s would certainly be assembled at the Tarnowskys' house, so I should find my parents and my little Tioka there too. The image of the living child soon displaced the tragic memory of the dead

wl. "I have been watching you for some time," he said. "Heartles

i did not reply. But in the depths of my heart

d my baby's cradle; thus, while others mourned with prayers and tears in the gloomy death-chamber, I ran across the sun-filled garden holding my i

red my life. Little Peter had shown hi

the dread Intruder nev

and clutched some one belonging to me. Generally it was with a swift gesture-a fell d

s way through my veins. The heavy snake of Grief will coil round my heart and crush me in its spirals. Insanity will glide into my brain and nest there. Then-last but not least horrible-the little glass viper, the syringe of Pravaz, whose fang is a hollow needle, will draw me into the thraldom of its virulent grip. It will spurt its venom into my blood. The bland balm of coca, the milky juice of the poppy, will flo