Waiting For Her—A Mesmerist's Story.

once , 'You can do anything with me , I am poAverless in your hands ; you will kill me some day . ' ' '' Do impress him , then , for me . Haunt him , ' I said sternly . 'Let him think this of Milicent—she shall be mine , not 1

thine . ' '" Take my hand , press it hard , ' Kate ansAvered , ' and send your will Avith it . ' " I did so ; she remained quiet for a minute , and then half rose from the sofa on Avhich she Avas reclining , heaved a deep

sigh , and fell back , apparently utterly exhausted . "' Wake me , ' she said ; ' Avake me . I am in pain . ' . " I got up for a moment , sloAvly made the passes over her , ancl firmly replied , ' Be calm , and be refreshed . ' In a feAV minutes she recovered , but again begged me to aAvake her . '

" ' Did you affect him ? ' I ask . " < Yes . ' "' How ?' "' When you pressed my hand , I Avent to him , and I impressed him with your thought . ' " ' What did he do ?'

" ' He fell to the ground . ' "' What then ?' " 'I could see no further . " " I mused awhile . ' Kate , ' I said at ength , ' I AA'ant to talk to you . Sleep for an hour , ' I continued ; ' sleep , ancl be

refreshed . ' " I Avaved my hands slowly over her for a feAV minutes , until she sank into a slumber so profound as to startle the neophyte magnetist , but / kneAv that she Avould derive fresh vigour and support from so peaceful a slumber , and Avould be of more service to me in my schemes Avhen she recovered .

" Kate ' s Avas a dual existence noAV . I Avas sapping her very life ' s blood to attain my OAvn selfish end ; but what did I care for that ? I loved Milicent , and I had determined she should be mine . Circumstances had been against me of late . Mrs . Bertram , even before Milly was engaged

to Mr . Thornton , had discovered my secret , and had discouraged my visits to the house in consecptence . I had not yet got my certificates from the College of Surgeons , so was not in anything like a position to offer . "Iliad thought the Bertrams Avere

mercenary ; but it was clear they Avere not so , or they Avould not have alloAved their daughter to be engaged to so poor a man as this Mr . Thornton must be . If I could only drive him away—I did not Avish to do him harm—perhaps she might

get to like me . ' In love ancl war all politics are fair , ' I said to myself . I don ' t suppose it Avill harm him . What I had resolved to do you will soon learn , my clears . " In an hour exactly Kate aAvokethat

, is to say , she came out of the death-like trance in Avhich she was previously . I should tell you that when Kate Avas aAvake to self-consciousness she liked me , that Avas all . When she was under the influence of

my magnetic poiver she loved me—she Avas my slave . It is an awful power for one human being to have over another . Mesmerism , like other of God ' s good gifts , can be perverted to evil . "' Kate , ' I said , 'I want you to help me ; will you do so ?' "' Yes . '

"' Whatever I ask you to do ? "' Yes , ' she ansAvered sloAvly , almost soiTOAvfuliy , ' Avhatever you command , I must obey . ' "' Then I wish to marry Milicent . ' "' Do you ? ' she murmured , Avith a sigh . "' Yesand you can help me win her ,

, by removing all obstacles from my path . Look for the clergyman . Do you see him ?' " After a long while she muttered painfully , ' No ; I cannot find him . ' " I touched her with the rod of steel .

She bounded as if a flame of fire had darted through her , and then replied faintly , ' 1 see him . ' "' Where ? 'I ask . "' In the house ; he is reclining on the sofaand they are all round him . '

, " ' What is he saying ?' "' He is telling them that he had a horrid dream , that ivas all ; that some one came behind him , ancl pressed his hand so painfully that he turned round , but no one Avas there , ancl he heard Avords like this—¦

Milicent , she shall be mine , not thine , ' "I smiled at this triumphantly , and then I formed a resolution . ' Kate , you can Avake now , ' I said , ancl she aAvoke . " I resolved then in my own mind that I would haunt him . ( To be continued . )