Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-01-20

BtTaHgeSt IeellnB OF uHTeaIty, makes
me wonder which Is which; which the
living woman. which the shadow i. j. :"
The voice behind him trailed off
into a pensive murmur. He made a
movement of evaporation and. stimuli
taneously becoming conscious of the
stiffness, looked round to see the girl
posed in stare. gaze steadfast at
the portrait. her look dull and remote ::
head thrown back a trlfle, hands hang
ing with palms exposed in a gesture
curiously appealing, her respiration
abnoTmally slow and deep.
F0sdlck took a quick step to her,
crying: "'Cilla ~ She seemed not to
hear. He said in sharp lnsistence ::
do you hear, ella? Come out of
itw That broke the spell. Signing
softly, she drew a hand across her
eyes, then with al uncertain smile ex.
tended 1t to him. Philip clasped 1t be-
tween his own.
Nov whatT he demanded with
brusque good humor.
1--WE had the funniest sensation
| was thinking about the p; MT
Ing, wondering II, perhaps, I'd done
something extraordinary and weird,
painted my own soul into the figure
on the canvas-you know-so that 1t
really lived and was me while | was
merely a shell of flesh and blood
and suddenly II seemed to me my
fancy had come true. that was real
ly there on the canvas looking into
the room here. seeing myself. ! mean
seeing Priscilla Maine. and wonder
ing about her and about you, as If I'd
never known either of us, as If ! were
n stranger in my own studio 8.
Do you understand. Philip? 1t must
sound so wild and silly What
was It, Philip? What made me feel
that wayf"
"Auto-hypnosls-a mild phase-su-
perlnduced by excitement and fretting.
Nothing 10 worry about, And still
Frankly, ! don't like It.
wouldn't care to have 1t happen too
frequently. It's no good encouraging
that sort of thing; each time It hap
pens Il breaks down resistance. makes
you only the more susceptible to the
next suggest /. If ! were you, ia
drop that portrait put II out of sight
and mind till we've settled this ques-
tion-opened II up and let light into
its darkness, and so relieved your
doubts and fears"
Perhaps you're right" Priscilla de-
murred butt don't know. Ii makes
me unhappy TO have unfinished work
on hand. Don't you think might bet
ter finish II up, and get II out of the
studio altogether?" But Philips dis
approval was manifest. PLEASED" she
begged her prettiest. ut only means
another day or two: then can let
Hardness have II and forget all about
It,"
81 can't say yes, ella. shouldn't
be at all surprised II II turned out
that the portrait was wholly to blame
for last nights experience, l mean for
the peculiar content and trend of your
dream"
She was frankly puzzled and said
so.
1.-THE power of suggestion II has ex.
erted on your thoughts" he explained.
It'll yesterday you never expressed
IL even to yourself; but subconscious-
ly, | haven't any doubt, the thought
has always been at work. that II
wasn't yourself you were painting but
the heroine of your dream story, an
other woman of a different life with
an Independent spirit and mentality.
And then-of course. all this is sheer
guesswork--there are associations in
herent In the concept of gypsy girl and
gipsyish existence. romantic. adven-
turous, full of dangers, twists and
turns and thrills; such thoughts may
well have dictated the character and
course OF the dream, though you were
never actively aware OF thinking
them"
II wonder :" Priscilla slipped
her tea. maybe you're right .
But still | don't see why shouldn't
20 on with the painting. Just one
more day, Philip"
"Confound your Philip exploded
with an irritated laugh-"you know
how hard II is for me "a refuse you
anything. But it's ne good this time.
ella. | won't have you agitating
yourself with that painting till you've
entirely recovered poise. For that
matter, II would be better for you TO
keep away from the studio altogether
for afew days. You've been living en-.
tirely too much within yourself. Get
out and about, see people. go 10 res
taurants and plays and dances
more"
''How can enjoy such things with
this trouble-T
That's just IL. Until we find the ex.
PLANTATION. Witch may take time
you're bound 70 keep worrying unless
you go out more into the world. I'm
In earnest about this. Priscilla; prom.
ise TO keep away from the studio for