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+orrlaat. 1010. or •.re naw nostee•ed Cr. an rags• ... ,.i
LL 1 know of the affair 1s that Passe.... '1
bearding bau.e was, rot a while, said to be
'haunted that Helggs •eser(ed tbat be had seen
and beard Pawevant after he disappeared. and
that the Huteeleya tbought they ran over eom.
,• ,fly or eomething, tboogb no obstaele was Nand
That ts, ft's all except (or Deigbton's astottnding ez•
planation of It a11. Briggs and the Retch/eye no one
could over anspeet of falsehood, bet 1 have often sus-
pected Deighton of beta--w,U, call it a practical
joker. It was s pretty ember subtect to Joke •boot,
t•ut-there you :tre 1 pass It up.
I bad known Paassvant, not top intimately, as
tete of :hoer •rnateur professional ebaps---tbe sort of
photograpber wbo 'falls himself an artist and gives
eou washed out brown prints on several mats of
neutral toned paper, and signs hes name with • aH
pencil 1n one corner. He was tall and then and pale
brown, not unlike one of tris own washed out sena
prints. 1 always tboogbt be ought to be retouched
and focussed. Hi had pale aloe pop -yea and a then
Vandyke beard. Ton know the type. He photo-
graphed women mostly, posed them 1n Cbinne err.-
brolderles, snd•all that net of tbine.
It was Briggs who first told me Passevant waa
missing. I don't know who alae would ever have
missed Passevant very much, but the two bad struck
up some sort of friendship. founded, I think, upon
the study of ants. Briggs' ants always bored me to
death. He had a dosen or more little formlcarice
with different species. and they were always emcapinq
!nto his cupboard. The only fun about ants to te
see them fight, but Briggs would nerer tight 111s: he
only wsft•hed them Interminably through a big lens.
I beppened to meet Briggs in the street one Mon-
day-. and be told me that he was afraid something
had happened to Passavant. The last any one had
seen him was on Saturday afternoon, when one of
his fellow boarders had gone into the studio. That
was about four o'clock on April 1S. Paasevant waa
fussing with his arc light, and had the lantern that
bunghfrom tbe ceiling of the studio down on the
floor. .He didn't appear at the supper table that
night, and be didn't, so far as any one knew, sleep
1n hes room. This was remarked, as Passevant wu
ordinarily ns regular and as prosaic as a clock.
Every one at the boarding house bad a little Joke at
the photographer's expense, except tbe landlady, wbo
seemed rather sour about It. It was too funny to
think of Panevant leading a double late, even to the
extent of staying away for a mingle night. When be
bad stayed away two days, leaving no message, it
got beyond the Joke -especially to the landlady,, who
bad always been fond of hem. livery one now began
to discuss it In earnest- I believe the pollee were
notified. And then came Briggs' astonishing experi-
ence.
This was on Thursday evening. I was reading the
evening paper alone when he burst into my siting
room. Briggs is a small, round, dark man, with curly
black hair. So that when he appeared. as whips as a
sheet. his paleness gave him a curious biack,aad-
white effect, like a pen and Ink drawing. He was •
draughtsman for a machine company, and be pro-
fessed to look up to me as an exponent of iltYarabare
sod the arta.
"Say, I've just even Passevant!" he exclaimed, •1 -
most before entering.
"Wail, be's alive, t ben. That's good," 1 said. Per
I too tel feared s tragedy. '
"He bs'1 alive!"
"1 tboaht you said you bad Jost seen him."
••I dM --about au hour ago."
''Why, bas something happened to Mw glace Meer
"Oh, I can't say. What 1 these 1s, be wasn't altve
Man I saw him."
Briggs dku't seem to realise bow I hat sounded
to tae.
"Where was he?" maid I.
"in my room." Theo, perceiving my •soasetsent,
tie explained. "It was Parevant'.'g'boot 1 saw!"
"Oh!" 1 exclaimed. Briggs had certainly began to
make hiusself ir.lere.ttag •1 last. i settled back is
my chair comfortably. 'Tell me all about It."
""That's Just what I ease tor," net Brigga. "1 suss
tearfully frightened at the time. I'm ashamed to .q.
lint i wanted to tell you. it's rather In year Ila., you
know.- He waved Ids hood expressively, as 1f be
considered me ae autbetity at the aspern.tawal. He
Aad quite calmed down, and had begun to 101 !m-
1'ortaat.
"How d'you know It w•etet 1'*a••••nt hie.self, in
'.e Mesh?" 1 Inquired.
"Ale, flesh islet like that!" Rrlgge .ba.daered.
