New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1917, Page 5

& REVELAT.ONS OF iy ADKLE GARRISON What An Impudent Wink Disclosed to Madge. Had Harry Underwood me? This was the question that beat against my brain as I sat, disguised by Lilllan Underwood's clever fingers as @ Latifi-American woman in the cafe Where Lilllan, Katherine Sonnot and I had come in guest of Grace Draper. We had seen her enter the cafe with Harry Underwood, lad realized that Allen Drake was the person for whom her restless eyes had been.searching, ancé had witnessed her dismissal of Harry Underwood, evidently #n'search of some one who knew Allen Drake and could introduce him to her. And when Harry Underwood had passed our table I had forgotten to lower my eyes, and had seen in his a flash which I was afraid was that ®f recognition. He had not slackened his pace, nor glven any pther indication that he Saw in me any one save the middle- ‘aged South American woman my ap- pearance indi¢ated. And, . wisely or unwisely, I declded to say nothing to sLillan about my fears. For a won. der she hadn’t noticed my momentary fright as his eyes met mine. As I stole & swift furtive glance at Her I notfced that her underlip was caught between her teeth in a' cruel grip and that her eyes were watching the retreat- ing back of the man for whom she had done so much, the man who was still legally her husband. Liltian’s Hcrself Again. I knew that there was no real love existing in Lilllan Underwood’s heart for the man she had married after her first tragic marital experience Ehe and Harry Undérwood had joined Qhou- existences in a sort pf friendly, omfortable compact to patch up each Other's’ rather battered lives. But While Lilllan had loyally kept her side of the bargain I knew, that Harry ‘Underwood had been anything but a Joyal husband. And at last he had brutally and caddishly deserted her, Eiving as his excuse that he could not recognized #tand the presence in their home, or | tather in Lillian's—for I had a shrewd gness as to whose money gave most asupport to their establishment—of little Marion Morton, Lillian’s daugh- 4 ter by her first husband, from whom £he had been cruelly separated for years. ‘. But even though love was from Lillan’s heart, absent she had been the faithful wife, the true comrade of ! the man who had just passed her, # golng to do the hidding of the beau- fiful creature he had brought to the cafe, him from South America. I knew = What bitter humiliation was Lillian’s portion, guessed also that something more than humiliation was stirring her heart. | i For it, Lilllan’s suspicions were true | and Grace Draper were a secret agent of our country’'s encmies, it was most Brobable that Harry Underwood also had become that most despicable of all things, a traitor to the land of his birth. And Lillian, I was sure, ' was high in a service safeguarding our country. It might become her duty. to track down the man whose hame she bore. No wonder even her brave hedrt faltered at the possibility. It wasn't in Lilllan to falter more than an instant, however. In an- .other moment she was herself, and when Harry Underwood again passed pur table in animated conversation with a man of about his own agd, there was not the flicker of an eye- lash on her part, nor, I flatter my- self, on mixe, at his proximity. “1 don’t know the chap myself,” T heard Harry Underwood’'s familiar deep tones rumble as he passed us, “but the, little fady’'s got an idea that he’s somebody some friend told her to look up, and nothing will do her but to meet him.” ; +T shall be most pleased,” the other man assured him, and then they had reached the table and Grace Draper was Bmiling an acknowledgment of the introduction Harry Underwood made. I, watching Allen Drake, saw him i start imperceptibly, and then into who had evidently come with | | ognized me."” k& those keen gray eyes there flashed a look which held mirth in it I was very sure. It was only a flash I caught, for. the next instant the wom- anish eyclashes velled his eyes again and he went on while the conversation with his companions. But that he knew as well as Grace Draper her- self the plan she had made to meet him I was sure. Harry Underwood’s Eyes. She managed the thing very well, however, I was forced to admit, and so did the man Harry Underwood | had brought to their table. in the conversation of the beautifui woman at his side. ' Then, carelessly raising his éyes, he caught sight Allen Drake, and his start of recog- nition was admirably done. It was but a few moments after this that Allen Drake was standing in his indolent but attentive manner to her, while she, I could see, using all her effort to intérest him. 1 was so absorbed in watching them that I did not tealize that I was my- self being watched. And then I caught Harry Underwood’s malicious «eyes full upon me, and saw him drop his left eyelid in an impudent wink. Why Madge Smiled Back at Ihusry Underwood. What is it, Madge?” broathed L lion Underwood. ‘“Carefu!, my dear' I rallled myself witn an effort at the low toned, warhing. ¥From Iy seat In the cafe where Lilllan had bhrought Katherine Sqnnot and me dis- guised as middle-aged Latin-American women, I had been an unsuspected witness of the meeting hetween Grace Draper, for the finding of whom Lil- lian had planned the expedition to the cafe, and Allen Drake, the man ! 