Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-30

presently sDe opened her evex
smiled deprecatjngly at him ane
Thank you very mucb.- an.
IF you will summon a taxicr,, ~
assist me to the entrance I ss.,, 10
very grateful am sorry to trars,.
you. but ''s
MY own car is at the doo-,.
gested Malcolm. If you Will ,st
drive you home 1t VIII save de,sxs V
THANK You. You are very kiss
live just around the corner In ri-s.-
fourth street. Alb" She winced 80
pain as she endeavored to walk
After that she took Malcolm. ~.
fered arm. and just as they ,urr.,
away the young man looked baekus-s
Through the window be saw the -
moon. and his glance also took IN f.
picture of the sphinx and the cirt i
side him.
His heart leaped suddenly so thar /.
started violently.
What has happened?- asked n.
girl quickly.
Nothing that matters now he s.,a
as he assisted her in her slow prov,..s
through the rooms.
In spite of his calm demesnor n,,.
Malcolm's everyday self assurance
was staggered by the recollection !,
the gypsy's prophecy and the coiurl
dence Of meeting this beautiful s,r.s
ger actually in the shadow of the pc.
tured face of the silent one. the spbnr
In ten minutes Dale was assistin-
Vera Lane up the front steps Of n.
handsome house where she lived ana
giving her into the care of a very "a
licitous butler.
After that things fell very Cat for
Dale. He dined at his club after
run out TO the gypsy camp. only to End
that it had vanished from the gro,s
of chestnut trees. He went to a tbes.
ter In the evening, but the play had 10
meaning for him. Always he saw tie
lovely face of Vera Lane. and con.
stantIy he heard the prophetic voice .,
the gypsy fortune teller:
Il see the moonlight falling on III.
wise countenance of the silent one
In the shadow of the mysterious face
she will come. You will go to strange
lands together and be happy. Remeu
Der the mysterious face"
Over and over again the words sang
themselves through his brain unit
when he went to bed he fell asleep to
dream of standing in the shadow Of
the sphinx on the Gizeh plain and be-
side him was Vera Lane Now she
was his bride. and they were on their
honeymoon. visiting strange LANDS
even as the gypsy had foretold
Dale awoke suddenly and sat up In
bed.
''I'll make that dream come trueF' be
said grimly, and SO, turning over. be
sank into dreamless sleep.
The next day he called to inquire
Miss Lanes injury, and
receiving word that she was much BET
ter. he was obliged to content himself
with that. There was nothing more
be could do now save to find some mu-
tual acquaintance who would effect
the introduction that would, be nov
believed, open the gates of paradise 70
him.
He dreamed of Vera Lane by day
and night, and his business friends
clapped him on the shoulder and tod
him to take rest. He certainly need
I'd it. Well, if he wouldn't take sound
advice it meant a sanitarium and the
rest cure for him!
To all of which Dale listened re-
spectfuIly and then went on dream
ng.
His pyoraap friands .oonfaSeod them
selves bored to extinction when Dale
made what he considered cleyerly nor
'ommittal inquiries concerning Vera
Lane. At last he dropped in at tea.
or which functions he bad deadly
and the first person he saw
vas Vera Lane talking to her hostess
rhe girl moved away as he approached
Mrs. Fletcher smiled wickedly at
Inn.
81 simply asked you so that ycn
ould meet Miss Lane" she whispers
I've heard all about it from Agatha
The says you've bothered her to dean
or an introduction to girl she naha
Y knows. But now, young man. !
ope you're satisfied"
Because of your goodness III tel
GU the reason why" said Dale CRAZE
ully, and he related his incident WIN
he gypsy fortune teller.
Mrs. Fletcher was delighted wild ips
nge of romance In Dale's story
resently she led him to the eoIsr.
here Vera Lane was drinking tea az
hating with gronp OF women an1
little later Dale was listening 70 "
xeet voice as she thanked nm ~
Is assistance on that October esen"s n
hen she had sprained her ankle
1t is a fact that when spring ca's 4
ale Malcolm turned over the eAess
We department of the business @ y
lrtner ard set forth on JoufaH
'ound the world He did mol
one He had made his dream evr
ne. and finally he stood on the p'a1
Gizeh. looking up at the siien. -
I'd beside him was his byide,
hom he had met in the SHADOW
e inscrutnble face, even as the s'pF
ID predicted.