"W61, damn !t, man, 1 .Sola see right chrome] him'
1' are was a w elte Swan furans behind hint, and It
Newel tight through his bead.
keow a ghost t••''t"n I see one!"
(led be speak?"
dagga became ee.berraa.ed now far tbe ars( time.
• I *o Mardi, expert yin to believe me, yen know. 1
net meow t bat 1 wend believe aitytbl.g sn aMird
.-self. the he meted tn.• to nye him something to
Re Jt,.. I g*ee. 1
t tad to .saga. "West dM be wast --angel cake:
elder .l egg? A asap bubble: 1 don't know whet
*cooks live out costly."
wax nem. "Ten may laugh row- -but you
w 't be,* attend 1f you 'had aeon It I Was
seared to Mate. t tried to speak. 1 thwebt to in-
e rt[, ':tow, bowel' say .hence at east,' bot 1 positively
•-i*Ma't toilet . welle.^
"W1det die pet so --jest gawk e • aim'"'
' Mo, i rue. 1 ea is of tis room acid Socked ties
• Wend d Tett knew thdee's s ben exit Hein.
toe tltebs.rtt' • .,stay 'Nl down I.tMr•a, 1 .tem 1*
met, * herd• . t was sickening. - I ee514 no mere
caste" my wail tbea if It bee been ve eertnowek. tie
s *Utese erste. acted sutom.t .Hy."
Mew' pwre id. "Imbeds'?
0'4 batt? lou had been '. •• Ir
wMtp ag *best bin tey go-'
or env serves. , •. a fgAle !1•al ima, senie bcedtp-
gaieM- ..what,. ves Pssattsat toffee,"
-With s�tr,a�rt �' ntrid .P• tttroosb1 No. ler' It was
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Henreid re gr u• • -.P sun. " said
Why b wee ahem els t'oet. * perMp. •
'tie while •A. .see„ aM et as, rat. am;
r n w• t r bing oar ✓ .n • fnrsarartcs M •,a, web
aeesrtwan entrees% kilt red hone .eti rat
-.mirk se rem tiny •rr hod pet Is . tpsere
d nastbr •pseios aid the bob was all upN Kt was
R bneerwtleg ?hit I wetted teem mita 1 ,.mid lard
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ug U U rhe', *OCendtus '(. motet- Muddies,t este
se we' d'beset had u, 'b.. 'pent. , nue of no
et* ,rt ,,, ,rough, area. %eau. to s... spirits wen
art',tbere to •rtvUlailft •be worth. two and
'4 being all test ha/rmemained of 'rat rI011. tie 1
Met ask say uoe to believe all this story of Ueish-
ton's. But, as 1 can't keep coatluwil, apologising
for :r, -1uppoes I tell It In Deighton'- wry •.:f It wont
trig?
Deighton beard of l•assevaut'a d.esppeara.• a vu
Monday. 11. was therefore naturally eurprlenl
wbee on Timer/flay night ,the Waist BNgp was with
mt. you reossatbst) the tetepbooe tell lung and be
heard Passevast's voice speaking to him. He reeott.
uleed it perfectly, expressed Aurprisr, aid raked
wbere•Passevast bed been
all this time kis Meade had
Leen worrying aims! Mw.
i'asaevant evaded the ques-
tion. "('an I Conte over n.
see you?" he asked.
-Police after
Deighton 1st/aired.
reinvent denied that, and
Insisted taut he posit'ee!y
"And then -well, he just gradually 'came out.' "
felt something --I knew some one was in the room,
looking at me. I turned round, •didn't see anything
at first, and then -well, be Just gradually 'came out:
-Just like developing a negative --only this one, you
might say, was underexposed. Faint. Too damned
faint. It made me faint. Well, as 1 say, 1 simply
bolted. So world jou have, too:" Briggs kept his
eyes on my face, awaiting his cross-examination'
"Tenn say be spoke, though."
"Rather. That was tine worst part of it. I couldn't
stand it. He asked for sometbing to eat, and then he
went on, but I didn't wait to listen. I gave one
look, tried to answer, found my tongue had dried
up, then I ran. He was all dem and shadowy -els
face and hands were about all I noticed. I fancy be
had a robe or aometting on, but that may have been
imeglnatlon."
"Oh. It WIS. Imagination, all right."
"Briggs still stared at me. "1 don't blame you for
not believing. 1 don't suppoee I would. Brit you'll
thud Passevant has been shot, either by himself or
somebody Mee --shot In tbe forehead."
"Why In the forehead?"
"There was a bole there -a dark shadow, anyway-.
rdend Like a bullet 6oie. You waft and see. Have
you beard what they say at his boarding house?"
