The Washington times., 1918-01-09
DRACULA,
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

form and can jump or fly on shore.
as he did at Whitby. But if the day
come before he get ON shore, then,
unless he be carried he cannot es-
cape. And il he be carried. then the
customs men may discover what the
box contains.
Thus, in fine, II he escape not on
shore tonight, or before dawn. there
will be the whole day lost to him.
We may then arrive in time; Sor II
he escape not at night We shall come
on him in daytime, boxed up and at
our mercy; for he dare not be his true
self, awake and visible. lest he be
discovered"
There was no more TO be said, so
we waited in patience until the dawn:
at which time we might learn more
from Mrs. Harker.
Early this morning we listened,
with breathless anxiety, for her re
Spouse in her trance. The hypnotic
stage was even longer in coming than
before: and when it came the time
remaining until full sunrise was SO
short that we began to despair. Van
Helsing seemed to throw his whole
soul into the effort; at last, in obedi-
ence TO his will she made reply:
"AIl is dark. 7 hear tapping water,
of wood on wood" She paused, and
the red sun shot up. We must wait
till tonight.
And so II is that We are travelling
toward Galatz in an agony Of eXpec-
tation. We are due to arrive between
two and three in the morning; butsal
ready, at Bucharest, we are three
hours late. so we cannot possibly get
in till well after sun-up. Thus we
shall have two more hypnotic mes
sages from Mrs. Harker; either or
both may possibly throw more light
on what is happening.
MRS. HARKER YIELDS TO
HYPNOTIC INFLUENCE.
Later.-Sunset has come and gone.
Fortunately 1t came at a time when
there was no distraction: for had 1t
occurred while we were at a station,
we might not have secured the neces-
sary calm and isolation. Mrs. Harker
yielded to the hypnotic influence even
less readily than this morning.
am in fear that her power Of read
ing the counts sensations may die
away, just when we want It most. 1t
seems to me that her Imagination is
beginning to work. While she
has been in the trance hitherto
enc mas COhHnCo nCTboAL 10 Inc
simplest of facts. II this goes on II
may ultimately mislead US. II ]
thought that the counts power over
her would die away equally with her
power OF knowledge il would be a
happy thought; but I am .afrail that
IL may not be SO. When she did
speak. her words were eniEmatical:
Something is going out; l can feel
Ii pass me like a cold wind / can
hear, far on, confused sounds-as OF
men talking In strange tongues.
herce-faliing water, and the bowling
Of wolves"
She stopped and a shudder ran
through her, increasing in intensity
for q few seconds, till. at the emo, she
shook - though in a palsy. She said
no more, even in answer to the pro
fessor's imperative questioning. When
she woke from the trance. she was
cold. and exhausted. and lanEuid: but
her mind was all alert. She could not
remember anything, but asked what
she had said: when she was TOLD, she
pondeTed over IL deeply, for a long
time and in silence.
30 October. q. m.-We are near
Galatz now, and ! may not have time
to write later. Sunrise this morning
was anxlously looked for by us all.
Knowing OF the increasing difficulty
OF procuring the hypnotic trance, Van
Helsing began his passes earlier than
usual. They produced no effect, how
ever, until the regular time, when she
yielded with q still greater difficulty,
only q minute before the sun rose
The professor lost no time in his ques-
tionInG: her answer came with equal
quickness:
CTS BE Confused TSnorrOw)
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