The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-25

Some days afterward was giancins
down the advertisement columns Of Q
daily paper when these words came to my
eye:
VIII the stranger who sent the tele-
phone message TO L. Q. about 2:lb on
Friday last. communicate at once with
L. g. at her address. and SO render .
very great serviceE
Il. c. considered a moment Clear
ly those were the initials of Lucille God
win. ABOUT 2:15 on the previous Friday
had sent telephone messase to Lucille
Goowin- Could the advertisement refer
to me! 1 was reading the paper In my
own sitting-room after breakfast: there
was q telephone At my elbow. I again
looked up MISS Godwin's number, found
IT, and was presently Informed that the
eonnecuon was MADE. Tnere came un-
iess was mis'aken' tne same voice over
the wire,
res! VINO are you!
Ian speak TO MISS LUCILLE Godw1n!
oont kno" aoout Mss tucihe, out
! eaI esay yoo cah speoA 10 Miss may.
"ms' name. pina
miss Lucine ceh come. send Mise
NAY wonoere1 why MISS Lucile
couiu not come. All ~ once there came
= VOICE when w. serS me 'ne one
mao nearo On rrioay' Out not quite tne
SAM
VINO are YOU an may Soo-
es nnvm yenins
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IN .. o-oss Mornns
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There came to me what almost amount
ed to a scream of Joy.
ooh thank wont thank your thank vou,
About twenty minutes afterward I was
knocking at the door of a bir house At
HYDE park Gate II wa, opened NV a
footman.
"Can see Miss Nav Godwin7.
A slender frure came rushing acros,
the haII: an eager face looked at me In
tbe omen doorway. "Are vou-''
.Pye lust been talking to YOU over the
te,enhone"
teiePnohe-
She led me to n pretty sittine-roon on
something both feminine and YOUNG.
"Please will YOU sit down? Nav AK
for yonr name,"
The sneaker assumed q dignity which
became her rather we'll The telenbone
had not misled me-sbe was extremely
voun1. set her down as tust about
seventeen. her skirts barely reached the
ground. She was quite smaIl-I dare saw
NOT much over Ave feet. very silent and
ssMy name is Judith Lee"
II am Nav Goodwin. Didn't YOU send a
telenhone message to lucille last FRI
5ap?"
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souI ueesos,
you ,en me s,., s unae d,"an you rshuy
'" .ssr !out sis . as S 80
one wen. on. .~o Gays ago. ano I've
- vi u NOUNS y, " SIN
as as your sister oloer Insh YOU
VI o .s III, .rse .n-ns t lour
o''' e"e mas just 'ui"eu '"en's
At don't wish To encroach upon your
confidence what said 10 vour sister
,ver tho teIenbone learned NV the
nerest accident Did she 20 10 see
T.olda -,
40, course she did He told her .,-
,c,Iy What Won said he wopld Ha mads
ber an n,iId that she toJd hin, tbat che
49, he was -oing N saw N and tb.re
rae ouite q SCENE She said that she feIt |
hat he would like TO kin her"
"yybet ha. bannened sinceo Irn5.,-
.tand teH me nothing II vou'd rather
not
Shs knit her brou. in nernlsxitv
"I'ya .i,nnIv 1ot to ~teII sorns nm.
rb;n,s can't % q. tbsv are. 10 Tan any
- on friends would he 10 civ. Tuc,JIs
aTn She eyed me verv Sand a. a.
he were irving to discover what kind OF |
person ] was. "Can trust your"
You can
Then I will I liked your voice. and |
low 1 like your looks, Miss Lee I'll tell |
,ou everything"
Then she drew a long breath, as IL she |
sighed with relief.
George Ratton-you know George Rat /
on?''
"Short. square, red cheeks, blue eyes?" |
CHATS George. Then YOU do know
iim?"
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