I hadn't at that time heard, so Briggs went on: -
"Well. I went up there this afternoon and I hap-
pened to meet the girl who has the room next to Passe -
•ant's. Her story is that last alight she beard bas
door shot esttli. She ddn't brow at the time it was
Passevant's door, bet what happened afterward con-
vinced her. It was late -about eleven o'clock. An-
otber chap had just come In and gone upstairs to bas
room. Tice girl lay in bed, right up against the parti-
tion wall, and she began to bear soft footsteps and
drawee opening. Then she beard 'Oh, Lord:' and
abe swears It was In Pass. -ant's own rolce. They're
all talking shoat It up there. 1 say, could you pat me
up here to-nlgirt?'
"Suppose I go beck .to your place and stay with
You?" 1 suggested. "I don't mind seeing a ghost my-
self. I can't imagine being afraid of Passevant."
"Not whet be has a bullet hole in his forehead?"
Briggs shook his bead. He acknowledged his cow-
ardice and threw himself on my mercy. St I let him
stay oo the couch in my sitting room rind asked hem
to call me If Passevant *bowed np. It was lest h.. -
fore we went to bed that n curious thing happened.
We had gone out oo my little front balcony and
were sitting there, still talking over the natter, and
Idly watching the few paaaersby in the street- At
about tau o'clock an automobile came tearing alone
down Nato street, and i bad last recoplaed It as
the Hotcblayi 1'. D. Q. touring car, when there was
■ scream and the squeak of the emergenc3. brake,
sed the motor stopped s0ddeely with a stalled ep-
glee. 1 saw Hutcbley get down and look under (be
wheels. I hoard Ws- Mudge,. begin to talk excited-
ly to bee Maned. Than Hutebley walked slowly
heck !n the street, n. If 1.e were looking for solne-
t t,lait.
t *lr'uted down, "Hello, Hutchleyl Anything
wrong? What's the matter?'
it was Mrs. Hinckley who atawered Ape. "Ola
dear' We ran over something, or nomehody, Pm
*halt: '1t was •what!" • •
I was on ray feet 1t an instant. "Why, i didn't .oe
any osier
Rat 1 ran dawn watt, Briggs, and we both Jobbed
Hatchley Ib W ante. We all Ovist back era hr u
Hyde street, namlseed -ea getters everything. Moto-
wn absolutely nothing In tis street. Hutrkiey fibula
crooked hie aeehim and got late afs Dant.
"1t was misty, anyway," be amid "Pelt exactly as
If 1 had hit Me nee and Ibstr ret, over him- 1f
was a doe 14 " see bow he ever got away."
Wei. we 9004 Mega &bent It, aleewealag Pamir
•n+', AMapt••aranc.• sae Aylly vent to bed at mese
ishe Seem lett weak I we taking my bath Nat
•rntag t r. pw red uta to by rooaY ewer die,
t wMb 47.10 t tu.de'• new
rIrlghten taylhfnf short
It 1 hadn't mad Asn breed ids story hetes br-
,,ard shoe it wean '. easier, for me to male op •;r
,owed Osignea , as 1n4441ee1 d,v11 rive the (.wogs.
s, • n.M • ways tatty Met one of tbise c
get ee era never pet rout .1111.13*tie,, moron sp,Y
eg rte's ier. ate New <tow etervbedy Atlee ever,
Nog reef, ret **waverer type. the: • •,u 1
wee %cuss) .soil. Mm ht • 'be re there • ..
Loeb' ret tt.ernP• tint he Ata bees .hairs w111
toed aunt, n limp ernes The question to. Was
ea ever in•fted agar, Fle's I.tsrs.t _g. h.Mootlio
es segok sad he hoe • wap et Manse .M.r.nllip bi-
psedbM thugs • id Menlo this Are out strobes.,
taw Oe het wits WSW' bsartfpm lagMeq.gsyli
"And was just putting in my first plate when
sdmething happened to the arc light."
