CHAPTER XXIII
(Contino«! )
Hut »ho »»• loo Into, for before she
« «io Id onr'npo from the room. Or. Et
wald ss smiling and composed
ever—entered th* door
II* placad
hlmaalf quietly before the enraged Mr»
Dellas.
"Do not go. madam." said ha. quint
ili. "I llave something to show you.“
“What la It”’ naked Mra Dallas. her
eiirUioity Ilk« that of the Major get
ting the lo-tter of her mt«
"You wilt *ee in a few minutes Miai
I Milan, you pale. I hope soon to bring
hack the rosea to your cheeks
Ma
jor- ”
“Don’t apeak to me. you scoundrel
until you tell me what you have done
with the ia>dy of my boy “
“You shall know In a few minutes.
Major Indeed, I think It Is about time
that this comedy should end!"
"Comedy'“ echoed Mrs. Dallas. In
acorn. "You mean tragedy'“
"I mean no such thing.” retorted El-
weld, opening the door “All true com
edies end In the meeting of lovers
Tlx-ra Is my explanation"
The three people gave a simultane
ous cry nt ima<<-ment and delight, for
there, on the threshold of the room,
alive and well, stood Maurice .»yhner
CHAPTER XXIV.
"Sb D<-ar M
In tha Joy with
which you and Ml.a I nilas hailed th«
appearance of the man whom you
thought dead. I was -for the time be
ing quite.f-*rs
I very natur
ally, too Prollllng by the occasion. I
left the room and went to the bedroom
where Mr Narhy lay In a trance simi
lar to that Into which Mr Aylmer had
fallen, both trances being caused by
the poison of the devil-stick As you
have learned fmm his own lips. I re
vived him. as I revived his friend; so
Dow, my good Jen. you have your two
t«oya with you again, alive and well.
The <-nm*dy Is finished, and was I not
right tn denying to these past events
th« misleading name of tragedy"
“Naturally, you will wish to know
how the dead came to he alive, and for
what reiaon I behaved as I did Well,
beta you shell find the whole explana
tion so fully given that there will l<e
»to necessity for you to seek me. In-
<levd. If you do so. you will not And
me, as by the time you receive this
latter I slutll be well on my w«y Io
New York Thence It Is my Intention
to go abroad, and—as I told you at our
last meeting -you will nsver see m«
again
When you finish this letter,
you will, no doubt, be glad of thia, and
It is just as well that I should remain
Jre^ond your reach.
I am as you know—« physician,
but I am also what you may not know
a man of genius I have brains, but
no money; and for experiments In
chemistry, money, I regret to say. Is
extremely necessary
This l>elng the
case, I have needed money, and that In
large quantities, all my life As I could
not make tt for myself -not having
tha mercantile Instinct I ree >lved to
gain It by making a rich marriage. For
many years I have traveled the world
I.lke Ulysses. I have known men and
cities, and some years ago. Chance—a
deity al whose shrine I always pay my
devotions led me to Hartmdoea Whll«
there I was attracted, aa I always am
by the weird and mysterious, by the
superstItlons of the African race
1
studied the cult of Obt. the belief of
the Voodoo Htone, and by a atrango
chain of circumstances, which I nerd
not relate. I gained possession of that
powerful talisman which la known to
all negroid America With this stone
In my possession I was king so to
apeak -of all the black race
This
power I determined to use to my own
advantage, and through it to make a
rich marriage
“I discovered that Mrs Dallas was
the richest women In the West Indies,
that she had one fair and marriageable
daughter, and that mother and daugh
ter were under the Influence of a ne-
grras called Dido, who waa a profound
believer In the cult of Ohl
I deter
mined. therefore, to liend the negresa
to my will by means of the Voodoo
Htone, and to marry the daughter. Un
fortunately. Mrs. Dallas and her child
were In America Ho thither I went In
order to prosecute my Sult, and obtain
a rich wife in the person of Miss Isa-
t>etla I>allaa
From Information ob
tained In llarbadoes I found where they
were living, so to thetr town I repair
ed. and established mt self as a physi
cian. I made the acquaintance of your
self, of Mr Aylmer, and Mr H.»rhy. and
• Iso of Mra iMllaa and her daughter,
the young and charming girl whom I
Intended to make my wife.
“tint here, aa you may guaaa, I
found an unexpected obstacle
Th«
young Indy was tn love with Mr. Ayl
mer. and would have nothing to do
with an elderly bachelor Ills- myself.
( determined to remove that obstacle,
not by dsath. but by gentler means
which would do away with all risk,
and place Mias IMilas In my power.
Need I say that I allude to the devil-
stick?
