The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
DRACULA,
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

home. his coffin home. his hell home
the place unhailowed, as we saw when
he went to the grave OF the suicide at
/ Whitby; still at other times he can only
change when the time come. 1t Is said
too. that he can only pass running water
at the slack or food Of the tide.
Then there are things which so afflict
him that he has no power, as the garlic
that we know OF, and as for things sa-
cred, as this symbol. my crucifix' that
| was amongst US even now when we er'
solve, to them he is nothing, but in their
presence he take his place far off and
silent with respect There are others.
too, which 1 shall tell you OF, lest in
our seeking we may need them.
THE branch of wild rose on his cof-
: fin keep him that he move not from
It, a sacred bullet fired into the coffin
kilT him so that he be true dead, and
as for the stake through him, we
know already of its peace, or the
cutoff head that giveth rest. We
have seen it with our eyes.
VAMPIRE PERPETUATEs
SPIRIT OF POWERFUL MAN.
Thus when we find the habitation Of
this man-that-was. we can confine him
to his coffin and destroy him II We obey
what we know. But he is clever. ]
have asked my friend ArminIus, Of Buda.
Pesth University, to make his record,
and from all the means that are, he tell
me Of what he has been. He must indeed
have been that .Voivode Dracula
who won his name against the Turk
over the great river on the very
frontier of Turkey-land.
"If IL be so, then was he no COM
mon man; for in that time, and for
centuries after, he was spoken OF as
the cleverest and the most cunning,
as well as the bravest Of the sons of
the land beyond the forest That
mighty brain and that iron resolu'
ton went with him to his grave, and
are even now arrayed against us. The
Draculas WERE" says Arminius, "a
great and noble race, though now
and again were scions who were held
by their coevals to have had dealings
with the Evil One. They learned
his secrets in the Scholomance,
amongst the mountains over Lake
Hermanstadt, where the devil claims
the tenth scholar as his due.
in the records are such words as
'stregoica'-witch, 'ordog.' and 'pokor
Satan and hell: and in one manu-
script this very Dracula is spoken of
as 'wampyr.' which we all understand
too well. There have been from the
loins of this very one great men and
good women, and their graves make
sacred the earth where alone this
foulness can dwell. For IL is not the
least OF its terrors that this evil thing
is rooted deep in all good: in soil
barren OF holy memories It cannot
rest"
While they were talking Mr.. Nor
ris was looking steadily at the win
dow, and he now got up quietly, and
went out of the room. There was a
little pause, and then the professor
went on
And now we must settle what We
do. We have here much data, and
we must proceed to lay out our cam
paign- We know from the inquiry OF
Jonathan that from the castle to
Whitby came fifty boxes OF earth. all
OF which were delivered at Carfax;
we also know that at least some Of
these boxes have been removed. 1t
seems to me. that our first step
should be TO ascertain whether all
the rest remain in the house beyond
that wall where we look today; or
whether any more have been removd.
II the latter, we must trace"
Ito be Continued Toworrow)
TConyrirhrtedl