Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-24

into his ear that YOU are Beatrice and he will
believe you for the rest of his Fife"
CO. said Unorna.
Though the word was not spoken above
her breath ii was fierce and commanding.
IIeyork Arabian smiled in an evil way,
shrugged his shoulders and left her.
CHATTER XXIv.
Unorna was left alone with the Wanderer.
His attitude did not change, his ewes did
not open. as she stood before him. Still he
wore the look which had at first attracted
keyori Arabian's attention and which had
amazed Unorna herself 1t was the ex-
preston that had come into his face in the
old cemetery where il his sleep she had
spoken 10 him Of love.
He is dreaming of her. Cnorna said to
herself again. as she turned sadly away
But since keyork had been with her 4
doubt had assaulted her which painfully dis
turbed her thoughts. so that her brow con-
tracted with anxiety, aud from time to time
she drew j quick hard breath. Keyorll had
taken il for granted that the Wanderers
sleep was not natural.
She tried to recall what had happened
shortly before dawn. but it was no wonder
that her memory served her i'll. and refused
TO bring back distinctly the words she had
spoken. Her whole being was unsettled
and shaken, so that she found il hard to
recognize herself. The stormy hours through
which she had lived since Yesterday had
left their trace; the lack of rest instead of
producing physical exhaustion. had brought
about an excessive mental WEAKNESS, and it
was not easy for her now to find all the con-
Meeting links between her actions. Then,
above all else, there was the great revulsiOn
that had swept over her after her last and
greatest plan of evil had failed, causing in
her Such L change as could hardly have
seemed natural on even possible TO I calm
person watching her inmost thoughts.
And vet such sudden changes take place
daily i'll the world of crime ana passion. In
one uncalled for confession. Of which il is
hard 10 trace the smallest reasonable cause,
the intricate weaknesses of a lifetime are
revealed and repented; in the mysterious
impulse of 4 moment, the murderer turns
back and delivers himself to Justice: under
an influence for which there is often no ac-
counting. the woman who has Sinued Sc
curely through long years lays bare her
guilt and throws herself upon the mercy of
the man whom she so Skillfully and consist
emily deceived. We know the fact. The
reason we cannot know. Perhaps TO natures
not wholly bad, sin is poison of which the
moral organization can only bear L certain
fixed amount, great or small. before reject
ing ii altogether and with lOathing. We do
not know. We speak of the workings of
conscience, not understanding what we
mean. II is like that subtle something
which we call electricity; we can play with
il, command it. lead it, neutralize it and die
Of ii, making light and heat with it, or Ian
guage and sound, kill with it and cure with
it. while absolutely ignorant Of its nature.
We are no nearer to Il definition of il than
the Greek who rubbed bit of amber and
lifted with it Il tiny straw. and from amber,
eektOn, called the something electricity.
Are we even as near as that 10 4 definition
of the human conscience,
The change that had cUme over CnOrna,
whether ii was to be lasting or not. was
profound. The circumstances under which
it took place are plain enough. The rea-
sons must be left TO themSelves-it remains
only to tell the consequences which hereon
followed
The first Of these We're a hatred of that
extraordinary power with which nature had
endowed her, which brought with it 4 de-
termination never again to make use
of it for any evil purpose, and,
If possible never even for good.
But as though her unhappy fate were for
ever fighting against her good impulses,
that power of hers had eXerted itself I'M
consciously, since her resolution had been
formed. Keyorl Arabian words, and his
evident though unSpollen disbelief in her
denial, showed that he at least was con
WINGED of the fact that the Nanderer was
not sleeping Il natural sleep. Cnorna tried
to recall what she had done and said. but
all was vague an indIStinct OF one thing
she was sure. She had not laid ner hand
upon his forehead and she had not inten-
tioually done any of those things which she
had always believed necessary for prOduc
ing the results Of hypnotism. She had not