“1 knew that you possessed It, my
dear Malar, aa I had been Informed of
Its existence and of Its owner by IHd<x
Over thio negroes, by moans of the
Voodoo Htone. 1 |H»eoeesed complete
power. Hhe waa ready to do whatever
I wanted, and I employed her In for
warding my ehrmri Iler grandmoth
er had come from Ashsnte* the native
country of the wand of sleep, and knew
all about It. also she knew how to pre
pare the poison
These secrets she
transmitted to Dido, and I resolved to
obtain the devil stick, to make Did >
prepare fresh poison, ard to us« lh-
stick against my rival, Mr Aylmer.
“And now a word al>out his poison
II does not kill, but merely places Its
victim In a trance state, which so
closely resembles death that not even
the most expert doctor can tell th« dif
ference
If the trance continue» the
victim dies—but there Is an antidote—
which, by the way. I obtained from
Dldo and this antidote. If used !n
time, can restore the victim from a
state of catalepsy to his pristine vigor
1 had made up my mind to use the
stick, and so, aa I was anxious to give
Mr. Aylmer a chance of «»cape. I pro
phesied to him a state of life in death.
This phrase describes exactly the
trance state of those wounded by the
devil-stick Impregnated wltie Its poi
son.
“However. Mr Aylmer did not take
my warning and le«vo off courUn<
Miss Dallas. On the contrary, he an
nounced his engagement, and carried
off the young lady In triumph Aa you
may guess from what I have said be
fore. I doomed him from that hour I
made Dido hypnotise Mrs Dallas In
order to have the devil-stick stolen If
you remember. Major, I offered to buy
II. but as you refused. I had to have It
stolen
in order to compromise th«
mother, 1 arranged that she ahould
steal It Hhe did. and without having
ths slightest notion that she was com
mitting the crime When Dido obtained
the devil-stick she filled It with the
poison Then she- by my directions—
hypnotised Miss Dallas, put the devil-
stick Into her hand, and sent her forth
to kill Mr Aylmer Rut 1 should not
say kill as you know th« d«DI stick
■ annul kill- let us say to cast Mr. Ayl
mer Into a trance. By this Ingenious
plot you must admit. Major, that It 'a
Ingenious—I got rid of the lover, and
obtained a hold over mother and
daughter
“Rut to make a long story short. I
had t.1 l««iy of Mr Aylmer stolen,
with th« aid of Indo, In order to revive
my rival. I did not wish him to die,
so I took away his t>ody. and kept him
In the trance for some weeks, feeding
him In the meantime so as to preserve
life. While I was In prison. IHdo at
tended to him by my orders Mr Ayl
mer was not concealed tn my house,
so that la why the police had a useless
search for the body. Where waa he
concealed? Ah. that Is my secret
“After the trial, seeing that Mr Kar
by had behaved so foolishly. I decided
to almndon the game Evidently there
was no chance of my winning the hand
of Mias Dallas, and also I did not wish
Harby to die Hut If I revived him I
would have to revive Maurice also, the
more so aa I did not want to stand my
trial for stealing his body. The rest ■ f
my story you know. I revived Mau
rice and brought him to you; so 1 sup
pose he will now marry Miss Dallas I
also revived Ikavld to have the satis
faction of seeing the women he loved
In the arms of another. In both cases
the antidote was efficacious Ho now.
my dear Major, aa I said before, you
have your two dear boys once more In
the flesh, and I hope you are satlafled
Did I not tell you that the devil is not
so black aa he Is painted?
"Well, my plot has failed, and now I
am de|>artlng to look anew for a rich
wife. Also to And Dodo, and get back
the Voodoo Htone. of which eh« robbed
me. You will never meet me again,
and I dare say you won't t»a sorry Io
»«« the tmek of me. And now, my
■Ivar Major. I fancy 1 have told you a'l.
and you know the meaning of th«
many mysteries which have pusaled
you for so long TlMre remains only to
say adieu, and remain your evil genius.
Max Elwuld "
»sees
"Barba doeg
“My Dear Major Jon- It Is over a
year since I wrote you my explanatory
letter from !>earimlnster. and 1 little
thought that It would l* necessary
tor me to write you again, least of all
from this place. But here I came 'n
search of Dido; and here I found Mrs.
Dallas, and to my profound astonish
ment, her daughter—still Mias Dalia«
I sought an explanation They would
not give me on« In despair—having
received the most uncivil reception—I
left them. Then, to my surprise, I ra.t
across Mr I »avid Harby.
