The Argosy, October 1906 — page 170: what you’re looking at

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only = His. ands fers gripping aS ble-cloth and his face was changing lor. “ What—what did she | — ba Sas She told me that if. I— But the sculptor auddeniy: broke. off = cade. his eyes opened wide in aston- had been holding in his hand came down: on the table with a crash. Carr’s interest in his companion’s story 10S. from his chair, his frame trembling, and his glance riveted. 2g “What’s the matter?” whispered Carr, so as not to attract attention. _. The other didn’t seem to hear him and - _ he repeated his query. - Jt was effective. his glance to rest on Carr’s face. With a queer expression he reached for his hat. Following his gaze, Carr saw, at the _ far “end of the room, a yours ee Tise_ she did ‘so the seer feached inte Tis pocket. : > —— = . < “ sf " ‘ == Fearing something was about to hap- <2 pen, Carr leaned over the table and clutched the other’s wrist. But his com- --_-panion merely drew forth a card and _ i r hs! ? 5 ’ -__ dropped it on the table. His eyes were » ~ still at the far end of the room. ad _ the author. “The vision I saw in my ~dream! I must know her. Will see you - to-morrow afternoon here at this place.” -_ With these words he hurried out of the restaurant, leaving Carr in a stupor of amazement. His brain was whirling _ round like a buzz-saw. = How like his story! It was wonder- ful. Aye, unnatural and uncanny. Then a frightful thought assailed him. ~The perspiration started in beads on his _ forehead. 3 _ Perhaps—perhaps it’s ai an hallu- cination. I’ve been working too hard — SS ‘Perhaps the boys are right, and — ey ATA ? ’ aT DSU RW MESS ANE eA vo ive ale wie vA f worse each day. est coincidence ever recorded is passing before By eyes. T’ll- = = and looked =a- ‘second - time at the card Sz -ishment, his lips parted, and the glass he — “now gave way to amazement at his ac- — eli He saw the sculptor slowly rise the waiter and a: The sculptor allowed _As he did so, I he overheard | Tanne fo = = = the effect that some one was “‘dippy.”. _. He applied it to hitiself a vlewee — on. The thumping on "the inside = a= = head alarmed him: He wondered af it = = - ‘were caused by the ‘ ““?Tis she,” he whispered, bending over ie = it. Z —— 2 I am a little overbalanced. Maybe I am 3 _ losing my mind; or I am dreaming now. — = -— Did I write a plot after all? I’m : = ~ quite sure. My TIeMory is growing | I’ll have to stop smo-" w S = king. If I did write that plot, the strang- = But he: left off soliloquizing - to utter. an exclamation loud- “enough” to attract — the attention of every guest in the place. Carr dashed his hand across his eyes the stranger had left. growing Wweaks =< . Everybody in the room was” s staring at him, but he noticed none. oe 1er | were becoming a bunch of spring == = - He looked at the card again. and was unable to believe his senses. He called = sked for his check. — a “Did another man 1 with me he whispered as he took | noticed the charge. ee Why, ‘yes, sir. out just now.” “Then a ‘man did. I. go_ out He felt. ‘himself The. ‘man who went ae ae mi eEE Se - “i ~ Facinaucs Bs ter ‘alll. panied. hat and tick. and ae: Ss eo Ea = i ’ : a) te yy ea up ay Ps rats” several cS = friends - had often hienned. | him _ in his ‘ Cpartete = = at certainh : ing. “Liss had pes ae . se ) —— in the blistering sun and. the pe sspiration : == was teeming from every pore aes he was suddenly gripped by the arm. = = = “Where to, = man? <a hurry?” With - hegre face and Carr stared cat = ker. nized his friend -Conra ad — yoy doctor. : _ “Oh, it’s “you, i