The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-16
HYPNOTIC LOVE.

the night. Only one light was burning,
and that was in David Persons room just
the caves. Only one indweller
was awake, and that one was David Pier
son himself, but he made no sound as he
paced the floor in slippered feet.
A slight, swarthy young man was David,
with heavy brows and black enkindled
eyes. His lips were firmly set, his express
sion stern and unchanged save when the
twitch of a muscle betrayed suppressed ex-
element. An attractive young man was
David, well liked by his guardian, Amos
Browning, his faraway cousin; by the dear
old lady who was the guardians wife, and
by Alice, their only child. Indeed, there
was natural charm about David which
accompanied his presence
Even Paul Maxwell, who, like him, was
a cousin and a ward in that house, yielded
to it grudgingly. Yet Paul had the strong
est reason for dislike, since passions are ar
guments and jealousy is their chief. Lat
terly Paul had not resisted the fascination,
for successful love can afford to be gener-
Gus, and Paul felt that his love was success
full. Why else was Alice shy instead of
freee Why had her frank, fearless gaze
been displaced by bushes and downcast
glances9
David, too, was conscious of his agreea-
BILE personality, and more he comprehend
ed it, In his early youth-he had realized
that he was endowed with a certain mystic
rious magnetism, which if understood
would be a potent auxiliary to his hope. A
child may evolve sparks from a battery,
which under the touch of master becomes
genius of light and heat and speech. If
he possessed a power. why shouldn't he be
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ceptional power he was sure.
Why, there was the great mastiff Lion,
their guard at night, their fear during the
day. Had not the brute always sprung to
the length of his chain and struggled and
growled whenever he approached? And
had he not one day, In an unthinking reck-
lessness which fate must have directed,
confronted the fierce beast and caught it's
nozzle in his firm grasp and gazed into the
fiery blood red eyes until the lids dropped,
and the limbs trembled, and the tongue
that had dripped with vicious slabber had
licked and caressedP Was not that ungov-
ernable animal his slave thereafter? And If
he could accomplish such subsection I'M
willingly, what might he not do If his in
nate forces were lightnings to his JoveP
So had David reasoned, and thenceforth
pride ambition and selfishness turned and
held his energies to the investigation and
enlightenment of the obscurities of the will,
of animal magnetism, of clairvoyance and
of hypnotism. His intellect was profound
and acute. 1t seized and ground grain from
both ancients and moderns, intuitively re-
iecting chaff. At length he formulated a
hypothesis of the extent and control of his
own psychological faculties, and he demon
strated it's truth. He found that his natu-
raj gifts, when impelled and concentrated
by self discipline, would give him an infiu
ence over another nature not SO endowed
that was absolute, and to one not under
standing both miraculous and impossible
And the purer the nature so affected the
more complete the control. If he thought
at all of the condition, the self poise and
self mastery, he laughed scornfully and al
his ease, for he believed that he would al
ways be himself, to and for himself.
And now the time had come for him tt
exert his natural and acquired qualities
They were valueless to him unless they pro
cured the object of their training, and that
was Alice. Not that he loved the girl
David's heart had been too single to It's am
bition to love, but he desired her, he envie6
her, he appreciated that she was the com
plement necessary to his own fulfillment
her personal charms, he Could best advanc,
himself. Above all, he hated Paul will
that poisonous hatred which has no sourc
save its own venom.
Yes, now the time had come. Neve
could he hope to be mightier; his intellec
was at the full strength of its education
Besides, if he condemned love, he recognized
It. Already he had detected signs of mutua
passion In Alice and Paul. He must throt
tie the god in his infancy, else his lustines
might attest his divinity. Tonight was tn
night of action. There was nothing dis
honest or evil in what he planned. Alic
would be just as happy with him, just a
happy. What position, indeed, could b
prouder than that of being his wife?
David stole down the broad stairway an
through the corridors of the second fooi
The moonlight streaming through the orie
windows at each end paved his path wit
serenity. He came to the door Of the col
ner room with the southern exposure, tina
room which his guardian had said had ev
IDENTIFY been planned by the architect &c
the flower, the angel of the household.
was so coy, so comfortable, so full OF SUI
shine, SO free from frost-a bower for beat
ty. a nest for innocence. Yet did 1t not d.
rive its character from its occupantS Fc
where Alice was, there, too, must be Lowell
ness.
The door was ajar, for locks and boil
were foreign to that peaceful home. Davi
entered and stood for moment with bowe
head in reverence, like pilgrim approach
ing shrine. Indeed, had not prudence r
strained him he would have PROSTATE
himself in homage to purity. There was
silvery glow on hangings and rugs an
divans. The bird in the easement chirpe
as If to the day. On the couch lay the youn
girl, her hands folded across her bosom
The efigy of virgin martyr she SCENE
were it not for that tranquil pulsatio
which betrayed both life and sex.
David crept near. The covering had bee
cast from the shoulders. Hebrew 1t closel
as a mother might enfold a sleeping chile
Calmly Alice was sleeping, as those onl
sleep whose minds are transparent to truti
Pleasantly Alice was dreaming, for no.
she smiles and murmurs, Dear Paul"
David hesitated and drew back and tren
bled. Despite his knowledge that he WI
would rule others must first rule himsel
his soul quaked within him. lie ore
back and again gazed about him. frol
the Towering plants in the corner u
swinging birdcage, the dainty carmen
carefully arranged, the little table with !
books and writings and embroideries, u
dresser with its thousand pretty trlne
there came an accusation OF cowardice.
He gazed about him, and sob rose