The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
A STORY or HYPNOTIsM.
How CInire Eliiston Secured Din-
mond Necklace for Bridal GIFT.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Speaking of bridal presents said
Mrs. Palmer settling sofa pillow COM
fortably under her blonde head and
stretching out gracefully in her luxurious
steamer chair, did | ever tell you the
story Of the diamond necklace?
Il was in Milan for the carnival, having
gone early in order to secure comfortable
quarters at the Hotel Cavour, and the
first day at table d'hote dinner L was
seated next to the prettiest girl / ever
saw We all have our ideal of beauty
suppose and she simply realized mine,
that is all. The man sitting by her on
the other side was her brother, l dis
covered from their talk, and there was
anyhow a shrinking likeness between
them so il goes without saying that
he was too good to look at. At hrst
noticed nobody else, hardly ate any ON
ner, i'm fact. absorbed was l IN steal
ing glances at these two beautiful young
creatures but towards the close OF the
meal l heard the girl say in a sweet, we'll
bred voice which had vibrant ring 10
it. stirring some dormanU emotion in
me, making me yearn over her with the
instinct of motherhood, | suppose
heard her say TO her brother, 10 YOU
think the count will come this evening,
Jack?
Certainly the young fellow answer
cd gaiiy. The stars have so ordained II,
and there is no resisting ones destiny,
sister mine
Il don't know what caused me to look up
Just then, but / glanced across the table
and saw sitting directly opposite the young
girl an old woman so yellow and Withered,
and at the same time 50 Enthusiastically
dressed that ] wondered | had not noticed
her before She wore a pale lavender gown
profusey trimmed with ribbon and lace,
and her black hair. thtckly streaked with
gray was bound back from her forehead
BY q broad velvet ribbon and twisted in
a loose knot low on her neck. Her gray
eyes, which had strange catlfke CLEAN
of yellow in them, were Tiveted upon the
face of the girl. and presently l felt the
latter stir little uneasiiy as though that
basilisk glare disturbed her
THE next evening found my seat taken
by a good-looking, bronzed individual,
whom the girl addressed as Count Won
Rosenburg but who was known to the
the brother as Ludwig. had IN the mean
time made certain inquiries about my old
lady of the eyes and had learned that she
was an American named Harding, very
eccentric and very, very rlch. she was IN
her usual place and every time looked
at her ] saw her eyes fastened with the
same intense expression upon the beauu-
full face opposite her. she is fascinated by
the girls beauty and has no foolish qualms
about showing it, / thought and gave my
attention wholly to my dinner, for l had
tramped about a good deal that day and
was healthily hungry. FROM stray scraps
of conversation which fioated to me now
and then L learned that the girl-by the
way her name was Claire Elliston-had
never met the Count before, but the two
vollng men had Travelled together in Rus
STA and were close friends.
I'VE all sat for awhile after dinner In
the salon and l saw Mrs. Harding take a
book and with this as a screen, seat her
self in the darkest and most obscure cor
Nor of the room to watch the movements
of her prey When they left the room
she, too, disappeared
Il came upon my young people at the
Brera next morning and would you be-
lieVe liz that old woman was again In
attendance, saying nothing. but staring.
II began to feel as If there was some,
thing uncanny about her, and II we had
been back in old Salem days /. for one,
should have been ready 10 burn her as a
witch. I could hear that the two young
men We're beginning to tease Claire about
the impression she had made. but she
laughingly protested that the count was
the attraction quite as much as she was
Later In the day ] was lingering In the