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His face grew reflective, al you out of the world in which you now suffer I wish--" He paused, checked by the thought of Clarke's clairandfather must consent to my release; he rules us all"

This delusion rose like a stone wall at the end of every avenue, and Morton turned to a personal explanation "I cannot associate what you seem to me nohat you hen I last saw you What would you have said had I seized you the other day--snatched you from the stairs and ran--"

Her eyes opened wide "The stairs?"

"Had you no knowledge of following your mother down the stairway after our interview?"

"I kneas entranced, but I didn't know--What did I do?" She asked this anxiously

"Nothing" He hastened again to change the current "We were in hot argument You came down as peace- you there like a captive"

"I don't remember a word of it I came to myself in my own room, and only ain "Oh, Dr Serviss, I was resigned yesterday, but to-night I aer to show their power, to confound you and convert Dr Weiss for you to-night if you will let them"

"The best thing 'they' could do for me would be to let you sit and talk to me," he replied in the voice of a lover

She see They are here--listen!"

As he listened a series of throbbing raps seemed to come from the chair beneath her hand

"Very well, ill sit" As he said this three heavy, rending, low thuds sounded on the under side of the table

"That is grandfather," she said "He wants you to be very rigid, and so do I," she said "Sos et all mixed in my mind I want you to study me" She passed her hand wearily over her face, and Morton looked at her in sorrow,a firm, decisive assault on her hallucination, but checked himself "If I am to help you, Irandfather, but that's because you don't realize his power Let me tell you what happened to me once, when I tried to run away from hiet away fro--" She paused abruptly and pressed both hands to her burning cheeks "Oh, it was horrible! My grandfather threw ht I was drunk--" She shuddered with the memory of it, and could not finish "Since then I have never dared to really oppose him"