1 knew wag tracking my father for ! some unfathomable reason of his own. | | Uhsuspected? Yes, as far a8 Grace Draper and Allen Drake_ wers con- cerned. But In my interest in the couple whose lives in jsuch widely differing ways had been linked to mine, T had forgotten to lower my eyes, and Harry Underwood, Lillian’s recreant-hugband, who, we had sup- posed, was in South America, but who had accompanied Grace Draper to the cafe, had evidently recognized me. As he had passed me, on his way to the | front of the cafe, I had seen a glint of what ] feared was recognition come into his eyes, and then when he { had returned to his seat he had seized | | & moment when Grace Draper was | engaged in conversation with Alten Lrake to wink deliberately at me. { I was aimost paralyzed with ter- | ror, but I managed to turn my face ! toward Lillilan without allowing any ! expression of fear or recognition to come into it, and answered her ques- tion in the same low tones as her own. ! “I am sure Mr. Underwood has rec- “Why?" The question wds startled, and her tone clipped short, but, even in the dismay that must have been her portion, she aid not forget to keep | her voice Inaudible. What Lilllan Did. ) Her composure gave me courage. I took hold ot my quivering nerves and scourged them into submission. “When 'he passed us a few minutes ago, I fancied he looked in a startled manner at me, although I wasn't sure. For a | | good 10- minutes he appeared absorbed ' of : beside- Grace Draper’s table, talking | was | DAILY HERALD, TU observing hin.- He wili try to catch Your eyo again. When he does, smile at him with as friendly an air as you can fnanage. It'S éur only chance that he wil not betray our presence here to Grace Draper. Has Mr. Un- derwood ever seen you, Katherine?" “Not to my knowledge,” Katherine replied. - “Good. Then you can keep up the conversation without fear of detection Only be careful when Grace Draper goes past the table. As for me, I'm going to take advantage of my posi- | tion as an old lady to make myself very small. I don’t think even Harry, will suspect who I am.” She drew her loose wrap more | ‘Ightly about her, and, sitting closer to | tho table, shrank down into her chair in some indescribable manner until she 160ked AImost tiny. And her fringe of gray hair and veil-draped hat effectually shielded her face. Wall as I knew every liné of her, I should never have dreamed that the quesr, rather dowdy figure opposite me were she, if I hadn't been in the secret, Madge’s Strange Hope. But with an optimism, strange, oi- most freakish, in Lilllan Underwood, ' she evidently underrated the kean eves and brain of the man who was still legally her husband.. From his seat at'the table he ;was unable to see' her in the semi-sereened alcove in which we sat. But if, as I now was sure, he Had thought he recog- nizel me when he passed our table at Grace Drapeér's behest in search of some one who. knew Allen Drnke, I also was sure that hé must have cast a swift, searching glance at tho other occupants of the table when he returned. He knew' what close friends Lillian and I were, and I was sure he~would deduce, not only that sha was with me, but the reason for our presence in the cafe, disguised 'n such bizarre' fashion. This certainty that obsessed me made it all the mofe necessaty that, it possible, Harry Underwood shouid he prevented from giving the knowl- edgo he possessed inté the keeplng of Grace Draper. He was malicious. but she wan dangerous. Therefore 1 $teeled myself to,do what Lilllan had asked, and the opportunity came in another minute, for Grace Draper-and Alen Drake were still conversing ani- matedly, leaving Drake’s companions as well ag Mr. Underwood and his chance acquaintance to their own de- vices. Harry Unaarvooq was watching me, vet with a wary eye upon the beau- tifill stormy petrel who sat opposite him, but with her back to our table. When he was sure he was unobserved he smiled at me broadly, and, with a feeling of utter loathing for him and ! tor myself, I returned, his smile. He started, and I saw 'his face change expression. THe next instant; with & muttered word to Grace Draper, at which she nodded but dia not turn her head, he rose from his seat and, to my horror, came directly to our table. CANADIAN WHEAT FOR UNITED STATES Ietting Down of Bars by Dominion Has Meant Heavy Importa- tion to This Country. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—8ince April of this year wheat and wheat flour have been imported in greatly in- creased quantities from Canada. This But just now he caught my eye and winked.” Over Lillian’s face flashed a look in which dismay and doubt were suc- ceeded by resolution. She leaned for- ward toward me. | “Dear child,” she said softly, “T am going to ask something hard of you, and I want you to; grant it, but do: know that I wouldn't ask if it any- thing else were possible.” “It is granted now,” I returned !'quietly, with my eyes fixed on her ace. | “I knew it,” she returned. “Now Katherine and Mr. Cabineros will re- sume their conversation in Spanish, and I want you to find a time when the others at Harry’s table are not There would not be so much sufferingin this world 1t people only knew where to turn for help. Chronic, Nervous and Spe- cial Diseases are more ing, are harder to endure, use they are with you from week to week, from month to . month, often from year to year. You are not sick enough to go to bed, yet you are not well enough to enjoy life and do justice to your work, And the firmer your trouble takes hold of you, the mors it saps your vitality and crushes your ambition. 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