The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-14
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+ OR a mirsise. which seemed an
r eternity Lillian Underwood, Kath-
crime Sonnet and stood huddled
together and motionleSs behind the
secret wainscotsd opening which con
nected the closet OFF her library with a
similar one in the house next door to
her. Then Lillian with infinite pains
nolSeleSsly closed the opening again,
and we retreated from the closet of the
house next door into the room which
was hung with so many feminine cos
tunes OF every degree of cost and
fashion,
Lillian's face was pale. and | under
STOOD the fear that had taken possession
of her at the rustic and the sound of
the closing door,
The passage from her library to the
house next door was secret known to
no other member OF her household. And
IN all probability there we're valuable
papers concealed in that wonderful H.
brary OF hers. She had locked the outer
door behind her when we stole out
through the closet, and both Betty and
the nurse attending invalded old Mrs.
Morton supposed US to have gone out
by the front door And yet there was
some one in that library, or some one
had just left it,
Girls" Lillian's voice was a whis-
per but an imperative one. Il shall
have to leave you here for few minutes
locked into the closet on this side. |
will slip through the opening, close it
after me, and then unlock my closet
door and step out into my room If
there's any one there | can make them
think ! expected some one to enter my
room, and hid in the closet in order
to lind them out. But the presence OF
two other women would lead at once
TO speculation as to how you got there.
| shan't be any longer than San help,
so don't be frightened. But the secret
OF this entrance must be kept"
II Have Needed You"
II was Characteristic of Lillian that
she did not wait for any answer or as
surance upon our part that we would
do as she wished, but proceeded at'once
upon the difficult task of getting into
the other closet without the slightest
noise, SO well did she accomplish her
task, after taking us with her into the
dark closet leading into hers that it
was only by putting out my hand and
touching the wainscoting instead Of her
gown that found out she had gone.
Katherine and | clung close to each
other afraid to9move, to utter the
slightest whisper, for fear we might
hamper Lillian in whatever she was
doing on the other side Of the wains-
coting.
II seemed hours that we stood there
but II was in reality less than IS min
utes before we heard the door of the
other closet open Then the wanscot-
ing slid back with Lilian's face on tho
other side of the opening, and in an
other minute we were back in her H.
brary with no indication anywhere that
we had ever been out OF il.
II don't know what to think" she said
and her tone was as worried as her face.
Betty is in her kitchen, her sleeves 10
her elbows, busy with one of her special
Ilddings for dinner. know from her
appearance and my knowledge Of her
that she has been right there for half
an hour at least And the nurse looks
as il she hadn't stirred from her place
in Mrs, Morton's room for hours. Ma
rion has been painting pictures, as she
calls, It. in her drawing books. And
] have been all over II, even looking