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.m: ..y were. uer eon breathing end the I was quite willin to humor her. Hav- feint throb Of her pulse only telling thnt in; come no in. I cared to retreat. To ehe wee olive. She lay there without sense oroea her wishes in the present etete of or motion. whilst I obeled her hands, things I felt might be late]. But how bathed her brow. Ami endenvored to recall could we gain entrenoe ? her to life. Even Whilst doing so my heart There wee no gleam of light upeteirs or wee booting wildly. I felt thet the moment downeteire. As you looked at the houee but! come; thetsomolhlng had bronghtbeoklyon knew intuitively it wee uninhehited. - Then I returned to" In wife'; he and begun the usual can": of reetomifigg' Yet without success. White as n statue she lay there. her soft breathing and the hint throb of her pnlse only telling that she was alive. She lay there without sense or motion. whilst I ohefed her hands bathed her brow. and endesvored to recall her to life. Even whilst doing so my heart m- L...)â€".. _:I.II.. I 1.1; .s , -fi" -_ .. ant-u luluv. I. ran to her, raised her up, and carry. ing her to her room. laid her on her bed. It was now about 9 o'clock. Priscilla hop- pencd to be out, no I ran back to the dining- mom and bade Meceri a hasty good-night. H I hope there is not much the matter," he acid. H No; only a fainting at. Your fierce gesture must hive trightcned her.” I bend a deep nigh behind me. and, turning. I saw Paulina lying with her eyes closed. and apparggtly in a dead fame. I ,-_- â€"-.... uv- DUIUU to wield the rifle with the beyo: â€"he hed taken the bayonet OE. and it in hie left hand, had driven it the heart of an antagonist. As he (1 the deed. he suited the gesture word. and aoizing a knife which the tehle, dealt a downward blow the air a: an imaginary white-noel trien. r~vo _â€"â€". One evening. after dinner, as Meouri and I set over our claret. and Pauline, with her troubled eyes fixed. as usual. on my guest, was reclining on the safe a little way off. he began to relate some of his military adventures. How once, when in imminent perilâ€"his right arm broken and useless at his side. his left arm not strong enough to wield the rifle with the Bayonet fixed _|\n 1...! Ans--- .L- L .._.â€"... now you pleasant as he could make it-let his laugh ring naturallyâ€"I could not forget the expression I had seen on that face. or his manner and words on former occasions. I took care that Pauline should always be with us. It was the only wish of mine the r (2th had ever shown even a mute isinoliuation to ‘comply with. She never spoke in M acari'a presence, but her eyes were scarcely ever turned from him. He seemed to have a kind of fascination for her. When he entered the room I could hear her sigh, and when he left It she breathed a breath or rel‘ 4’ and every day she grew more restlee. uneasy and. I knew, unhappy. My heart emote me as 1 gueseed I was causing her pain ; but. at all cost, I determined to persevere. I felt that the crisis of her life was fast drawiugAnear. ‘ â€"â€"-â€"~v- vv II" A "an. Alter his departure Pauline fell into a reatleee state. Several times I saw her pressing her hand to her forehead. She seemed unable to sit still. Now and again she went to the window and hoked up and claw the street.‘ i paid no attention to her ions, although once or twice I saw her turn her eyes toward me with a piteoue. imploring glance. I believed that some- thing-some old memory in connection with Macariâ€" was etrivxng to force itself to her clouded brain, and I looked forward with impatience to to-morrow, when he would pay us another vieit. The man had something to get out of me, so I felt oer. tain I should see him again. He came the next day, and the next, and many other days. It was clear he was determined to ingratiate himself with me, it possible. He did all he could to make himself agreeable. and I most new be wan. was in the room. she never looked away from him. He sat near her. and after a few more words to her, addressed his remarks exclusively to me. All the while I could see my wile watching him with an eager. troubled look ; several times, indeed. I almost persuaded myself that there was an expression of fear in her eyes. Let them express tear, hate. trouble. even love, so long as I could see the dawn of return- ing reason in them! I began to think that it Pauline was to be restored, it would be through my