Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-12
Ill. PHILIP EospIck.


About three in the morning. finding
she could not sleep, she slipped into a
dressing gown, and went to her desk,
where for two hours she wrote stead
lily, setting forth in minute detail, us
memory served, every item, incident
and circumstance of her dream. Thus
she found temporary distraction and
ease of mind. Unaware of WEAKNESS
till she had written the last word, i'm
mediately that was penned she found
herself heavy with drowsiness so
urgent 1t. would hardly wait for her
head to find its pillow.
Toward noon she awoke and rang
for her maid. A pleasant languor
tempted to Incidence. She adored
breakfasting In bed, and did so today
with relish somehow sharpened by
a mischievous sense of playing truant.
of cheating lifes inordinate demands.
Recollection of the dream required
tardily and sluggishly. like the images
that reluctantly take shape on an I'M
derexpOsed Photographic film. and
when sharpest and most definite
seemed pale and unimportant in that
warm food of sunlight which bathed
her bed chamber, as little worthy of
consideration as a wrath Of nightmare.
But 1t served to pique her curiosity
and, when she had bathed, she took
back to bed what she had written in
the night and read 1t with care and,
r1 hn nIn
suscltatlon of those emotions which
she had known during the dream itself
as well as after waking up. In the
end she was aware of an imperative
need for enlightenment. The thing
had grown too serious, was figuring
too largely in her life; II its influence
was not to prove altogether Ill, she
must have comprehension Of Its nature
to give her heart courage.
In all the world she knew but one
person in whom she could conceive II
possible to repOse suclNconfdences :,
She took the telephone from the
bedside stand.
Merely TO hear that low-pitched
agreeable voice with its ineradicable
tinge of humor was comforting. Her
clouded countenance was lighted up by
"A smile of gratitude-and of affection
too.
philip, dear! Do you know haven't
seen you for agesY
That's brazen plague, Priscilla. It's
your own fault; you will insist on
drenching the springtime of your life
with turpentine and varnish, overlook
ing the most important things entire
/ ly."
"What do you consider the most i'm
portant thing in life? YOURSELF"
mo; you. And next to you, letting
me make love to you"
But, Philip, you do it SO poorly
/ you're so professional; you transfix me
with the penetrating eye Of diagnosis
and prescribe: Love me for all the
world as If love were bread pills oil
distilled water in bottle labeled
Shake well before uslngr And really
don't feel run down enough
Il see, You want love slipped ovel
on you like brlbing the cook t
put philtre in your coffee"
She laughed delightedly. That's 1t
Philip! Subtlety does IT,"
Thanks for the tip. I'm making {
note of it. So don't be surprised If yor
wake up one fine morning and fine
yourself madly in love with me-"
81 won't be; and wouldn't ever
mind"
priscilla !"
"But I'm not now. SO don't los,
your head"
Why not, when my heart-r'
please / called up to ask yer!
serious question"
shoot"
WHATS a psycho-analyst, Philip"
well, Pm One-a cross between
quack and confidence man."
~ know; but what do you do whel
you're duly functioning as such?"
You mean, how do / make a lly
lngT
"No-only what do you do to max
people pay fat fees"
why, | pry inru their souls, II the
happen TO have any, and ferret out a