“He was glad to see me. and thanked
mo for bringing him back from the
grave. 1. on my aide, complimented
him for saving my neck from the hang
man's noose. The flrat greetings thus
being over, he told ms the news whisk
concerned those who were Implicated
In our little comedy. I confess that
ths nows surprised me; end I write you
for an explanation.
“tn the flrat place. I learned from
Mr Harby that lealtelia Dallas refused
to marry Mr Aylmer, and that, far
from being offended, ho appeared te bo
a« glad of the retea»» from htg engsp»-
men! I also leamej that be had sit o i
married M«g flrance, who has always I
be-fi au deeply In l ive with him Will
you l»e so kind, my dear Major, as to '
explain tbla sudden misplacing of Mr.
Aylmer's affections?
"I learn also from Mr Harby that he
has prevailed upon Miss I Mlles, the de
serted Ariadne of Mr. Aylmer, io re- I
ard Ills long devotion by giving him
her hand. I heard that they are to be :
married within the month, and that the i
match la one which meets with the full
approbation of Mra iMllaa
Under |
lbe»« circumstance« 1 am afraid that
there la no chance of my marrying
Ml»« Dallas. so I must content mysolf
with searching for another wife.
I found In my brief interview with
Ml»a Dalias that she had learned how I
she had tried to kill Mr. Aylmer while,
under the hypnotic influence of Dido
perhaps this knowledge broke off lb« !
match, and the young couple took a
dislike to one another from the pecu- :
liar circumstances of that night Car-I
talnly—bypnotism or not—one would'
not care to marry a »roman who had
attempted one's life; so that. I conjec
ture. la the reason for Mr Aylmer's
withdrawal
Also. Miss Dallas must '
have had a horror of seeing constantly!
Iwfor« her the man whom -Innocently ■
enough she tried to kill
Hence he« ■
refusal to marry your deur Mauricw 1
Am 1 wrong In thee» Ideas? I think
not Hull. 1 should like an explanation
from you. As I shall be here tor some |
months- searching for the Voodoc I
Htone and Dido—please send your let- -
ter to llarhado«« directed to your anx
ious Inquirer
Max Etwald.”
•
•
•
•
•
"llarlwdoea. |
"My lyear Major Jen- -It la now sots.!
■
tain Inquiries, but you have not been
courteous enough to gratify my curios-
Ity. That la cruel of you. Miss Dallas;
Is now Mrs Harby. the other lady lai
now Meg Aylmer, yet you will not t •-!
me how thia strange transfer of wive»
came about. Never mind. I am sue«!
the explanation I fancied In my last I
letter Is the correct one. Hut you are]
a rude correspondent.
"1 shall return good for evil, and tell!
you that I have regained possession
■ ■ f th« \ o.■■!>,., Ston<’
Delo is de:»»t. j
killed by her own excitement al an Obi!
orgle. I am now the King of the «clack I
Race throughout the world, by posses
sion of the Htone. and to you 1 sha.l
remain, for the last time, my dear Ma
jor.
Max Etwald ”
(The end>
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The hardest job on earth Is a pole MHIieaatre r bi lee «be«ei»t Wbo SO
V m »» a«e vs a» a HaaSH.
(tring
Herr Charles May. of Berlin, may be
The greatest tragedy tn the life ot s
termed the Jean Valjean of Oermany
boy Is rain on circus day
Millionaire whose time and money
Evsry man engaged tn a lawsuit
wore spent Io doing good, author of re
claims be wss forced Into it.
ligious books and altogether a eplea-
Occasionally you And an old wldowsr dld figure ot Chrlstlas manhood May
who doesn't like ths marrying joke
iwaa just a few days ago branded by a
A good way to flgbt the saloon la to jury aa ths perpetrator of many vio
maks tbs horns more agreeable for lent crimes in southern Ha ton moun
tains forty long years ago. whore be
tn«n
The men have enough other foolish led a band of desperate brigands May.
notions without oaring much for ent who la 70 years old. collspeed sad wss
put un-lcr guard to prevent his com-
glass dishes
! mtttlng suicide
The charges were
Aa ws become older, we are about
made by Wilhelm Labltis. a trade
convinced that It is poadble to natch
union leader May sue*! for libel The
anyone In a He.
i jury decided that Ix’blus had proven
The womea say that unless yon era i the allegations In a court at Char
very careful. It la esuiy to get an ugly lottenburg. a suburb of Berlin
Not
carpet on your floor
only «as It proven that Herr May had
There la one thing aa agreeabla txren a notorious bandit, but there la
man's enemies can always any about no doubt but «hat be Is the author of
him: "He Is politic."