visitor. So when he took his leave I pressed him, with an assumed manner, to call again very soonâ€"to morrow. if possible. He readily promised to do so, and we parted for the day. I can only hope he was as satisfied with the result of our interview as I was. .. u““_ v. uv ,s y... There was somber thing Inotmsd. I have said how seldom in was that Pauline raised her eyes to any ons’s face; but today. during the “(hole timefihsb Mucuri In-.. ._ AL_ I was dehghted to hear her speak in Italian. It was a tongue she seldom used unless compelled to do so. That she employed is now showed she must. in some dim way. connect the visitor wnh Italy. It was to me a new gleam of hope. "I.“ ______ 7 A. .. . â€" She passed her hand across her forehead. than once more shook her head. “ Non me ricer ." she murmured ; than as it the mental eflurn had exhausted her, sank, with a gouty sigh, ppop a chair. Gulf! u howlâ€"ll came from the dudeâ€" Wh le onlmly the dog the left leg chewed the upstart pup who dared to share With him the gifts of hxs mintresafair. The oorduda tried in vain to 1199, The: 30 . chewed on with fiendish glee. Till unuguz was left but a slender cane To mnxk the spot where the dude was slain A 810k] ' emi‘o played on his face. Ho am: 04 his can» with careless grace. And remarked, as glass in eye he stuck : “ 12': um honest snap I ever struck." On] a dude, with a stony stare. Blit elv humming the latest air: He unblul along as best he might. For his shoes wow long and his trousers tight PAULINE. Onl Id ,butho wutodtbure B an) as B, into! fence in tho chill nlshlvnlrâ€" o boo ed nos the dying dayâ€"- 8011510!) on baud and came to stay. Ho had soon I than 0 pup on hour bolero Boldly outer Ibo par or door ' He had seen us: mistress feed him on pic And regard him withal with a kindly eye. A!” the dog’s bout hardened; he feared that be No longer: (ted doggy would be; he vowm raven son the upstart )up And swore that ulg l he would chew in: up. A Tragedy In Three Pam. g a knife'rwhioh lay v81; downward blow‘thfqugh "Inn-n _L:AA , myoneb 03, find holdiué had driven it through zonfat. As he described Ill. ll. noated Ali's- $0 the She answered not. She stood before that door with her hand pressing against it. I took her arm. and tried gently to lead her away. She resisted with apas- slve strength I should not have believed she possessed. Whatever was the dimly eonoeived object in my poor wife’s brain. it was plain to me it could only beattamed by passing through that door. I marvelled as to what strange freak of mind could have led Pauline to this unten- anted house. Had any one she had known in former days lived here ? It so. it was. perhaps. a hopeful sign that some awak- ened memory had induced her to direct her unthting steps to a place associated with her earlier days. _Vsry anxious, and even much excited. I waited to see what course she would now take. 1 She went straight up to the door and‘ laid her hand upon it. as though she expected it would yield to her touch. Then. for the first time. she seemed to hesitate and grow troubled. "Pauline. dearest," I said, " let us go back now. It is dark. and too late to go in there te-night. To-morrow. it you like. we will come again." She answered not. _She stood before n.-; .1-‘.. #9.- r r ....... u u uvuuu- An ordinary threeâ€"story house of the usual London type. A house differing very little lrom my own and thousands at others. except that, by the light of the street lamp, I could see it looked all cared- for and neglected The -window penee were dusty, and in one of them was a bill stating that this desirable residence wee to let. furnished. . ._'- â€"_--- In“ at uuuuu. She passed out of Walpole street, and, withouta moment‘s hesitation. turned at right angles and went along the straight broad road. Along this road for more than half a mile she led me. then turning sharply round; walked half way through another street; then stopped before a house. A_ -411.,,, ____---..