most see Delghtoh-it suns a question almost of late
and death -only he couldn't explain over the tele-
phone-
'tYou'II promime not to be alarmed, however queer
1 look?" Panevant had asked -
"Look as 'queer as you like. You always look gbt•er,
for tint matter," aald Deighton, and he hang up the
receiver, rather dlagustsdly. He had visited the lepers
at Molokai, witnessed Chinese tortures, walked the
battle field at Sidon Kop and been hazed at medical
school -he be alarmed! He suspected that Passevant
w-ae drnak,
Well. In half an hour -nearly nine o'clock, it was
his bell rang and he pressed the button of the electrl,
latch of t)ite eater door, two floors below. Then he set
his own' hall door alar. A mlaute later Panevant
was in the room--Paeserent. or. at least. something
resembling him. According to Lelghton's de.eriptios
Passavant looked like a living, quivering statue In
Jelly. He was need, too. tbongh in • mosent be
snatched a Navajo blanket from the couch and
wrapped himself in it Then only Vaseevant'a bead,
bands and feet "Mowed, blurred. yellowish and, indis-
tinct. 11 was Incredible. 1)etgbton'e first act was to
satisfy els scientific curiosity-. He went up to Pane -
vent and poked a finger at him -you know bow yeti
always want to poke a agger into a jelly mound --bit
Pmseevent was flesh and blood. firm enough to the
touch, but t_raoslocent---almost transparent. Parts of
het h.ad kept disappearing against tbe dark back-
ground when l'asete ant moves. i)elgtton •iso no.
ticee s. had Rrlggi. •lye P*•se••n' hada round dark
spot if, tb. middle of bid fteet ed.
Paawvast's Or request was for food. He said he
was half starved, and, yet feta apet'lficatloo was cure
oar ile wanted ts, know If I)eigbtoo had any Jelly -
env. apple Preferred. Tete nearest thing to that
Highton had wa• bodee and, se the photngas
heee
told W story. be wolfed down s wbt.le conA, spitting
oat the wax at the .Ptd• of sentences Ther ,. Passe -
vane* cowhwe n. ae Deighton reports
"On leotards to l
.twdM I y a1O1n1ag. 4 was walking t., v
notlewd . •las boo it, 'he gutter rear the
centre of Mab, •net hirat streets : pkksd It ry_f
don't knew why and was •ptl.M ti tend late& a
packet •wrapprd :r berm*, skim lariat tees. and
t'sfeAlly wrappett n 'oottrm wool •nd tyfoit was
whet 1 took 't, he the brogei, corbel, of *a electrtr
are light- I tbpighr it probate, neat '•bald's pia,
thio, Mt It Into ay pocket and forgot al *bolt 1t
It was fire o'clock, and 1 wee Itss, about to elan.
,to, tvb,O n girl 'sett reddish hie tame la to have r
Phutasrape taker She war lansely pretty with
a wNadeel, espw•temee par., .eA • times she ' oknd ur
mere thee einem, rears old. 'boogh rr diets see
-erred thirty at 'seat 1 coon awrtw 1, rake my eye
of her abe raarlaafed m. 4*00*nthted 'wak.
nor •cilM/bea.e« .f ,•oalhiaillpeOfe,
"W1t, 1 bad , . mwi j *sod •n
fret Mttatia,terht ed we. M•.
;Attlee im say an ;nett wilt. /
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tan art: .bares h.Aa't ie.+, p/••na ►r.
day.
lie they "beak! here . rel 410 the
teen said met of chi widest
was named ?el. wem ernes, dlsuttrmwtMd Iia%
ttde't linos what :. le. eat', ! happened v. Odin et
na i*• ' . A leo, had mend h the the ..baree
r•n, rata 1 yos tar, she s.w'ket •N althea. who
; switched ea On eeriest In 11gbi It gave wag m
niter sort of vaert r eOm
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IMO "I1*. 't Mt5 Clint 'e. * c SO. tK+'ldlllhsnr
street. ' : ' vet ted. I mute .'all :flet. la person . On
u I My. ■•e* tatalw ted whit net. Alt.t .he nat,
left t tone of the !in :'let t,.:r be hart. wittier'
lute toy dart retest.
•'whoa I ponied of, •rt 4r'$om, newer... I roue.,
tint net r single Malt showed may Image The plaIee
.hewed no ■ppeenwe :,f rw$sg tight etrotk---tt we,
)fiat es it the film wad ..eye' been s4nalesen. 1 tried
nee after t 11• of bet Nothing cams' Ast
"Wed. you may' imagine how disappointed 1 wa..
sad bow surprised. There wa• IN' way of mecoatslag
her the failures. for rt.t teases west of standard makns
and bad ontr Peon tw'• differed, paceeee•. I
coelde't here made ani unmake. 1 w•smed:sty hands
and west .,•t tete. !be stunk, tied exited the gm.
'-1 was AI MOW daded, suet in a reverie- tryIrg 'o
account tar It all. and 90 for some natant. 1 didn't
Make that *aytbing was wrong tilt I want to 1110
table lad started to put 11, my es* links. fees I got
a shirk- 1.oeidag dove at my abet sleeves ; bonnet
I c.wlda't see sq bonds! 1 oak off m! .i.c.c- and
wiled thaw. That wasn't Ir made- me feel skk at
my stomach.
