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THE COUNTESS MAKES HERSELF FELT.
There is a peculiar reptile whose stroke is said to deprive men of motion.

On the day after the great Mel had stalked the dinner-table of Beckley Court, several of the guests were sensible of the effect of this creature's mysterious touch, without knowing what it was that paralyzed them.

Drummond Forth had fully planned to go to Lymport.

He had special reasons for making investigations with regard to the great Mel.