° I-WI' III in aimless manner. Something. I knew not what, was guiding or impelling her steps to some set purpoae. Something in her disordered brain was urging herto reach some spot as quickly as PJBSible. I dreaded the consequences of reecnu‘nlng her from so doing. Even if it was hue an exaggerated case of sleep-walking it would be unwise to wake her. Far better to follow her unfiil the fit ended. I made no further attempt to check her progress. She was notflwauderjng spout in She went at a swift but uni- fom pace. as one who had a cer- tain destination in View. She turned her eyes neither to the left nor the right ‘â€"â€"neither up nor down. Not once during that walk did I see them move. not once did I see an eyelid quiver. Although my sleeve was touching here. I am certain ehe hed no thought or knowledge of my pre~ eence. Suddenly she rose. and, before I could inter p388 to prevent her, passed out of the room. Ifolluwed her. She went swiftly down the stairs. and I saw she was making for the front door. Her hand was on the latch when I came up to her and again called her by name ; entreating. even com- manding her;to return. No sound of my voice seemed to reach her cars. In her critical state, for so I felt it to be. I shrank from restraining her by force. thinking it would be better to leave her free to go asshe listed; of course accompanying her to guard her against ‘evil. Icaught up my hat and alarge cloak. both of which were hanging in the hall; the latter I wrapped around her as she walked. and managed to draw the hood over her head. She made no resistance to this, but she let me do it without a word to show that she noticed the action. Then. with me at her side, she walked straight on. I spoke to her; called her by name; but she took no notice of my words. She seemei to be unaware of my presence. She looked ever, with “range fixed eyes. in one direction. one. Pauline awoke. and. as I saw her eyes. 1 shudder-ed as it a freezing wind had passed over me. It was not madness I saw in them. neither was it sense. They were dilated to the utmost extent; they were fixed and immovable, yet I knew they saw absolutely nothing; that their nerves eon- veyed no impression to the brain. All my wild hopes that reason would return at the expiration of her fainting fit were at an end. It was clear that she had passed into a state far more pitiable then her formerl CALLED BACK. I write this chapter with great reluc. tence. If I could make my tale connected and complete without it. I should prefer to say nothing about theevente it records. It eome of my experiences have been strange once. all one these can be explained ; but these never will. never can be'expleined to_ my eetietection. b‘he remained in this state for at least an hour. 80 long that at lust I began to get frightened, and think I must. after all. send for medical aid. Just use I was form- ing the resolution to do so. I noticed the beats of her pulse grow stronger and more rapid; I felt her breath drawn deeper; I new a look of returning life steel over her face ; end, in breathless impatience. I waited. And then Paulineâ€"my wileâ€"came back to lifeâ€"she rose in the bid and turned her ‘ face to mine; and in he»; eyee I new what. i by the mercy of God. I shell never again see there! 80 it was the: I did uni send tor a doctor; that alter a while [gave up my own Imam is to awaken consciousness; that I reso ved to lo! her lie in the! calm. senseless stale until she awoke of her own accord. I took her wrist between my fingers the: I might feel every best of her ulna. I laid my cheek sguinas here that might catch the sound of every breath -und thus I waited until Pauline should awake. and. as I fondly believed. awake in herright miLd. the pan to her. and that thc fierce Huh with which is cnme had overpowered hot. I could Icucely due to put my wild belie! lino won-d9. but is was thin whcn Pnuliue satin oicued her eyes. they should shine wit lighi which I hid never known in chemâ€"the light 0! patiently restored intelligence. A wild.mad idemhui one I had the fullest hiih iu. CHAPTER VIII. :â€"story house of the A house differing wn and thousands at by. t_he_ lighj of the â€"n I hue said, isvappéiied tuber a; tune, and. ininjo _h_or. Now she mm 4-4-; V, A nervous trembling seemed to pass over her frame. She turned and came toward me, and there was a look in her face which made me move aside from the piano, and wonder and fear what was to take place. The cloak I had thrown around her had fallen from her shoulders. She eeated her- eelf on the music bench, and striking the‘ keys with a master hand layed brillientfy and fanltleeely the prelu e to the song of which I had struck a few vagrant notes. I was thnnderetruok. Never till now had she shown the elighteet taste for music ,g-‘L ----- ’ ' u __v_- _- vaâ€"J v-uul Al "I“ "Cl? been occupied for some time. as dust lay thick on every article. I could throw my mind back and