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II Aunt Esther only GUESSED how in,
finitely more dreadful that other life
which Priscilla knew Ia dreams .
But no one guessed. mstincfiye reti-
cenee, jealousy of her privacy. reluc-
lance to be thought different and fear
OF having her sanity questioned as she
herself too often Questioned 1t. had
guarded the girls secret and kept 1t
inyiolate.
She had long since made up her
mind she must never marry while this
dream life continued to exert its oc-
cult influence upon her. To risk trans
hitting to her children mental faint
or lesion was unthinkable.
Now of a sudden she remembered
the man Mario Cor was he merely Il
shndow9 and in a poignant turn of
"reminiscences recalled his luminous aud
compelling eyes. the potent magnetism
OF his presence. and felt anew the pres
sure of his lips on hers.
On hers? Or Leonora's7
She criuged low In the corner Of the
seat as If fearful lest curious eyes de
tect the waves of color that burned her
cheeks. For in the memory of that kiss
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-24
BIRTH of the
NEW YEAR
People of New Zealand First
to Give 1t Greeting

HNtiE birth OF the new year. as
we are well aware, Is variously
celebrated. but how many
people know of the manner in which
the momentous date Is set7 DO you
realize that the new year is really
hours old before the great bulk of the
civilized world is able to celebrate its
arrival?
Priority Ia rejoicing over the event
is actually given to the untutored in
habitants of the islands of the South
Pacific. The first Of the civilized world
TO greet 1921 was the people Of the far
away New Zealand. Sweeping vest
ward. the change Of date crossed Asia
and then the old world OF Europe and
Africa before starting over the Attain
tic to America. Onward 1t sped at the
rate Of a thousand miles an hour until
the first day Of the new year died away
In the middle of the Pacific.
In the United States the idea Of an
nouncing broadcast over the land the
. birth Of the new year originated with
the officers In charge Of The naval OBJ
servatory in Washington. About 10
years ago It was suggested that the
telegraph companies dispatch at mid
night from Washington series Of sig
mails proclaiming the exact moment OF
the new years beginning. The Idea
YVES taken up and signals we're sent
out at midnight and at one, two and
three O'Clock in the morning follow
Ing IN order that each great time d.
vision Of the United States should re-
ceiye IT'S own appropriate midnight
signals from the capital.
The practice has now become fixed.
The signals used are akin 70 those sent
out each midday. These begin five
Minutes before tlie midnight hour by
way Of warning, and cover each second
OF the clock except the rwenty-ninth,
the last FIVE Of each Of the FIRST four
minutes, and the last ten OF the final
minute. After t&is last long break
there is a single prolonged contact, the
beginning Of which announces the ex-
act instant Of arrival Of the new year.
Since the beginning Of this service
other telegraph and most Of the cable
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complain at the summons which calls a
defeated soldier from the field; de-
feated aye If he we're Paul or Mar
Gus AureliuS hut II there is still one
inch OF fight In his old spirit unds-
honored. The faith which sustained
him in his lifelong discouragement will
scarce even be required in this last
forms'ity Of laying down his arms.
Give him march with his old bones
there, out of the glorious sun-colorea
earth, out of the day and the dust and
the ecstasy = there goes another
Faithful Failure
81 shall you front. cear-eyed and
smiling. the stress. the shining. OF the
brave New Year.--Stevenson.
Time is but a stream GO a-tishing
I'm. drink at It; but while | drink
see the sandy bottom and detect how
shallow II is. Its thin current slides
away. but eternity remains. would
drink deeper, fish In the sky. whose
bottom is pebbly with tars.-Thoreau.
What Is time? The shadow on the
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dag and all day long we have trans
crossed the law of kindness-lt may
seem a paradox. bur in tie bitterness
of these discoveries a certain consola-
tion resides. Life IS nor designed 70
minister TO mans vanity. He goes
upon his tong business most of the
time with a hanging head and all the
time like a blind child. Full of re-
wards and pleasures as Il is--so that
to see the day break or the moon rise.
or to meet a friend, or 10 hear the
DINNER call when he is hungry, flls him
with surprising ioy-this world is
yer for him no abiding ely. Friends
fail through. health fails, weari-
ness assails him; year after year he
must thumb the hardly varying records
OF his own weakness and folly. 1t is
a ifriendly process of detachment.
When the time comes that he should
go. there need be few illusions about
himself. There lies one who meant
well, tried little, failed much; surely
this may be his epitaph OF which he
need not be ashamed. Nor viii he
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ened with Reds profane instructions
TO get herself out through the window
without more delay. She made a vain
attempt to obey, and had half sue
ceeded when a rattle Of shots sounded
and looking back, she saw the man
Ennis pitch forward on his knees
then fan prone. The policeman
scrambling up pistol in hand, received
the balance of the clip in Reds auto
matte. and sank slowly down upon his
side.
Screaming with horror, the girl feIl
back from the window. Red shout
dered past her, climbed out, turned
and caught her by the arm and
dragged her after him. still screaming
ike a madwoman. She tripped. her
head struck heavily against the bot
tom Of the window sash. and the llgh's
dimu1ed weirdly and burned cut ieaV-
ing only darkness insrenetraofe. ana y
strange hush pierced - thin echoes
of eldritch Fh-.eSE
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companies have lent their cooperation
aud signals are now sent covering both
North and South America. all our colo
nlal possessions, Australia, Japan and
the principal nations of Europe. Some
Idea Of the speed with which these
New Years greetings are flashed from
Washington to distant points can
be gathered from the fact tina, 1t takes
less than 0.4 of second to reach the
Manila observatory; 0.5 of a second
to reach Lick observatory. California
225 seconds TO cover the distance be-
tween Washington and the coast sur
vey station I'm Alaska-this includes
relaying four seconds TO let the
Wellington observatory in New Zea-
land know that the new year has
reached us after the celebration has
been hours old.
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>0PIrsht 1920 BY the Ao+hor.

