The Washington times., 1917-12-25
DRACULA,
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

face, full of energy, and with dark
brown hair. Today he Is a drawn,
hGggard old man, whose white hair
matches well with the hollow burning
eyes and grief-written lines OF his
face. His energy is still intact; In
fact; he is like a living flame.
This may yet be his salvation, for.
II all 60 well, II will tide him over
the despsiring period: he will then,
in q kind OF way, wake again to the
realities of life.
Poor fellow, l thought my own
trouble was bad enough. but Ills!
The professor knows this well enough.
and Is doing his best to keep his
mind active. What he has been say
Ing was, under the circumstances, OF
absorbing interest. So well as can
remember, here II 10:
PROFESSORS DIsCLOsEs DATE
ON DRACULA's HISTORY.
II have studied. over and over again
since they came into my hands. all
the papers relating to this monster;
and the more I have studied, the
greater seems the necessity to ut
terly stamp him out All through
there are signs Of his advance: not
only Of his power, but Of his knowl-
edge OF 1t. As learned from the re-
searches of my friend Arminius OF
wonderful man.
Soldier, statesman, and alchemist
which latter was the highest de-
velopment of the science-knowledge Of.
his time. He had q mighty brain, a
learning beyond compare. and heart
that knew no fear and no remorse.
He dared even to attend the Scholom-
ance. and there was no branch of
knowledge of his time that he did not
essay.
well, In him the brain powers sur
vived the physical death; though II
would seem that memory was not all
complete. In some faculties OF mind
he has been, and 10, only q child;
but he II growing. and some
things that were childish At the arst
are now of mans stature. He II
experimenting. and doing 1t wall; and
IL 1t had not been that we have
crossed hle path he would be yet
he may be yet II we fail-ths father
or furthersr of q new order of beings,
whose road must lead through Death,
not Life"
h1IkoT kIO9ueo 1uQ hAAos <Ahu NAAA8
Is all arrayed against my darlingi
But how IL he experimenting2 The
knowledge may help US TO defeat
him"
'He has all along. since his coming. |
been trying his power. slowly but |
surely; that big child-brain OF his is
working. Well for ~. Il is. a. yet a
for had he dared. at the ]
nrst. to attempt certain things he |
would long ago have been beyond our |
power. However, he means to sue
coed, and . man who has centuries
before him can AFFORD to wait and go
slow. Festina lente may well be his
motto"
"I fail to understand" said Harker,
wearily. "Oh, do be more plain to
met Perhaps grief and trouble are
dulling my brain" The Professor
laid his hand tenderly on his shoul-
der as he spoke:
HOW THE COUNT WORKS
HIS INsIDIOUs WILL.
"Ah. my child. will be plain. Do
you not see how. of late, this mon
ster has been creeping into knowl-
edge experimentaIly. How he has
been making use OF the Eoophagous
patient to effect his entry into friend
Johns home for your Vampire,
though in all afterward he can come
when and how he will, must at the
hrst make entry only when asked
thereto by an inmate.
But these are not his most impor- |
tGnt experiments. Do we not see |
how at first all these so great boxes |
were moved by others. He knew not |
then but that must be so, But all /
the time that so great child-brain OF |
his was growing. and he began to |
consider whether he might not him. |
self move the box. So he began to /
help; and then. when he found that /
this be all right. he try 10 move |
them all alone. And so he progress,
and he scatter these graves OF him:
and none but he know where they
are hidden.
(Ts BE Continued TonorrOw)
icopyrEhtsd.)