Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09

The Web
of DESTINY
BY J. U. GIESY 4 J. B. SMITH
Authogs Of Semi.Dual Stories
Copyright,
The Frank A. Munsey Co. !
The Frank A. Munsey Co.

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n you had to think quick" he re-
Sled, AN ! think YOU did the right
thing Smashed dishes always make
. bit OF tear up in feed store.
don't think the Jane got wise. was
sisnting that way. an she was still
talEin' TO Charlie. She slid CLEAN
our direction AN went right on talk
in. You an Sheldon cloaked This kid
.Metty well. an reckon she thought
we was just bunch OF .trippers
who'd tipped over our order
Anyway, III find that out. I'm
go.n back III an slip ny TO the next
.dpor. an lay doggo There's a back
stair u this place from here, an can
get 10 her whichever way she goes,
when she comes out. II amt Out in
i half hour let Miss Foote come up
.su il I'm there III spot her. II
,Ain't I've gone Out back on this danes
tran, an you can go back to the hotel
- or no, hold on - you go down in
front OF the telephone exchange on
Washington Street an stick around
until come Just drift around in
that section--see?
Il. We agreed and saw his stopped
figure shuttle back into the building
Then we turned and walked slowly
w the street, looking idly into the
windows OF the Shops and saying little
Or nothing Dual had taken place be-
side Re, n an Sheldon, aid that left
me with Luci =.
She nodded at Senii's b. *.
How does he do it," she wills.
psied. How did he know that We
would meet that woman in that placer
Why did he say We had gone too far.
and then say this was the placet
What told him.
His soul" said ].
Don't" she laughed shortly. put.
ting a hand on my arm. Il am like
Reich. So many OF Mr.. Dual's re-
marks have a.possiDle double mean
ing. Please, Mr.. Glace, don't you be-
gin 10 speak in riddles
I'm not, / protested Il mean
just that. II you don't like the word
soul. call ii the subjective self You
noticed Dual's expression while you
walked beside him this evening | saw
you study his face. Didn't you realize
that you Were walking beside man
IA "a ia,
the time asleep
"Mercitul Heavens" cried Miss
FOote DO you mean that he was
making his subjective mind lead him
to the place where that woman would
come"
Precisely, Miss Foote."
But how could his subjective mind
know"
Dual says that from the subliminal
self nothing is hidden"
| eensed that she trembed.
Are YOU cold?" | questioned, be-
cause the fog had thickened and drip.
ped from the awnings at times AZ We
passed.
For moment she made no answer,
then.
"No--unless it is my subjective self
that shiyered. The idea you expressed
made me feel oddly, that was ALL"
Again she laughed nervously.
DO you know, this whole affair is
having an odd effect on me, Mr.. Glace.
Some way ! feel as II We were all
moving in the midst OF such fog as
lies over the city tonight and that,
after all, MI Dual Was the only one
among Us who saw clearly where We
were going, All, little one"
She paused and glanced down at
bsady eyed baby which had toddled
across the pavement and thrown itself
against her. clasping her limb in its
pudgy arms and gazing up toward her
face,
She stopped and drew its pudgy
hands into hers and all the time it
never winked from It's stare. Back OF
il in the door OF shop d man sat
smoking pipe.
he looked ON and smiled slightly.
Lucille shook gravely one of the
little hands, as she glanced at the
man
"Howye do, baby? Your baby?"
she asked
The Chinaman nodded.
"Yeh," he replied Withdrawing the
stem OF his pipe and sinking in sort
,of sheepish friendliness OF manner.
Him wan be friendly say how
do. ALA time him do ale same that
way
Hs broke III aud sDoks In Chinese