The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

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for the sheer joy OF being alive to see his
enemy bite the dust. When Professor Still
letter got his feet, the car was passing out
sof 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 parsonage for pail of water. and re-
NAMED 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;
fear OF Stilleter. But he wished, II pos
sible, to show Celestia 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
took pathetic pleasure in working on her
mental condition with q view to promoting
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 marvellous effect Her head
no longer dropped, color came into her
cheeks and into her eyes look Of vivaci lE
same time. he felt as il he would rather like
to cry. There was something SO pathetic
about her absolute doci1ity.
Soon" said Tommy, you are going to
leave the car and go for q long walk through
the woods with me. You'll walk fast and
cave where you lived and played when you
were little girl. and which they taught you
to believe was Heaven"--
4 He broke on suddenly. Then asked her q
do. you have to do as the driver tells
you?''
do you have to believe thing II he
tells you to believe it 2"
Yes"
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 he could under
in her destiny. It would not even be neces-
sary to take her to the cave They would
simply drive on and on until they came to
civilized place and could be married. All
this occurred to Tommie and tempted him.
But like the good gentleman that he was,
he resisted the temptation at once, and with
finality. II he was to shake her beliefs, It
would be by fair means. open and above
board, A&&sF
Half An hour passed. Tommy shut of
power. and brought the car to q stand at the
side OF the narrow road. 4s*rs
Come. Celestial" he said, land follow
me-"
He turned his back upon the road and
stepped off boldly into the woods. Celestia
followed him, walking as she had befn told
to do with swift tirelessness. And the Fer
ret followed her.
There is no need to describe that walk or
the country through which It led them. It
was just walk as Tommy had told her Of.
long and fast. But it didn't tire her. II
was for the most part along narrow blazed
known to himself. When there was no
longer light to by, they rested, and
Tommy put his coat around Celestfa. 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, tho en-
trance to the famous cave.
And now the fact that CeIestia showed
no sign Of coming out OF her trance, worried
him Immensely. What was the use Of taking
hnp INF CHI her ~10
and unse1? Better to explore 1t 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 authority. Once more he put his
coat about her, and told her to sit just
within the entrance OF the cave. To Freddie
he gave his knife and showed him how
to cut balsam boughs for a couch and pill
low.
when Freddie gets enough" he said,
..he will make you a bed and you must lie
down on 1t and rest"
To Freddie he said:
Go back down the trail, and do your
cutting there. I don't think Stilleter can
have followed us, but IL he has you will hear
him coming. In that case, get back to the
cave as fast as you can and shout Into 1t as
loud as you can"
Then he took from behind ledge one OF
number of candles which had served him
on his previous visit, and the piece OF chalk,
lighted the former and proceeded to his
work Of exploration. His method was
might be difficult to remember retrace, he
made chalk mark the granite, accord
ing to system OF directing marks which
he had devised So proceeding, and ever
gradually ascending, he penetrated deeper
into the mountain his mind glowing with
amazement at the subterranean marvel of
nature, and with Indignation at thought Of
the deceitful and irreverent to which
1t had been just used by man.
= To retrace his steps would be perfectly
simple, because of the chalk marks. All
he needed was enough light to see them by.
Tommy had entered the cave in ignorance
of two things. The first was that there was
another entrance to the cave, known only
to Professor Stilleter, and the other is but
told perhaps in Tommys own words. 1t
was piece of knowledge that came to him
suddenly out of a clear sky, or should we
say dark cave.
He stood stock still and swore twice.
Then he said to himself:
What a COMPOUNDED blithering idiot am.
All had to do to tell her to wake up,
to come out of her trance. to be herself, and
she would have obeyed. Better late then
never. though" He turned suddenly to re-
trace his steps, and that motive saved his
life.
There was deafenine crash. and tha