Show ilbra 5 fix thim ap dy LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE autler anih or of the faleo false faces MIRROR R IN the lone wolf etc ik 1930 1 by the author Must illustrated rated by irwin myers I 1 1 Y THE PICTURE f synopsis vaguely conscious ot of a doul douvil personality bal without any I 1 ides or if its Ineal lii ilie tile girl leo 1 bora her accustomed way into intone te street of etra strange nige lace laces underworld 0 new york afi rao joins her in love lobe ir d seeing tile lie fine it girl 11 really os matto at sito turn tier her isom the path of inevitable destruction bho she i rom ir lesto marry him at a 1 place at of criminal leonora louora meet meets her partner cited carnhan and his hi associates and oc of betray betraying ini a fellow allow Irn kisil to the tile police slie sho save uv ls herself 11 crash Int atthe room and two ura are t billed abby by leonora and the real rest in n her studio 0 re malno lwe wealthy althy artist awake awakes from api troubled bleep with a distinct feel b her life linked with ainora a e I 1 ri scilla has painted a picture of herself in fancy drea dress 1 a alpy which has ha a strat ge effect ii fijn jn art her unnerved and tearful fearful that li Is affected priscilla call calls to ber hor aid a dear friend dr I 1 lillep nl it who Is in love with her ill xa to 1 stunned to find tt it at her story is 1 confirmed by atea Ht ea 11 I 1 mat 1 0 I 1 THREE rep hia hl wt haunted woman it in 1 CATECHISM link 5 javns nn tin interlude of which I 1 ed no more tinn than n afa of it lime time of PIe 11 onnist of struggling with alt kaw iii ight to hold fast to enson at d et j throughout it may be dived 10 wise se of philips sni pathy and I 1 na 11 an ans a reached and passed on il f more calm or rather more n will all anim found tier malt a roomy nith ith a serl 1 a it philip fosdick petite I 1 eral flin y front of her holding her I 1 int A in n grasp so compelling fly 01 escaped being pain i h albing sica dily in lit eien per fe it infinitely soothing soo thInK endig lie ile nn a mort to the first of if ra returning turning self control offer ul indi 1 3 blei silly Phill philip pl she it smile disen illier r I 1 tand to make instinctive her r mir I 1 bit you re not that sart a shock enough to stagger it abat i but bat 3 on oue e reacted famously famo to A fall ou need do ie is sit tight ider this thing coolly and i rt that w cnn ann 17 I 1 look and PCS once more distracted I 1 why even von know whether I 1 ira ra my e here i I 1 am 0 know youre you re right your own studio I 1 mo ton I 1 be sure I 1 thought I 1 I 1 night but it I 1 t fell albal 91 bienen hemen knos how far away adful place when ilien that hap t here at nil all I 1 I 1 it i you wre here asleep 1 e you voke up you mere gadebe d sou were ere ei ele chere here with chic life remains to golum there s nn explanation a poet I 1 pimple ample and tin natural tural one for and it can enn bo be got at if 0 o after it in the right way fly tint lint ottell u i find I 1 antl and manner carried a men molts conviction chank you 0 said 1 I im m trang to ing to be sou dont know how harj lore youre wrong I 1 do perfectly on the I 1 enow isnow D 11 in nature hero there cant be ore we cant fall to solve in except through gli your lack iowa roe me if you 11 trust me help jb TH can be absolutely frank 11 taj beet beat of course fo S I 1 III it never have a minutes I 1 I 1 biow the truth ask ark me u like and III tell you the know IL 0 you will 10 tell me ono one thing low sho she faltered nod and looked tilde too you dont it think im wrong any wa way I 1 refs laughed with calculation u t scouted the tho suggestion and 0 timo time was indulgent ely ly not nol youve bot got he nd ind I 1 know but youre 1 iut obvious cilia youre ne an V personality as any irre ever tra or lillic t ur or alss v hat flat me c tinn filliat I 1 ML if to that work ork on jou It huit our knon N Mint ha I 1 e eier pr it Is 18 the truth Is knon to our mil sub conscious silt and if tint at Is bound to tell us its soon or late intel aut how philip the first atno milne since tie lie and h 11 d shown her tho tile nes newspaper paper 8 tone and manner we were re unaffected by mental strain I 1 o suppressed n glimmer of xai faction be lie had succeeded in lit so Interest Irr her tier flint she anns ae coxs 3 sensible of what nhat rightly 0 she he considered n menace to her tier reason than of the fatch inting lorn lent it presented if ir we to fall tali to get nt at the trouble by dissecting an annl I 1 comparing known facts well nell cadeli ho tile subconscious betraying it self it akinas 1 doea cilia fo NO mat ter how it may try to board its secret it can t help flirting with the temptation to dacys it indirect and so 0 o in tho the ell end it lets the cat out ont of the he bag thais what nhat makes tit inv jt JO so interesting one never I 1 want lint word or phra phinio to gesture or of expression will give ie tho the chip one aped so S if wo ie faill to mak 1 in direct examination te to sint lint flint fame time ben nero ftp re lea at expect expecting inz it the ho 1 4 illi III prompt you to in drop ho lie bint flint that alii lead to the heart of the he no folded aided e well persuaded and only too to he be if how flow shall nr r of 1 