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II THE VEILED LADY 16

V THE ARTIST PAINTS A NOTABLE PICTURE 58

VI THE MAN AT THE CONFESSIONAL 75

X GHOST OR MORTAL? 143

"'I opened my eyes, and there was a black thing bending over me'" " 183

"His head sunk forward on his breast and his crooked fingers clawing at the air" " 259

The Weird Picture

THE RED STAIN

"GEORGE."

Such was the letter received by me, Frank Willard, student in Odenwald College, Heidelberg, on the first day of the last month of the year. The writer of the letter was my brother, a captain in the--something. I take a pride in not remembering the number of the regiment, for I am a man of peace and hate war and all connected therewith, excepting, of course, my soldier-brother, though my affection for him had somewhat waned of late years, for a reason that will soon appear.

The letter was accompanied by a portrait of George, an exquisite little painting in oils, representing him in full-dress uniform. A glance at the mirror showed how much I suffered by comparison. He looked every inch a hero. I looked--well, no matter. In the lottery of love the prizes are not always drawn by the handsome. The Daphne referred to was our cousin, a maiden with raven hair, dark blue eyes, and a face as lovely as a Naiad's.

My first impulse on reading the above letter was to pen a refusal to the invitation.

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