Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-12
Illustrated by
IRWIN MYERS
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Copyright, 1920. by the Author.)

VI more perfectly poised. impossible
he told himself, there could be any
thing amiss with creature of sucl
radiance! Some glrllsh notion, moth
Ing more serious
"How long have you known me
Philip
Let me see To the best OF
my recollection, since you were about
year old; ] remember coming into
the nursery unexpectedly and finding
you"
"Never mind Have you ever OBJ.
served anything In me that led you to
believe / was abnormal in any wayr
He contemplated n frivolous reply
bat seeing the gravity in her eyes re-
Trained
'Neverl" said Philip solemnly.
well. there is something
Philip: have dreams. The strangest
dreams Let me tell you. And
please don't laugh. Philip. II isn't
any laughing matter"
He drew the soberest face of sym
PATTY imaginable. go on"
@As far back as I can remember,
I've every now and then had a special
sort of dream that seemed very real
to me. Even as a little girl-though
then, think, they weren't so definite
But when began to grow into
long dresses, the dreams took on
certain form they've kept ever since"
"Such as-7"
what l fancy slums must be like,
The self see in dreams belongs there
dresses, acts, talks precisely like
girl who's never had any advantages
TO speak Of, much education or con-
tact with the pleasant side of life. All
the same she is myself much
as If put on some disguise so COM
piete 1t disguised even my speech and
habits Of thoughts, even my senti-
ments and impulses. This girl does
and says things l never could and,
awake, have never thought Of. But to
her they seem quite right the natural
and right things to do and say. The
truth Is. most of the time she's rather
self-satisfied and pleased with every
thing'-the life she leads, the people
she knows. the fun she has-every-
thing"
81 understand" Now unfeignedly
intrigued, Philip had abandoned all
pretense Of treating the matter light
ly, and was sitting forward. cigaret
smoldering between his fingers, his
eyes intently searching Priscilla's
face. 'Tell me something about the
content Of these dreams. Go back as
far as you can :"
my first memories are very vague"
Priscilla told him. "They were child
fish and simple impressions of another
little girl who was rather unhappy
most Of the time, l think she lived
with an old woman-a wretched old
witch Of woman who was cruel to
her. seemed to hate her and enjoy
beating her-in mean little fiat
somewhere. The old woman used to
tell fortunes with cards In the front
room. But all that's very vague now.
don't remember much more, except
that the little girl used to play great
deal in the streets"
"But when sheer you--grew I'D,
the dreams became more real3
"Yes; about that time something
happened TO the old woman. presume
she died, and the girl was left alone to
look out for herself. don't know what
she did for living because | never
saw her except at night. Then / would
meet her. or rather find myself with
her In the Street OF Strange Faces
A questioning look obliged Priscilla
to break of mere and explain about
the river. the Dark Corner, and the
Street.
And then We" she resumed-"or
she-would start or and have curious
experiences. She somehow fell In with
sort OF Desperate, gang leader
such as one sometimes reads about In
the newspapers. named Red Carne-
han"
so you remember namesr
~Oh. perfectly; places, too. And
No Red Carnehan fell In love with
her, and they became engaged-I
guess She was brighter. more intel |
ligent than he, and she planned things |
for him to do. with his gang-roh-
ekrfes and such things, as far as I |
know-and how TO escape the conse-
quences. Another man, named Mario,
loved her, too; but he wasn't one of
Reds gang; In fact he was bitterly OPP
posed to her having anything to do
with 1t, and always begging her to /
give 1t up and marry him. But she
was afraid of Red, and always re-
FUSED. l think she always meant to
marry Red Carnehan until last
night :"
Priscilla paused and was 80 long
silent, staring at the floor, lost In
thoughts and emotions conjured up by
this near approach to her latest
dream, that Philip found 1t necessary
TO prompt her.
what happened last nightT