The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25

chnation to arise, and at last L got up
and donned my dressing gown 1t
seemed as though some unknown force
compelled me to walk to the opposite
end of the room. In the bright light
could see distinctly the small buttons
which when pressed silently opened the
panel doors ! pressed the center but
ton, the door revolved back, and | per.
celved that ! was on the Threshold of
the little sitting room. To my surprise
1t was bright with electric light, and
| standing by the mantelpiece I encoun-
| tered the figure and somewhat arrogant
gaze of Miss Epderby,
What are you doing here9' I de-
manded curtly
81 came here TO speak to you,' was
the calm reply. GA glance revealed to
rapport. as we say in our phraseology.
You can Influence me and / can influ
encc you We arc both hypuotists, al
THOUGH YOU are not fully aware of the
magnitude of your powers. I am anx.
lous to pursue certain course of ac
ton. which you can, if you will, balk
me In. | want you to understand that
You will do go at your peril
What do you meant | asked.
Tonight, after I had left the room
you used your counter-influence with
Abl o. tIO"ut 10 "ltnuTaW IODSIanrS
from my society. Now, my intention is
to see much of Constance. ] wish to get
her into my power. ] mesmerized her
for the first time. and | intend to do
so again. ] am forced 10 betray to you
what | would rather conceal. I am n
hypnotist up TO a certain point; beyond
that point my powers desert me. You
are 4 hypnotist of much higher order;
in fact, without knowing it. you are
'clairvoyant. You can either help or
oppose me. ! want you to promise that
you will moi interfere with me. That is
WHY | visited YOU tonight.
"You speak in riddles" I replied.
81 won I try 10 solve them, but l have
no. hesitation III informing You that |
object to any one being subjected TO
the hypnotic trance. ! shall use what
ever counter influence / possess against
YOU in Miss Perowne's case.
f'Gou will do so at your peril y she
said defiantly, - But You will probably
change your mind | viii visit YOU
again tomorrow night.
made no reply; she glidcd toward
the door, opened it, and went out !
returned 10 bed Al breakfast on the
following morning / observed that all
the other guests were present with the
exception of Miss Enderby
81 notice that Miss Enderby is alb
sent, - | said to the elder Mrs. Perownc.
81 trust there is nothing the matter
with her
"Miss Enderby never sleeps here, y
returned the old lady. 'Shc and her
mother occupy a house at the south end
Of the park. Louisa went away imme
diately after Constance got better last
night; she was out of the house long
before ! | clock.
| made no comment. but luwardly |
wondered how it was that she had man
aged to get back again and visit me in
nv Sittin@ room. Later ! entered into
with Constance, and she
Informed me that her mother had for
hidden her to allow her cousin TO mes
merize her again.
Il am sorry had TO promise she
said frankly. "lt has been an old wish
OF mine that Louisa should mesmerize
me- Mother says that Louisa was always
a queer child, aud when she WAS quite
Young she went abroad 10 be educated,
She came home when she was nearly
grown up-just before the awful trag
edy of grandfather IS life occurred. -
'sWhat was that?' | asked
"lt was about my father. DR. Hall
fax. He was my grandfather S only
SON. He married when he was only
twentv-one. and he died months before
fishing about two miles away from
Queen s Marvel; he fell into Lock Over
pool Mother nearly went mad at the
time, and grandfather shut himself up
and would not see any one for years.
1t is only lately that he has got over
IT, You see, he had no other child ex
cept Aunt Kate. and for some reason
she was not a favorite of him"
"Then who inherits Queen S Mar
vel?' / asked.
''At some very far distant date
do, was Constance S response. -.
The evening which followed was all
that was gay and entertaining. Miss
Enderby was, Notwithstanding her
plainness and peculiar physlognomy,. the
life and soul of the party. In the draw
in room she pave us some music, and
sauntered over to her side. Suddenly
she stopped in the midst of a sonata,
raised her full greenish eyes to my
face, smiled, and rose from her seat at
the piano.
81 have played enough she said.
i left the room. When | sought my
rtment again that night my mind
was still running on the strangee, per
sonalitv Of Miss Enderby. / flatter
myself that / am not very susceptible
TO the control of other people s glances,
but l could not conceal from myself
that there was something in her eyes
that exercised an odd Influence over me,
and I went TO bed resolved to dismiss
Miss Enderby and all her works from
my thoughts. ] was not long in falling
asleep, but once again, as twenty four
hours before, awoke suddenly with
the same odd impulse forcing me to
arise There was no thought of resist.
ing the impulse in my mind; | turned
on the light, entered the sitting room
as L had done on the previous night,
and once more encountered the fixed
gaze of my sinister visitor. Louisa En-.
derby was standing there, and smiled
as | appeared.
81 have kept my word,'' she said.
"Will you please sit down?'
| found myself impelled to sit. "You
see, - she said triumphantly, "that to
certain extent you are in MY power.
You are wondering how [ came here,
but that does not matter. | warned
you that you you'd do yourself no good
by interfering with me, Yet you have
used your influence today to put Con-