The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-18

too III defined Tor any shape hut enough to set
him a'tbinkins He had n bad quarter of an hour.
GU sec, while be wdS transparent he was OF course
safe But the moment he became partly dscernlbc
there was danger He would fghteu people to death
If his Iacc aud hands appeared trausluccutly-aud IL
he went without clothes the problem WAS more
parrassluS. There were only two solutions possible
TO hls dilemma. Either he must quilt eating or take
another bath In the Gray
The building where he had his studio however waS
locked and 1t was impossible FOR him get Ia until
Monday morning, FnsScvant therefore. went with
out lunch and dinner 1t wasn't 50 bad. according to
the account lie lived. speak, his nerves But
he was bit worried He spent that night in tho hay
loit of barn little out OF covered with horse
blankets. On Monday morning hc found that hc
almost as transparent He argued that either
the food he had absorbed had become modified OF else
In the assimilation its fine distribution wasn't notice
able. When he got 10 hi; studio he found that the
carbcn had been completely burned out There was
no longer any chance for the violet light of Jhe
"Qray" To re-dissolve him The question
how much he could cat with snfcty This was soon
settled.
1t was something Ike thls-If YOU soak a spone-
you add few drops of ink and the water
Will dilute 1t that the color wont be noticed But
If the water itself gradually darkcr-whch
Just what PaSSeyant began to do-any foreign Gle
mcnt is effective. 1t became evident that, quite
apart from any food being taken. Passevant's body
gradually losing It's transparency. The Gray
had had only temporary effect.
In order to prooug his respite from discovery
Passcyant stopped eating altogether and his suffer
lngS on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were
and painful. He roamed the streets as
soon dusk fell and tried 10 drown his torturcs In
adventure. In the daytime he had TO keep under
BY this time there much talk about
him at his boarding house he didn't dare go there
Still. he did go there. we've seen, on Wednesday
night IN order to get some money he had left under
the mattress But it gone. lie acknowl-
edges that he owed his landIady twenty-eght dollars
This couldn't go indefinitely. AZ the barn where
he had been sleeping the dog had left the lrst day
bowling. with his tail between his legs. But he had
kept up the bowling since, staying at the foot
Of the garden. watching for him Several times the
had gone through the loft with a ptchfork,
evidently looking for cats something
PaSsevant decided that he would have to tnke
into his confidence ana obtain place of refuge
where he could lie hidden till be had become normal
again
This YOU see, brings down 10 Thursday evening,
when 1t grew dark. he visited his friend
Briggs He had had several minor accidents, owing
to his being not only transparent, but
sighted, and just before he reached Briggs he was
struck the forehead by long iron pipe carried by
workman IL cut him badly. and the wound blcd
profuScy, as he knew by the trcklnG into his eyes,
for. of course the blood didn't show. He picked up
piece Of brown paper something and pasted it
on the cash to stop the bleeding he further explains
the robe" by saying that not Wishing to appear
naked before Briggs. he took tGblccloth from the
hall and wrapped 1t about him
Well. we've how Briggs funked t DciChton
was PnSsevHnts next thought. He said he did think
of me- but was afraid I'd laugh at him. Well / would
have laughed DeGhton hHd studied medicine and
might be able to give some help At least he'd be in
terestcd, so he went Briggs telephone and rang
up Delghton and afterward. rs we've seen, appeared
ar Doighton's house.
So far so good. Why didn't he stay comfortably
with Delghton and live it down? Or, might sax
live 1t Off Dclghton received him cordially enouch
fed him honey, both agreeing that translucent
food would keep him invisible longer, Dcgbton OF
course, wanting TO study the case for while. Passc-
want was now quite willing stay transparent for
whie why! The reason Deishton gives to
bit farfetched
It was the girl with the reddish hair. Passevunt
had heen smitten by her and when he discovered
his own plight he naturally wondered what had he
come "t MISS Rowe. who also had been under the
effect OF the Gray. When you begin to think of her
Tor her He wanted TO help somehow i cam
imagine. though. what he could have done But it
was, In way, his fault he held himself re-.
SponSible He had gone several times to the house in
Milbank street. and. although didn't confess This
think he had tried to enter the place. It's pretty
hard TO dodge in between the opening and closing of
a door without being hit
foun wonder how Passevant expected to find her
especially as he didn't dare wear his glasses IL WoS
simple. Yet charming. Miss Rowe he had noticed
when he posed her, had two gold teetb-molars This
wns Ills only cew But those gold teeth not being
organic, would be unaffected by the Oray and his
taSI during bis vigil ut the door Of No So MTlbank
street was 10 watch for couple OF gold moars
uaiitlne ,nroueh the air often think of that poor
nuheu snNering nearSishted man standing on the
cold doorstePs hour after hour watching for two gold
teeth " eN
On Tuesday afternoon he did see the door oman apd
Two yellow dots come toward him In the air rbev
zigzaggcd down to the street and drlftcd toward
hi9I avenue Fassevaut couldn't catch them What
might have happened il he had don't oare To ca ntos
IT u.s. ueiIGate matter for the Imagination TO settle
But happily OF unhappiy, he lost sight OF them He
pcSuh 10 run after the two teeth crying Miss Rov.I
MISS Rover and at this they suddenly disapncero,I
pue muS FANCY her alarm, poor girl On Wednesday
ue tnousht be saw vague misty female form ascend
tne steps But he wasn't sure Really of ali tbe
mysterious questions this whole affair suggests tbr
most uHordng to me Is What became Of Miss Rowe
but must complete the evidence with respoct In
PaSsevant. 0SPeSe :"
1t seems he had not yet given up hope Of rcscun,,
tue SrI or 1T least OF helping her in some wav Sc
any rate he was smtten, and would naturally he In
terested III discovering her whereabouts | say vr,
natural but don't admit IL quite gallant seem,
mat III adj probability, Miss Rowe was ike himself
becoming translucent But In point OF fnct he did
cos 10 DeiSnton insist upon going once more TO
Ine Muipahk street house in OF her IL was s
~ speak, us ast chance There was a possibility he
considered, that Miss Rowe, with II heavy veil and
gloves might be still able To get about unnotieed U
wanted 10 see her aud find what had hnppcned I
suppose FasScyant left DeShton's house at abour
ten o'clock saying he'd surely be back by midnight
Nell' thats Deghtons story brief What Tynu
thln6 OF hE Dcigbtons theory Of what bnpDencd
uor PAsScvant never seen lV any of
us nS'Ln) Is that PaSscyanL while crossing the stree.
In front OF my house, being nearsgbt and bsrorr
ed, WIS struck and rum over by the Hutchleys uutn.
mobile and probably Killed injured So n,t he di.I
later after having cruwled away somewhere Eur