Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03


from outside
Where's Dr. Cogliostro and Miss Trelawney:" I
yelled when | saw they were not among the ones
who had got out.
Without paying any attention to me, the landlord
ordered everybody to hurry from the building, and
most of them went; but middle aged woman W ho
had a pair of trousers several too big tor
her flung her around my neck and almost
chOked me- and said:
For heavens sake save my pa Rarr9t! ;,.a ,
push that I'm ashamed of now. You get
another
Then grabbed the lamp and was going back to
rescue Clytemnestra; but there a shout from
outside. and | heard the doctors voice. Every
thing seemed to be suddenly lit up, and l rushed
out Standing little balcony above the front
door DR.. Cogostro, holding Clyte in his
Her eyes shut and her dark hair hanging
loose and long and wavy l never anything so
beautiful as she was, all in white, and everything
as bright around them IT somebody had turned
a searchlight.
The crowd cheered, and the doctor, holding
Cvtemnestra with one hand, passed the other before
her face three times, and said, All right! All
right!
She opened her eyes and stood up and looked
around sort of bewildered, and the light began to
disappear In half minute it dead dark again +;
but before anyone had time to get ladder the
doctor came down stairs, leading Clyte by the hand
Nearly everybody in town had got there by that
time, and the landlord and the town marshal had
begun hunting for the fire They couldn't find any,
and the smoke cleared away. 1t was the great
est mystery Plumville ever had. Not thing was
scorched ANYWHERE and nobody could think where
the smoke had come from what had made the
bright light when the doctor and Clyte the
balcony.
Some of the boarders afraid to go back to
bed; but most of turned in again along toward
morning and | SO tired that it nearly noon
before | woke up.
WHEN got down stairs the Doc was waiting for
'" L think, Zachariah, We'll have a good
house tonight he said, The people here seem to
be taking an interest in You might go out and
see whether the boys scattering the bills pretty
freely Clytie is still in bed Poor child the shock
of last night rather hard on her tender young
nerves"
l took look around the and got back to the
hotel just as Clytemnestra was coming down from
her room
I'm so glad, she said, taking by both hands
and smiling at IN a way that made me hope the
Doc would never want anybody but me for manager
that didn't get hurt last night! How foolish it
of me to faint!
| told her about my having intended to 60 back
and risk my life to her, and she looked at
with sad little smile, saving:
. 1t noble of you to think of me- l shall al
remember 1t.
The Doc came in just then and took C1ytie in his
arms pressing her face against his and running his
fingers along her temples. He had to stand on his
tptoes to do it. because he rather short; but she
closed her eyes and seemed to be happy. AS stood
there watching them creepy feeling came over me-
They didn't look any more alike than lily and
potato. and wondered if he had told the truth
about his being her father.
HAL Ho SlldlSe W InaC
noon. because the Doc took me up to his room to
tell about my job The first thing he did was to
get out igs and false whskers that he tried on
In about two minutes he disguised me so |
Wouldn have known who 1t was if I'd myself
a bank, and then he told me one of my duties
manager would be to take seat in the hall when
the show started and go up the stage to help
keep things interesting if it happened that he had
trouble IN getting subjects.
You see, he said, L don't feel just right so he
times. and have to work good while before | can
get the pSyChOmetrlCal forces properly focused
When I'm in that condition the hypnotic currents