The morning news., 1894-11-25

which l attended with great regularity.
l allowed him to hypnotic me and DO
with me as he pleased; then. having
learned the trick / became a hypnotizer
myself, with the idea Of practicing my new
accomplishment on Anna.
First, she was most unwilling. Her
mother, too objected, but that was just
the reason why after awhile, my intended
withdrew her arguments against 1t. 1t
pleased her, she said, to play with fire. The
idea arose in my mind to ask Anna in her
sleep about her true feelings towards me,
also to command her to love me, but on
second consideration thought 1t cowardly
to do so, and desisted. But If ! wanted
nothing for myself, directly, / did not
hesitate to further my cause Indirectly.
SO l commanded Anna to retract her arm
whenever my rival offered to kiss her
hand. The experiment succeeded. Then
] ordered her not to laugh about the ba-
ioccos indlscreet jokes. Next day / saw
her in his company, while he narrated
side-splittng tale, silent, almost sad.
The muscles Of her face seemed to be par
alyzed
my intended was u most sensitive sub
ject. In her mind the expectancy that
would assume control of 1t never ceased; ;
it's mental passiveness ensued at the mo-
ment ! entered her presence. was able
by "a look to interrupt her az she walked
from one corner of theroom to the other;
bowing my head, / would give her liberty
to resume her movements ut pleasure All
this amused my intended for time; then
ii began to irritate her. She tried to escape
my power; she refused to submit to fur
ther experiments. / observed at the same
time her increasing intimacy with one OF
my rivals, and my jealousy Outgrew all
limits.
zone day last summer-you viii find all
| the dates In this memorandum ] have
Q .r4H WAVFf n VNvf
pose an outing to Porto d'Anzlo-by-the-
Sea Anna pronounced the idea enchant-
/ ing Her mother said neither yes nor no.
1 Somebody asked me, Won't you come
/ along?" My answer was a lie ! had moth
ing in the world to do, yet ! claimed 1t
1 would be impossible for me TO attend.
/ Anna got angry. She said: II you refuse
/ to come, why we win be just as happy
/ without you Her. voice was cold and
1 hard as she said these words.
II grabbed both her hands and drew her
I behind the window curtains. The moon
was shining brightly. Look into my eyes,
/ / commanded with hoarse voice, holding
! her hands In mine. She first tried. In vain
7 did the girl try to escape, she had not
/ yet finished her protest when she had be-
4 come the tool of my discretion.
what was / about to do? ! felt like
ordering her 10 love me, to hate my rivals.
/ But the dread Of committing an act OF
] UuRUeHEaDIe COWANlce iIluiupNtu over
NV jealousy. After a minute Of renec-
4 t!on ] breathed hard into her face and re-
moved the spell Then ! asked her: DO
you intend going?'
"'Yes.' she said dryly.
And If ] obJectY
"It matter not And my intended
/ turned on her heels and walked away.
During the railway journey TO Porto
/ dAuzio. Anna sat between my two rivals,
for them alone she had smiles. At rare
Intervals. only "a cold look from her eyes
4 was directed toward the corner where
sat. next TO the mother. aud this brave
mother, as usual. upheld her daughter.
/ ANNA looked the picture Of beauteous
health iu her white wooden bathing suit,
30 richly embroidered The sea air seemed
/ 10 iutoKicate her. / heard her say over
and over again; 4 am $50 happy I am 80
happy Az ] offered her my hand to lead
! her into the surf my hated rival, as II by
prrarrangement took Anna under hia
arm aud they ran Into the midst ~ the
waves until She lost beer footing Then he
7 auppurted brr with hie strong arms. ln.
deed tHis follow acted as % was only my
risht to dos aa f he. not 4. expected %
marry hnr iu q feW months. ! sHw b. all
ntaudlHk Ht $500 edge 81 tha strand.
beard tt ail. ihelr laughter, little uFyH oi
l1Y. VT HbAahed terror Then hef sister,