The Dermott news., 1916-02-10

earth, seated by a pool Of water and
looking into the eyes of Tommy Bar
clay.
Educated to her finger tips in the
languages of this world. she had never
had master. In dreams she had
been taught. without knowing that she
was learning, all that a great and un-
scrupulous dreamer had thought best
for her to know.
And as she leaned to the work OF
cooking. her lovely face, red with the
heat of the fire. that very dreamer
was watching her. from a neighbor-
ing thicket. with almost as much ad-
miration as he felt for himself And
why not? He felt that what she was.
what she was going to be, was all the
work of his own mind.
He arose from his hiding place and
stepped cautiously toward her. 1t
was his intention to hynotize her and
get her away from that place quickly
and quietly so that Tommy should not
have an opportunity to make further
trouble. 1t needed no more now than
a glimpse of that sphere OF rock crys-
tai which Professor Stilliter carried al
ways with him to reduce Celestia to
that condition of mind in which she
spoke and acted upon impulse, that
did not rise within herself. But
though he flashed the crystal suddenly
In her face and exclaimed in tone
Of sharp command: sleep. Celestia,
either she was too startled and Devil
dered to see the crystal at all or for
once something was lacking in tae
process. for she Hprang to her feet
with n cry of fear and ran from him.
calling upon Tommy by name at the
top of her lungs
So she ran after Tommy. and Still
tier ran after her. and the two guides
and old man Smellsgood came out of
hiding and followed after him. And
In this order they came 10 the shore
OF the island. toward which Tommy.
alarmed by Celestias cries. was strug-
Cling in weller OF foam.
But when he actually saw Celestial,
Tommys enthusiasm for being of
service to her seemed suddenly 10
cool He let his feet drop TO the bot
tom and stood with just his head out
~ water 81 standing he saw Still.
It., f,.ia.,;, h.. tb, u.rist a,,a AZ.
tempt 10 force her back toward the
c,,r, ITO cav Ler shake berseIf free
,.i,b nm ,s,o,tsbirq sbow nj energy.
an, q VOC 90 :, bar oves No loss than
ho- bara uert az, 10 him IN an an
noo, ,or holm
rho ,,i,,s stoo, o,t n, Tommv,s
,orobeod
"Dor,t LOT hin, take ma away. Tom.
r,,,," sbo crioa
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ror,, -, ,ou ,oprh har I'll knock
vorr hooa ~"
III, c,uI,tar nv now a,nreciated
Tor,uy,s nredic,ue,t and smiled
a-r,,
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"Can,,n c,;rl,+o- ON sroat hurry
Como Ca,estia, You'll be better OF
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