Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-06-21

awoke quite naturally. She appeared
to be her own self again, but l re
marked to her mother that l con
sidered the whole business unwise
and advised her not to allow he
daughter to participate in any mor
such experiments.
When / retired to my own apart
ment l sat for a while musing owe
the events of the evening and think
ing of Miss Enderby's remarkable
face and sharp, piercing gaze. Then
feeling tired, l undressed and got int
he'd. l must have awakened suddenl,
some hours later, for the fire was GU
and the chamber in complete dark
ness. l found myself broad awak,
and listening intently. Presently al
irresistible impulse to rise came owe
me. l felt l must yield to it.
stretched out my hand, felt along the
wall, and turned on the electric light
/ lay for a moment longer, struggling
against the inclination 10 arise, anG
at last l got up n donned my dress
ing gown. 1t seemed as though some
unknown, unseen force compelled me
to walk to the opposite end of the
room. In the bright light l could see
distinctly the small buttons which
when pressed silently opened the pan
ell doors. l pressed the center button,
the door revolved back, and l per.
ceived that l was on the threshold
of the little sitting room. To my sur,
prise it was bright with electric light,
and standing by the mantelpiece !
encountered the figure and somewhat
arrogant gaze of Miss Enderby.
What are you doing here?" l de-
manded CURLY.
Il came here to speak to YOU" was
the calm reply. "A glance revealed
to me this evening that you and I
are en- rapport, as we say in our
p~hraseology. You can influence me
and l can influence you. We are both
hypnotists, although you are not fully
aware of the magnitude of your pow
ers. | am anxious to pursue a GER
tain course of action which you can,
If you will, balk me in. l want you to
understand that you viii DO SO at
your peril" a gFf"-
What do you mean" I asked.
Tonight, after l had left the
room, you used your coupter-influence
with Mrs. Perowne to withdraw Con-
stance from my society. Now, my in
tentfon is to gee much of Constance.
| wish to get her into my power. \
I1esmerized her for the first time, and
l intend to do SO again. / am forced
to betray to you what l would rather
conceal. am a hypnotist up to a
certain point; beyond that point my
powers desert me. You are a hyno,-
list of much higher order; in fact,
without knowing it, you are a clair
voyant.' You can either help or OPP
pose me. l want you to promise that
you will not interfere with me. That
is why l visited you tonight"
You speak in riddles" l replied.
81 won't try to solve them. but l
have no hesitation in informing you
that l object to any one being sub
jected to the hypnotic trance. I
shall use whatever counter influence
l possess against you in Miss Pc
rowne's case"
you will do SO at your PERIL she
said d%efiantly. But you will probably
change you mind. l will visit you
again tomorrow night"
made no reply; she glided to-
ward the door, opened 1t, INC went
out. I returned to bed. At brea'
on the following morning ] onssrvad
that all the other guests wsre nre'p'
ent with the execution Of Miss Ea.
derley.
! notice sbsS Kiss Enderly is alb.
sent" I saiA to, the elder Mrs. Pc.
rowne: itr'1sf there is nothing the
Mss Enderby never, sleeps here"
Z lrned the old lady. She and her
mother occupy a house at the south
| end of the park. Louisa vent away
| Immediately after Constance got bet.
ter last night; she was out of the
house long before II O'clock"
made no comment. but inwardly
wondered how it was that she had
managed to get back again and visit
me in my sitting room. Later I en-
tered into conversation with Con
stance, and she Informed me that hel
mother had forbidden her to allow
her cousin to mes-cerize her again.
u am sorry I had to promise" she
said frankly. 1T has been an ole
wish of mine that Louise should mes
lmerfze me. Mother says that LOUISE
was always a queer child. and wher
she was quite young she went abroad
to be educated. She came hom'
when she was nearly grown up-jus
before the awful tragedy of GRANDPA
theirs life occurred"
What was that?" l asked.
cit was about my father. DR.. Hall
fax. He was my grandfather's oni.
son. He married when he was onl.
twenty-one, and he died months be
fore / was born. He was browne
while fishing about two miles ava,
from Queens Marvel: he fell int
Lock liverpool. Mother nearly wen
mad at the time, and grandfathe
shut himself up and would not Sc
any one for years. 1t is only latel
that he has got over it. You see, n
had no other child except Aunt Kate
and for some reason she was not
favorite of his"
Then who inherits Queens Mai
veT?" / asked.
Eat some very far distant date
do" was Constance's response.
The evening which followed was a
that was gay and entertaining. MIS-