The Washington times., 1917-12-07

to help him. 30 I suppose he Isn't
above trying to use a respectable
lunatio. He certainly did seem earn
est though. only hope we have
done what n best. These things, In
conjunction with the wild work we
have In hand, help to unnerve q man"
The professor stepped over, and laying
his hand on his shoulder, said in his
| grave, kindly way:
"Friend John, have no fear. We are
/ trying to DO our duty In q very sad
and terrible case; we can only do as
We deem best. What else have we to
hope for, except the pity Of the good
Godr Lord Godalming had slipped
kaway for q few minutes, but he now
returned. He. held up q little silver
whistle as he remarked:
THAT old place may be full OF rats,
and II 40. I've got an antidote on call"
Having passed the wall, we took our
way to the house, taking care to keep
in the shadows OF the trees on the
lawn when the moonlight shone out
When we got to the porch the pro-
fessor opened his bag and took out
a lot Of things, which he laid on the
step, sorting them into four little
groups, evidentIy one for each. Then
he spoke:
VAN HELsING WARNS OF
DANGER THAT LIES AHEAD.
my friends. we are going into a
terrible danger, and We need arms Of
many kinds. Our enemy is not mere
ly spiritual Remember that he has
the strength-of twenty men, and that.
though our nscks or our windpipes
are OF the common kind-and there
fore breakabls or crushable-his are
not amenable to mere strength.
A stronger man, or a body OF men
more strong In all than him, can at
certain times hold him; but yet they
cannot hurt him as we can be hurt
by him. We must. therefore. guard
ourselves from his touch. Keep this
near your hearts he spoke he
lifted q little silver crucIfix and held
II out to me, being nearest to him
put these flowers round your neck
here he handed to me a wreath of
withered garlic blossoms+"for other
enemies more mundane, this revolver
and this knife; and for aid in all.
these 30 small electric lamps, which
you can fasten to your breast; and
for all. and above all at the last. this.
which we must not desecratS need
less"
This was q portion Of . Sacred
Wafer, which he put In an envelope
and handed to me. Each OF the others
was similarly equipped. "Now," he
said. "frisnd John, where are the
skeleton keyB7 II 30 that we can
open the. door, we need not break
house by the window, as before at
Miss Lucy's"
BOLT FINALLY YIELDS
TO DOCTORS KEY.
: DIR. Seward tried one or two skele-
ton keys, his mechanical dexterity as
q surgeon standing him in good stead.
Presently he got one to suit; after
a little play back and forward the
bolt yielded. and, with q rusty cIang,
shot back.
We pressed on the door, the rusty
hinges creaked, and 1t slowly opened.
1t was startingly like the image con-
veyed to me in DR.. Stewards diary OF
the opening OF Miss Westenra's tomb:
fancy that the same idea seemed to
strike the others, for with one accord
they shrank back. The professor was
the nrst one to move forward, and
stepped into the open door.
in manus tuas, Domine!" he said.
crossing himself as he passed over the
threshold. We closed the door behind
US, lest when we should have lit our
lamps we should possibly attract at
tention from the road. The professor
carefully tried the lock. lest we might
not be able to open IL from within
should We be in a hurry making our
exit Then we all lit our lamps and
proceeded on our search.
Ito BE Continued TouarroxN
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