"1 recall going to the ,vsudow *lel throwtn, It UO
for fresh air, looking for my lands. feeling talent. One
with the other, wonderful; If 1 were going crazy.
Then, with :t fearful thought striking rne, t ran to
the mirror. There 1 saw -nothing but a p,tr oe
glasses where my head ought to pare showu-ante a
*oft of clothes standing up. nerving with sky move-
wealth.
ovoawealth. Nu head. no hands!
-The sight was grotesque --horrible. My clothes
moved weirdly, like those of a scarecrow, In the wind.
1 had actually to feel of my (wad to be sure It was
there upon my shoulders' 1t was unbearable, that
apparition, and 1 staggered back to the ',pen window.
1 couldn't think it was anything but a hallueluatlon,
however, and 1 had to prove my mletake 1n sane• way
if possible. So 1 tore off' my cwt, my rest. sblrt and
undershirt and braced myself to go back to take an-
other kook• into the mirror. 1 %vas cunfroute-d only
by a lair of trousers -and the glasses! I took off wy
shoes and stockings -and my feet weren't there
either!
"Still I couldn't believe It. It must be purely sub-
jective, 1 thought, uud the only thing next was to
test it. There was it boy walking along Main street,
and, leaning well over the window sill, 1 called down
to him. It was light enough for hem to see me
11 1 were all right, but be only stopped, then looked
np, stared blankly lu my direction and walked on. It
was evident that he bad beard rue, but SAW nothing.
"Well, what conk' 1 do? CC'hat would you have
done? 1 saw that 1 couldn't go home that way -the
appearance of a suit of clothes walking along the
street with nobody Weide would have c'aubed no epd
of trouble. 1 simply- didn't dare tisk it. My only
escape from that any in my very invisibility-. If l
wore no clothes 1 would be naked -but 1 wouldn't be
seen. There was no other way out of It. But could
I summon nerve enough to step out. on the street
.laked? That was the question- But would I Ise
..,.ally nuked. after all? Wouldn't my ntautle of la-
rtslblllty practically clothe me? 1 would certainly
have an embarrassed feeling, but 1 couldn't see bow,
when one considered ft. I ahount 1* uaMamed. .No
one would know. There was nothing for 1t but to try
It, and nee low tt worked. What worried me most
were my- glasses. t was wretchedly nearsighted, and
yet I didn't dare wear Klemm, that would be tooth -eel
marching along the sidewalk at n level of fire feet
six. i couldn't carry them, anyway 1 count see. I
would hare to do as beat 1 could without them. I
couldn't even carry the key to my boarding bouse,
nor a pocket handkerchief, nor n watch. Luckily It
was a warm evening.
"I crept down stalre, opened the front door and
stepped oaten the doorstep. A woman was approach-
ing -this was too much. and 1 retreated. Next, n
man came along, and 1 clenched my teeth and stood
my ground. He looked my way, looked through me.
and passed on. 1 was sate, for his expression had
not changed- Another pared and another. There
was 00 lodger any doeht about H-1 was invistblet
"So 1 boldly walked down Main etreet-as boldly,
that 1, as I could, without glassee, and, •a my cour-
age Increased by my apparent immunity, the spent
of adventure seized me. 1 perceived the romantic
nide of the affair. 1 was. while 1t luted. for all prac-
tical purposes, a sort of fairy. 1 spoke to It roan wait-
ing for a car as the corner. He jumped as it be were
shot. At my nett remark he turned end ran with
all its mtgbt The next man 1 met 1 toecbed sharply
on the, shoulder. He stopped, looked around, rubbed
bis *boulder. I repeated the experiment, and he
turned pale and walked rapidly off, muttering to him-
self. The next man i patted on the cheek. He
struck out, hit me 0n the face and made a grab at
me. That ftigbtened me eufactentty to be careful
tbereafter. 1 spoke only to women. especially pretty
owes, telling them what I thought of their looks. All
aerie of adventure. came into my mind. 1 determined
to make a night of it. My Imagination bubbled with
;sensibilities. Rut first I wanted to get to my room,
sod get something to eat
"Havtng no key, t bad, of course, to wait till some
not opened the door so that I could tulip Inside- 1t ma
soot time before tiny one appeared. but finally the
servant girl eame oat with a milk bottle. Thee 1
Jerked from ber hand and darted Into the doorway,
while malt picked np the broker: fragments of the
bottle "
But the story of l'ssses-ant's remarkable tIve days Is
aruyt 1 berg , cet. l we IS1'M�
111. dllelUwr these. W a% .t 'tale ,stele M
.UW bei' beth Iy ar %}ray
110 t1eI Nlug afro bit hoe ua NW" M'tMet .y
went. V0.t. r uel " ea, , aglealtlbit far Ms se ggg 1• est 3
Monde; tsd*.ang. l •* $ thdaeawe wesg Oil
» iMel, and 'Walls.. ft wasn't se bad- a e diy
be ace ut ra uvu . . • ts. spook, yrs. fly IDMga Be
ae wok ' ,uIt ..erne°. He *peat that ACM is tee y
lt' 01 a r Ikea tit ,N tura swerad with bare.
