The Washington times., 1915-08-11
CONTINUED from Yesterday

1or the sheer JOY OK pehe ah'o :" "
his enemy bite the dust. When Profes-
sor stil,eter got to his feet. the car was
passing out of the village. To get Ills
own car under way was not the work
of a moment. the driver having gone
into the back yard of the parsonage for
a pail of water, and remained to gossip
with the maid of all work.
But Tommy knew that there denys wo.'o b,s a pe
car. or rather the one with which he
had eioped. as fast as he dared He
had no personal fear q Stilieter. Bit
tn. cave. and TIA pssss that, she had
once Inhabited. he lSe Of hypnosis.
that she was II. troubled and distressed
he Thought Certainly nature must come
TO the rescue. Meanwhile, he took a
pathetic pleasure in. working on her
mental condition with a view to pro-
"YoI look. tired. dear" he said. "Are
you?"
you have to obey the driver"
This had marvellous effect. Her head
' vaeity. In In one one Way wa To- Tommy Wv was IS re-
'joiced: at the same time he felt as II he
would rather like to cry. There was
fE%esotnf iSts doelifty 80 pathetic about her a0''
Soon" said Tommy. you are going
to leave the car and 90 for q long walk
through the woods with me. Youli walk
the wonderful cave where you lived and
which they. taught you to believe was
He broke off suddenly. Then asked
"Do You have to do as the driver
tells els you?"
DO you have to believe thing If he
ts'!s !S.yy'" y?r to believe 'tT'
1t would be absurd to say that Tommy
was not tempted then and there to do
an unmanly thing. In few moments.
by the power of mental suggestion ne
could undermine her belief In herself.
would not even be necessary to take her
to the cave. They would simply drive
on and on until they came to civilized
occurred to Tommy and tempted him
But like the good gentleman that he
was. he resisted the temptation at once,
and with finality. If he was to shake
Half an hour passed. Tommy shut
of power. and brought the car to-
stand at the side Of the narrow row road; ,Sd,,,
He turned his back upon the road and
stepped or boldly into the woods. &c,
been told to do with swift tirelessness.
And the Ferret followed her.
There is no need to describe that walk
or the country through which it led
had told her of. long and fast. But 1t
didn't tire her. 1t was for the most
part along narrow blazed trails. out
t9Gs ,bsrs short ne
light to see by. they rested, and Tommy
put his coat around Celestia. and Fred.
die 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 noun,
tain mass at whose feet Tommy had
found the entrance to the fam famous Ss,sv,i, cave;
showed no sign OF coming out Of her
trance worried him immensely: What
was the use Of taking her into the cave
himself but carefeully lest he get lost
SO that when she came to her right
mind he could show her through with
he put his coat about her, told her
to sit Just within the entrance OF the
cave. To Freddie he gave his knife
and showed him how to o,,,c1't cut oa'sam
When Freddie gets enough" he said.
'.he will make you bed and you must
lie down a,S1. On It t. and na;d! rest
cutting there. I don't think stileter
can have followed US. but II he has you
win hear him coming ,ast In that eass
and shout into 1t as loud as you can"
Then he took from behind ledge one
of a number Of candles which had
se ssev1a peds him Of on ehk as RFSeS the y
and and proceeded to his work Of explora-
tion His method was simple. When
ever he made a turning that might pc pc
made a chalk mark on the granite. ac-
cordng to a system of directing marks
which he had devised. So proceeding,
and ever gradually ascending, he pene-
trated deeper into the mountain. his
mind glowing with amazement at the
subterranean marvel Of nature, and
with indignation that thought Of the de-
ceitful and irreverent use to which 1t
had been just used by man..
To retrace his steps would be per-
fectly simple. because Of the chalk
marks. An he needed was enongh light
Tommy had entered the cave In ig-
norance of two things. The first was
that there was another entrance to the
the other 10 best told perhaps in Tom.
my's own words. 1t was a piece OF
knowledge that came to him suddenly
out Of a clear sky, or should we say
He stood stock still and swore twice.
Then he said to himself:
What a con1ounded DlltnerlnR lulot l
am All had to do was to tel! her to
wake up, to come out Of her tra e, to
be herself and she would have obeyed
Better late than never. though" He
turned suddenly to retrace his steps, and
that motive saved his life
There was q deafening crash, and the
bullet which was intended for Tommy 9
heart, drew blood from his hand and
knocked the candle from 1t. The place
was in total darkness.
Then Tommy heard Prof. Stilleter's S
voice..
Got him, by Cod
Tommy had the sense to keep perfect
ly still. He even held his breath. Then
he heard cautious footsteps. as one who
Eroped in the dark, and then died away
until there was no longer any sount al
all. He went down on his knees and
began to grope for the candle. Every
second wasted favored the chance OF
Celestia's falling into Stilleter's power
Tommy's mental state was half groan
and half a cry of impotent rage. If only
he could have gotten his hands on Still
Letter! What had become Of Freddy the
Ferret? Why hadn't he given warning
Oh, God! Oh God!--
Freddie the Ferret had not given
warning for the simple reason that Prof
Stilleter had not reached the cave by the
trail along which Freddie was cutting
balsam from the shrubbier trees. He