Werwolves

with the doctrine of the transmigration of souls. A brief examination of the la

soul after death into another mortal form. Lycanthropy confines itself to the

elative to a property, entirely independent of evolution. The one is wholly determined by man's spiritual state at the time of his physical dissolution; the othe

werwolf, at the latter's physical dissolution, remains earthbound in the form of a lupine phantasm. So that although there is nothing to associate lycanthropy with metempsychosis, there is, at all

no, jaded with the wear and tear of life in a big city, the calm and quiet of the country-side was most refreshing, and they heaved great sighs of contentment as they leaned far back amid the luxurious upholstery of the carriage, and drew in deep breaths of the smokeless, pure, scented air. Their surroundings modelled their thoughts. Instead of discussing monetary matters, which had so long been uppermost in their minds, they discoursed on the wonderful economy of happiness in a world full of toil and struggle; the fewer the joys, they argued, the higher the enjoyment, till the last and highest joy of all, true peace of mind, i.e., content, was the one joy found to contain every other joy. Occasionally they paused to remark on the brilliant lustre of the stars, and, not infrequently, alluded to the Creator's graciousness in allowing them to behold such beauty. Occasionally, too, they wo

hing the side of the droshky with both hands to

n their handbag, which gave an ominous squish. "I declare there-there-will be-nothing left of me-by

In another moment this, too, would undoubtedly have disappeared, and the lower extremities would have gone in pursuit of the upper, had not Anno with admirable p

he was going, and finally they began to abuse one another. Anno abused Stanislaus, because he had disarranged her hat and hair, and Stanislaus, Anno, because he couldn't hear all she said, and because what he did hear was silly. Then the Stygian darkness of the great pines grew; and the silence of wonder fell on the two quarrellers. On, on, on rolled the droshky, a monotonous rumble, rumble, that sounded

lithe, with an unusually long stride. They may-and he casts a shuddering look over his shoulder as the thought strikes him-they may be nothing human-they may be the patter of a wolf! A huge, gaunt, hungry wolf! an abnormally big wolf! a wolf with a gallop like that of a horse! The driver was new to these parts; he had but lately come from the Baron's establishment in St. Petersburg. He had never been in this wood after dark, and he had never seen a wolf save in the Zoological Gardens. The atmosphere now began to sharpen. From being merely cold it became positively icy, and muttering, "I never felt anything like this in St. Petersburg," the driver shrank into the depths of his furs, and tried to settle himself more comfortably in his seat. The horses, too, four in number, were stran

ened from their slumbers by the unusual behav

hat's that?" the

rieked Anno, digging the sh

the reply, and on flew the d

horror-loving nurses-were actually close at hand! Supposing the brutes caught them, who would be eaten first? Anno, Stanislaus, or the driver? Would they devour them with their clothes on? If not, how would they get them off? Then, filled with morbid curiosity, they strained their ears and listened. Again-this time nearer, muc

round and poking the coachman in the ribs with

he wind as it is. They can't go quicker." And the driver, consigning Stanislaus a

ward as it ran. It covered the ground with long, easy, swinging strides, without any apparent effort. In general form its body was like that of a man, saving that the limbs were longer and covered with short hair, and the feet and hands, besides being larger as a whole, had

at was peculiar to the forest itself, something generated by the giant trees and dark, silent road? In their sublime terror they sh

ss of its eyes and in the flashing of its long bared teeth. The climax of their agony, they argued, could no longer be postponed

twitching fingers would catch them by the throats, when the droshky with a mad swirl forward cleared the fore

we you a profound apology. I ought to have told my man to choose any other road rather than that through the forest, which is well k