Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-02-10

herself reconstruct and review that ad-
her in the crowded street and driven
her, hunted thing, to seek refuge
in flight from the hostility of those
who had walked bodily out of the
phantasmagOria of her dreams. like
CHESTS by some black magic material
lied in flesh and blood.
Nevertheless they had been curious
ly metamOrphosed in process of ma
terialization. There could be no ques
ton as to their identity; but they sim
gularly were and at the same time
were not the Inez and Harry the Nut
whom Priscilla had known in dreams.
But the look and attitude of Harry
and Inez had been etched :ndelibly
upon the tablets of her memory by
acid fear.
She could see now, as clearly as she
had then, the blazing hatred in the
black eyes of Inez. the supercilious
and derisive malevolence in Harry's.
AS definitely she retained the de-
tails of their appearance which was
something vastly different in the case
of both from the time of LeOnOra's
knowledge of them.
The Nut, for one, had won his nick
name as much for his weakness for
flashy if expensive clothing as for the
siily-ass manner which he commonly
affected, finding it useful in his busi-
ness. But today he was well, if per-
haps too much, dressed. A black
ers, white linen waistcoat and spats,
radiant topper and vanished shoes,
makes a perfectly correct costume for
afternoon on the avenue. For all that
ON a day of summer heat it is unde-
nfably conspicuous.
In the case of Inez the tranSforma-
ton had proved even more startling
The Inez whom Priscilla had seen with
the eyes of LeonOra was prone to
shoddy finery and strident color
schemes, and displayed lofty contempt
for trifles such as buttons missing OF
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 a hat the
last cry in popular impudence. and
gloved and shod as well in a way thai
none could criticise.
Clearly the Nut had prospered since
that night at Ristori's. AS clearly the
inconstant Inez, following the arres
of Leo the Blood. had been swift tC
forsake a sinking ship for passage or
more seaworthy craft with ever!
promise of a prosperous voyage.
But priscilla argued firmly will
| herself) what of that? What was i
| to her whether Inez and Harry farce
we'll or i'll?
After all, why in the name of rea
son need she have been so easy a pre-!
i to CONSERVATION on unexpectedly com
ing face to face with the pair?
What though Inez and Harry hat
mistaken her for LeonOra? She wa
not. she was merely one who resem
/ bled Leonora strangely and still NOR
strangely was sib to her in spiritua
affinity A woman of another worIC
entirely. occupying an established DO
sition in an ordered and solid state o
society, she was secure against an,
! offense which wrong-headed malic
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, outsid
| the bright arena of common sense, lik
a snake in a shadowy thicket
She pondered the riddle for a lon
time before it was revealed to he
that her fear was not for herself bu
| for LeOnOra.
Imagination called up again thos
faces that had glared at her in tn
crowd, two masks of evil lighted fror
within by a hatred deadly and i'm
placable.
/ AS long as those two remained a
large. Priscilla knew, so long woul
the happiness. If not the life, Of LIE
Onora be in jeopardy.
She tried to think of something sh
could do TO confound them, frustrat
them, reduce them to impotence.
But she knew so little. her life ha
been too well sheltered, she could no
imagine how to deal with creature
Of their sort-recourse to the polio
being out of the question since i
must necessarily involve Leonora.
A Ginning clock reminded her tha
it was half after four, while at fiv
she was to take tea with some friend
who were leaving town the next day
With every wish and reason to disaI
point them, she bestirred herself an
made ready to go. 1t would never d
to let herself be cowed and overcom
by minor alarms. There was in he
mind foreboding of greater trials t