Show iwlew the DACA LOUIS JOSEPH author by of VANCE the false faces the lone M wl R R 0 R illustrated wolf by IRWIN etc MYERS MRS copyright 1320 1020 by the tha author THE HAUNTED WOMAN vaguely conscious of a double personality pemon allty but without any idea of fin meaning the uirl girl te leonora makes her accustomed way irit into 0 the street of strange races thoroughly at homell home in tile tha underworld of 0 new york leonora Ie onora takes her course coune to tier her appointed marlo mario joins her greatly lit in love IONS and seeing fleeing tho the fine qualities which tile the girl really possesses ma ala rao seek umeki to turn hor her from the path of inevitable t able destruction she bhe prom loss leg to marry him at nistor tn cafe gathering place of criminals aa I 0 nort meets her partner red CA carnahan Carn r ehan and hla his an and d 1 li acebed of betraying a follow fellow criminal to the police she bhe savagely defends defend herself and the ensuing argument in IB interrupted by the appearance of loo Ill elinsky fleeing from tile pollee police one of whom he has haa killed hilled in pursuit crash into the room and two are killed hilled by carnahan Carn ehan nora and the rest escape in her 0 maine wealthy artist awakes from troubled sleep deep with 11 distinct feeling of having her life if linked with leondras Leo nonia noras ilick has haa painted a picture 0 of i herself in fancy dres a blahy which seems to have a hypnotic effect on oil tier her unnerved and fearful that her mind Is in affected decides t to 0 call to tier her tild a dear friend dr r phillp philip Po li ti fi III PHILIP FOSDICK continued nut 11 fillip you do it so poorly youre so professional mo file with the ho penetrating eye co of and prescribe love loo inell for nit nil tile alio world orail ns its it love loo were cre bread pills or distilled water miter in it bottle hi labeled lovied shako well oll before us InglAnd and I 1 really lont dont feel run jiin ilon down enough 1 I toe fee you ant love iou slipped over on it you PU like bribing tin till cools cook to apsit put it n in ili your our coffeo coffee 1 silo sho laushell laug hell delightedly t Tl ints it 1 subal subtlety 0 ty does it for the tip im walling aim cling in noto note of it so tont dont bo be surprised it you wake bolio up ane one title morning vill and fand yourself madly in love mo with etli inc file 1 I voigt wont lie be anti I 1 even t mind hut irn im not now flow so go dont lose spur head why not ahen my heart Ild isol I 1 called up tip to ask it very herlous quest question foll shoot Sli oot 11 Wl ints a lip well vin ono obion n cross it jaack und and a confidence mail 11 1 I 1 know but do you ou do when han i intire io youre tire duly functioning na as inich 1 you mean how do I 1 make n icv ihl egv na only what lint do you do to make p pay fat cat fees i why I 1 pry into their souls it 1 they it appell to have any ind and ferret out 1111 p secrets phoso atly purposely try to keep from nie file and those they licy them nelves cles ii dont know anything about 11 1 I soe see will you tip dp roo me a favor tire nio tho the good I 1 did that lint long ago A n Il It cally eally phillp Ms misgivings givIngs put in I 1 jt tremor beinor into her glicr voice what did you cut butr I 1 that youre tho the dear dearest cst sweetest y yo 0 bleave I 1 im in ili en earnest rnest I 1 think ivo ive got a burled secret find and I 1 f want you iou to exhume it anil and see what its ninde made of 1 S are arc you serious 1 r desperately L mm min what are you doing this j il afternoon 1 Il having laving you to tea len it you can ilc came ill come come whether I 1 can or not nut dut what about aunt esther wo we cant hav bave a third present it if were to talk 1 11 lets lieve tea nt tho the studio stu illo objection ada bloyer 1 ais ill got get rid of her somehow inight ol o 1 tile tho studio what time I Tour J S eltease Lt 1211 ease ril ill bo be walting waiting it IV lovea LOVE ma ada alolor was n pretty vivacious MAITY fluffy little woman tho thoroughly toughly daano ana annu contented with herself her her world Erill rely lacking in any special aptitude for pointing painting she dabbled in olar a bit partly be cause causa it afforded tier her tin nn outlet for much energy that might otherwise have got her into mischief partly because she was vaa fond of pals k colln believed her byway by way of being a genius find ami was glad to lend tho girl tho the show of chaperonage without which site bho roust must hoto have had a difficult time of it with aunt esther nut but mrs moyer was rui as apt its as pot to absent her avelt from tho the studio for days tit at a timet time and on oil this afternoon priscilla found nothing to indicate that tho the a ther other had been them there nt at all glad to bo be spared tho the necessity of ap that flint slie site wanted to bo be falone aono with to girl moved alertly round tile he room tending tile tho preparation of ten tea by jha ilia paid site bho had brought with her placing tho the table and the ho ch chabris airis tho the way ay she eho wanted setting tile the stage for a scene which dihe felt instinctively 0 infract intimately nil all iter ber days to come she was uns always pleased when phillp philip was about consciousness of the love loo lie had find for tier her