The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-05-12

made with me. and to an equally Inn
aginary passion which he fancies he
feels for you"
That was WISE" said Unorna. still
pale. How came we to be SO i'm
prudent! One word, and he might
have Suspected
He could not have suspected ALL"
answered keyork. No man could
suspect that"
''Nevertheless-I suppose what we
have done is not exactly-justifiable."
Hardly. 1t is true that criminal
law has not yet adjusted itself to meet
questions OF suggestion and Psychic
inhuence-but it draws the line, most
certainly. somewhere between these
questions and the extremity to which
we have gone.'
II do not like to think that we have
been ear to such trouble" said
Unorna.
Nor l. 1t was fortunate l met the
Wanderer when l did"
'.And the otherp Did he wake as I
ordered him to doP Is he all rightp Is
there nc danger OF his suspecting any
thingP"
1t seemed rs though Unorna had
momentarily forgotten that such a
contingency might be possible, and
her anxiety returned with the recol-
lection. Keyork's rolling laughter
reverberated among the plants. and
filed the whole wide hall with echoes.
mo danger there" he answered.
Your witchcraft is above criticism.
Nothing Of the kind that you have
ever undertaken has failed"
Except against you," said Unorna,
thoughtfully.
Except against me, Of course.
How could you v expect anything
of the kind to succeed against me, my
dear lady"
land why not? After all. in spite
Of u jesting. you are not a super
natural being"
That depends entirely on the in
depreciation you give to the word
supernatural. Your influence is a
direct one. chiefly exercised by means
of your words and through the i'm
preston of power which you know
how to convey in them. 1t is marvel
Gus, l admit. But the very definition
puts me beyond your power"
''Why?"
because there is not a human
being alive, and l do not believe that
a human being ever lived, who had
the sense of independence individu-
ally that l have. Let Il man have the
very smallest doubt concerning his
own independence-let that doubt be
ever so transitory and produced by
any accident whatsoever-and he is
at your mercy.
"And you are sure that no accident
could shake your faith in yourself"
my consciousness of myself, you
mean. No. | am not sure. But, my
dear Unorna. l am very careful in
guarding against accidents of all
sorts, for have attempted to resusci-
tate a great many dead people. and I
never have succeeded, and l know
that a false step on a slippery stair
case may be quite as fatal as O. tea
spoonful Of prussic acid-or an unre-
Quilted passion. 1 avoid all these
things and many others. If l did not,
and if you had any object in getting
me under your influence, you would
succeed sooner or later. Perhaps the
day is not far distant when / will vol
UNFAIRLY sleep under your hand"
Unorna glanced quickly at him.
"And in that case" he added, II
am sure you could make me believe
anything you pleased"
What are you trying to make me
understand" she asked suspiciously,
for he had never before spoken of
such a possibility.
Il will not weary you. was only
going to say that if 1 were under your
infuence-you might easily make me
believe that you were not yourself,
but another woman-for the rest of
my life"
They stood looking at each other
in silence during several seconds.
Then Unorua seemed to understand
what he meant.
do you really believe that is pos
sibleP" she asked, earnestly.
81 know it. l know of a case in
which it succeeded very we'll"
Perhaps" she said thoughtfully.
''Let us 60 and look at him"
She moved in the direction OF the
aged sleeper's room, and then both
left the hall together.
ITO BE CONTINUED.