The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-13
The Pdnelled Bedroom
Strange Experience IN tie Life
Of q Doctor.
By A. 7. MEAD
Copyright. BY ". G. chapman.)

i ACl AoLOo.
let her alofe." said. when you
become calm again you must reverse
the passes. but this can only be done
when you are quiet and cool"
lifted Constance gently to q sofa,
and sitting down beside her motIoned
to every one else to leave the room. !
They did SO. the expression OF suffer.
Ing gradually left the girls face, and |
she slept calmly. Miss Enderby went |
with the rest. and as she was In no
condition to make the reverse passes,
l did not interfere with her departure
Between II and IL Miss Perowne
awoke quite naturally. She appeared
to be her own self again. but ! re-
marked to her mother that | con.
sidered the whole business unwise.
and advised her not to allow her
daughter to participate In any more |
such experiments.
When / retired to my own apart. |
ment sat for while musing over
tho events OF the evening and think. |
Ing Of Miss Enderby's remarkable
face and sharp. piercing gaze. Then.
feeling tired, undressed and got into |
he'd. ! must have awakened suddenly
some hours later. for the FIRE was out |
and the chamber in complete dark.
ness. I found myself broad awake
and listening intently. Presently an
Irresistible impulse to rise came over
me. felt l must yield to It l
stretched out my hand. felt along the
wall, and turned on the electric light
lay for a moment longer. struggling
against the inclination TO arise, and
at last I got up and 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 could see
distinctly the small buttons which
when pressed silently opened the pan.
ell doors. pressed the center button,
the door revolved back. and | per.
ceived that | was on the threshold
OF the little sitting room. To my sur.
prise 1t 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?" de.
manded curtly.
i came here to speak to you" was
| tha Nalp, rlnty oil
to me this evening that you and |
are en- rapport, as we say in our
phraseology. You can influence me
and can influence you We are both
hypnotists, although you are not fully
! aware OF the magnitude OF your pow.
ers. am anxious to pursue Ger.
| tain course OF action which you can,
II you Will, balk me In. | want you to
understand that you Will do so at
your peril"
What do you mean?" asked,
Tonight, after had left the
room, you used your counter.inauence
with Mrs. Perowne to withdraw Con.
stance from my society. Now, my In.
tcntion 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
/ TO betray to you what I would rather
conceal. am hypnotist up to
certain point: beyond that point my
powers desert me. You are a hyno,.
lst OF much higher order: In fact.
without knowing 1t, you are a clair.
voyant You can either help or op-
pose me. want you to promise tha,
you will not interfere with me. That
Is why visited you tonight"
you speak in riddles" | replied.
Il won't try to solve them. but |
have no hesitation In Informing you
that | object to any one being sub.
iec'ed to the hypnotic trance. I
shall use whatever counter influence
possess against you In Miss Pc.
rowne's case"
You vii! do SO at your peril" she
said defantly, But you will probably
change your mind. | will visit you
again tomorrow night"
made no reply: she gllded to.
ward the door. opened It. and went
out. ! returned to bed At breakfast
on the following morning ! observed
that all the other guests were pres.
ont with the exception OF Miss En-.
derley.
81 notice that Miss Enderly Is ab.
sent" | said to the elder Mrs. Pc.
rowne. T trust there is nothing the
matter with her"
Miss Enderby never sleeps here"
returned the old lady. "She and her
mother occupy a house at the south
end OF the park. Louisa went away
Immediately after Constance got bet.
ter last night; she was out Of tho
house long before II o'clock"
made no comment, but inwardly |
wondered how II was that she had
managed to get back again and visit
me In my sitting room. Later on.
tered into conversation with Con.
stance. and she Informed me that her
mother had forbidden her to allow
her cousin to mesmerize her again.
II am sorry had to promise" she
said frankly, 1T has been an old
wish Of mine that Louise should mes.
merize me. Mother says that Louisa
was always q queer child. and when