The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-09-30

arms, twisted and tense, rose from ner
sides, reached the horizontal
then without a word or SOUND sne
dropped dead in the dust.
Next to the church in the village
stood the little parsonage. A car was
drawn up in front of this, and in the
middle Of the road, looking expectant-
" at the car which Tommy was drlv-
ing, stood Professor Stilliter with
white flower in his button hole. Also
on the lookout was clergyman and
lady who was doubtless his wife.
To >Tommy the scene was like
page in a book, written for children
in words of two syllables. Stilliter
the white fower-the clergyman 1t
was almost too simple.
To Stilliter the driver who should
bring Celestial to him was man OF
no Importance. Net until the car was al
most upon him with undiminished
speed, did he divert his eyes from Ce-
lestia's face to that of the man be-
side her. Upon the face of that man
there was jubilant boyish grin.
Tommy pressed button, the car
gave one of those sudden signals OF
warning that sound like giant being
sick at his stomach.
Professor Stilliter leaped aside, but
not in time to escape being grazed by
the mud guard, which sent him roll
ing.
Freddie the Ferret leaped to his
feet for the sheer JOY of being alive
to see his enemy bite the dust. When
Professor Stilliter got his feet, the car
was passing out Of the village. To get
his own car under way was not the
work of a moment, the driver having
gone into the back yard of the parson-
age for pail of water, and remained
to gossip with the maid of all work.
But Tommy knew that there would
be pursuit, and thenceforth drove
his own car, or rather the one with
which he had eloped, ais fast as he
dared. He had no personal fear OF
Stilliter. But he wished, If possible,
to show Celestial the cave, and the
proofs, that she had once Inhabited.
The state of hypnosis that she was
in troubled and distressed him. But
sooner or later it must pass. he
thought. Certainly nature must come
to the rescue. Meanwhile, he took
pathetic pleasure in working on her
mental condition with a view to pro-
noting her comfort.
you look tired, DEAR" he said.
Are you?"
No answer.
"The driver says don't be tired.
And you have to obey the driver"
This had a marvellous effect. Her
head no longer dropped, color came
into her cheeks, and into her eyes
look of vivacity. In one way Tommy
was rejoiced; at the same time he
felt as If he would rather like to cry.
There was something SO pathetic
about her absolute docility.
"Soon," said Tommy, you are going
to leave the car and go for long
walk through the woods with me.
You'll walk fast and not get tired.
We're going to the wonderful cave
where you lived and played when you
were a little girl, and which they
taught you to believe was heaven"
He broke off suddenly. Then asked
her question
do you have to do as the driver
tells you?"
Yes
''Do you have to believe a thing if
he tells you to believe it?"
Eyes"
Half an hour passed. Tommy shut
off power, and brought the car to a !
stand at the side Of the narrow road.
Come, Celestial" he said, "and fol-
low me-"
He turned his back upon the road
and stepped off boldly into the woods.
Cclestia followed him, walking as she
had been told to do with swift tire
lessness. And the Ferret followed
her.
There is no need to describe that
walk or the country through which it |
led them. 1t was just walk as Tom
my had told her of, long and fast
But it didn't tire her. 1t was for
the most part along narrow blazed
trails, but sometimes Tommy took
short cuts known to himself When
there was no longer light to see by, |
they rested, and Tommy put his coat
around Celestia, and Freddie put his |
over her knees. They rested there till
the moon rose, and then went on more
slowly, but no less surely, until they |
came to the bold, upthrust mountain |
mass at whose feet Tommy had found
the entrance to the famous cave.
And now the fact that Celestia
showed no sign of coming out of her
trance worried him immensely. What
was the use of taking her into the
cave and showing her it's charm and
tinsel? Better to explore it more thor
oughly himself, but carefully lest he
get lost, so that when she came to
her right mind he could show her
through with more speed and author
ity. Once more he put his coat about
her, and told her to sit Just within