recall the very corner of the room in which I was stationed whilst the assassins were so busily engaged. I could mark the spot where I fell upon the yet quivering body. and I shuddered as I could not resist peering on the floor for traces of the crime. But if the carpet was the same one. it was of a dark red hue and kept its secret well. At one and of the room were folding doors-it must have been from behind these I heard those haunting sounds of distress. I threw them open. and, hold- ing my candle on high, looked in. The room was of much the same kind as the other one. but, as I iully expected, it com tamed a pianoâ€"the very piano, perhaps, whose notes had merged into that cry of horror. What possessed me i What impulse urged me! I shall never know. I laid down the candle; I entered the back room ; I lifted the dust-covered lid of the piano and I struck a few notes. Doubtlees it was the tragical associations of the scenes which made me. without thinking why or wherefore, blend together the notes which commenced that great song which I had heard as I lingered outside the door. listen- ing to the sweet voice singing, and wonder ing whose voice it was. As I struck those notes I looked through the folding door at the motionless statue-like figure of Pauline. The wax light burned down to my fingers. and I was compelled to drop it. I struck another, then looked about for some means of making the illumination sus- tained. To my great joy I found a halt burned candle in a candlestick on the man- tel-piece. I blew the thick dust out of the cup formed by the melted wax at the bot- tom of the wick and after a little splutter- ing and resistance. managed to induce it to remain lighted. Pauline stood always in the same atti- tude, but I fancied her breath was quicken- ing. Her fingers were playing convulsively round her temples. fidgeung and pushing her thick hair back, striving. it seemed to me, to conjure thought to return to that empty shrine. I could do nothing but wait; and whilst I waited I glanced around me. We were In a good-sized room, substan- tially but not fashionably furnished; the style altogether was that of an ordinary lodging house. It was clear it had not 1...-.. _--_-:,s - My first thought, my fires glance, was for Pauline. She was there standing erect in the apartment, with both hands pressed to [her brow. The expression of her face and eyes was little changed; it wae easy to see she comprehended nothing as yet. Bus I (eh that something was struggling within her. and I dreaded the moment when it should sake coherence and form. I dreaded it for her and I dreaded is for myself. What :wtul passages would it not reveal to me Yes. an I expected! as, in fact, I felt certain! The etuire the same and the lintel of the door in the exact place it should be. I might be reacting the events of that fear- ful night. complete even to the darkness. For a moment I wondered whether the last three years were not the dream; whether I was not blind now; whether there was ‘such a being an my wife? But I threw‘ the fancy aeide. ‘ Where was Pauline ? Recalled to myself. I realized the necessity of light. Drawing my match box from my pocket I etruck a veela, and by its light I entered the room which once before I had entered with little hope of ever leaving. mg out sound: wiféfi n‘iééhaflu'éfi In darkness. I cronsul the hall and louud the staircase Without dillictilty. Why should I not find it. dark, pitch dark as it was? I knew the road to it well l Once before I had reached it in darkness. and many times besides. in dreams. had I crossed that space i Like a audden revela- tion the truth came to me. It came to me as the key turned in the look. It was in that very house into which I had strayed; three years ago. I was crossing the very hall. ascending the same stairs. and should stand in the identical room which had been the scene of that teirible unexpiated crime. I should see with restored sight the spot where. blind and helpless. I had nearly fallen a victim to my rashness. But Pauline. what brought her here? __v NV. “a ..â€"...â€" - Uni-ll“. - {draw out my key, a duplmata of that and on another occasion. I placed it. in the keyhole without. 