The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-04-21

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seat still LOOKING ut her. while telling
himself with q severe effort. that he
would look but one instant longer.
and then turn away. Ten seconds
passed. 20. half q minute. 10 total 81
fence. Hc WAS confused. disturbed.
and yet wholly unable 70 shut out her
penetrating glance. His fast ebbing
consciousness barely allowed him to
wonder whether he a weakened by
the strong emotions no hid felt in the
church, or by the first beginning OF
>one unknown and unexpected
malady. lie was utterly weak
and unstrung. He could
neither rise from bis seat nor lift his
hand nor close the lids OF his eyes. 1t
was as though an irresistible force
were drawing him into the depths Of
. fathomless whirlpool. down. down,
by its endless giddy spirals. robbing
him OF y portion Of his consciousness
at every gyration. so that he left be-
hind him at every instant something
Of his individuality. something Of the
central facu ty Of self-recognition.
He felt no pain. but he did not feel
that inaxpressible delight Of peace
which already twice had descended
upon HIM. lie experienced a rapid
diminution OF all perception. Of all
feeling. OF all intelligence. Thought.
and the memory OF thought. ebbed
from his brain and left IL vacant, nj
the waters Of u lock subside when tho
gates are opened. leaving emptincis In
its place.
Unorna's eyes turned from him. and
she raised her hand a moment. letiing
1t fall again upon her knee. Instantly
the strong man was restored TO him
self; his weakness vanished. his sight
was clear, his intelligence was awake.
Instantly tho certainty flashed upon
him that Unorna possessed the power
Of imposing hypnotic sleep and had
exercised that gift upon him.
pectedly and against his will. lie
would have more willinrly supposed
that he had been the victim Of u mo-
mentary physical faintncss. for tho
Idea Of having been thus subjected to
the influence OF q woman. and Of .
woman whom he hardly knew was re-
pugnant to him. and had IN it somc-
thing humiliating to his pride, or at
least to his vanity. But he could not
escape the conviction forced upon him
by the circumstances.
DO not go. for l may yet help
YOU" said Unorna. quietly. LET us
talk of this matter and consult what
il best to be done. Win you accept a
woman's hslp?"
Readily. But l can nOt accept her
will as mine. nor resign my conscious
ness into her keeping"
mot for the sake Of seeing her
whom you say you lover"
The Wanderer was silent, being yet
undetermined how TO act and still un-
steadied by what he had experienced.
But he was able to reason, and he
asked Of his judgment what he should
do. wondering what manner Of woman
Unorna might prove to be. and
whether she were anything more than
one Of those who live ana even enrich
themselves by the exercise Of tho
unusual faculties Dr. powers nature
has given them. He had seen many
of that class, and he considered most
of them to be but half fanatics. half
c~harlatans, worsh!pping in themselves
rs something almost divine that which
was but a physical rower, Or weak
ness, beyond their W limited COM
%prehension. Though a whole shock
Of wise and thoughtful men had al
ready produced remarkable results
and ELECTED astounding facts by sift-
ing the truth through a fine web Of
closely logical experiment, it did
not follow that either Unorna,
cr any other self-convinced,
self-taught operator could do more
than grope blindly toward the light.
guided by intuition alone. among the
varied and misleading phenomena Of
hypnOtism. The thought Of accepting
the help of n who was probably.
like most of her kind. a deceiver Of
herself, and therefore and thereby Of
others, was an affront to the dignity
OF his distress, a Dissertation of his
loves sancity, a frivulous invasion Of
loves holiest ground. But or the
other hand he was stimulated to catch
at the veriest shadows of possibility
by the certainty that he was at last
within the same city with her he
loved, and he knew that hypnotic SUBJ
jects are sometimes able to determine
the abode of persons whom M one else
a find. Tomorrow it might be too
late. Even before to-day's sun had
set Beatrice might be once more taken
from him, snatched away to the ends
of the earth by her fathers ever
changing caprice. To lose 6 moment
now might be to lose all.
He was tempted to yield. to resign
his will into Unorna's hands, and his
sight to her leading, to let her bid
him sleep and see the truth. But
then, with a sudden reaction of his
individuality, he realized that he had
another course, surer, simpler, more
dignifed. Beatrice was in Prague.
It was little probable that she was
permanently established in the city.
and in all likelihood she and her
father were lodged in one Of the two