Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-21

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She staggered, turned partly rcund ana
qCo1Id haze fallen.
Count de Lisle knocked at the door.
For a minute or two there was no an
Swer. He knocked again. MADAME
Trent" he said, pardon me for disturb
ing you, but the guests are beginning
to arrive" The door was opened slow
ly The beautiful Sallie stood there
pale, with distend ID eyes. She stared at
him as if she hardly realized his pres
ence, but after a moment she put out
her hand aud clutched him by the
sleeve. She drew him into the room.
"Why did you put me here?' she
said, in a husky voice. 'What was it?'
Are you i'll? Is anything wrong?"
he asked anxiously.
That mirror!" she continued. 81 saw
i thought y Oh. what was it?"
A tremor passed through her and her
teeth chartered.
"The mirror?" he repeated, looking
perplexed.
She turned as if with an effort and
gave a glance toward it. The room was
full of light. The fire burned cheer
fully. The antique mirror reflected their
two figures standing together in the
doorway. After q pause she gave a
faint laugh and put her hand TO her
head. II was asleep, | suppose; ii must
have been dream-a nightmare. Dead
men are dead." and she laughed again.
"You are not WE'LL" he said. you
had better lie down on the bed for an
hour or two and rest. | will see that
You are not disturbed. | will receive the
guests myself"
'Rest in that room" she exclaimed.
She gave HIM very searching glance.
''You were speaking about ghosts a
while ago" she observed. "Any one
would think you had q presen'.lnent.
X All, we'll You'll think I'm ont
OF my head Come, l am ready. Don't
be afraid, dear count. | shall be equal
TO the emergency"
In fact she recovered her self-poSseS-
sion very rapidly, and was even more
alert than usual. The incident OF the
mirror had aroused very latent quality,
good or evil, in her nature And her
mind, which WAS strongly materia!istic
and logical in its bias, applied itself with
q sort OF angry heat 70 the consideration
Of the mystery. She did not believe In
ghosts, and she had not been asleep.
Yet she mad seen in the mirror the reiiec-
On--Or, as II seemed, the actual figure
of Kenpel Darke. As she had sprung to-
ward il 10 had vanished, aud she had
found herself gazing at her own fright
ened eyes in ,he mirror. What was 1t?
She had heard Of haliucinaJiouS, visions,
cerebral mpreSSiOnS--there were names
enough; but the more she thought OF this
experience OF hers the more convinced
she was that il was real. She had seer
2 real substantial figure, ana its face was
that Of Keppel Darke. But how was that
possible? Was not Keppel Darke'S dead
body found in the railroad wreck, hand
cuiled TO the dead body OF the police
officer? No matter: this was either KEEP
pei Darke or il was some one who ex-
actly resembed him. Whichever it was,
the bearing OF his appearance 20 her
would be substantially the same. Il
could have been no accident: there was
Il plan and purpose behind. Some power
hostile to her was at work. Was sthe
count aware of it? How couldg he Put
be aware of it? Then he was her enemy
her deadly enemy And he had In
vitcd her here, aud had placed her IN
that room, with the premeditatad de-
sign Dwell, of what? OF giving her
Il scarce? No, not that. OF giving her
warning of batte-throwng down the
gauntlet. Hardly that, either.
cit is no use my trying to fathom his
motives yet," said Sallie TO herself. Il
must wait aud watch. Perhaps he
meant only to try an experiment on me;
he has some problem TO solve, and would
test it by my behavior. But what con-
Germ has he with Keppel Darke? what
is the object OF Keppel Darke himself
If what saw was really he? Count
de Lisle would be Il powerful friend
and terrible enemy. There is almost
nothing that man of his resources
could not accomplish. Yes, and cannot
|, too, accomplish something? Have not
women no more beautiful or clever than
| worked miracles before now? Aud
after all, have nothing to fear. KEEP
pei Darke may come back from the
grave if he will, but Harry Trent Will
not. And even ii he did 80
glad to see you, Mrs. Vanderdonde.
''Great pleasure, Miss Fitz-Murray"
"Your wife unwell? What a pity, Mr.
Roylance! YES, like fairy palace. y
For, all the while that Sailie was de-
batting matter of vital interest TO her
sells, she had been standing near the EN-
trance TO the dining room, with Count
de Lisle on her left hand, receiving and
exchanging amenities with one group or
individual after another Of arriving
guests. Everybody knows how readily
this duality of nature develops itself
when any powerful impression is work
ing on the mind. The soul so seldom
has any part in the farrago Of conven-
tional and automatic things that we
daily say and do, that when by chance
il Is aroused IL can attend to its affair
without being in the least disturbed by
the din of external teG.s. Sallie, ac-
cordingly, smiled and chatted fully as
well as usual, while her real thoughts
were ranging to and fro through the
past, and questioning the future IN a
manner that those who saw her standing
there in the soft light, glowing and