Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-09
ATEMPTATlON:

nesltated. 1heh abruptly he passed ms
hand above the girls eyes Her lids droop
ed, her head sank upon her shoulder
Bhao Mtra lifted her bodily in his arms
and placed her on the bench. Her delicate
form was motionless, her face locked In I'M
mobility.
The afternoon light was waning. The
fete was about TO close. The sounds OF mu-
sic that had reached the terrace now ceased.
The man stood looking down at the white
figure. He mad come literally TO the ends
of the earth To find this last terrible temp
tation, for he loved this young girl and s!ee
was the promised wife of another man. The
Hindoo had rapid vision of that others
face. He had seen IL once, a month before,
and he knew IL was the face of one possess
ing the rare nature 10 which death alone
could be possible if its hearts faith were
betrayed.
And was this 70 be the elimination OF
that long discipline of the ascetic, Of that
long pursuit Of wisdom, by the sacrifice OF
all the impulses of the flesh, which had
led him, Bhao Mitra To that stage where,
indeed, as the vulgar OWNED, occult
psychical forces were subject to him, and
where mysteries were open to him before
which the world was blindt
Was this TO be the end of all, that he
should lose all his ascendancy, by the
double moral fall OF love for woman and
Of injustice To helpless fellow beingi
Ethelind under this new supreme Influence
was as bird ensnared.
Who shall tell the battle Of that mo
mentS He had saved himself, dashed the
cup from his lip at the moment OF fruition-
She slept oblivious Ia her trance. OBJ
livious? Yes, and so she should remain.
Bhao Mltra bent his dark face downward.
His piercing eyes were fixed for motion.
less instant on the sleeping features. He
raised his hand and touched her eyes and
brow. Then, without looking back, he
walked away.
He left the grounds Of Wildwood Hall un.
seen of hostess or guests. His abseLee had
not been noticed. Nor would Ethelsud's
absence be remarked. Within few mo
ments she would awake and return to hei
friends. She would do 30 calmly, scarcely
remembering that her mothers strange
guest had walked with her that day.
For Bhao Mira had consummated his
sacrifice TO the end AS she lay before him
he had willed that all love for him might
depart from her breast. She would awake
as the EJhelind of "a month ago, and only
such affections as she had then known
would she know now.
And yet the sacrifice had not been con
summated wholly No. One thing re
NAMED TO he done That night Bhao Mi
ira shut himself in his room. On the fol-
lowing morning il was that a young man
passing through "A western town awoke &c
find strip of paper mysteriously pinned
upon his pillow.
"How did you happen to come back se
suddenly" cried Ethelind, hanging q day
later about the neck Of him she was soon Il
marry.
II don't know" The young man looked
grave. He told his strange experience. III
is incomprehensble. Ask your native Hin
doc friend, Mr.. Bhao Mitra, to explain 1t
/ He looks as if he knew many strange secreti
of psychcal sort"
Ethelind laughed lightly. "Yes, peopl
said he was doubtless a very wise man
He's gone now, you know; gone back to In
dia. He was very nice, though rather grav'
and queer"
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