Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-01-13
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,tnal, rfqQtlS SO lltlIpleIy uef OWL VI
TIE faih Giashf1g soutsftfe'tktei window,
Of ethe Whit Liz ht*stteaa4hiHgi i'd from
the.stftet, tI hire blaag; tmeonfike face
of the little clock iupeni the dressing
, table, and at, the same time living in
tAhseiS Ifh tAat distant place, where
itt#bf Sahs stsfsstt sofisen ding, striving
leach 10 imtose huHOnHthe other igts
'ep1ee@tipn pfayhat fsEas right fair.
just and dsesitabll,e,yge E4sn- ,.-,,ia-:s K:
lriIt,N3s. 9Pfsiif he sr, ,Fmpi9d were a photo
/ srapEfc plate Upon which two Scenes
had beer feveidbedD, ohe. Wherein? her
common SELF 6f Itvetsdays RdssffFfesthig!
isscqreAtS at hAgp9sex pRe in which that
! Mild Gther SET 81 her DREAMS "dis-
p1ted: h6tiy' NTH the Rratf shs' i1eaa5
Ia SURROUNDINGS tstraSge to both SELVES
tih- thai hour. YzS3HtE 49, 4, - 4
5 OF the'ywo scenesti the stranger was
the stronger all her Interest was. cen
tered, therein, and all A Other things
were negligible beside the issue Of that
struggle, since that issue must be
. ithis she knew the passionate certi-
tudel nothing less than life or death,
life with love or death with shame.
And: she was racked with the i'm
perative need of making Leonora I'M
derstand that Mario was right. that
no good could come of standing out
against him, that nothing but good
could come of yielding to his insist
ence, the fruit of his great love and
greater wisdom. 'Perclpience of her
acknowledgements wastwaning swift
ly! with all her strength she was will
ing herself, back to LeOnOra .. .,
THE telephone. ;, began ;, again to glib
Der. in, short, Strtdent bursts of sound
demanding her. 'hted. % wv T :
HSbt falttrtd, Ihe&ttated, looked back.
In bitter resentment, she'iunderstood
sHei could go 40 further; accomplish
nothing, till that insensate thing had
been Silpnced.
L II sl6ep-wakingathe girl rnused with
measured movements that cost her. ip-
GalGnlahle effort, sat UP p, on the side
Of the bed drew, the telephone to her.
It c6htfhued TO thatfef" dh2tify Till the
receiver was actually at her ear and
She han 'said:d 'Tle1o?T - '~' 4
"a Out 6f. the eItignm of night Philip
Fosdick's voice CRIED :rinHrisaFaA'5 {,
She answered without emotion
.HYes, Philip. a,4,, -. ,...~.. -.
. did / wake you np2 Sorry! I had
to. Listen to me Priscilla: I've seen
Lconora! I saw her in the street, fol-
lowed her for blocks, lost her whep
she entered a tenement; and now I'm
on the watch, waiting for her to come
out. | had to be sure you were at
hOme-safe-so I called up from a
| pay station Are you all right?"
H. eyes, Philip" .t'-...
Are you quite awake2 You don't
seem to understand. I tell you, have
seen LeOnora-the girl you dream
about-a living woman so like you
couldn't at first believe it wasn't YOU
in disgufse!" -,.' ''
T. q Eyes, Philip" r.. . .,.., t..
80 now you needn't worry any
more. I'm on the right track at last
! The problem will be solved in no time
once I clap my eyes on that CIR
again"
itf Eyes, Philip" ~
ii "PriStilia! Can't you say anything
else?' Is anything matterF3
mo, Philip :" She pursued IL
the same. level accents, speaking
SLOWLY, -. ast If with difficulty finding
words; 81 am quits, al right ..
E.T NJ. am safe with Mario. nov
10 GAj 4farib viii take good care 0.
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Without waiting for his reply, sh,
hung up the receiver replaced the tele
phone on the Bedside Stand, sighed
and again, sgeteheI out upon the bed
Immediately deep sleep EMBODIED
her senses like a warm cloud of dark
fftks37 'Sna' hert s6u' Jared forth one,
1ttSotet5n;%ssar 3IaeBtl.@H& t''f~"
;~.. ,t72~rE -" - r't>F ~
De- vmaRIkg SURRENDER q
It,Frast Of ss# ,hlqpf tGay gFeR1 Algh
,b.apa ,kFIbads in, q nePqI Ions sYirl Of form
/ less, patches Only by, slow degree
I dtd'ft subgide: It seemed long bGf6r
| one, dared open eyes again The. frs
7 tiihig hrecoghik6dn was the concerned
+ dark face) off Mario :. .''' '''~
She was III! one of the big feathe
i1rchairs. Mario knelt with an arm roun
i her shoulders, lifting them forward
trifle that she might drink with NOR
ease from the glass Of. dark red win
which he was offering her.
"Drlnk before you try to talk" Hi
tone was tenderly imperative. Wit
an insistence as gentle he pressed tn
glass to her lips. She drank, CRATE
I fully draining the glass "@
J excellent p Mario let her hea,
back to the cushion, rose, put the glas
aside. returned. "Yeu feel better
stronger, eh",, .,'. ..,.4r,,
i She nodded, but her smile. was still
bewildered. .r.
"What happened, Mario? l felt s
funny, all of a sudden, just when tn
telephone began to rings and then :
IN tlon'tn seem to remember"
Don'tyou know you fanteqY r,
II 'Fanted4yrfShe started indignant
| lN ,HBut l . never in my life l.! VIII