ebonies. O. Meade,, 'aastlag he Anent that he we
a1a1.11 es truaepareat aL stet. , Ira arras* dist etch
(lee reed hi m abaori.ed W u,eaan ae44 d w leer
1u the s rloa, tr, Is yeteibstles aaaa't cork•
Aloe. Wheel tee got to kl.l Stsdlc as. fwsd that the
carbon led been compbgely boned oat, There w .
no totrat•r a sty enact: ter the Wet Sint of tea
"Q -rad" to re-ilaeolvt 1a m. Tie QsgMsR bow war
- flow l*ech he conks eat with safety. This was w'
settled,
1t w'as ;ometbing Irk.• thus: ---If vetts reek a apo.g,
Ile water you eau add s few drops of ink and the watt
,.111 au dilute 1t deet the eoNw won't le neetrsl/
1f tbe water itself gradually reror darker--wbkb sus,
just what Pmtnwvent began to do -any terslsa eft
meat Is enure ddretlye. ft twt•sme evident tit, quit.;
npnrt (roti any foul being taken. L iu.ervear. bed•
was gradually' losing Its traaspareney. The 'arar
fad lad .Illy' n tempxary elect•
lu unlet ro prokmlt hitt .!epees from
dtsrotrt
Paarers.at stopped e*(Iisg alttyfrthr•r, a.0 het seNe•
Inge on Tuesday. Wednesday sad Thursday ',were
more nujt more painful. He roamed rbt street. ..
80011 as dusk fell And treed to drown els torture.
adventure. In the daytime be had f0 keep unite
corer- fly this time there whit en teach talk alar',
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ln1 at Ill+ Ix'ynling house he didn't don go tier.
Rafale- he did g" there, n8 w•e'vP 81*11 'u WMa.At•
eight lu order to get some money,. 1W had 11th areae
the nitottrew8, ant It *wax gun*. He aeknw;•
edges tint he uwe(t his Iandhtdy twenty-eigba dnllnl::-
Tbb euuwhew
u't leo nn indeasltely. At tire brass w•1ter0•
he find been devising the dog lead left the bat dart
bowling, with hl: toil between his legs. Bat be lead
kept up the bowling ever sane, *raying et the foot
of the gnnieu. %retehing for hem. Several tkbem the
°weer had gone through the loft with, a pltchtork,.
evidently looking for cats or agtoerhtag.
I'nssernet decided that he w•oskl here to lake .Arne
one Into his cunfdenrl' and obtain 0 piece, of refuge
where he could ile hidden till he had becotae rnwmg:
again -
'rel+, you pet'. hrin;n 11e 40%vn to Thursday .wain.:,
yvhen. as $ewn as It ifl•ew' dark, he visited baa Wendt
Briggs- 'lie bed 'sad several minor net -Ideate. owing
to his being not only SO 1rnnsfrtren 1. but so near-
sighted. and Just Is -fur, he renelled Mktg"' he •yrs
etruek on the forehead by n lung Iron pip". arrlwwi 'ty
ti werkm*o. It cut hint badly. nod the wound bled
profusely, as be knew by the trickling Mtn his eyes.
for. of course, the blood didn't .flow., He picked up
a pies•e of brown paper 01 nometb1ng and panned ft
ou the gape to stole the bleeding. He farther explains
the "mite." by enying that, not wtshlne to emitter
staked hetr,rs Rr!Rgr. lir took a t*blec•loth from the
hall anti wrapped It about him.
CC'eil, were seen hut. Wigg.. funned It. it eel:ton
was I•assevent's next thought. He sell he did think
of me, but was afraid I'd laugh at him. Well, 1 would
have laughed. Ilelghton had studied • t.dielns' ,end
illgttt be able to give some help. At leant he'd be in-
terested. Ib he went to Rriggx' teieph.,ae end rang
up Deighton, and afterward. its we've eesee appeared
n t Leighton'. house,
So far so good- Why didn't he stay eomtnrtabl�•
with I*lghtot and lire it down? Or, one might any,
live It off' Deigbtpn received biro cnrdhlly esebgb.
fere hem on honey. both agreeing tot traselneeot
food would keep him Invisible longer, I*lghtnu, of
Bourse, wanting to steely the case for a while. P444...
rant was now quite willing to stay transparent for n
while. Why? The reason Deighton givers seems t,
Ane a bit7ar-fetebed.