' a long series of chsap novels written
Now comes an original sort of Re many years ago In which be describes
Herr
former, and says that prices are high the deeds he lead committed
May la a splendid linguist, npeoklng
aecsuse of trading stamps!
svsn Chinese snd Choctaw
Tbs stepmother sever lived who was
misrepresented and abused as much
Mother» wffl flad Mrx WlneDW. ««-tkleg
aa that word "entertain."
ffnin <*• be«« r»me*1r U> u»» I«» lk»l» ■ niMrea
luiisg ihe cwlhiug period
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who attended a wedding
Net la HI» JaSaaaeat.
and Instated on kissing tbs brtde?
‘The nest thins tn order." »aid ths
The women say nothing makes them master of oeremonle», referring to the
quite so Ured as for a man to tali slip of paper In hie hand, “is music "
them what a Devil be has been
"No. sir!" savagely whispered the
Would a bride rather have a half leader of the band “Not mualc! Th»
doxen heavy silver spoons aa a wed nest thins Is 'Hall Columbia!’"
Taking hla station, h» »cowled, waved
ding present than a doxen light allver his Ireton, and th» noise of th» brasses
spooaaf
buret forth CMr«r ' T-'bnn«.
An editor In a Kansas town sold out
k Ceres WkM» Yew Walk.
because he never received "sympathy" Allen’» /««>< kaaa is > pertain rnrefnr h<*
and “encouragement " He never do westing, railui, and iwvllen. »--liltig tret H.-IO
•1 »11 I’ruggtria Price .-Ve. lw.n'i accept any
served either.
ubslitut«. Trial barkag« VKXE. Address
As soon aa a man's bat fa taken from Ulen 8. Ulmatct. I-»It..y, V Y.
him at a reception, he whispers to his
A Fire Drill.
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"What kept you so late at the fao
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HOW SHE KNEW A NEW YORXEB
la F.aaferaee Jo.« < uwlda't Tell How
a W esters W oman --«.uessed** II.
It was New Year's eve and no ex
traordlnary gift of tele;-athy or Intui '
Don was required to guess that hr
waa sighing for Rector's, .Martin s ot|
the Cafe de l'Opera. Give him halt a
a chance and he'd con tide that there
was no place like Broadway on a
night like this Yet here hr wax. tar
from the luminous lane, condemned ;
by fate to be taking a train out of
Kansas City for Denver, and while]
the revelers of the Rialto were hurry
ing Into their evening clothes for the
annual carnival he boarded a sleeping
car and threw his luggage into the
section which he had reserved
It
happened, however, to lx- already oo
< tipled by a Kansu City girl who was
going out of town for a New Year's
house party, the Times of that city
aaya. When he of th« Yiddish cast of
countenance, the ostentatiously silk-
lined top-coat, the showy little Anger
ring, the exuberant hand luggage, and
the unmistakable air of proprietorship
appeared, the Interloper murmured an
apologetic explanation that she was
only a local passenger getting off at
the eecotid atop and started to And
another seat. But be politely Insisted
upon her remaining and to make her
feel welcome launched Into the u»ual
formula of qu«rstlons as to her deed
nation and place ot residence, with
which every chance traveling ac-!
qualnlance opens.
The conversation might just as well
have stopt>ed there, aa far as she was
concerned, but it waa not to be.
"This Is an unusual New Year'a eve
for me." he went on. "1 certainly
would like to be at home to-night."
“Oh, yes!" ahe returned pleasantly
“New York will, of course, be very
gay"
He stared at her In astoniahment.
“Why, how did you know I was
from New York?" he demanded.
She hated to tell him all the rea-
eons, so she merely laughed and ask
ed. “Who wouldn't?" leaving him to
the Inevitable conclusion that there Is
something individual and differentiat
ed about the New Yorker which even
an unsophisticated Kansas City girl
Instinctively revoltnlx«-« And she said
not a word about the Hebraic physiog
nomy, the ostentatious silk lining, tbs
conspicuous little Anger ring, ths ex
uberant luggage or the typically pro
prietary manner which betrayed him
as one of those favored of the gods
who know their Broadway aa you
know your back yard.
She Hed the Price.
tn vain they told the heiress that
the duke was an Impostor and worse
“Why,” aald a friend. “1 have read
there la a price upon his head " But
the heiress, al) serene, only answered!
“1 have the price!"—Young's Mcg
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A missionary who waa ¡.caking his
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ui>on an old woman sitting outside a
cabin. He entered u|h>n a religious
talk and Anally asked leer If she didn't
know there was a day ot judgment
coming
“Why, no,” said the old lady; “I
hadn't b«wrd o’ that
Won't there be
more than one day?"
“No my friend; only one day,” waa
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“Well, then," she mused, "I don’t
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