The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-05-05
CHAPTER V-CONTINUED.

She believed profoundly in herself,
and in the suggestions of her own
imagination. Her powers were natu-
raj. those arts which from time to
time are seen in men and women,
which are alternately scotfed at as
im%postures. or accepted as facts, but
which are never understood either by
the possessor or by those who witness
the results. She had from childhood
the power to charm with the eye and
hand all living things, the fascination
which takes hold of the consciousness
through sight and touch and word,
and lulls it to sleep. 1t was w%itchery
and she was called a witch.
She had been taught how to use
what she possessed according to the
shadowy beliefs and dim traditions of
the half forgotten magic in a distant
land. Her heart had been filled with
longings, and she had grown up to be-
lieve that once only would love come,
and that the supreme danger of her
life would be that she should not
know it when it was at hand.
And now she knew that she loved,
for the place of her fondness for the
one man had been taken by her pas
sion for the other, and she felt with
out reasoning, where before she had
tried to cas- herself into feeling.
The moment had come. She had seen
the man to whom her happiness was
to be. the time was short, the danger
great if she should not grasp what her
destiny would offer her but once.
Had the Wanderer been by her side,
she would have needed to ask no
question, she would have known and
been satisfied. But hours must pass
before she could see him again, and
every n minute spent without him
grew more full of anxiety and dis
turbing passion than the last.
She placed a sincere faithi in the old
mans answers to her questions, re-
CARELESS of the matter inquired into.
She believed that in the mysterious
condition between sleep and waking
which she could command. the knowl-
edge of things to be was with him as
certainly as the memory of what was
even now passing in the outer world.
To her, the one direction of the faculty
seemed no less possible than the 9TH
ers, though she had not yet attained
alone to the vision of the future.
Hitherto the old mans utterances had
been fulfilled to the letter. More
than once, as Keyork Arabian had
limited, she had consulted his second
sight in preference to his own, and she
had not been deceived. She looked
upon him as the Pythoness Delphi
looked upon the divinity of her inspi-
ration.
Unorna bent ove the sleeper, look
ing earnestly into his face. and she
laid n hand upon his brow.
You hear me?" she said. slowly
and distinctly. You are conscious
Of thought, and you see into the fut-
ure?"
The massive head stirred, the long
limbs moved ~uneasily under the white
robe, the m bony hands con-
tracted, and in the cavernous eyes the
great lids were slowly lifted. A dull
stare met her look.
"Is it hep" she asked, speaking
more quickly in spite of herself. .'Is
it he at last?s"
There was no answer.
you must answer my que > ton.
command you to answer me. Is it
hep"
you must tell me before I can an
swer.n
The words came in a feeble, piping
voice, strangely out Of keeping with
the colossal frame and imposing feat
ures.
Unorna's face was clouded, and the
ready CLEAN of anger flashed in her
eyes as it ever did at the smallest op-
position to her will.
Can you not see him?" she asked
impatiently.
Il cannot see him unless you lead
me to him and tell me where he is"
Where are you9:"
in your mind"
"And what are yOu?'
II am the image in your eyes"
There is another man in my
mind" said Unorna. Il command
you to see him."
Il see him. He is tall, pale, noble.
suffering. You love him"
s.Is it he who shall be my life and
my death? Is it he who shall love
me as other women are not loved??"
The weak voice was still for a mo-
ment, and the face seemed covered
with a veil Of perplexity.
Il see with your eyes" said the old
nan at last.
'.And | command you to see into
the future with your own!" cried
Unorna, concentrating her terrible
will as she grew more impatient.
There was an evident struggle in
the giants mind, an effort to obey
which failed to break down an obsta-
Gle. She bent oyer him eagerly, and
her whole consciousness was conferred
in the words she desired him to
speak.
II see. He will love you" said
the tremulous tones.
Then it is he"
1T is he