Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05

muddy automobiIc. without lights, aud
I a dog on guard beside il.
He spoke to the dog. and it came and
shifted at him. Then he squatted in
front of him. looking up into his face.
LONELY. old chap, Nrcn you" h"
said. We'll. you've got nothing on
me.
. He felt 4 little chrcrCd az he turned
/ back toward the hotel. \ few enCoun- =
tcrs with the things Of his youth. and
perhaps the cloud would clear away
Already the court house had stirr"u
some memories. And "n turning back
down the hill he had another swift vi
sion. photographically distinct hnt un-
related TO anything that had preceded
or followed il. II was like few feet
cut from n moving picture film.
II. was riding down that street n
night on small horse. and his father
was beside him on tall one. He looked
~ ar his father. and he seemed very
largo. The largest man in the world.
And the mo>t important.
l. began and stopped there. and his
cndeayor :" follow II further resulted
In it's ultimately leaving him. II faded.
became loss real. until h" wondered If
he himself had not Conjurod i. But
that experience taught him something
Things out of In" past would come or
they would not come. but they could not
hp forced. Ono could not will 20 roviv"
them.
lie stood At a window facing north
that night. under tn" impression Il wHs
cast. and sent MS love and an inarticu-
late sort of prayer ~ Elizabeth. for
hcr safety and happiness. in tn" gen
cral direction Of tho Arctic Circle.
Bassett had not returned in th" morn
ins, and he found himself with n day
on his hands. lie d"cid"d T." try the
experiment Of visiting III" LivinCStonN
ranch or at least o' viewing II from n
safe distance. with III" hop" oC a r"pcti.
non of last nght'~ experience. or all
his childish m"mnri"s III" ranch house.
next to his father was most distinct.
When h" had Ht various times tried to
aualyXc what things H." re"al."d h" had
FOUND that what they lacked of normal
memory was connection. They stood
ont. like tho one th" night before. each
romnl"fc in it>clf. brief, and having ~"
apparent relation :" what rad gone be-
turN or what cam" after.
But THO ranch house hod boon differ
ont. Tho pictures wor" mostly super.
imposed on Il II was their background.
Himself standing on tho mountain look
ing down NJ it. and his father pointing
tu il: tho trItor wh0 was afraid Of
horses. sitting n Il big table in great
wood-rciled and wood -Nauolod room ;
n long gallery or porch nlou: on" sid"
of IN" huilding aud rooms addcd on to
IN" house ~ that ono hni 70 go along
tho gallery ~ roach them a gun room
full "f guys,
When much later Dick wa> ohic cain e
IL 20 review that day. h" found hi~
rccoInct ion of il confused by IN" "vort I
that follnvo od. but on" thing stood ont
clearly as his later knowledge "f tho
almost Incredible fact tim. for ono on &.
tire day and for the evening Of another.
he had openly appeared in N"radu and
had not bcor recognized. That fact wa~
his discovery that tho Livingstone ranch
house had no place in his memory
whnt"vcr
lie had hirNi n car and driver. n
driver who had asserted that This was
tho old Livingston" ranch house. And
It bore Il" resemblance. NOT tho faintes'.
to the building hn remembered. It did
not le whore il shoUld have lnin. The
mountains were foo far behind il. II
was not the house. Tho fields were not
the proper fields. lt was wrong. nll
wrong.
He went no closer than tho highway.
because il was not necessary. lIe order.
cd the car To turn back. and for tho
first and only time h." vas filed with
bitter resentment against David. David