. Focus. d it in the inner recess of hisstronghold. Then did he proceed to poison the minds of mytrue subjects against me. It was hard at first, but his mindwas strong, and thus you see, my enemy gradually gained afoothold—to-day he is King of Selisia. THE FOCUS 139 The stranger stopped speaking- and we sat quiet for a while,then Hilliard asked, But why do you not return to yourmaterial body, inhabit it once again with your soul, and, bymental telepathy, bring back the minds and hearts of yoursubjects to you again? I thought of that, said his majesty, but so did my foe,and he took strong measu
. Focus. d it in the inner recess of hisstronghold. Then did he proceed to poison the minds of mytrue subjects against me. It was hard at first, but his mindwas strong, and thus you see, my enemy gradually gained afoothold—to-day he is King of Selisia. THE FOCUS 139 The stranger stopped speaking- and we sat quiet for a while,then Hilliard asked, But why do you not return to yourmaterial body, inhabit it once again with your soul, and, bymental telepathy, bring back the minds and hearts of yoursubjects to you again? I thought of that, said his majesty, but so did my foe,and he took strong measures to prevent its ever happening. What did he do ? asked Gray. The gentleman from Selisia smiled bitterly. He incasedmy body in his suit of thought-proof armor, and even if Icould reenter my body, my efforts would be futile, for therecould be no mental telepathy. So, you see, he added, bitterly, as he drifted away, Iam doomed to wander forever in infinite space—a lost soul. Anne B. Conway, Argus, 140 THE FOCUS Cfje Potoer of a ^ong s^ gy 1^ D i AKKNESS had fallen on the old Southerntown of Liberty on that eventful night in1863, and still the lonely Federal sentinelkept his solemn watch. The streets weredark and gloomy, not a soul was stirring,not a light could be seen save in the Fed-eral camp. The dead-white snow covered the ground andlent solemnity to the quiet scene. But suddenly, in the distance, there broke upon the still-ness of the night the sound of tramping feet; and then, beforethe astonished eyes of the Federals, the whole town wasflooded with light. Every house in the streets was brilliantlylighted; for this town was the home of Southern people andthe Confederate soldiers were coming! The officer in command of the Union army rushed to thefirst house on the square to order that the lights be ex-tinguished. But, as he stood on the porch, he stepped backin surprise, for through the open door of the parlor he sawa young girl dressed in white, with white roses
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