The Washington times., 1917-10-28

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Journey to BuRswiaa 20 see CsuAt
DraeuIa ana arrange fer tks
transfer Of an EasIish sstate 70
the Count. In his diary. kept IN
sherthand. he gives the detaiis sf
BE stPaags trlDs the latter part
A1lee With mykterious and thrill
inS Aappenlngs. UD0A Ms arsivsi
~ Castle Drasnla he 10 net ~
tualIy = pris6nAS. TAe castle 10.
doors al berfea. 90 Ne nsrvaAtA
10 b 6sen. fAs coast eysets nln
wafmiy, but his strange verpsn-
altty sad eaa beAavisS cause Ear
ksB HueA aiaEn. u ss6eF net 20
arouse sasDieisa HaFhsr lss1a tie
FART oNE--tceatiaaed,
I KNOW where my taeuEhts are,
II your ears must tinss a. you
Sleep, a. Arthur only knew! Ny
dear, my dear, your ears must
! tinsie a. you sleep. as mine DO wax.
1 ing. Oh, the blissfui rest OF last
night How / slept, with that dear,
good DR.. Seward watching me. And
tonight l shall not fear 70 sleep, sines
he Is close at hand and within call.
Thank everybody for being % good 70
me! Thank GedI Goodnight Arthur.
Or. Setedrd's Diary.
10 September.-I was conscious Of the
Professors hand on my head, and start.
ed awake all in a second. That Is one
Of the things that we learn In an ssy'
lunn. At any rate
HAnd how Is our PATIENT" El
well, when left her or rather
when she left me-" answered.
ECome, lee Us see," he said. And
together we went into the room.
The blind was down, and went over
TO raise IL gently, whilst Van Helsing
stepped, with his soft, cat-like tread,
over to the bed
As raised the blind, and the morn.
ing sunlight flooded the room. heard
the professors lev hiss Of inspira-
tion, and knowing Its rarity, q dead
ly fear shot through my heart A.
I passed over he moved back, and his
exclamation Of horror, HGott In Him
melr' needed no enforcement from his
agonized face. He raised his hand
and pointed TO the bed, ana his iron
face was drawn and aehen white. I
felt my knees begin TO tremble.
sAPPED or HER BLOOD
LUCY AGAIN NEAR DEATH. ~
There on the bed, seemingly IN a
swoon, lay poor Lucy. more horribly
white and Fan-lookine than ever.
Even the lips were white, and the
gums seemed to have shrunken back
from the teeth, As we somstimes see
in 4 corpse after q prolonged illness.
Van Heising raised his foot to stamp
in anger. but the instinct OF his life
and all the long years OF habit stood
A.. ~ Asre . 90 In
softly. "ouick!' he said. Bring the
brandy" I few to the diuingroom,
and returned with the decanter. He
vetted the poor white lips with u.
and together we rubbed palm and
wrist and heart. He felt her heart,
and after few moments Of agoniZing
suspense, said:
at is not too late. II beats. though
but fSsbly. Ali our work is undone;
we must begin again. There is no
young Arthur here now; 1 have to
call on you yourself this time, friend
John" As he spoke, he was dipping
into his bag and producing the instru-
ments for transfusion: had taken Of
my coat and rolled up my shirt sleeve.
There was no possibility OF an opiate
just at present. ana No naed Of one;
and so, without a moments delay, we
After a time-it did not seem q
short time. either, for the draining
away OF ones blood. no matter how
willingly II be given, 10 ! terrible
feellng-Van Helsing held up q warn
ing finger. do not stir" he said,
but I fear that with growing
strength she may wake; and that
would make danger, oh, 50 much
danger. But 1 shall precaution take.
/ shall give hypodermic injection of
morphia-" He proceeded then, swiftly
and deftly, to carry out his intent.
The effect on Lucy was not bad, for
the faint seemed to merge subtly into
the narcotic sleep. 1t was with
feeling OF personal pride that could
see q faint tinge Of color steal back
into the pallid cheeks and lips. No
man knows till he experiences it,
what 1t is to Feel his own life-blood
drawn away into the veins of the wo-
man he Ioves.
The professor watched me critic
ally. THAT will do" he said AL
ready?" demonstrated. You took
great deal more from Art" To which
he smiled a sad sort OF smile as he
replied:
HE is her lover, her fiance. You
have work, much work. to do for her
and for others; and the present will
suffice"
When we stopped the operation. he
attended to Lucy. whilst applied
digital pressure to my own incision.
laid down, whole waited his Ieis-
ure to attend to me. for I felt faint