Greene County herald., 1912-06-21

LET her alone" 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 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,
did not interfere with her departure.
Between IL and IL Miss Perowne
awoke quite naturally. She appeared
to be her own self again, but I 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 I retired to my own apart
ment / sat for while musing over
the events of the evening and think
ing of Miss Enderby's remarkable
face and sharp, piercing gaze. Then,
feeling tired, undressed and got into
bed. 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 must yield to it. !
stretched out my hand, felt along the
wall, and turned on the electric light.
lay for moment longer, struggling
against the inclination 10 arise, and
at last / 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 it was bright with electric light,
and standing by the mantelpfece !
encountered the figure and somewhat
arrogant gaze of Miss Enderby.
what are you doing here?" / de-
manded curtly.
II came here to speak to you," was
the calm reply. "a glance revealed
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,
If you will, balk me in. / want you to
understand that you VIII do so at
your peril"
What do you mean?" I asked.
Tonight, after / had left the
room, you used your counter-infuence
with Mrs. Perowne to withdraw Con-
stance from my society. Now, my in
tention is to see much of Constance.
wish to get her into my power. \
mesmerized her for the first time, and
I intend to do so again. am forced
to betray to you what / would rather
conceal. I am a hypnotist up to a
certain point; beyond that point my
powers desert me. You are a hynoc-
ist Of much higher order; in fact,
without knowing 1t, you are clair
voyant.' You can either help or op-
pose me. I want you to promise that
you will not interfere with me. That
is why ! visited you tonight"
L..
II won't try to solve them, but l
have no hesitation in informing you
that object to any one being SUBJ
jected to the hypnotic trance.
shall use whatever counter influence
I possess against you in Miss Pc
rowne's case"
"You will do so at your peril" she
said defiantly. "But you will probably
change your mind. I will visit you
again tomorrow night"
l made no reply; she glided to-
ward the door, opened it, and went
out. I returned to bed. At breakfast
on the following morning observed
that al the other guests were pres
ent with the exception of Miss En-
derley.
Il notice that Miss Enderly is alb
sent" I said to the elder Mrs. Pc
rowne. ST trust there is nothing the
matter with her."
Miss Enderby never sleeps here"
returned the old lady "She and her
mother occupy house at the south
end of the park. Louisa went away
Immediately after Constance got bet
ter last night; she was out of the
house long before IL 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 en-
tered into conversation with Con-
stance, and she informed me that her
mother had forbidden her to allow
her cousin to mesmerize her again.
Il am sorry had to promise" she
said frankly. TT has been an old
wish of mine that Louise should mes