5 hope 0! success. and. an I talk the look turn and now the door yield. a shrill ol uomethiuu like horror ran through me. for how that it had come to pass I know this thing could be no mere coincidence. Lu 1 out wound wondering whet mus the best thing to (loâ€"whether to latch a cab and carry my poor girl into it. or whether to let her wait here until she recognized the impossibility of entering ‘ the home. end at lent growing weary. chose to return 0! her own eooordmiw l debated thi 3e ulteruntivee a euddeu thoughfi struck me. Ouoe below my lvitohkey has) opens-d s etreuue door, it me Within the bounds o! pouibility it might do 30 again. I knew that uninhabited bonuses are often {tom oereleaenees or convenience left With doors only latched. It. Wee :iu ubeurd idea. but.‘ tiller ell. there wee no hum in trying. I The again when nuns ap outed on tho bull outiod on buniuou s Inn quy. and. own it 1 bad vomuted to luv. Pnuliuu and so in search 0! him. In this time of nigh! my expedition would be huillens. rend I were the only nv’i’ag'fiaciéi'}? I‘ll): ‘1':an piece! It was a dreem. or OO‘H‘IO- Perhepe WE?‘ under the circumetencee, no; an nun-turn] It wee one. Knowing who! I knew Mreedy of the crime which hed “ken plece «are; feeling A euro that in some way Peulme hed been lem p greeent when it wee commmed; excised ct nfl y whet hed occurred to-ninhtâ€"Peuline'e,“m “i eirenge wellr, her eudden buretin into eong. p the very eong I bed before heer .thet eons, The with the dreadful endingâ€"ii ie no wonder individ the I imegined e eoene like this. end eneese , ____-_ vvvl unau- All this I saw and realized in a second. The attitude of each actor, the whole scene surrounding was taken in by me as one takes in with a single glance the urport and meaning of apicture. Then I topped Pauline's hand and sprang to my feet. Where was the lighted room? Where ware the figures I had seen ? Where was‘ that tragic scene which was taking place before my eyes ? Vanished into thin air! The candle was burning dimly behind me, the front room was in dusk. Pauline and I an--- AL- __,I__ n c And the object they all looked at was a young man, who appeared to be falling out of his chair. and whose hand gran; ed con- vuleively the hilt of a dagger, the blade of which was buried in his heart, buried I knew by a blow which had been struck downward'by one standing over him. AI| ALA, ,- _.._.- v- â€"v u... kuvll- The" main in the bookgronndâ€"n shore. thick-39‘ man with o scar on his cheekâ€"- was a stranger to me. He was looking over Generi‘s shoulder in the some direc- 61“.. “on. or. as he :6; _sz}i;â€"Bhigsglirk:thon§ Mal-oh. Paulins's brosher. He also was looking at the_ssu_m opjest as Canal-i. That man who was near the table on Oeneri'e right handâ€"who stood in the atti- tude of one ready to repel a possible snack. whose hoe wee fierce and null of paeeion. whose dark eyes were blazing- that men was the English-epeehgng _Italie_n. Meoeri. .. L, , . -v- __-uâ€" wv sun I That man who was facing Insâ€"leaning across the table on which his hands rested. whose {sutures seemed full of alarmed surprise. whose eyes ware fixed on one object a few (68‘ away from bunâ€"that men was Ceneri. the Italian doctor, Paul- ine's uncle undguerdian. V~_ "‘ uv‘ 'uU n-auv seat, still held Pauline’a hand in mine, I was also seated at the piano. and in some way gazed through the hall-open doors into lthe other room. and that room was full of ight Light so brilliant that in a glance I could see everything the apartment contained. Each article of furniture, the pictures on the walls, the dark curtains drawn over the window at the end. the mirror over the‘ fire place. the table in the centre. on which a large lamp was burning. I could see all this and more I For round the table were grouped four men, and the faces of two of the. party were well known to me l I held my wife's hand for a. few seconds. ‘end then a strange nndefinehle feeling crept over meâ€"the kind of feeling some- times experienced in a. dresm in which two persons appear, end the dreamer cannot be certain with which one'e thoughts and sets‘ he identifies himself. For a while I seemed to have a duel existence. Although per- fectly ewere that I still occupied the same (inn. -A:II L_Ij I" I- turned from it: , ,,__ .._.. _â€".â€" .- \uvnu III unuu. The candle wee on the mantel-piece behind me. It threw little or no light into the front room, the folding doors of which were only partially openâ€"the half behind the couch on which Pauline ley being closed. It wee. therefore, impossible for me from my eeet beeide her to look into the front room. Indeed. as I eat there my face weal A.._..-.I .