way something sll slit would not willingly havo have for forfeited felted sho sh was only sorry she love him in return nt lit least not in fit tile ho wity iby phillp philip wanted and deserved to be loved loed vastly different from such love loo no as find thrown leonora into tile tho inna arms of oc marto marlo she paused a blight frown puckering tier her delicately lined brows ingo how the memory emory iii of ali that I 1 at caress and hit power to tug at her heart strings I 1 stranger still that anything fis BS fantastic us its that shadowy love of slin shadows down should seem so ho real more real lhnn till all elso also in the content of her dri drama tinn oven even its culminating trin tragedy gedy i more real indeed than anything any tiling in this world of rl reality allty wherein she lio moved inched fill and lived find till and her ter being in it long stare site comprehended the stu studio dill us its with eyes pl perceiving r tho substantial beauty tit ot its time mellowed furnishings tile well chosen pieces of period tiny any shining with contented luster the handsome draperies of rich stuffs shifts colored anti and toned bro cades cadei embossed vel velvety civens vets len lenthurs of anthime speir ich b it artistry ni hairy the framed canvases ases on v its t walls and those lioio untrained unframed ot others aers that turned to them bashful I 1 f faces ces standing on oil tho ilia fine 01 old r digs whose collection hall had been be her fathers fill hobby liob liy ho darkly polished floor door darkly mirroring chrit caught tho the light 06 groat great wide flie Il replace with its massive dogs doga of brass tile bookshelves laden inden with well bound works of art the wide window chido w in tile south wall whose heavy bc ivy draperies slie site had thrown lack back to let III n the sun still site sho gave a gesture of doubt and anxiety if this were not love what was it not sanity how could 0 one 11 0 00 love oo a oln silo she began to regret the weakness which find moved her to call up till philip fosdick how flow could site bring herself eiselt li to confess tills this so BO cret even to jilin him ilow how kap it hidden from froin him ilow how hope to dec deceive elve unit keen insight which lind had lifted him to ills his present high place in the ranks of I 1 silo sho sting bai ng no more but awaited philips coming with more misgivings than sho she liked V confession philip r hall a way of ox ex or elsIng constraint and implanting confidence even in those who had no special liking for jilin him anti and was gentil genuinely nely attached to him more so than site knew and when she saw how low well lio lie looked how low very much alavo and alert mentally and physically philip always seemed nt at concert pitch and never to know a letdown let down hesitation and doubts were awny like leaves before nn nil autumnal wind 1 I suspected it he announced nodding sagely youre a fraud and thank for that I 1 now give me ten tea llense and tell mo me all sho bile ellade a little move of patu fetu lanco 1 I knew oaid laugh nt at mol met 1 I hoped I 1 would phillp flopped boyishly into ills ta fa orito chair helped himself to a alg aret wid and watched priscilla narrowly while mio ilio sugared hla cup with tile tho traditional two lumps added the slice of 0 lemon aind drowned both in tea never had find sho seemed more beautiful or more perfectly poised impossible lio lie told old himself there could bo be any 1 thing amiss with a creature of suc such some rome girlish notion noth liik ing moro more serious illow how long have you known me pl let tile ine see to the best of my recollection since you were about a year old I 1 remember coming into ilia nursery unexpectedly and finding you never mandl have you ever ob served anything in mo irto that led you to believe I 1 was ns abnormal in anny wayte way ile ho contemplated it frivolous reply but seeing the gravity lit in her eyes refrained fra ined No never verl 1 said philip solemnly well there la Is something philip I 1 have dreams the stran strangest gost dreams let mo me toll tell you and please dont laugh philip it any laughing mutter matter ile ho drew arc the soberest fitce of 0 sympathy imaginable go on oil As far back as ag I 1 can rome niber ive every now and then lind had a spec special till sort of dream that seemed very real to me even no na a little girl though then I 1 think they so BO definite but when I 1 began to grow glow into long dresses tho dreams took on a 11 certain form kept ever since such its aa 1 what I 1 fancy slums must bel beelike like tho the self I 1 see lit in dreams belon belongs gs there dresses dresse acts talks precisely like it ft girl ehos never halt had tiny advantages to of much education or wi ton tact with the plen pleasant sant side of life all 11 the alio sanio same she Is myself mach inich as it if I 1 put on some disguise so BO coin it disguised oven even my speech and habits oi thoughts even my sentiments moi tits and impulses mp ulses this girl and says things I 1 never could and havo never thought of but to tier they seem quite tile tho natural find right things to do and the truth 19 I 1 roost most ot of tho the time ashes rather self satisfied rind and pleased with everything the lie life she lends leads the aho he knows tho fun site blie has