The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06

1 their part in his thirst for Knowledge; but they did not attract him. save for the passing moment and still less did they content him.
 "on, onl" he cried, and still "on, onl' as Mephistopheles swept him from emo
 tion to emotion, from the Brocken to the l earth again, through scenes of joy and sorrow equally boundless, from experience to experience, all equally unavailing to sate his boundless craving. , He awoke from months of fantastic dream as one might wake after single
 night to learn that Margaret. crazed by despair, had killed her child and lay in prison, sentenced to death Dog! Abhorrent monster!' cried Faust,
 glaring at Mephistopheles Great Spirit of Eearth who knowest my heart and my soul, why didst thou appear to me only to
 vanish again and let me letter myself to this thing of shame that thriyes on evil and sates himself on ruin?" Why did you make compact with
 me if you cannot carry 1t out? You
 wished to fly and tremble with dizziness
 when you reach the height! Who ruined
 her? I or your" sneered Mephistopheles. Faust looked at him wildly. Save herl" he muttered at last, Save her!"
 T cannot loose the bonds of the avenger of blood" said Mephistopheles. "oyer his bolts l have no power. Hear thou what I can do. Do I possess all the might of heaven and of earth? l will befog the jailers brain that you may secure his
 keys. Lead her forth with your earthly hands. I will wait with the black witch horses. That can I do and no more. : Up! Upl Up and awayl" groaned
 Faust Swiftly they passed into the
 dark and quiet city soaring over the roofs on the black horses of hell.
 Alighting on the prison. Mephistopheles
 charmed the jailer into leaden sleep and Faust descended to the cells. As he approached the door he heard , the beloved voice singing. But they | were not sweet notes or soft, innocent
 words, such as he had heard and loved to hear from her pure lips, Quayering,
 shrill, in the blood filing accents of
 insanity. Margaret said fearful words of crime and despair,
 
 shrieked: Woe! Wool They comet
 They come! Oh bitter death!' She fell to her knees and raised her
 hands to Faust "Oh, hangman, hangman, who has given you the right over me- she
 walled, ito come this night? Why do you take me at midnight? Mercy! I at I've In c~f fo not morning soon enough for your" Flush! Hush!" groaned Faust in agony. stooping to her. With trembling fingers he unlocked her chains. Then, since she raved still, he said aloud.
 Margaret! Margaret" Margaret sprang to her feet. Where Is hep she cried. Where is he? Let me cling to his neck. lie on his breast !! He called me! He called me! Through
 the clanking and clamoring of hell.
 trough the cries of the devils, I heard his beloved voicew
 Tt is IT! said Faust. Her eyes turned full upon him. They lost their fixed mad stare. With g great i sob she ran to him and sank into his arms.
 "Oh, it is you. Oh say it once again." ! said she, looking up into his eyes. , "Where is the prison, where are all its pains and terrors? It is you! Again I see the street where beheld you first, the garden where you spoke to mel" "Quick! Quickw warned Faust. Come 1 quickly"
 Mephistopheles appeared in the door 1 way "Hasten" cried he. ''The dawn is coming and my horses tremble. Quick or you are lost!''
 Margaret screamed when she saw him. 1 Covering, she exclaimed:
 "Who rises from the ground? He! Hei Send him awayI What Tant. h> here?
 He seeks mel"