The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-15

"Loder. aohdt are you going to do 2"
minutes in the study; then, as I came
downstairs Crapham met me in the
hall. He told me that Lillian Astrupp
had called and wished to see me and
that he had shown her into the morn
ing room
THE morning Yoom?" Loder sudden
~ stepped back from the table. 1.-THE
morning room? With your telegram
lying on the bureau"
His sudden speech and movement
startled Chilcote The blood rushed to
his face, then died out, leaving it ashen.
Don't do that, Loderr' he cried. IL
can't bear IT,
With an immense effort Loder con-
trolled himself. Sorry" he said. go
onr
I'm going on. 1 tell you I'm going
on l got horrid shock when Crap
ham told me. Your story came clatter-
ing through my mind. knew Lillian
had come to see you. 1 knew there was
j going to be a scene
"But the telegram! The telegram
! Chilcote paid no heed to the Interrupt
ton. He was following his own train
of ideas. II knew she had come to see
you. l knew there was going to be a
scene. When / got to the morning room
my hand was shaking so that l could
scarcely turn the handle; then, as the
door opened, L could have cried out
with relief. Eve was there as welly'
Ever"
Eyes. l don't think / was ever so
glad to see her in my life" He laughed
almost Historically. Il was quite
civil to her. and she was-quite sweet
to me- Again he laughed.
Loder's lips frightened.
you see it saved the situation.
Even If Lillian wanted to be nasty,
she couldn't while Eve was there. We
talked for about ten minutes. We
were quite an amiable trio. Then Lii
liam told ME why she'd called. She
wanted me to make a fourth in a
theater party at the Arcadian tonight,
and IL was SO pleased and so relieved
that l said yesp He paused and
laughed again unsteadily.
In his tense anxiety Loder ground
his heel into the floor. 60 onr' he
said fiercely. GO on!'
"Don'tw Chilcote exclaimed. I'm
going on-Im going on" He passed
his handkerchief across his lips. 1--WE
talked for ten minutes or So and ther
Lillian left. 1 went with her to the
hall door, but Crapham was there too
SO was still safe She laughed and
chatted and seemed in high spirits al
I'VE crossed the hall, and she was Still
smiling as she waved to me from he
motor But then, Loder-then, as
stood in the hall, it all came to m'
suddenly. l remembered that Lillian
must have been alone in the morning
, room before Eve found heri | remem
bered the telegram. | ran back t
the room, meaning to question Eve a
+ to how long Lillian had been alone
but she had left the room. l ran t
the bureau-but the telegram WASH
therev'
Gomez"
7 Eyes. gone. That's why I've com
! straight here"
4 GOI LuSy CdN
r other Then, moved by sudden in
: pulse, Loder pushed Chilcote asid
? and crossed the room. An instant la
> er the opening and shutting of doors
I the hasty pulling out Of drawers an
q moving of boxes came from the bet
: room.
a Chilcote, shaken and nervous, stoo
|. for a minute where his companion ha
q left him. At last, impelled by curio
ity, he too crossed the narrow passae
and entered the second room.
d The full light streamed in throug
o the open window; the keen spring a
/ blew freshly across the housetops, ar
Il on the window sill a band of grim
:. joyous sparrows twittered and preent
D themselves. In the middle of the roo
e stood Loder. His coat was off, ar
round him on chairs and floor lay 6
# array of waistcoats. gloves and ties.
For space Chilcote stood in the doc
Il way staring at him, then his lips PAL
II ed and he took a step forwar
1t '.Loder." he said anxiously, Lode
lie what are you going to do?"
" Loder turned. His shoulders we
1 stiff. his face alight with energy. 81
ID going back" he said. Ito unravel t
70 tangle you have made"