and stampeded them toward the fire
escape. Primitiyely in their fright
men fought with women for first place
at the window. Stifed screams of
pain and anger mingled with muttered
oiaSphemies; but the noise of milling
feet alone would have been enough to
betray them. Not more than two had
managed TO fight out to the iron plat
form before the police were clamoring
and hammering at the door. Leonora.
thrust brutally to one side, saw the
futility of trying to escape before the
maddened men. and, resigned. stood
clear of the crush. watching the panels
of the door tremble under a storm of
kicks and blows.
Fear was absent from her temper.
but she swas shaken by impotent ex-
ASPIRATION and sad with regrets. This
meant an end to everything, not
alone TO these associations. which
barely an hour since she herself had
planned to forsake. but TO all her hope
of happiness wits; Mario. For she
had not the remotest doubt but that
she, with at least a majority of the
others, would be arrested. jailed and
on the evidence of completely in past
exploits which the police spy, Harry
the Nut, would be able TO lay before
the district attorney. sentenced to a
term of years in one or another of the
state penitentiaries.
And long before she had served out
her term Mario would forget her or.
even if he did not, would never, never
by any chance, make woman With
criminal record his wife.
And this was what came of ndulg-
ing her keen delight in excitement and
adventure.
If only she had listened to Mario in
time
Seconds dragged like minutes. and
the door still held. She began to catch
at straws of hope: only three now re-
manned in the room, Charlie the Coke
already with one foot across the
sill, whimpering and mounting, curses
because of inability to crowd into the
press upon the fire escape-Red. and
herself.
The hammering or the door stopped.
She wondered why. Charlie conrived
to jam his terror-racked body out
through the window. Red caught
Leonora by shoulder roughly enough
if in rare impulse of chiyalry, and
= rta--
But the crush on the platform was
still too dense She heard a dull crash
and, swinging round. saw the door. its
lock shattered by the impact of a
brawny shoulder, slam back against
the wall. The policeman who had
broken it In stumbled and sprawled
full length upon the floor The plain
clothes man. Ennis, leaped in over his
PROSTATE body. Her ears were deaf
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II. THE PORTRAIT

