Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
.ouiSJ0Seph Vance
Author Of Tho False Faces.
The Lone Wolf" Etc.
Illustrated by
I1.winMyei's
copy-.snt 1910 BY the As+hes.

fiashy If expensive clothing as for the
sllly-ass manner which he commonly
affected, finding It useful in his busi-
ness. But today he was WELL If per-
haps too much. dressed. black
morning coat with striped gray trous-
ers. white linen waistcoat and spats,
radiant topper and vanished shoes
makes perfectly correct costume for
afternoon on the avenue. For all that.
on day of summer heat 1t Is unde-
niably conspicuous.
In the case of Inez the transforma-
tion had proved even more startling.
The Inez whom Priscilla had seen with
the eyes of Leonora was prone to
shoddy fnery and strident color
schemes. and displayed lofty contempt
for trifies such as buttons missing or
hanging by a thread, grease stains.
shoes down at the heels, skirts that
cleared the ground at the same ele
walton fore and aft. Whereas today
she was trinity turned out in the
smartest Of tailleurs, with hat the
last cry in popular impudence, and
gloved and shod as we'll in way that
none could criticise.
Clearly the Nut had prospered since
that night at Ristori's. AS clearly the
inconstant Inez, following the arrest
of Leo the Blood, had been swift to
forsake sinking ship for passage on
more seaworthy craft with every
promise of prosperous voyage.
But priscilla argued firmly with
herself) what Of that? What was IT
to her whether mez and Harry Jared
we'll or III?
After all, why in the name of rea
son need she have been so easy prey
to CONSERVATION on unexpectedly com
ing face to face with the pair?
What though Inez and Harry had
mistaken her for LeonOra? She was
not, she was merely one who resem
hed Leonora strangely and still more
strangely was sib to her in spiritual
affinity. A woman Of another world
entirely, occupying an established pc
| sition in an ordered and solid state of
| society, she was secure against any
offense which wrong-headed malice
might offer her.
She had nothing positively nothing,
| to fear from them.
And yet-she was afraid, fear crawl
| ed. in the back of her mind. outside
the bright arena of common sense like
snake In a shadowy thicket.
She pondered the riddle for long
! time before 1t was revealed to her
that her fear was not for herself but
for Leonora.
Imagination called up again those
faces that had glared at her in the
crowd two masks of evil lighted from
within by a hatred deadly and i'm
| placable.
AS long as those two remained al
large. Priscilla knew. so long would
the happiness, If not the life. of LIE.
onora be in jeopardy.
She tried to think Of something she
| could do to confound them. Illustrate
them. reduce them to impotence.
But she knew so little. her life had
been too we'll sheltered. she could not
imagine how to deal with creatures
Of their sort--recourse to the police
being out Of the question since II
must necessarily involve Leonora.
A Ginning clock reminded her thai
it was half after four, while at five
she was to take tea with some friends
who were leaving town the next day
With every wish and reason to disap
point them, she bestirred herself ant
made ready to 60. 1t would never dc
to Ter herself be cowed and overcome
by minor alarms. There was in hei
mind foreboding 6 greater trials tt
come
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IL MR Gill WEBS