Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-10

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Annette Won IRE n thousand times more
hoortif,l tba,, CD, IL. .nIy w,it and 7 viii
taka Won 70 Da.,s where soma great nohle
is snre Tn f,ll IN 1.-Two 9th Won Nv child
do not stain vour soul with crime for the
sake of-Ob NV Go1 sbe,s Comet,
listened with I. horror I can scarcely
describe
Ravvood had awakened and Joined me
He too had hoard tho awfnl story of this
demon who had comnassed the destruction
of her sister and was now. alasl exercising
tho sane fatal no,ver over Ravvood him.
self
"Surelv now Won know the truth about
Annette. van will leave this accursed Mace
mt once" said eagerly.
To nv unutterable horror he replied.
"Pray To God to help me. lean do moth
ing. am at the mercy of that fjend as
completely as ever Marie Lafarpe WAS
What she wills must do"
felt desperate Reasoning would avail
nothing. I knew. against that fearful in.
duence.
Stayl A medical friend of mine. who
was great student of hypnotism' had
often told me he thought | possessed hvp-
motto power in no common degree. I had
never cared to test the matter hitherto.
Now | determined to try nv utmost to save
nv friend.
He pazed at me almost like one dis
traupht There seemed to be a terrible
struggle going on in his mind Evidently
| my power affected him.
For d moment [ thought | had tri-
umphed. The next moment he said in a
| low, broken voice, as of one in despair:
"No no: I cannot. I must stay She
wills it,
For moment was utterly aghast Then
a new idea occurred to me
must try to gain the mastery over An
nette. But what if failed and fell under
the influence of that baleful power.
shuddered to think of it, To be at the
mercy of demon, not only physically,
! but morally; to be bound to her hateful
bidding even though she counseled me to
crime. But, come what might, | deter
mined to risk ALL
Nine. Lafarge had by this time gone
| back to her room
l hurried down to the chamber of An
nette and knocked at her door. She opened
it.
"Fiend that you are have found out
your secret" said ! fercely, and looking
boldly into those fearful eyes, which seem
ed stranger than ever in the light of the
| moon.
"Will that haywood shall leave this
place at once. Will it. ! command YOU. ~
Heaven only knows what suffered dur
ing the silent, terrible battle of will that
followed
For full four minutes Annette stood fac
ing me, unshrinking as fend, her eyes
fixed fearessly on mine, and every nerve
braced to meet and master my will.
If failed knew that l and my friend
were utterly lost. 1t would be better to
lie dead among the mountains with poor
Marie Lafarge than to fall into the power
of this creature alive.
strove with all my might against the
terrible impulse to yield, which came tc
me again and again.
At length began to be conscious of my
own strength | felt that her will was
giving way Finally she yielded Her
eyes fell. Her head bent on her breast
She fell back into her room utterly pros
trated
| went triumphantly to haywood.
He was lying on the bed insensibe
| succeeded in recalling him to conscious
ness, but to my horror | found that hi.
mind was wandering.
My victory had been gained, but at what
reason.
saw that, though had CONQUERED An
nette, and forced her to do my bidding fol
the moment, she still retained the master,
over HAYWOOD. whereas / all powerfl
with her had no innence with him.
made all arrangements for starting or
our Journey next day. for Ravwood allowed
me to do as pleased in that respect.
Then lay down to rest until dawn. ant
to consider what should do in regard I,
Annette.
could not accuse her of anv LEGAL crime
and vet felt that il would be n sin apains
humanity to leave this demon at large
At length hit upon a plan which SCENE,
right to me. Heaven forgive me if hav
in this or other matters abused the awfu
power intrusted in me.
went back to Annette and forced her L
give me an account of the death of Mari
Lafarge. She told precisely what | ha
: ANTICIPATED.
| then said to her. "Tomorrow Won vii
, 90 before the burgomaster of A.. til
nearest town. and confess that YOU pusbe
Marie Lafarre over the edge of the mas,
and YOU will persist in this declaration