The Washington times., 1917-11-03
PART oNE-Gcoutinues,


re went round to the back
| NM of the house. where there
| was a kitchen window.
TheNprofessor took = small
surgical saw from his case, and hand
ing It to me, pointed to the iron bars
which guarded the window. ] at
tackled them at once and had very
soon cut through three OF them Then
with a long, thin knife We pushed
back the fastening Of the sashes and
opened the window.
helped the professor IN. and fol-
lowed him. There was no one In the
kitchen or In the servants rooms,
which were close at hand. We tried
all the rooms as we went along, and
in the dining room. dimly lit by rays
| Of light through the shutters, found
| four servant-women lying on the
floor. There was no need to think
them dead. for their stertorous breath
ing and the acrid smell OF laudanum
I in the room left no doubt as to their
condition Van Helsing and I look
ed at each other, and as we moved
away he said: 1--WE can attend to
them later" Then we ascended to
Lucy's room. For an instant or two
we paused at the door to listen, but
lucE0 was NJ bOuuu luAL VIC COuAo
hear. With white faces and trembling
and entered the room.
SCENE OF HORROR GREErS
THE TWO PHYSICIANS.
How shall describe what we sawf
On the bed lay two women, Lucy
and her mother. The latter farthest
in, and she was covered with . white
sheet, the edge OF which had been
blown back by the draught through
the broken window, showing the
drawn. white face, with q look Of
terror fixed upon It. By her side
lay Lucy, with face white and still
more drawn
The flowers which had been round
her neck we found upon her mothers
bosom, and her throat was bare,
showing the two little wounds which
we had noticed before, but looking
horribly white and mangled- With
out q word the professor bent over
the bed, his head almost touchingI
poor Lucy's breast; then he gave q
quick turn OF his head, as of one
who listens, and leaping to his feet,
he cried out to me:
Bring the brandy"
I flew downstairs and returned
with It, taking care to smell and
taste II, lest II, too, were druEged
like the decanter ct sherry which
found on the table. The maids were
still breathing, but more restlessly,
and I fancied that the narcotic was
wearing off. did not stay to make
sure, but returned to Van Helsing.
He rubbed the brandy, as on another
occasion, on her lips and gums and
on her wrists and the palms Of her
hands. He said to me:
'T can do this, all that can be at
the present. You go wake those
maids. Flick them in the face with
a wet towel, and flick them hard
Make them get heat and fire and q
warm bath This poor soul Is nearly
as cold as that beside her. She will
need be heated before we can do any
brandy down her throat. noticed
went at once, and found little dis-
ficulty in waking three OF the women
The fourth was only a young girl,
and the drug had evidently affected
her more strongly, so I lifted her on
the sofa and let her sleep. The 9TH
ers were dazed at first, but as re-
memhrance came back to them they
cried and sobbed in a hysterical man
ner.
was stern with them, however,
and would not let them talk told
them that one life was bad enough
to lose, and that IL they delayed thSy
would sacrifice Miss Lucy. So, Sob
bing and crying, they went about