The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

Ing. voice. clear and sweet. was
speaking. I recognized neither the Ian
suase nor the voice. But each liquiA
syllable thrilled me like an icy shock.
met Morris Klaw's gaze, set upon me
through the pince-nez.
4 DO not listen. my friendi" he said
Raising Fairbank,' we dragged him int0
the nrst room We came to-and KlaW
locked the door.
Here We remain" he rumbled, until
something has gone back where It came
! from!"
Fairbank lay motionless at our feet
! Presently came the rattling
| 1t Is the sstrum," WHISPERED Morfs
hlaw, the sacred instrument of the Isis
| temples"
The sound passed and faded.
earies! Fairbank" 1t was Brearleys
voice sobbingly intense. do not touch
her! Do not look at her.'
| The study door crashed open and
heard his sandals patterins on the land
| Ing.
'Fairbank, Mr.. KIaw, Good oodr
Answer me! Tell me you are safer'
Morris klaw unlocked the door,
| Brearley. his face white as death and
bathed In perspiration. stood outside. Az
klaw appeared. he leaped forward. wild
eyed.
Quick. Did any one"
] "Fairbank,'' ! said huskiIy.
| Brearley pushed into the room and
| turned on the light. Fairbank, very pale.
| lay propped against an armchair Morris
| klaw Immediately dropped on his knees
| beside him and felt his heart.
| "Ah. the good God, He is aliver" he
| whispered Get some water-no brandy
my friend-water. Then look to your
| SISTER,
Brearley plunged his trembling hands
! Into his hair and tugged at IL distract
| edly.
How was / to know he moaned.
How was / to know There is water
IN the bottle. Mr. Klaw. Searles will
come with me- / must look after Aflsa,"
| y bizarre figure. in his linen robe, he
! ran off. Morris klaw waved me to fol-
low him.
| The door OF his sisters room was
closed.
He knocked. but there was no re-
ply. He turned the knob and went
in. while 1 waited in the corridor
"Ailsa." heard him call, and
| again: "Ailsa" Then. following an
interval. Are you all right. dear" he
Whispered.
oh. thank heaven II is finishedr'
came a murmur in Ailsa BrearIey's
soft voice. 1T Is finished. is it not?'
Quite finished" he answered
Just look at my hair she went on,
with returning animation. My head
was so bad. l think that was why
took it down Then must have drop
ped off to sleep"
"AIl right. dear" said BrearIey II
want you to come down stairs; be As
quick as you can"
He rejoined me in the corridor.
She was lying with her hair strewn
all over the pillow" he whispered,
and she rad been burning something
ashes in the hearth"
Ailsa came out. She seemed sudden
ly to observe her brothers haggard
face.
is there anything the matter7''
she said quietly. oh! has something
dreadful happened?"
NO, dear" he answered reassuringly.
only DIR. Fairlrank was overcome
She turned very pale
He is not ill.,
NO. He became faint You can come
and see for yourself
Very quickly. We all hurried down
stairs. Morris Klaw. on his knees beside
the doctor. was trying to force something
between hts clenched teeth Ailsa. with
little cry. ran forward and knelt upon
the other side OF him.
Ralph" she whispered ralph
and smoothed the hair back from his
forehead.
He sighed deeply. and with an er-
fort swallowed the drauCht which
/ Ma" ncIu 10 MS ilps a HlOHicHt
he opened his eyes. glarins wildly into
Ailsa's face.
Ralph" she said brokenly.
Then, realizing how tenderly she
had spoken, she hung her graceful
head in hot confusion. But he had
heard her. And the wild light died
from his eyes. He took both her
hands in his own and held them fast:
then. rather unsteadily. he stood up.
As his features came more fully
into the light. we all saw that small
bruise discolored his forehead squarely
between the brows-
Then Brearley, who had been back
into the study. came running. crying:
Cone
thought of the ashes in Ailsa
Brearley's room
My friends" rumbled Morris KIaw.
The Papyrus. And my translation
Gone,''
I thought OF the ashes in Ailsl Brear-
leys room.
MY friends" rumbled Morris Elaw i'm
pressvely. I'VE are fortunate. We have
passed through 4 scOrcing unscathed.
He applied himself with viSor TO the
operating of the scent spray.
God forgive me-" said Brearie5
What did l do
Il will tell YOU my friend" replied
Klaw. You clothed thought IN the
Deautiful form WIllCn you hut" Is your
sister. All. You stare, Ritual. my
friends. is the soul Of what the ignorant
call magic With the sacred incense.
kyphi (Yes. I detect it, You invoked
secret powers Those powers. NJ.
Brearley. were but thoughts. All such
forces are thoughts
Thoughts are thinSs-and You gather
ed together in this house. by that anci-
ent formula. n thought thing created by
generations of worshipers who have wor-
SHIPPED the MOON
The light that We saw was only the
moonlight. the sounds that we heard were
thought sounds. But so powerful was
this mighty thought force. this centuries
old power which you loosed upon us.
that il drove out Miss Ailsa's own
thoughts from her mind. bringing what
che mstook for sleep. and it implanted
itself there,
she was transformed by that mighty
power which for I time dwelled within
her. She was as powerful, as awful.
as goddess, None might look upon
her and be sane. Hypnotism has SINH
lar,ties with the ancient science OF
thought-yes. Suggestion Is the secret OF
all so-cslled occult phenomena
With his eyes cleaning oddly. he
stepped forward. resting his long. white
hands upon Fairbanks shoulders.
Doctor he rumbled. you have