Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-08
FOURTH EPISODE.

3 Celestia. busy with the cooking, was
not troubling her mind about celestial
affairs. She felt very earthly. She felt
as any young girl would have felt in
such novel and romantic circumstances
And much that had been clear 70 her
the previous day and Of SURPRISING inn
portance seemed now dim and tutile so
that a few more days of life in the OPEN
far from the occult influences and urec-
lion OF Prof. Stilliter might have made
normal person of her.
Tho reason Tommy could not under
stand Celestial was simple she couio
not explain herself. She believed beyond
question that she had always lived IN
heaven until the day before. when after
a glorious rush through space she round
horaelf on earth. seated by a pool OF
,yoter and looking into the eyes Oh
Tomnis. Barclay. .a.
no Won ever drearng Then you know
how real the most proposterous ,orea.n
can seem, at the time. and TOT h"h'e
after YOU wake. Suppose you oreaihoN
that YOU were perfectly happy lou
cou,d not afterward describe just wnat
that had felt like, any more than you
cor describe the magical Transitions Oh
draoos nor the spelling scenery winch
an often accompanies 4 nightmare
Al,oost the whole of Celestia's HE hau
1000 an dreaming. waking or
$500 she had dreamed. dreamed
5raayoed but her dreams had not peeh
- the hap-hazard kind that come to tns
- ~ ne She had dreamed what she
80 diracted To dream. She had dreaIneo
'bot q master psychologist and scnener
,od dreanned that It would be best LOT
80 70 dream Himself unseen ana olten
far away. she had dreamed AZ ne "lleu'
rh.re had been people to wait on ncr.
md see to all her physical needs' pu'
for wears she had looked these people
daily in the face and never sa" then'.
Instead she saw and dwelt among "inseu
ANGELS. and suolimities among seteniues
oassing all descriptions ana IN s'a'' "a
absolute uninterrupted bliss.
Educated to her finger tips IN the ian,
ruaxes of this world, she had never nau
master. In dreams sne han
tsu0bt without knowing that she was
earning, all THAI a great ana scrupuiouo
5roamer had thought best for her 10
know.
And as she leaned to the work of cook
ta1 her lovely face, red with the heat
az the fire, that very dreamer was
thicket. with almost as much admiration
az he felt for himself And why not
Ne felt what size was, what she was
going to be, was all the work OF his own
mind. He even felt responsible. but with
less Justice, for her beauty. At least he
had selected her for his purpose from
thousands and thousands of children
uartly because she was physically per
feet, partly because her parents had peer
phvsIeaIly perfect. And partly because
he had felt rather than known that he
Daby skull contained brain upon whicf
he could play with all his power anc
imagination.
Is stone pure? II Is neither pure no
impure But a normal stone is cold 81
was Prof Stiliter. celestia's beaut'
affected not his heart and circulation
hut his mind. Power and success alon
touched his heart al this time. But h
wondered why. considering that she Ia.
PASSED almost her whole life under hi
influence, she had. at what she had sup
posed was her first sight Of him. shove
that she disliked and distrusted him 1
nfteen years he had taught her much
ana prepared her for much. but ther
her dream life ended for the time beins
he had shown himself 10 her. and an
had fled from him with a stranger, as
for her life.
We'll. my beauty" he thought. -
YOU must hate me, YOU must But 20
will do as I wish without knowing Il
You VIII speak to men as dictate, an
looking at men through your gloriou
eyes. I shall compel them 20 beiiev
what you say and 70 do as you CON
mand. Whole multitudes will believ
and obey
He arose from his hiding place an
stepped cautiously toward her. 1t WI
hls intention 70 hypnotize her and g
her away from that place quickly an
quietly. so that Tommy should not hAS
an opportunity to make further troubl
II needed no more now than glimps
OF that sphere OF rock crystal whic
Prof. Stilliter carried always with hi
to reduce Celsstia 70 that condition I
mind IN which she spoke ana acted upo
impulse that did not rise within he
seif But though he neshed the oryst