The Washington times., 1915-08-11
peated the professor. 'Say It yourself. u
He is a dirty hound"
He is dead. Say you are glad"
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peated the professor. ''say It yourself"
He Is a dirty hound"
He is dead. Say you are glad
You want to come with me-"
II want to come with you"
Up the mountain there is-there Is a
minister and witness. We are going to
be married tonight. have telegraphed
you have gone back to heaven. soon
you will be In heaven. Say that 1t Will
be heaven with me-my bride
1T will be heaven with you.'
Nothing colder or more automatic
than Celestia's voice can be imagined.
kiss me-"
She kissed him. And as to what has
been said Of her voice the sam same NAL. may be
1t may be said that Prof. Stilliter earn
ed whatever fate might befall him.
Grinning like a satyr. his pulses thun-
dering with passion. the Beast took
| mopntainside toward a little hut that
was known to him.
At that moment Tommy. cropping In
! the darkness, half dead with dread and
but was just going to-too late to be OF
Rut at that moment also Freddie the
Ferret coming up the trail. with his
usual luck, perceived Celestia and the
professor in the moonlight.
He dared not shout to Tommy in the
cave. He laid down the great double
armful Of balsam boushs on which his
weighing in his unbalanced mind the
little penknife that he carried against
his mortal fear OF stilliter. he drew n
deer breath and followed after them
up the mountainside, on feet that made
In far New York. the triumvirate. din
ing at Gordon Barclays house, received
the following telegram. which Prof:
Stilliter had sent. so sure was he OF
outwitting Tommy. from the village In
tia.
wayside. Adirondacks.
To Gordon Barclay. Esquire:
Sure now that the cause for which she
| came to earth will triumph. Celestia the
Goddess has gone back to heaven. We
sTILL1TER.
Said Semmes: '"The blank OF a blank
has abducted her himself"
Said sturtevant: What the devil does
| he mean?"
Gordon Barclay. after thought said:
There is no doubt about that It is bet
ter for humanity that she should 60.
| And yet 1t is very horrible to think-to
think what 1t Is possible to think.
tS1 hope to to GSat GGa that it wasn't 0unsed
He was silent for a moment. Then, his
voice strengthening:
THE gospel that we have taught her
| to preach has more to It than we
thought. Let us speak bluntly. Many
years ago the scheme was convicted by
greed and the lust of power. With the
years. these passions fail In me. would
| like to do good to humanity. Our
| scheme-the gospel which we have
preached through Celestia Is a weapon
! with a double edge-a philosophy to use
or abuse. II l am e,ected President
gentlemen, I shall do what I may to-
| to-oh. you know what mean.
thought wanted Power. To hell with
power! l want to be great"
He shut his mouth on the word like a
| steel trap and. deeply moved. sent for
his butler. and told him to bring anoth-
er bottle Of wine -
Celestia and Stilliter came to the door
OF a little log hut.
That" said the psychologian 'Is the
gate to heaven-enter. my angel"
AS the Beast was about to force her
into the hut the silence of the night
was broken by a twig cracking sound
! that might have been made b, eau
tious foot pressing gently on a very dry
| twig.
stilliter faced sharply about. and list.
| ened.
His eve glasses and his strong white
| teeth. the upper lip being drawn back
| with kind Of snarl Of apprehension
cleaned In the moonlight.
Continued Next Monday.)