Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-12-03

disaster weighed more and more
heavily upon her mind as the day
aged. More and more strongly she
felt herself incapable OF coping with
the routine duties OF its course. She
went to and fro like an automatcn
aware OF one thing only: that danger
Of some sort threatened Leonora. that
she was powerless 10 avert It-who
could not even name 1t.
what otherwise had held place OF
first importance n her consideration,
her encounter with Harry Chilvers OF
the day before and her appointment
to meet him at the Plaza today for
tea, was displaced. relegated TO
status of least consequence, then for
gotten altogether.
At four o'clock, indeed. she was
pacing up and down the waiting room
of Or. Philip FOsdlck, digging nails
into her palms and teeth into her un.
derlip in the endeavor to keep from
giving away to hysteria.
One glance at her face of suffering,
one look into those eyes OF pltlful APP
peal-Fosdlck drew her into his con-
sultation room. There she collapsed
utterly. going with childlike trust into
his arms. hiding her face in his shout
der. shaken by that tempest of emo
/ ton against which her last. slight
guard had been beaten down upon his
arrival.
She told her story eagerly. but In
I III. u.
| long to follow any one train OF
/ thought because. invariably when she
! seemed on the very verge of losing
| herself In the interest OF narration,
/ chill breath of fear would numb her
confidence. her eyes would film with
daze, her voice break In the middle OF
sentence her relaxing grasp on Fos-
dicks hand tighten convulsively. her
4 thoughts falter into momentary in
conference.
! Again and again he needed TO exert
himself TO the utmost I'm order TO re-
store the mean balance of her self
command. Only the tenderness and
solicitude of the lover allied with the
knowledge, the patience, the compass
sion Of the physician served.
But what am | to do2" she de-
manded In calmer phase. II tell
you, Philip. can't stand 1t; | can't go
on like this knowing she's In deadly
peril, not knowing what TO do, know
ing she needs me. not knowing how to
get to her, TO help her IL isn't
Imagination. Phlip-it's so. know
it's so, that she's in danger. threat
ened. afraid; something In me knows
and shares her sufferings ana won't
can't be still Philip. won't
you help mer
His head described a slow sign Of
regret. I'm doing my best, Priscilla"
81 mean, hypnotism-"
mo"
"You must, Philip. you must! I'm
not afraid of being hypnotized by you.
You've explained everything so clear
ly. ! know it's nothing but the utiliZa-
ton of natural means to remove the
barrier between the two states OF con
seriousness, so that the imprisoned sub
conscious can find expression. Philip,
you won't refuse me this once? You
see what this thing is doing TO me, you
know I'll go mad If don't fnd re-
lief"
He gave a gesture Of surrender, and
got up from his chair.
GAS you will" he said. perhaps,
after all, NOu know best"
He arranged pillows at the head of
couch. Lie down here-rest-re-
lax. Remember that, as you've just
declared. you've got nothing to fear
from the hypnotic trance, something
as natural as sleep-even more nat
ural, If what believe of II is true"
I'm not in the least afraid"
With readiness and docllity which
he thought touching, she suffered Fos-
dick TO make her comfortable upon
the couch. He was insistent upon an
attitude Of complete relaxation
supine, the head barely elevated by a
thin down pillow, the ankles together
but not crossed, the hands open AT
either side. Further, he babe her
loosen her locked teeth, so that they
no longer touched. And drawing a
chair close to the head of the couch
he sat down and with his own hands
smoothed out the strained, contracted
muscles round her eyes and mouth
and brows.
His touch, his tone, his presence
were all soothing. Already she was
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