Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-10-29


ton of Providence in my favor. 1t
promised me time, which was my chief
desire. To forget Anna Lamoine, or at
least decide whether should forget or
pursue her, was the immediate need,
and meanwhile I must avoid meeting
Sibyl. l was afraid of recognizing her,
afraid of being hopelessly prejudiced
against her.
1t seemed most likely, indeed nearly
certain, that she was In Chicago visit
Ing some friend and preparing sur
prise for me- s With this idea in nv
I mind I dared not goganyYhere, and a
sudden fortunate descent Of great heat
upon the city gave me an excuse for
restricting my movements.
You're looking, a little under the
weather. said my, father on the even,
ing Of the second day. why. don't
you go out Of town for a few days?"
protested that did not wish to
leave him alone. but he would not hear
Of my remaining upon his account.
He was perfect salamander; not even
his collars ever suffered from the eff
fects of the heat. and he must stay in
town for certain matters Of business.
run across to ST, Jo," said he.
"You used to like that region"
~ It had been upon my mind to go
there, and as he approved took pas
sage across the lake next morning.
had friends in st. 10, but was in no
mood to see them. Solitude was my
desire. AS was the case with Hamlet,
man delighted not me, and woman far
less. Every girl that looked at me
was Sibyl in disguise, and in this proc
ess of interminably mistaking stran-
gers lost the last vestige of my men,
ory Of her.
This result was assisted by some
thing which had thought would work
the other way. Between the leaves Of
a book in the library at home l had
found a faded proof of photograph
which must be Sibyl's. The pose was
unusual, for it permitted little of the
face to be seen, only the curvefof the
cheek and faint suggestion OF a nose.
There were a hat and a mass of hair
which might have been red, black or
yellow for all that the print revealed,
but the lady's ear was quite distinct
and very pretty. Il had q suspicion
that the camera might have been
pointed al. HpartieularN. -
The photograph was QUITE recent, as
judged by the appearance of the
paper, but it had been exposed to
strong light. l had preserved it care
fully for use In case of doubt. II
seemed to me that should isdfely
recognize that ear, and vet / suspected
three ears on the steamer and IA sdozeEl
on the streets of ST. DO within tive
hours after landing.
| had decided to stay a day or two
ain aquists bnardf1g afeusea Nhsre lshad
Lived for a. week half q dozen years be,
=. fore. 1t was, on an, unpretentions streei
whiohs seemed to haxet changed less
% than most other parts of the city. One
{ of the suspected ears preceded me5alons
this street and, to my SURPRISE and
& might almost say alarm, entered thai
B very house where l designed to stop
4 AS for the owner of the ear, | had 5
Y better view OF her AFTER dinner wheI
B she sat on the veianda with sonle0 9th
! er young people who lived in the house
l learned that she was Miss Jones. {
recent arrival and somewhat of a mys
tery-a fascinating mystery, for 'sh
was surely one of the prettiest girl
that ever walked this earth.
The first clear view of her set al
my suspicious at rest. Sibyl would b
: no beauty, granting her the best tina
time can do for q Agrowing girl Tn
Resemblance between them must Ger
4 tainly be limited to the ears, and there
: ifI might Judge from the Photographic
print, it really was surprising. | stud
led the ear with considerable interes
in the light of an electric lamp tina
stood before the house.
Some one introduced me 10 Mis-
Jones in a manner quite unconventior
al, and we had a few minutes CONVEX
sation She seemed cultivated Won
an, with the easy manner that comes
{ birth and breeding. yet I judged tina
her mind was not at ueace, and tn