The Soul of Pierre

"Marie, I bequeath you my life and soul." With these words the artist Waldimir crowned his devotion to the invalid model whom he loved so dearly that, at the bidding of the crystal gazer, he took poison and freed the spirit which would enter Marie's ailing body and renew her health. From that hour Marie grew stronger. Doctor Davidoff, the eminent scientist who had pronounced her case hopeless, was amazed. He told of the remarkable cure to Pierre Loriot, the artist, whose bosom friend. Jacques De Vignes. was a victim of failing health. Pierre had come to that point in life where the will to live is enfeebled. Clemence Villa, the actress renowned as a heartbreaker, had made him riotously happy for a few months until he discovered her baseness. Then, wishing to die, he sought justification for suicide in the desire to benefit his friend. He little thought that Juliette, Jacques' sister, loved him hopelessly. Scouting Waldimir's example, he threw himself into the sea