Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-12-03
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Day Of Grace.
I. TEMPTATION.


"beau sne IL uedu
Leonora Is dead :"
The words, barely audible, hardly
more than means. breathed from the
lips OF the woman lying in hypnosis.
Fosdick. sitting by her side, on the
edge Of the couch, bending over her.
conned her face intently. The long
lashes were futterlng, tears welled
from under lowered lids, the lips
writhed with grief. She moaned again,
an inartlculate pure note of woe pass
ing speech, and shuddered In her
trance.
He captured her two wrists as her
hands twitched up. cropping as ones
hands will who walks In darkness.
and imprisoned them gently in the
clasp Of one Of his own. The other
he pressed again upon her forehead.
priscilla I" he called I'm an even but
urgent voice-"come out of Il For
get your vision. See nothing 4.
no you hear me?"
The anguish of the face of the sleep
or grew translently more acute. then
faded as he repeated the unanswered
question: do you hear me?" This
time the girl responded duly: Eyes"
"You understand what I am say
ing?"
"Yes, Philip"
."You are TO see nothing more
DO you see anything now?"
There was a slight pause; then the
sleeper stated without emotion: 81
see nothing now"
"Good. Now you will sleep, you will
sleep quietly, without dreaming, for
thirty minutes. Then you will wake
up rested. refreshed. calm. rational
Do you understands"
Eyes, Philip"
Repeat what you are going TO do y
In toneless voice Priscilla re
cited: - am going to sleep quietly
without dreaming, for thirty minutes
Then am going to wake up rested. re
| freshed, calm, rational"
do So" Fosdick commanded Will
firmness.
She made no response more than
profound sigh. The stamp of sorrow
upon those exquisite features had al
ready been modified; their expression
now grew placid. The agitated, gustl
breathing passed into the steady, SLOW
and deep respiration of natural Stun
Der.
Fosdlck sighed In relief; but hi
countenance continued grave witt
care, the brows knotted, the lips com
pressed. the eyes harboring look o
pain.
What was his duty?
II was In his power to renew II
Priscilla the condition of hypnotic sus
suggestion all waking memory of he
vision. BY so doing he might spar
her much suffering, much distress; tn
pity and horror OF that lonely death
and the mystery OF II, would not pre-,
upon her sensitive and susceptible ma
ture, And, believing LeOnora still t
be living happily with the man Mario
her husband, Priscilla might in tim
grow reconciled, school herself to re
nunciation, forget, and ultimately re
build her life upon the foundation o
saner, surer love.
But II Priscilla we're permitted &
come back to herself with full knowl
edge of what she had seen In he
trance: believing Leonora dead, wha
would the effect be upon her life?
She would be sad. she would mourn
II would be long before her day
would be undarkened by shadows o
dread and dlstrust
But she would not dream, Their
would be no more Journeys of tn
spirit through the hollowness OF nigh
and space in futile search for that al
fnity which had gone out of life.
Against this the considerable
warred that, no longer needing I
reckon with the claims of Leonori
Priscilla would less readily Olsen
barrass herself from the tolls OF n
insane and impossible infatuatlon.
With Mario free, no reason existe
why she should scruple to give hi
all her love
Dared one risk perpetuation of tina
passion2