The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-01
DRACULA,
OR
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

But we are pledged to set the
world free. Our toll must be in ST.
lence, and our efforts all in secret;
for in this enlightened age, when
men believe not even what they see,
the doubling of wise men would be
his greatest strength? 1t would be at
once his sheath and his armor, and
his weapons to destroy us. his enc
mics. who are willing to peril even
our own souls for the safety of one
we love-for the good of makind and
for the honor and glory of Cod
After a general discussion it was
determined that for tonight nothing
be definitely settled: that we should
all sleep on the facts, and try to
think out the proper conclusions. To-
morrow at breakfast We are to meet
again. and, after making our conclu-
sions known to one another, we shall
decide on some definite cause Of ac-
ton.
CONFINEMENT VANISHES AT
GLIMPSE OF LOATHsOME MARK.
I feel a wonderful peace and rest
tonight. 1t is as IL some haunting
presence were removed from me. Per
hans
Ny surmise was not finished, could
not be; for 1 caught sight in the
mirror of the red mark upon my
forehead; and knew that l was still
unclean.
DR.. Satodrd's Diary.
October.-We all rose early, and
! think that sleep did much for each
and all of us. When we met at early
breakfast there was more general
Il - Nod y
expected to experience again.
1t is really wonderful how much
residence there is in human nature.
Let any obstructing cause, NO matter
what, be removed in any wAy-even
by death-and we fly back to first
principles of hope and enjoyment.
More than once as We sat around
the table, my eyes opened in wonder
whether the whole of the past days
had not been a dream. 1t was only
when caught sight of the red blotch
on Mrs. Harker's forehead that / was
brought back to reality. Even now,
when 1 am gravely revolving the
matter, IL is almost impossible to
realize that the cause of all our trou-
BILE is still existent. Even Mrs. Har-
ker seems to lose sight of her trou-
BILE for whole spells; it is only now
It to her mind. that she thinks of
her terrible scar. We are to meet
here in my study in half an hour and
decide on our course of action. !
see only one immediate difficulty.
know il by instinct rather than rea-
son; We shall all have to speak frank
ly; and yet I fear that in some mys-
FERROUS way poor Mrs. Harker's
tongue is tied.
1 know that she forms conclusions
of her own, and from all that has
been / can guess how brilliant and
how true they must be: but she will
not, or cannot, give them utterance.
] have mentioned this to Van Hell
sing, and he and 1 are to talk it
over when we are alone. suppose I
is some OF that horrid poison which
has got into her veins beginning 10
work.
ALL PART OF WELL-LAID
PLANS OF THE VAMPIRE.
The Count had his own purposes
when he gave her what Van Helsing
called 1.-The Vampires baptism of
blood" Well, there may be a poison
that distils itself out of good things:
in an age when the existence of
ptomaines is a mystery we should not
wonder at anything One thing |
know: that If my instinct be true
regarding poor Mrs. Harker's silences,
then there is a terrible difficulty
an unknown danger-in the work be-
fore us. The same power that com
pels her silence may compel her
speech. I dare not think further; for
SO 1 should in my thoughts dishonor
a noble woman.
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