Beside the mirror, a long pier glass,
stood heavy studio easel holding a
fulllength canvas. an unfinished por
trait of herself in the Zingara dress
she had once worn at a costume dance
Begun long ago. on a day when a mod
eli failed her, and carried out incon-
secutive!y, when she felt in the
mood" the painting now neared com
pletion; little mere work on drap-
cries and background and 1t would be
ready for exhibition. Inspecting it
critically with fault-finding eyes. She
saw that her work was good. almost
as good as her fathers. The figure on
the canvas lived its striking pose was
instinct with almost insolent vitality;
he face was aglow with zest IN life
the eyes seemed transiently arrested
in an instant OF gay impudence alto
gether charming
Her troubled gaze turned back to
the mirrors faithful presentment of
slender, modishly gowned young
worldling. the finished product of a
fashionable upbringing, a little proud
reserved, thoughtful. exquisite -.
Priscilla Maine
But the girl on the canvas was Leo
nora. And in her self both lived. But
which was which? Which false. which
true? Was the life she knew. the life
If PARK avenue and Fifth. Of teas, din
ners. theaters, dances-relieved only by
these days in the studio, her happiest
when she was painting-was this life
reality or Illusion? And that dream
life Of which she caught only fugitive
glirnpses, fascinating, tantalizing. ter
rible. and related 10 nothing within
the scope Of her experience-was the
dream life perhaps the life Of fact?
she shook a head baffled, bewlldered
and faint with wondering
The doorbeIl interrupted. She an
srvered. finding as she had expected
chat the chauffeur was waiting to es-
cort her TO the town car which he was
obliged to leave at the mouth Of the
alley. she was glad e. his COMPANY,
when she had put ont the lights aud
locked the studio door, for the alley
was indlfferently Illuminated ul
seemed rather grimly dssolate st that
hour. She knew a moment OF s1-
pathy with Aunt Esther's dIstras.ful
animosity toward that dreadful stu
dio life"
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III. PHILIP FospicK.


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 incin"nt
and circumstance Of her dream. Thus
she found temporary distraction aud
ease of mind. Unaware OF WEAKNESS
till she had written the last word. inn
mediately that was penned she found
herself heavy with drowsiness so
urgent II would hardly wait for her
head to find its pillow
Toward noon she awoke Ind rang
for her maid. A pleasant languor
tempted to Incidence. She adored
breaE dsting in bed, and did so today
with relish somehow sharpened by
mischievous sense or playing truant.
of cheating life's inordinate demands.
Recollection of the dream required
tardily and sluggishly, like the images
that reluctantly take shape on an un-
derexposed Photographic film. and
when sharpest and most definite
seemed pale and unmpOrtant in that
warm food Of sunlight which baihed
her bed chamber, as little worthy Of
consideration as wrath Of nightmare.
But II served TO pique her curiosity
and, when she had bathed. she took
back 10 bed what she bad written in
the night aud read II with care and,
toward the close something like re-
scscitation Of those emotions which
she had known during the dream itself
as well as after waking up. In the
end she was aware os an imperative
need Tor 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 3ut one
person in whom she could conceive IL
possible TO repose such condolences s.
She took the telephone from the
bedside stand
Merely to hear that low-pitched.
agreeable voice with its ineradicable
tiEge Of humor was comforting Her
c!ouded countenance was lighted up by
a smile of grattude-and of affection.
too.
'Philip, dear DO you know I haven't
seen you for agesT'
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
~"
what do you consider the most :m>
portant thing in life? YourselfT
mo; you. And next to you. letting
me make love TO you"
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Volumes might be written upon the
queer customs and curious superst-
lions connected with New Years day.
Literature is full Of them. grave his
torians have preserved them for us,
and versatile poets decked them with
fairest flowers of fancy. From Chau-
Ger, Sweet Spring OF English Song,
from Spencer and Herrick, Milton and
Shakespeare. down to the humblest
magazine rhymes Of today--one and
aIl--they have paid tribute. A wise
essayist describes the day as "a
peak on Dsrien, from which two
oceans may be seen. Into one we
look with sadness and regret, into the
other. with hope ana faith"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-24
CHAPTER TWO
The Antagonists.
l. PRISCILLA