It was the giri with the reddish hair. I'assernnt
had been smitten by her, mind .wheat fee dbcevered
his own pltgb he naturally wondered. what Ind be-
come of Hiss �we, wbo also had been under Or -
effect of the Q -ray. When you begin to think of ber
dilemma fancy- runs rampant., Peeeeraat was sorry
for her. Ile wanted to help ao.Yehow. 1 eau'%
Imagine, though, what he could have dose. int it
was, In a' way, Ids fault, and be held blaseelt re-
sponsIble. He had gone seven! times ro the house le
Jfllibaik atreet, sad, altbosgi be didn't cleanse
I think be had tried to ester the place. k's pretty
hard to dodge in between the °praise nod clerkly or
a door without beteg bit.
You'll wonder low Passavant expected t0 Us.l ler:
empeclally is be didn't dare wear his gktsee,. It was
simple, yet 'charsing- Mir Item, be. had noticed
when be pored her, had two gold teeth -molars. TIE.
waa his only elew. Bot tbe.e
organic, would be a ptd teeth. sot torr
tank, during hu r l•af*etod ij the Q -ray, and
fg11 at flee deur oe No- a Yllllrant.
street. w•as to wateh for :1
drttttog through tete air. 1 feu ti 4 so td t te•
naked shivering. necre hrk ori that tw••
g• r heed at ing for esu
cold doorsteps hour seder hour wattling for ?w„ .,
teeth,
On Tuesday uftertoon tar slid see .;.'• door open d
•
two yellow dots come rttvw,d *i„ ,a tit sir- ''bo
'tlp.gg,tl down to the +truer ted drifrd r0wr,
Eau *Venue. Paar.vaot :011)45', '.each :hem. Chi
might Wive happened :f ue este 1 don', :art to go int ,
I
a delicate natter foe ;be magln•rhuh to ,ler.
Jan, happily or unhappily, of: 'oa sight of them Is
to roe after tilt two teeth, ..•.alis "Meas Inst.
M Bowe". and at til. they rodde.b• disappearet
lie Mee Taney bar alarm, poor girl 'Im 11'editesth•
tthese)!Ilesaw a vague, ,maty female Torun meets
e Wein.RD, W. wasp' curt knell, ,f sit ob.
mysterious, questions rife whole .fair suggest* alp
Blast sdfordlig to as is, What became se kilos haw-.
maws ..ornolote tee• ,.,-tele.... ,r1,1 erpr .
P•..evael.
be M* 51 11.4 'MA ,e- 4/.'911up bop( et rercAtoe
ny tate, b war .mitt., SOLI 0at Peas, .of /wiping ds ,anis wry
crested la discovers told suturally a.m Ir.
reg her whereabouts say k 1010•
ator.l, bot t dotl't admit it eat q1111 a /host, mee►ua,
but. lb *It Probability, WM Howe was, ilk, himself
*coming 'ras.iseent, On I '•teed if fact
scrooning ro Delgbt,,, 1 Icer dkt
6e eililbank street mm 'mon gong once mote'•
io relook, els last .• �� Is a search 'f be' It war, r~
baste. 'rhea was a mentality, le
consent -rd. .11a: Nies Mow!. with- a
%MAP slid
gloves- at k ne Nan *iia tt gee oboe, sibstleell flit
w antd • • sae ser rad Intl out what
and In ank4appor'cPi*eelvbmotieaf) tosock 1.4"18.6.
b" ilt�ya
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atury as brief tV
lePlito
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mink of 1t? Ileigliton', : beery of whit. r Rp
afterward (for l ase., -en was •mer.
el
es ails) is that Pammeeen:, rine forteons any e
.0 er of my house tis tee ter t t
M. wY etrerk ,nO t.,, -' „H/a see a6Nren
nein. Goo Kaoline .t11041 w 5.Jirert11 Hs e►that Bantu
later. atter hiring 'rewkn diad
what bsreaWr tet tm, nodi awe) somewhere. W'
Af ttilalg5in, 1,. ,► . n,, t'itre's .r wMkesg peep.
