The Washington times., 1917-11-21
PART ONE-CContinued)

IkGEE," he went on; "see, they
are even sharper than be
fore. With this and this
and he touched one Of the
canine teeth and that below it-"the
little children can be bitten. Are you
of belief now, friend John?" Once
more. argumentative hostility woke
within me. 1 could not accept such
an overwhelming idea as he sug-
gested; SO, with an attempt to argue
OF which I was even at the moment
ashamed, said:
"she may have been placed here
since last night"
Indeed? That is Sd, and by
whom?"
a do not know. Some one has
done It."
"And yet she has been dead one
week. Most peoples in that time
would not look So" had no answer
for this, so was silent. Van Helsing
did not seem to notice my silence; At
any rate, he Showed neither chagrtn
nor triumph. He was looking intently
at the face OF the dead woman, rails
ing the eyelids and looking at the
eyes, and once more opening the lips
and examining the teeth. Then he
turned to me and said:
Here, there Is one thing which Is
different from all recorded; here is
some dual life that Is not as the COM
mon. She was bitten by the vampire
when she was in a trance, sleep-walk-
inE-oh! you start: you do not know
that, friend John, but you shall know
It all later-and~ In trance could he
best come to take more blood.
In GUN-DEADS STATE.
'Tn trance she died, and in trance
she Is Un-Dead, too. So It Is
that she differ from all other.
Usually when the Un-Dead sleep at
home"-as he spoke he made q COM
prehensive sweep OF his arm to desig-
nate what to q vampire was home"
their face show what they are, but
this 50 sweet that was when she not
Un-Dead she 90 back to the nothings
Of the common dead
There is no maIign there. see, and
SO. It make hard that 1 must kill her
in her sleep" This turned my blood
cold, and It began to dawn upon me
that was accepting Van Helsings
theories: but IL she were really dead.
what was there of terror in the idea
Of killing herr He looked up at me.
and evidently saw the change in my
face, for he said almost joyously:
'Ah, you believe nowT'
I answered: do not press me too
hard all At once. I am willing to
accept. How will you do this bloody
work."
'I shall cut on her head and MI her
mouth with garlic, and / shall drive
a stake through her body" It made
me shudder to think OF so mutilating
the body Of the woman whom had
loved.
And yet the feeling was not 90
strong as had expected. was, in
fact, beginning to shudder at the
presence OF this being. this Un-Dead.
as Van Helsing called It, and to
loathe 1t. Is It possible that love is
all subjective, or all objective?
waited a considerable time for
Van Helsing to begin. but he stood as
closed the catch of his bag with
snap. and said:
VAN HELsING SUDDENLY
CHANGES HIS PLANS.
81 have been thinking, and have
made up my mind as to what is best.
II did simply follow my inclining I
would do now. at this moment, what
Is to be done; but there are other
things to follow. and things that are
thousand times more difficult in that
them we do not know.
"This is simple. She have yet no life |
taken, though that is OF time: and to !
act now would be to take danger |
from her forever. But then we may
have to want Arthur, and how shall /
we tell him OF this?
"If you, who saw the wounds on !
Lucy's throat. and saw the wounds
SO similar on the child's at the hos
pItal; II you, who saw the coffin
empty last night and full today with |
a woman who have not change only |