was a lesu distinguished
person, a fair and aoFid blonde, with
white eyebrows aGd q pinkish stripe
above them. She was plump, and the
way in which the r0gO bloom wAs laid
on her elistgning white skin gave hen
the apPearanoe Of q wax doll
When Kislov had bsgA living In the
Rue ST Honere 6tout four naenths ssv-
eral cireumstahcss eomblHsd 10 bring
him under the aNrvuilisnoo 0f the police.
Riding in - enc dGy in the Boule-
vard MontEartre, he was Rst upon BY q
workman, who assaulted him with q
knife and would have kilASd him but
for the prsmpt interrogation Of q ssE-
geaRt dc vile.
The man was srTestsd, but Kislov
persistently refused TO GppUar against
him, and the workman, wheae name
was Jasz, an HungariaA, was finally
discharged
He would say ne mere than that he
knew KlslOv, and that he was q mon
ster.
The singular refu3l q Kislov to rs
tify against an assasslh directed the
attention of the autklSaIties 10 the man,
and provoked inquiries late his ante
ceden&. Two EhfhB were Sound cut
immediately-that he name was moi
Kisiov, and that he had bsnght arsenic
in considerable quantities at pharmacies
near where be lived.
A little further inquiry, however,
served TO SET the police cufio4ty ct rsst
96tcerniRg KisLsN The Austrian en-
bas, which viseed Kislov'n passport
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him well and were satisfied with the
reasons he gave for living ineOgnita
He was an Hungarian nobleman o.
high rank and great est1tp which BE hRt
left to come to Paris under an assumet
name, because the ignorant and bruta
peasantEy by whom he Yves surrounded
had got Arm belitf into their stupit
bends that he was a vampige whe livet
By sucking blood
This would explain the attempt mad
on his life by Jasz who was probably
an enlte4ant from HIS AeiNhborhood. A
fgT the afsenio, Madame Kislov was ;
Syrian who had the reputation Of beinl
ail arsenic eater. Kisl0v's Music teach
ing was merely an anniable ec0entricity
as he was very rich, bat a great en-
tlusast in iHatteEs pertaining to II
t1ne art
An agent of the police bureau
however, not Qatisfea with what was re
ported cenoerntAg Kislov, determined T.
haKe a private inquiry Of his own. Thi
agent, Sylvan by name, and q man o
great astutenaa. much trusted by tn
authorities, hunted up Jasz, and ascsI
tanned from him that tho suspicious Q
J VampEkbn which lay agAinst KiSlov ha
oaigilRtd In circumstances intimatel
c0i4hesa with this reputed music ma
MA, aad there were some parts Of th
btisiness which were exceedingly puI
zlipg.
Sylvan set TO work to investigate eoH
cernirg Kislov's various pupils in PAril
He found that the mans classss wor
oemPqed Of girls and young wemen o1
eInsiveiy; tERt he gave his instruction
FOR Day whfoh was purely nominal, bu
in return exRcted the most arbitrsr
conditions, and was indeed Sxepcisin
over his pupils despotism which WI
as hiEarre as it was impeEiouA He di
missad them at pleasure aud withoU
cause, assuming right Of arbitraz
selection which he would permit no on
to dispute He would have none bl
handsome girls ana woman. and the
must be blendes-ths falPer they W0l
the more iikely to be fehained E
sslacted his puulis eipm ell grades
society, but only Ia rare 0aBes did I
give psivate instructions to PerU0nB
the higher social classeA
To offset all Shia it must b. confess
that KklOV was en- atraordiAAl
teacher. He ives th0oughly AeoOr
piished In his art end very capable
ihpmting 10 otheFB hin enthusiasm
When a pupn was completely to b
taste, be spared nc 6ms nor pains
bring her rapidly forward
He was favoite with hiS pupils. to
His conversational powers were vol
great, and there was something Of
magnetic s,Ell In bis presones, Tn q
somher mystery Of his bewildeFing eye
and the tender courtesy Of his peculiar
sympathetic msnners, which made
pupils advance most oharmingly ~
thoroughly under his guidance.
But as sylvain presently diseoVsre
there was always a eliminating peri
TO this progiesa and the relations
master and pupil came 10 an abrupt en-
The puph, after almost confident
friendship with the tutor, would
startled by a sudden coldRsss on his p
4 and dismissal 80 rude ana Perem
tory as to admit Of no qualihC
v ton; or else she would be inVit
to go to Madame Kislov's aPa
ments to practice some uniq
music upon his own piano; the tone
which was Incompatible. In the fl
; case the pupil was never taught aga
in the second case the pupil never
az turned to the apartments 70 practices
- second time Sylvan personally inv
"a tigated four or Ave Of the cases Of I
ID favorite pupils who had been invited
practice at Kislov's house and found Il