Rriggs h►.,w• .. ••t •g7lfb.e
Rr1g;* /„ otos. ..e '.>rr, •h. •• 45flgeld V
' Iancbdr iyor te.s •.tee n euro , 'MI5 putnt.
summa wandered sera sat snot sl.ntNf an 'I'tmr•
1.3 cheroot's. sae M. sieve 4ppeer.eo to, rota tiered in
nemesia, • en., ,maw worts wont of
veers rtrlaa• .ay tet '1a6 ores g••ae, tbuga b,4.r,
.a. I,rrtrnr•t bong
nor. hs ,eon ' no tree• s4aPetilie mitt'•
testnrga. eke ,reit'..441•0
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!)Orb et .,I
Nr•Ihlw a rift. •t. •oa.• .fm••erwsJd l
uM toss.' t w�' ' p
°spi 'r It whkyb, b.
)Ms ,rwttlpsl. Psews esu wen' n" melsgtl
dwn : iheseetillatr Ila.atitw• Paam•re.l • landiitek
we • theme Wide, {prgwMr me eves we.. tMIM.
1141481t0a a es Riggers lir had bei feet at Powe
.aur nada be left. leaving fear wtrtghie rent
SW by that .he beard tee Friday Whin Mbsserabt
sus Mngrtsarstthhaatt a me wewte iter rq.
idwe be
boob liar Npi►evaLagajr+�
*barreM iper0Ibaliyss ore. Yee cos ,eil�t. impienvillouweimp
too long to be told. Had 1 received It directly from
Paasevant himself It would be different, but, coming
through Deighton, one has Se allow altogether tor,
much for his lmaglytion. Indeed, according to I)eigb-
too, tbe beat aid most exciting of Penetrant's infea-
tirwm would hardly bear teling. Panevant, hitherto
a modest. quiet, anaemic penou, o far as anybody
knew, evidently deckled to be re his fun whUe 1r
lased. The extraordinary liberty be had attained
went to Ms bead. He did all sorts of things.' Given
the ettuation, any neg. may Imagine for himself what
might have occurred Almost anything was possible. •
Granted that Paseevant was invisible, one could spa, .t
*late for holm Mr tt hasn't yet beep proved that he •
WSJ.
His 'xenon tion of rare pbeourwenwu, 110 we ••.•.. ,s
of more interest- It was (bat the pyre of ,emboli
Pa.sevait rotund to the tin hoz wasn't carbon at *il.
It wee some new material- perhaps .•en •t stew tee
,seat, probably badly radio -active In some bithertr,
unknown way. Whoa Ineandescent 1t gnat ,;f rays
fist altered the lades of r,traetlan of P•asevenre
body, making him transparent We know so Mtn
of iigbt tot .o iseb kypotbrels a swresa.'sriy shyerti,
Of •l. dm rays sent of by the we only about .one
hundredth ere risible. tmtugb amen, mere fee Image
Li t.wish their efferta, u are tbe heat and mediate
rage. le!psid the ultra-vkMet and ,b. Infra r'*1 there
ie ail Ismab* distr et ,f e• ranee hea.'k light 11,1,
tieing Peaseva.t had Meed. tun monad • part of
tine Anton •rf 'be speetn.. •nd rendered possible
0101 Phybe•' reactions Parev•n• N5Nlf named
it (be (g -ray. ' dos', Know why -wept ,be,
'easels* 11 was beyond the Aso this dike et the It
it donn't explain anything. N u.rse We 'raw e.t•
MKS .om. Warr of that •••etww. ung wit' •e.a,.
he totted
W bat w*, more 4*( ?, for wow Passe* se. ,d• W
tufor time the Q•rsy eu whittler an trsbbn.ppaa
w•* • pereasn it cit • elerely terpr/rarl maNilestkni
of by cells obi thsass. Would the new am trots
Takeo tarn lb body 1. the forts •/1 sstrkl•a b two
shred trategrair w ween t peed ,e make bin
Awes. y Mee &54 MU •mule ' B* alb'
tidy of fhb at deet be wee bobs in men tis with
bis advsswwns is Mantas, ant at bee b.ard1g Mer
sad N«whew•. He was hark* -a IMO, tattoo s•
�ape.ann�eN
't+aS tee YhM
ee a• gerttns ,r,r,
„f est.tRe et ha • .nine w and deal* • Mn
Nanw Marwrdas might hwwRer aha Ibb4y worn,
one, m tn, bur b Pesw••aat to, ebb reuse ws.
Alto sea w hese he netteed a wh same ant hie kande
w•ee growing raletty •ww hilly 1*tireM
two tet *noel 'tit *up veal nage net tt.swp b to r•
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ltd. wile,
be lV Ide tom ALM he
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