livery every thing 1 I mider understand stand 11 now u intrigued had abandoned all pretense of treating tho the matter lightly and was sitting forward smoldering between ills his lingers fingers his eyes intently searching face tell me something about UIO content of those these lo dreams go back as far no aa you crin can my arst memories tire are very vague priscilla told jilin they were childish and simple Impression another little girl who wits rather unhappy most of tho the time I 1 think she lived with jin an olo old inn a wretched old witch of ofa R woman alio ho was crupl cruel to tier her seemed to liate late tier rind and enjoy beating her in a mean little flat tile tho old woman used to tell fortunes with cards in ili tile the front room kut but nil all very vague liona now I 1 dont remember much more except that the little girl used to play a great deal in tile the streets but when sav sh or you grew up tit alio 0 drenios became more real yes about that flint time something happe happened ped to the lie old woman I 1 pre presume suile mile died find and tile tho girl was left alone to tb look out for herself lier self I 1 dont know what slid did for a living because T I 1 never saw her except tit at night flight then I 1 would meet lier her or rather find myself with ho her in tile the street of strange facos 11 A questioning quest loning look obliged priscilla to break oft hero here and nil explain about tile tho river the alio dark corner anti and the street arid and then lien wo we site she resume resumed d ar or sho she would start off anti and have curious experiences silo somehow fell in with a sort of desperado a gang leader such as one reads about la tile tho newspapers named lied carrie linn tin so you remember names I 1 oil oh perfectly places too A and this lied carnesali Carne Car hali fell in lovo iov biffl h her er and they became ei engaged 1 I d lh you you dont think it means insanity do you guess gues silo sho was brighter more intel than lie and she alio planned things for him film to do with ills gang rob berles and such things ti lings rs na fat as I 1 it know now rind how to escape the consequences quen ces another mini named marlo loved lodl her too but lie ho one fie of iteus gang lit in tact fact he was bitterly op oil jobed to 0 o lier her having anything to do with it and always begging her to so give it up tip and marry him hut but silo she was afraid of red and always ro re fused I 1 think she always meant to marry red ned carnahan Carn Car ehan richart until last night 11 paused and was so long silent staring tit nt tile floor lost in thoughts and emot emotions loris conjured up by this near approach to tier lier latest dronin fini that philip found it necessary to prompt her ter ahat happened last night the dream that frightened mo me so no ahad I 1 and to tell somebody prid and thought of sou then tell me she rose crosse crossed tj to a desk came buck back with the id rather read it it if you ou dont mind phillp philip I 1 wrote the story out last night na as clearly as I 1 could remember and hera tt it Is but list first tell me what you think yo yoc you dont think it means insanity do ij you 11 ills laugh reassured even moro tl alin n liti ills words blest your li heart art no dortho I 1 I 1 thea insane dont have coherent dreams or talk nebout them intelligibly ty dont werry about that but frankly frnnk ly I 1 dont know what to think there must bo be tin an explanation because noth ins lit in nature Is without its ita rause nut in this oso anso its something that flint ivila want a deal of hua hunting tIng im ilu afraid and well have to got all our facts to gether before I 1 call even hazard a a guess now lot me rend read please lie concentrated so completely over the manuscript that ho he seemed utterly forgetful of her presence and did in not 0 t so much as look up when after ifton a tl line file weary of studying his expression without knowl knowing tic what thoughts molded it Pris clAa rose and began to wander restlessly about the studio it seemed that lie ho would never finish reading VI THE EVENING PAPER silo she was war standing to one side of the south window abstractedly looking down own over macdougall alley when silo she heard phillp utter a startled exclamation and air jump up from his chair turning alio say him approaching the scribbled pages of tier her narrative crushed in lib its hand his fits face dark with amazement this Is more than extra extraordinary ord I 1 nil ry lie ho declared its impossible incomprehensible I 1 priscilla tell tile mo have you by tiny any chance seen the afternoon papers premonition started a hand fluttering toward her bosom why no youre sure hiitt but 1 of course philip Phill pl 1 and ana then alaan alarnel I 1 ed by ills look ot of doubt what Is it why do you ask half in a min minute tite 11 phillp philip crossed to the lie console table near tile the door oliero aher 0 it ho hall had loft left ills his hat and stick and ti a folded newspaper rind and canto camo back with will tile latter hastily slinking out its sheets 1 I remember noticing a news story on my wily way here lie he said abstractedly edly as lie senti scanned tied tile columns story curiously like yours in somo some respects respect s a about boil t 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