Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-25
coP1rsnt 1920 ~ the Aotho.,

mourning, till ! got what ! was after,
established indsputably the fact that
your dreams were true telaesthetic
visions = whatever you
care to call them-anythiug hut hallu-
cinations of a disordered mind. More
than that. | proved that Leonora was
as real creature as you are. not
sort of secondary personality You'd
been projecting more or less involun
tarily into phases of life utterly out
side your comprehension aud expert
ence."
Il know, Philip" She leaned for
ward to touch his hand in gratitude.
Don't think me unappreciatlve. If
you only knew what it means to have
my heart lightened of that fear"
"Then don't think you ought TO
complain if turn over routine inyes-
tigation work to private detective,
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 10 myself"
81 don't complain, Philip. was sur
prised. and at first didn't understand
You see-I presume I'm too much Leo
nora or she's too much me-but
can't somehow help sharing her feel
ings. She was wretchedly afraid the
police might send Red 10 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. Bielinsky. 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. Il can't think it's
wrong of me to he glad
at isn't. It's only human"
tpdt a hGtAtH ~ II tEAAtihA
Don't think about that, think how
good IL is that you--that Leonora need
no longer fear death at every turn
ing"
DO you suppose she knows?"
ITS 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
pole?"
No. But the presumption is, they
went either TO Jersey or Connecticut
TO get married, as pessale do when they
want TO avoid publ, sly. | fancy they'd
do that, to leave no clue for Carhehan
not knowing there was no more ne
cessity."
Then nothing stands between her
and her happiness. :" Almost inn
perceptibly the muscles round mouth
and eyes tightened in pain. SO did her
hands tighten convulsively on the
arms of the chair. Then with a start
the girl sat up, smiling smile of un-
certain apology. shaking her head Wig
orOusly as if to rid ii of tOrmenting
swarm of thoughts. "There can't be
any mistake, suppose You're
sure it was Leonora who stopped at
the Walpole?"
NOT sure, but satisfied. She an
swered the description, and though she
registered under what sounds like an
assumed name, Nora O'More-"
Yes" Priscilla interrupted quickly;
''sbe'd be likely to use that name"
"Why?"
Because !. why because
don't quite know" She laughed a lit
tie at herself, and sobered into mo-
mentary thoughtfulness. her eyes
clouding with mental effort Then
they cleared. "Of course O'MOre was
the name of the old woman LeonOra
lived with as a child-'Mother 0'More,'
the neighbors called her I'd forgot
ten till you logged my memory"
Mother O'More," Fosdick repeated:
possibly a clue. If you've no objec-
ton, I'll set Andrews, my detective.
to work on il. 1t can't be so long ago
neither you nor LeonOra is I'D
enough-you'd think somebody In THAI
part of town would remember an ell
DERBY woman who 2raetised fortune
telling with cards. no doubt bit of
a neighborhood character. called
Mother O'More. If we can find out
what became of her. or even where and
how she lived when 6iiye ;"
Il suppose all that and more that
we want to know is buried in my SUBJ
consciousness Don't you think
1t might be worth while to try to
stimulate my latent memories by hyp-
notism. perhapsf"
Fosdick stubbornly opposed that.
"0niy as a last resort. I'm frankly
distrustfuI of the psychic effect on
you. If we excite your sublminal con-
seriousness by too much nagging. Far
better let your subconscious sIumber--
far better you should forget rather
than remember too much :"
YES" she assented uncertainty, ano
a