The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

in the morning. making him see the ne
cessity Of forcing Won Tarsenheim 10 re-
veal the nature OF the experiment which
he had been made the subject Of
Having taken the notes 10 his old
bank. he drove on to ST. Martins street
and rang the bell An old woman an
swered it. and informed Fabian that the
gent and his daughter had left the night
before, and she did not know where
they had gone 20. HIS failure 20 buy
their address for a sovereign. atterward
raised to FIVE, convinced him that the
old womans regrets at being unable 10
furnish the information were genuine.
He only discovered that they hal TAX
en- very little baggage. and that the
room containing the glass case was in
accessible-seaie1 UP. 1t was an awful
blow TO the young man. He felt the
shadow OF an unknown terror creeping
on him. the torture OF intangible fear,
which has moe power 10 rend the nerves.
20 make hell seem a possibility, than any
other earthly sensation. And he must
live alone with 1.-THE dared tell no one!
He walked very fast, trying to dis
tance the gathering shadows, 10 escape
from his thoughts. He had no idea where
he was walking TIL he found himself
among a converging stream Of cabs
Euston station. Then he knew where ne
was being guided tO-OXfOrd, Yes. he
would go back tc the happy rodtine Of
university life. get ordained. ahd. clad
I'm the armor OF a holy, ascetic life defy
the powers 10 whom he had momcntarily
yielded himself.
Oxford. with It's many spires and
churchly buildings, had n calming effect
on Fabian's nerves. He felt that in the
cloister OF his old college he had found
a sanctuary from which he could regard
ali the events which had happened since
he left II as a bad dream. The dean.
with whom he had always been a favor
ite. smoOthed all difficulties in the way
Of his taking up his life where he had
left of. and getting ready for his or
dination.
He went TO sleep in Oxford that night
feeling that the future could be faced.
that he would soon get used 20 the
strangeness OF his personality and that
the dark chasm which had opened be-
tween his past and his present would
close up.
But next morning. as soon as he got
out OF bed. he wrote In his diary:
Now. at last. l know the meaning OF
the statement. We are all miserable sin
ners for evil and I walked hand-in-
hand last night And IT was more than
a dream. In some way L have given
powers OF evil-frightful material abom-
inations-access TO me. we are born in
iniquity. and IN sin did our mothers con-
ceiye Us AL true, for I know now that
can sin without SHINING. feel sOiled by
CRIME which never touched me. And
yet, a dream as vivid as that is reality.
and ! was one of that crew, reveling.
groveling, and wallowing with the worst
OF them. Shall I ever know again
what II means to have a peaceful con-
scienCe7 Shall I ever again be free from
remorse? II Christ, who took upon
Himself the sins OF all the world felt
what feel, that must have been the
real crucihxion."
Fabian Dare laid down his pen and
looked across the table at a mirror hang
ing on the wall. Something he saw IN
II made him look more closely at him
self. He passed his hand across his face,
and looked again. Then. IN a sudden
frenzy, he picked up boot and hurled
it at the reflection OF his face. 1t disap-
peared with the shattered glass. and the
young man threw himself on the bed.
sobbing; for 1t was the morning after
Vandraken had attended the last meet
ing Of the Devil-may-care Club.
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.