Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-02-26

she was the vessel of dual personal
ny! Or, II there were a real Leonora,
what was the nature of the affinity
that linked her mind with Priscilla'si
lndisputably Leonora was to Pris-
ella living fact, dlssociate personal
lty leading an independent and factual
existence. On the other hand, con
stanty by word Of mouth and In writ
ing Priscilla referred to Leonora as
her other Self'-a plain and direct
iead TO the solution expressed by the
term dual personality, And Gas Philip
had told the girD in the unconsidered,
spontaneous phraseology of a naive
subject the key to the riddle may fire.
quently be found.
And yet, Fosdck had repeatedly to
remind himself, the projection OF
secondary personality through any
considerable distance in space, or the
creation of new and strange en-
vironment for its activities, was a phe-
nomenon as yet even to be suggested
by the most pretentious charlatan or
the most credulous misunderstanding
student of the psychic.
Nevertheless, he felt constrained
Professionally to adopt the hypothesis
of dual personality and upon 1t base
the beginnings of his survey.
Ill. THE AMATEUR SLEUTH.
Dredging the past for the truth
about Priscilla's mother brought to
light nothing that seemed helpful In
twenty-odd years New York itself had
changed almost beyond recognition
and the constitution of its society had
been made over again and again till
few of the original elements remained.
Then, too, the memory Of man is PEE
culiarly brief concerning the troubles
of others. Henry Hobart Maine, one
OF the most successful Of American
portrait painters and In his day con-
spicuous figure In the social life of
the city, nevertheless had made few
close friends, and of these only one
had survived him by year or two
Philips father, Priscilla's "aunt,"
Mrs. Trowbridge, being duly pumped,
proved to be as ignorant as the girl
had said she was concerning the mar
riage of her kinsman. She knew In
definitely that there had been trou-
ble;" its nature, its cause, its outcome,
were alike outside her knowledge and
alien to her interest. Apparently she
had never been anything more than
she was today, an amiably self-cen-
tered soul, comforted and sustained by
those decisions of personal Importance
which are so essential to the insignifi-
can't
From other sources, by dnt Of guard
ed and seemingly casual but persistent
gossiping In the lounges Of clubs fire.
quented by the elder generations, Fos-
dick learned that Maine had been re-
grettabIy guilty of a romantic indis-
erection In marrying woman Of a
world outside his own. But her very
name had been forgotten. He found,
indeed, nobody who remembered Mrs.
Maine, and but few who recalled the
tradition of hot-blooded, high-spirit-
ed creature whose hopeless iInpatience
of restraints and conventions defied all
Names half-hearted attempts to rec
oncile his wife with his friends and
mode of life, till, discouraged, he dis
appeared with her and for some years
absented himself utterly from New
York. Concerning this period of his
life nothing definite was known:
there was suggestion that he had de-
voted 1t to travel In South America.
But 1t was certain that he had re.
turned with girl child and without
wife. This last was presumed to
have died, though there were whispers
to the contrary that "incompatiblity'
had dictated separation. Maine never
made any explanation but, 1t appeared.
quietly resumed his place and thence
forth devoted himself steadfastly to
bis profession and the care of his
daughter Philip remembered him
well. He lived to see Priscilla give
promise Of carrying on the torch of his
genius, even as her dark loneliness
foreshadowed something of the furore
1t was destined to create.
Disappointed but not discouraged,
Fosdick turned to other avenues of in
veStigation.
Bound by his pledge to Priscilla not
to consult the police, discreet employ
ment of channels of information pro-
vided by wide acquaintance among
newspaper men nevertheless brought
him all police headquarters knew
about the Bielinsky affair. Nothing
was known concerning the party In the
room at Ristoris by way Of which the
Russian escaped after adding two
murders to his score. The name of
Red Carnehan had not been mentioned
in connection with the crime. There
was, however, such person, notori-
Gus gang-leader of the lower East side
Considering 1t essential that he
should learn more of Mr.. Carnehan
and his friends, and perceiving but
one way to gain that information
without breaking his promise to Pris-
ella, Philip adopted 1t without more
hesitation.
On the following morning Priscilla