The Washington times., 1917-12-31
DRACULA,
OR
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

came up and stood awhile on deck
in fog. He must have come Off by
himself. for mono notice him. In
/ decd They thought not OF him; FOR
/ soon the fog begin TO melt away, and
all was clear again. Ny friends Of
| the thirst and tho language that was
, OF bloom and blood laughed. as they
= told how the captains swcars eNS
/ Ceeded even his usual polyglOt, and
was more than ever full OF pic
| turesque, when on questioning other
mariners who were on movement up
and down on the river that hour, he
1 found that few Of them had seen any
! of fog at all, except where II lay
I round the wharf.
However, the ship went out on the
( ebb tide; and was doubtless by
morning far down the river mouth.
She was by then. when they told us,
well out TO sea.
And SO my dear Madam Nina. il
is that we have to rest for a time,
, for our enemy is on the sea. with
the fog at his command, on his way
to the Danube mouth. To sail ship
takes time, go she never SO quick:
and when we start We so on land
more quick, and We meet him there.
Our best hope IL 10 come ON him
when in the box between sunrise ana
sunset: for then hc- "an make no
struggle. andENve may deal with him
as we sISo0id. There arc days for us.
I'm which we can make ready our plan.
W. Rhow all about where to go; for
w" have seen the owner OF tho shin
ko have shown us INVOICES 4ad-4s,l
aASrs that can BE-. -
Me box wesSis to be landed in
Varna and to b given TO an agent.
one RStics. whN Will there present
his credS INITIALS: and so our. merchant
friend wNl have done his part. when
he ask in there be any wrong, FOR
that So. he can telegraph and have in
ouiry made\at Narna. we say MOI
for what is to, be done Is rot for po-
lice or Of the customs. II must be
done by US alone Snd in our own way
When Or. Van HSlsIns had d;Sne
speaking, l asked him II ho were GER
tain that the Count had remained on
board the ship. lie replied; I'VE have
the best proof OF that: your own evil
dence, when I'm tho hypnotic trance
this morning I asked him again n
IT were really necessary that they
should pursue the Count, for Obi
dread Jonathan leaving me. and
know that he would surely 60 lf the
others went
He answered in growing passion. at
first quietly. As he went on, however.
he grew more angry and more force
ful, till in the end we could not but
see wherein was at least some OF
that personal dominance which made
him so long master amongst meRi
PROFESSOR IMPRESSES UPOS
THEM NECESSITY OF PURSUIT..
Yes, il is ecessary-ncccssary
necessary: For your sake in tho first.
and then for the sake Of humanity.
This monster has done much harm
already, In the narrow scope ~her"
lac find himself, and in the short
time when as yet he was only as \
body cropping his small measure in
darkness and not knowing.
-AII this have told these Others
you, my dear Madam Nina, viii Learn
il in the. phOnoEraph Uf my friend
John, or in that Uf your husband.
have told them how the measure ui
leaving his own barren land bRTT"u
uf peOples-and coming to a new land
where life OF man teens tn they ar.
like the multitude Of standing corn
vas the work Of centuries.
Were another Of the Un-Dcad. lik
him. to try to do what he has dom"
perhaps not all the centuries OF IL.
world that have been. or that will he.
could aid him. with this one, all th-
forces OF nature that are occult and
deep and strong must have worked to
gether I'm some wOndrous way. The
very place. where he have been alive.
UnDead for all these centuries. IS ful!
Of stranEeness Of the geologic ana
chemical Worlu.
CTO BE Continued Tomorrow
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