Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-10

orouSly as if to rid Ii OF a iorinenting
swarm of thoughts There can't be
any mistake, | suppose You're
sure IL 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 OMore-"
Yes" Priscilla interrupted quickly:
shed he likely to use that Manu."
"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'AIore was
the name of the old woman Leonera
lived with as a child-'Mother O'More
the neighbors called her: I'd forgot.
ten till you logged my memory"
Mother oMore,o Fosdck repeated:
possibly clue. If you've no ohiec-
ton. I'll set Andrews. my detective
to work on it. 1t can't be so long ago
neither you nor Leonora is old
enough-you'd think somebody In that
part Of town would remember an ell
DERBY woman who practised 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 alive :"
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, perhaps?"
Fosdick stubbornly opposed that.
"Only as a last resort. I'm frankly
distrustful of the psychic effect on
you. II we excite your subliminal con-
seriousness by too much nagging. Far,
better let your subconscious slumber--
far better you should forget rather
than remember too much"
"Yes," she assented uncertainty, and
nodded with wistful eyes. Il want to
forget if lean, as quickly as can"
"You must. You must try. 1t would
be good thing il you never dreamed
again of Leonora."
"But one can't control ones
dreams!"
I'm not so sure. believe It might
be done. can help little, think
but really 1t all rests with you"
81 suppose so :" She was puG-
zled. intent. But what to dc?"
"Its matter of will power simply.
You can do it If you will, but you must
want to heart aud soul"
Her face was at once dark with
thought and flushed with h0pe-be-
yond all telling sweet.
"But I do. Phillip want so much
TO forget, more than you know. L
want so much to think there's nothing
strange about me any more. I'm just
a normal human being like any other
girl. want never to think again
Is. :" She caught herself up in con-
fusion and did NOT complete the
thought. More subdued, she contin-
ued,: II promise faithfully to do all
can. whatever you think best"
'"WeIl. as say. it's all UP to you.
You've got to make yourself mistress
of your own mind, make 1t think what
you want 1t to think and forget and
disregard everything else, no matter
how iasistently 1t may claim atten-
tion. Keep yourself constantly occu-
pied, constantly doing and going. keep
every minute filled. Paint every day
Till you're tired out; hut don't stop
then. When you've worked till you feel
ready to. drop. play till you can't think.
and then as you drift off to sleep fix
your thoughts steadfastly on some.
thing like your work. On no account
permit yourself to browse off wonder
Ing about I-cnnnra +"
ITO be continuedj