Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-02-03
Ill. MOTHER o,MoRE.

I've got news" Fosdick offered.
Priscilla looked up sharply, under knit
ting brows. Though, 1 imagine from
what you've told me, it will seem less
news than confirmation-in a way"
He was quick to satisfy her movement
of impatience: "Thare's every reason
to believe Leonora spent last night,
after the fire, at the Walpole, and Ma
rio called for her there this morning,
about ten O'Clock, with a motorcar. He
had a Japanese chauffeur and an
other woman with him, presumably a
maid. Apparently the man has means
of his own"
'He has, I think. But how do you
know all this?"
Il had man, a private detective,
make the rounds OF the hotels, first
thing this morning--on the off-chance
that Mario had acted on his sugges-
ton, If you remembered it correctly,
of putting Leonora up for the night at
the best and quietest place in town."
"You employed a detective, Philip?
After your promise"
wouldn't go near police headquarters
or let the truth leak out about what
happened at Ristori's. And 1 was bet
ter than my word. In the beginning 1
sleuthed for you all on my own-spent
the better part of three days shopping
around the lower East side in slop-
shop suit, unshaven, my nails in
mourning, till got what was after,
established indisputably the fact that
your dreams were true telaesthetie
visions - airvoyant-whatever you
care to call them-anything but hallu-
cinations of disordered mind. More
than that, proved that Leonora was
as real a creature as you are, not a
sort Of secondary personality you'd
been projecting more or less involun-
tarily into phases of life utterly out
side your comprehension and expert
ence."
Il know, Philip" She leaned for
ward to touch his hand in gratitude.
Don't think me unappreciative. If
you only knew what it means to have
my heart lightened of that fear-w
"Then don't think you ought to
complain if turn over routine inves-
tigation work to a private detective, a
man of absolute discretion who is not
In the police department, who hasn't
even heard your name, who thinks I'm
interested in this Leonora for reasons
purely personal to myself"
at dOp1t ooVonIofo Dbf1;- e....
prised, and at first didn't understand.
You see-I presume I'm too much Leo
nora or she's too much me-but I
can't somehow help sharing her feel
ings. She was wretchedly afraid the
police might send Red to the electric
chair on information they'd got
through her"
They'll never do that now," Philip
interrupted. "Carnehan is dead" The
girl uttered little cry, something be-
tween pity and thanksgiving, and sank
back, staring. "Yes. His body was
found in the ruins of the tenement
house this morning. BieIinsky, who
was arrested fleeing the flames, identi-
fled the remains. So that fear
passes, 'Cilla."
She rested her head YEARLY against
the back of the chair and shut her
eyes. $50 that fear passes," she re-
peated in a whisper. A little shiver
ran over her body. 81 can't think it's
wrong of me to be glad :"
''1t isn't It's only human"
"But death so frightful-l
Don't think about that, think how
good 1t is that you-that Leonora need
no longer fear death at every turn.
ing.T
do you suppose she knows?"
'It's in all the evening papers. She
must learn Of it sooner or later, wher.
ever she is"
"Then-then your man didn't find
out where they went from the Wal
poleT
"No. But the presumption is, they
went either to Jersey or Connecticut
to get married, as people do when they
want to avoid publicity. fancy they't