tion with the movement he had
instituted toward the regeneration of mankind, or bid me good-bye
forever. He chose the latter course, although I know that his heart was
fairly bursting with grief when I left him.

"'Now, that it is too late, I can fully appreciate what a grand, noble
fellow he was. I offered him a million dollars to forsake the cause he
had pledged himself to uphold. Think of it, one million dollars! A sum
of money for which most civilized men would gladly sell their eternal
souls. But John Convert, a believer in Natural Law, could not be bought
at any price, and even though I offered him my hand in marriage, an
offering which many Crown Princes of Europe have repeatedly begged for,
still he would not recede from the grand purpose he had undertaken.

"'Well, we parted, and the next morning I boarded a steamer bound for
Europe. But I was wretched and unhappy, and felt that life was a burden
to me. I was unable to drive the image of John Convert out of my mind,
and as I stood upon the deck of the steamer, as it passed along the
river leading to the ocean. I looked back toward New York, and fancied I
could see poor John standing alone, and forlorn, upon one of the docks,
with his arms outstretched, sadly imploring me to return, and with a
feeling of remorse I started for my stateroom to lie down and have a
good cry.

"'As I hurried along the dark passageway leading to my room, I was
almost startled out of my senses by coming face to face with the very
man I thought I had left behind, John Convert. He appeared to be even
more startled than myself, and, stepping backward a few paces, he fairly
trembled, as he hoarsely exclaimed: 'My God, Arletta, is that really
you?' At these words I became frightened, and as the faint rays of light
from a distant port-hole fell squarely upon his face, I observed a wild,
peculiar stare in his eyes, and noticed that his whole countenance was
overcast by a most villainous expression. At that moment, I remembered
the doctor's warning words, that he might change personalities at any
time that he was subjected to severe mental excitement, and I now
recognized in the man standing before me the same character I had met in
Paris. Just as quickly as love had taken possession of my feelings for
John Convert in the hospital, just that suddenly did it depart when I
saw this detestable looking creature in front of me. In an instant he
became loathsome to my sight, and without waiting fo