strong enough to anve n go nt at it no nou good I 1 I 1 hen lien lets ret get our fuels facts in cordei first the things we inow bt dispute I 1 hilla pro lived it pocketbook faund abair a fair page anti nt at its top penned the rotation I 1 priscilla llla maine age twin ti one IN ulicee here were ere you born alere heroin in bew ew york at least I 1 pr f sume I 1 vas does it matter cant t say as yet words followed liti fountain pen your fn an ther aas ilear llonart sinone of this city a portrait painter made a great of money inherited more was nas forty eight uhn he lie died I 1 a e years ago lending aou ou ills his sole heir n handful of millions lour mother died when iou were nere born it if my memory ser bones es 1 les ea her name 1 I dont know philips phillps brows browy liftee your father fattier tell Is ischer cier tho the girls cye eyes clouded lie ile seemed so distressed n wan on my mother was mentioned I 1 learned not to ask questions odd must line hae been hom something ethIng uncommon common tin to make film avoid the tile subject with till hia his own ou child ker you flint iny sometimes priscilla llla hesitated looking loo liing down doun at fit n forefinger which raced a pattern on the arm of the chair 1 I in afraid I 1 never bothered about my mother much hunan human enough still somebody r jt abow your aunt C lather Nt lier I 1 I 1 not inot she site really my aunt ou know distant cousin I 1 believe did she ever mention your mother I 1 only once and then only to say any she understood fathers married life I 1 a lint haiby py one I 1 dain didn t she say why she know 1 somebody must fosdick repented testily I 1 well there is our first big question mark now phillp you dont think possibly the reason renson the marriage was unhappy wae nas because of finy thing like lentol trouble on my mothers side elder i 01 joell ol fosdick declared with just the tile right d agree of pained forbearance do try to cure yourself of that notion cilia its ridiculous theres wrong with your mind any more than with mine lets see liti pen hung poised you had the of childhoods that I 1 know and the amial edli education cation and unia thus far youre youve lived an tin alenie life the sort of life our sort of girls do live nowadays you like fun and friends and pretty frocks rocks boo books music the theater admiration youve never once known hunger or hard bard work or barring what you may have read anything about the harsh and seamy elde sides of life I 1 know youve never been engaged but whether youve ever been in love I 1 priscilla colored 4 but shook her bend head hie ills eyes narrowed rl honor bright briganty 4 ob oh ive bad had crashes cru shee of course every girl boe 1188 and ive always been awfully fond ot of you I 1 fond I 1 ho lie groaned 1 I ve e been afraid of if loua foi 4 I 1 because ot of those these bicanin it dlinn I 1 spun right to think ft of marrying with such a cloud hatI Jog over me he lie grunted scow led nt at ills nott notebook book pursued purs pur sied jed the dreams atlan lo 10 thild childhood hood you fay u und arc inart luent and formless until nebout your star ihen ilion they begun began to bi lill acal I 1 ind tind therefore to piny play an important role in lit our life to occupy our thoughts li more or less and a secret influence on all your motives and actions I 1 presume ou kept a diar or any record of 0 the tile dreams you lou t give tue me any idea how often they occurred at what intervals no I 1 never thought pity it might be helpful if we could prove periodicity even eccentric however if tiny go on that 3 one thing aou ou must promise me alax 1 tell me tile as soon ns as you ie find a arnin let me talk to you about it before the impression lins has a i chance to fade and at alnis n 9 u rite it domi do it too tho tile way i ny 3 ou did this one oie 1 I mill III of churbe courbe u louie never consulted anybody cle clef 7 I 1 never neer a living soul I 1 coul in t talk to anybody I 1 simply nt risk their thinking me queer o 0 1 I understand now lets see it vie ue can get a hue title on this from another ong angle to how low were pre you tiding estar day an way nay unusual iqual 1 restless and unsettled otherwise very well mell ratter joll ou know inclined a lark of soine some sort what did ou do with all oil day nothing much I 1 had n model in the tile morning but dithie dian didn t like what I 1 was utis doing tin and let lot her tier go before noon lit 4 i 1 I 1 ive been afraid ot of love philip di dc cause of these dream dreams in the afternoon I 1 borkel on my portrait of myself till the light began to chungo change and know you were painting houi own portrait may blay I 1 see it III li ly of course coursel P 11 II AUTO HYPNOSIS ns as nunns pome one elie she liked phoned interest in the work nork she loved so ivall ell the girl forgot her tier preoccupation in a twinkling and jumping up gally linked philips ann arm and led him to tho the tall tanvas b emille tho thu pier gluss Ili I herel erel elio she did you khov priscilla maint could be like that impressed by his britt glince philip merely a thoughtful ll mint and find in studied the portrait with 11 th en an intelligent appreciation not unmixed with wonder iori dr priscilla released his ills arm am and stepped linck pleased by thie