- S0AG&fa-
housing on an elbow. Priscilla
Maine found herself awake. with a
racing heart. a throat swollen with
strangled cry of horror. and a mind
through whose painted murk the re-
Election of a woman's screams ran like
thread of purple light.
Yet here was only darkness. with
silence absolute
with a low gasp Of relief that was
half sob of fright as well. she sprang
up from the divan. stumbled to the
wall and after a moments cropping
hooded the studio with milky radiance
from an inverted dome. And in a pas
sion of gratitude she embraced the re-
assurance inherent in the atmosphere
OF that richly furnished. spacious and
silent studio. her fathers workshop
till his death and ever since her own.
II was true. then: she was safely
restored to her own intimate environ
ment where nothing resemhled even
remotely thar frowsy room where
murders had been done. She hs1
merely dreamed a dream, one more OF
those amazingly real dreams which
she BID learned TO accept without pro-
test as phenomena of sluFaber unavold-
able. singularly harmless. and on the
whole rather amusing.
So at least shey seemed till this
night when, for the first time. starry
tragedy had stalked unbidden and I'M
heralded rending with ruthless hands
the fiinsy texture of Illusion and rem
dering the dream more fact TO her
than this awakening. more true. and
so much the more terrible.
Pressing palms to temples that
throbbed and burned intolerably with
their content of thoughts acrawl With
fright and horror. she made her way
to the bathroom and hathed her face
with cold water, then With cologne
till. in the sensory reaction of stimu-
lated flesh and nerves, she began 10
feel measurably more calm and self
possessed. more Priscilla Maine than
"Leonora"
A twu4ring telephone recalled her
~ lltG SAGhiO- tNttNtNE VI ~ Nais EiAf
said. Yes? Who is it?' and heard the
agitated cries of the elderly kinswom-
an whom she called aunt and with
whom she had her home
priscilla Where have you been
all evening? I've been half frantic
Why didn't you let me know 2"
~ haven't been anywhere dear
only asleep, here in the stadio. Please
don't be cross. Aunt Esther; | didn't
go to do it, honest l didn't! Mrs.
Morey left in the middle of the after
noon-she had tea on, or something
and about half after five | stopped
painting and thought I'd lie down and
rest little before coming home"
DO hurry. I'll send Arthur with the
car at once"
Please"
She donned hat and cloak before a
mirror in whose insusceptible depths
she saw. set in her own hat and lndi-
vidnal couture. the face of the girl
whom In her dreams she knew as Leo
nora and yet it was likewise the face
of Priscilla Maine. Vainly with inn
Fortunate eyes she questioned thar
counterfeit of two countenances. How
could this thing be? Was she one wom-
an waking and another when she
slept? Was there in her a dual per-
sonality such as reading had taught
her TO accept as a psychological posi-
0ility? Did two natures struggle with
in her. one prevailing in her hours Of
sumber. and not always even then?
That train of speculation she was
afraid to pursue too far
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same; there is "A change Of views, and
no less OF the lights 10 which we re-
gard them: change OF motives as
well as of ction.--Scott.
II you would climb to the high
places. carry Off the richest prizes, get
the most enjoyment out of life, and
have the sublimest old age, you must
conquer the base elements OF nature
you must have every atom of the dross
Of dishonesty squeezed, hammered,
burned out, If necessary you must be
come as sound us 24-carat gold. as true
as best steel.--George X. Morris.
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she found sweetness ineffahly pre-
cous. And in the knowledge that his
love was dedicated TO that other Self
Priscilla suffered the first bitter pangs
OF that torment which spares not body,
mind or soul, and which is jealousy.
But how should she be Jealous of
Leonora. if Leonora were herSelfg
Was ii TO be her fate to love one
shane of dream and hnte ahother?
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PRIsclLLA.