___- :A _ _,,-V-__â€"‘â€"-â€"°vvaue My poor darling lay still and peaceful. I thought I would let her rest so for a few moments before I carried her out. I dreaded what waking her might mean. 80 I took her hand and held}: close in mine. ML- __7 n. Pauline as last lsy still. Her moans hsd sunk into silence. She seemed once more to have loss all consciousness. My one ides now was torsmove her as speedily as possible from this tstel place. All sorts of strange thoughts and speculations were shronging my brain. All sorts of hopes and bars were shaking me. What would the explsnsition be. it ever Icould gas it? I!" ____ 3-,” - All things up to the present situation. and all that I narrate alter the termination of this chapter. I expect to be believed. I do not say that such events and coin- cidences are of every day occurrence. Had they been so. I should have no object in writing this tale. But I do say this. all else save this one thing I could prove to be true. it not by direct, by circumstantial evidence; all else can be explained either simply or scientifically; but what follows I can only give my own word for. Call it what you like, dream. hallucination. over- heated imaginationâ€"call it anything save inventionâ€"I shall not be annoyed. This is ghat happened. 7 0088. picture. so for no she weeâ€"oonmmed. complete. The only diflerenoe wee the: the bends now laid upon her were loving nnnn _-_._ â€".v-.-' v,- To her as Well as to me. all the occur- rences of that drendlul night were being reproduced. The past had come back to lll’eulineâ€"come back at the moment it leit er. What the reflux might do eventuallyâ€" whether it would be a bleeting or a euree -- I had no time to consider. All my cares were needed by Pauline. My task was ter. riblel I had to hold her down by muini force. to endeavor in every possible way to soothe her and prevent her cries. which rang so loudly that I feared the neighbors would be alarmed. And all the while she struggled with me. strove to repulse me and regain her feet, as certainly an it I could read her thoughts I knew that what- ever had happened formerly was once more before her eyes. Once more she was being held down by estrong hand. most likely on the name couch. and once more her etrugglee were gradually becoming teebler and her criee growing fainter. It needed only for the letter to sink at last intoa repetition of that dismal moon to make the ' But alter the first few here my utonieh- meut oeued. As well u it I had been told. I knew whet would happenâ€"or pert o! it. I was even prepared. when the moment osme tor the voice to join the mueto. to hear Pauline sing the tnultleeely as she wu playing. yet to using in the same subdued manner as on that fetal night. 80 fully pre nredl was that wuh brenthleee emotion {waited until the eon; came to the very note at which it dulehed when once before I listened to it. 80 fully pre- pared. that when ehe started wildly to her feet and uttered once more that cry of hor- ror. my arms were round her in e. moment. an: I|bore her t9_n 8013 alone by. _ to expect from shut noglootod tad unsuuod piuuo. The by fever anfioror ll 3 idovou individual. because he is oonfinutfly on hi A priest in San Frenoieoo hue invented s lump thin will burn perpetnnlly. brightly It night 3nd dimly in the dey time. The lump in and to resemble I smell engine. " I dropped u down nEiuilfi-hathg, him It was a nickel." Pillsbury Chronicle-Telegraph : “ WhM ere you crying for, little boy 7" salted the ;kind-henrted gentleman from the country who reed the newspapers. " I've loeb my money. air," nabbed the child. "Where did you lose it. my little men ?" " I drop ed it in Well sheet, alr.’ " Greet eevenel Are even children drawn into that great gambling meal-tron 7 Who. eiook did you drop ii in ?" ‘ H I dinnnnfl E. An..- . --|l___ A7, I ____ -vâ€"uvum l The number of leai-gatherers increases ' yearly. Parties are already forming to go E to the woods and parks and pick them. ' Gathering leaves is a pastime which i has its equivalent only in chestnut- ' hunts and picnics. The party carries lunch,and each members was with the other in finding the prettiest and largest number of leaves. The leaves are made into varicus unique objects for decorative purposes. Some of them are handsome ornaments, and are shaped into baskets. wall figures, and pasted in “leaf books." There is also a romance of lesves, as there is of flowers. founded upon imagination chiefly, but abundant in sentiment. The veins