this mute tribute pleased as well to bave have her own overnight impression confirmed experiencing that rare worm glow of malitch only an ortist knows when be he look looks upon his handiwork and finds it good vit lnell drawn and modeled daringly yet sensitively painted voth en an oner uner ring sense of color and valma the girl in gipsy dress was amazingly and biere woe arresting challenge gt gb in to that impudently tossed lead with its laughing mouth of scar let and dark eyes aglenda with charming insolence under lowered lushes well done mid phlip philip simply im so to eind glad you like it philip darkness she named a den denier for known to both wants to show it in his bl gal I 1 like it 11 only I 1 cant fet get over nn tin odd notion hat that it imi 1 t you the ciketic s Is I 1 I 1 remember N veil ell the night flight you noro ore that co costume and et chow you see it too I 1 turned to her tier mith till n sharp glance she consciously I 1 I 1 dlan didn t myself till in it night after I 1 id d up then with tho the dream fresh ani real la in my thoughts I 1 saw I 1 1 I 1 painted not myself hut but that other self spit lie girl you ape isn t Priscil ln maine not the ou oil a bid lit I 1 ehnow now sties I 1 eo norn I 1 good I 1 ord I 1 philip looked crave grave were you thinking of her while painting no not tint consciously not that I 1 remember and yet without your knowledge nou ou must hat bem lie ile moved nearer the picture to examine it more closely it brings back so clearly tho the birl girl mused lt it gives alies ine me the strangest tiding of unreality males me wonder aich atiq 1 which which the living woman noman which tin 11 tho the voice behind him trailed oft off into a pensive murt murmur nur ho lie made mad a movement of exasperation and pit il it becoming conscious of the stillness looked round to FCO foo the girl posed tn in n gidre steadfast nt at the portrait hr look dull and remote head bead thrown back it trine trifle hands hanging with till palma exposit in a gesture aPpen appealing ling her respiration abnormally slow and deep fo fosdick ock took a quick edep to her crying ciliak a Ci lial she seemed not to behr he ile said in barp insistence I 1 do you henr cilia cono out ow at of itil it that broko the spell sighing softly she drew a hand across her eyes then with an uncertain smile 11 extended it in 0 o him philip it between hta fits own on now what lint ho he demanded with brusque rood good humor I 1 i e had the ho funniest sensation I 1 anns thinking about the painting wondering if per perliss lisp rd id done something extraordinary weird painted my own soul into the figure on lie the canvas you know so that it rielly lived and wis me nello I 1 was merely a shell shelf of ich and blood find suddenly it seemed to we my anne had come true that flint I 1 was nits really there on the tile conva looking into the roon hero here seeing myself I 1 mean seau priscilla maine and wonder ang in I 1 about her tier and about cs as if id never 1 I er known either of ua na as afi were it stranger in m own onn studio do aou ou understand plilip 1 llla it hotst sound so to wild and silly what was as it phillp apat made me feel that way nay auto hypnosis a 0 mild phase su au per induced by excitement and fretting nothing tiling to worry about and still frankly I 1 dont like it I 1 care to have it happen too frequently its it no good encouraging that sort of thin thing each tino timp it happens it anaba down resistance hatges you only the more susceptible tu to ibo the suggestion if I 1 acre you I 1 id d drop that portrait alt put it out of eight and mind till 1111 voe 00 oo settled this ques tion it up and let light into its darkness anil and eo so rel relieved leed sour boutto and fears I 1 perhaps ou re right priscilla demurred buti dont banow it malits me tile to bae unfinished ork on hand don t you think I 1 might better finish it u and anti net get it out ot of tho tile studio altogether nut philips phillps disapproval manifest u eho begged her tier it only mcuri another doy day or two tiso then I 2 on let lot IlAr kness have it and forget all about aboul IV r it I 1 can t soy say yes colln I 1 t be he nt at nil all surprised if it turned out that the tile portrait wits wholly to blame for last nights cap I 1 nunn for the peculiar content and breud of your dream she was frankly and said so I 1 the io power or of suggestion it has exerted on your thoughts he lie explain explained cd till esterday esterd ny lou ou never express expressed ed it t lk dpn n to 0 o yourself but subconsciously I 1 li avent any doubt the tb tight tins fins ali alwn sinz been at work nork unit flint it t yourself you were nere painting but 1 the heroine of your dream story another woman of a different life with fib an We independent pendent and mentality and thenon course all his Is sheer guesswork are associations inherent in the concept of 0 gipsy off ind find a existence stence romantic adventurous full of dangers twists and turns and thrills such thoughts may well hove have dictated he the character ind and course of tho the dream though you were never actively aware ot of thinking them it Is its it life lite or deater rm BE CONTINUED contentment moy may be better atan it 00 r money noney but it la Is equally scarce |