synopsis. -yagueIy conscious of a
double personality. but without .ny
idea Of its meaning, the girl, lIso-
nora, makes her accustomed ~ iy
into the Street of Strange aces.
Thoroughly at home in the under
world of New York, Leonora takes
her course to her appointed rendez-
vous. Mario joins her. Greatly in
love and seeing the fine qualities
which the girl really possesses. Ma
rio seeks to turn her from the path
Of inevitable destruction. She prom
ises to marry him. but quickly
leaves him. At Ristori's cafe. gath
ering place of criminals. Leonora
meets her partner, RED" Carne-
han. and his associates. and is ac-
cused of betraying a fellow crimi-
nal to the police. She savagely
defends h~..5e'f. One of the gang
says he has seen her on Fifth ave-
nue., all dressed up.
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that are wrought upon us In thought
and deed with the force and power of
eternity, years whose marks we shall
carry forever, were dissolved like tho
dew and their work Is finished
Beecher.
The time which passes over our
heads so imperceptibly makes the same
gradual change in habits. manners and
character as in personal appearance.
AT the revolution OF every FIVE years
we find ourselves another and yet the
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nor time itself. Time is the life OF
the soul; If not this then tell us what
is time g--Longfellow
The years--how they have passed.
They are gone as clouds go on sum-
mer day; they came, they grew. they
rolled full-orbed they waned, they
died and their story Is told. Years
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onlonn Eorstsll Wet Mnnthn.

Take u onions. cut them into
halves. hollow them out and al with
salt Those In which the sat- COM
pletely dissolves indicate the wa
months Of the coming year.
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A rev YEAR IS NEAR.

ITS coming, boys.
It's almost here.
it's coming. girls.
The grand New Yeari
A year 10 be glad in.
Not to be bad in.
4 year to live Ira.
To gain and give In:
A year for trying.
And not for signing;
A year for striving.
And hearty thriving;
A bright New Year.
OH hold II. dear:
For God. Who sendeth,
He only lendeth,"
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, LOOK back and appraise
the past year>and see how
little we have striven and
to what small purpose; and
how often we have been
cowardly and hung back, or
temerarious and rushed an
wiSHy in: and how every
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philip, ! have dreams. The
stranaest dreams.

(rO BE cONTINUhD.J
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If you want 70 attract a woman's
attention to any particular thing just
out ii In front Of q mirror.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-22

to higher achievement. II is idle to
think we have attained perfection, but
there Is the satisfying knowledge that
we hold orderly processes for making
our government reflect the heart and
mind OF the republic. Ours is not
only a fortunate people but very
common -sensical people, with vision
high but their feet on the earth, with
belief In themselves and faith in God
Whether enemies threaten from with
out or mcnaCeS arise from within, there
is some indefinable voice saying, Have
confidence in the republic! America will
go on"
Here is a temple of liberty no storms
may shake. here are the affairs OF tree-
dom no passions shall destroy. IT was
American in conception, American IN
its building. It shall be American in
the fulfiment. Sectional once, We
are all American now, and we mean
to be all Americans TO all the world.
Mr. Chairman. members OF the COM
mittee, my COuntrymen all: ! would not
be my natural self If | did not utter
my consciousness of my limited abi-
ity to meet your full expectations, or
to realize the aspirations within my
own breast, but | will gladly give az
that is in me- all of heart soul ana
mind and abiding love of country, 10
only pray to the Omnipotent God that l
may be as worthy in service as | know
myself to be faithful in thought ana
purpose. one can not give more MINI
ful of the vast responsibilities l must
be frankly humble, but | have that
confidence in the consideration and sup
port of all true Americans which makes
me wholly unafraid. With an unaltera-
lie faith and in hopeful spirit, with
a hymn OF service in my heart, | pledge
fidelity to our country and to God
and accent the nomination of the RE
publican party for the presidency OF
fhA United States.