in a lest are divided by (our. end it in any ten leaves the number comes out the same it represents the number of beans the counter (it it be a young lady) will have during the winter. If the counter is a ‘young gentleman the figure represents the number of young girls hevwill call on. This test is also applied to engsgemente. but the number of veins is divided by eight. Leaves are also used largely to press. and Rite then placed in glass firemanâ€"Chicago em. The‘ Inauguration Ind lunar-em la the Bli- ol the Gently-lined Fell-go. Autumn leaves were robbed of much of their rich coloring by the sudden cold weather of a few days ago. The blast was not short duration, but leat-gatherers say that however brief a cold spell may be. it it comes at the particular period when the leaves are changing theit hue it afiects the color toa greater or less degree. Leaves are very tender and susceptible. The most delicate shadmgs of gold and brown are produced in years when the falls are late. Frost injures them it it comes before the period of transition has commenced. ML- __‘~L - ' ‘ ‘ Then I wrapped her cloak around her. raised her in my arms and bore her from the room, down the stairs to the door. The hour was not late; I soon. by the aid of a passer-by. summoned a cab, and in a very short time reached home. and laid her. mill ineeneihle, upon her bed. Whatever strange power she had posses- sed o! communioau'ng her thoughts to me. it ceased as soon as we Were outside that fatal house. Now and hereafter I could hold her hand, but no dream. vision or hallucin- ation followed the not. This is the one thing I cannot explainâ€" the myetery as which I hinted when I comâ€" menced my tale. I have related whee hap- pened; if my bare word in insumcientto win credence, I must be content on this poinno be disbelieved. Ever since that night I have wondered how I found the presence of mind to at there and repeatedly call up, by the aid 0! that senseless girl by my side, that phan- tasmagoria. It must have been the bum- ing desire to fathom the mysteries of that night. the wish to learn exactly what shock had disarranged my wife's intellect, the indignation that I felt at the cowardly murder. and the hope of bringing the crimi- nals to justice. which gave me strength to produce and reproduce that ecene until I was satisfied that I knew all that dumb show could tell me, until my heart emote me for letting Pauline lie so long in her pre_s_ent state. Who had etruek him '2 Without a doubt Maoari. who. as I sand. was standing near. eat to him. in the attitude of one expecting an attack. Hie hand might just have quit- ted the dagger hilt. Hm downward stroke had driven the blade no deeply into the heart that death and the blow were all but simultaneous. This was what Panlrne saw. what perhaps ehe was seeing now, and what. by eome strange power. ehe wa- ahle to show me as one ehows another a pie_tnrel , ,,__ -_.- ..n... u. qu uuunswuuu looking at their Victim. The appenranoe of the Intel named I studied very closely. Even with the agony of death on his hoe I oould see he was supremely handsome. Hie muet have been a face Hill“ women love to look upon. end even through the horror 0! ehe vision. e painful though! come to me u I wondered whee might have been hie role- tione with the girl who saw him suddenly eti-uok down. .--- -â€"râ€"..“- It wan Only when our hands were in con- tact that the scene came before me. This fact strengthened my theory. I felt then â€"-I feel now. it in the true one. \th reouliar mental or phyaiml organizstion can have brought about such an ethos 1 un unable to say. Uall it oatuleptio. clairvoy- nut. anything you will, but it was as I relate. THE SEASIDN FOB LEAVES. But lvon me 5 man uny duun thl ulna roam twice. (perhaps thus tunes. thoroia no roootd 0 his dreaming ilu clan us he willed. Yet Ihiu wan my hm. Again I took Pnulluo'n hnud. sud agnin. that. low momeuw wmuuu, I fall the same strange nonuuliou. and “W the “use uwlul right. Not once. um moo. hm nun times did this occur. uuul. anemia! u whn. u even I am now in auuh manure. I could only helluva that. in name mysterious Way I was actually gnaw“ on the very sight whloh had me! the girl's eyes when memory, perhaps mercilully. dud from her. and reason was left imputed. IAÂ¥ “hug the only pomus I know who won in my wAy oouuecssd wnh my poor wito. Ngughghom 1mg tho life like viuon. 3"hrlll‘e IIII \Vellllh \VQ-III. (To be continued.) mot