New Britain herald., 1917-05-16
How tho True Explanation of Thing. REfAg0 New Happiness to
 NAdeo and Diclky.

11OW Cn0 IF00 HS2a01At1Ou or Things
 RrtAgs New Happiness to
 ALAdgo and Dicly.
 Grace Draper coming to see mel"
 My echo of Lillian's words was but . trembling stammer. The prospect of facing the girl. the thread of whose sinister personality had 70 marred the fabric of my marital hap piness. terrified me. Her message to me posted in San Francisco where ,Dioky was nannted it's insolent tri-s umph again before my eyes: ''she laughs best who laughs last'' V That she had intended me to believe sho was with Diclky I knew. whether her boast were trua or not. But how was 1t that she coming to see me? Lillian put . reassuring hand upon my shoulder as she saw my face.
 Pull yourself together, Madge." she admonished sharply. Let me make this clear to you. Grace Draper is not in San Francisco now. Whether she has been, or what she knows about Dicky she has refused so far to say. She has finally consented to see you, however" 0UCs HOW-- J IuuIIHuTSOp .U0W1lQ. cred.
 "Do you remember tho girl of whom Katherine spoke when she first came. tho girl who moaned at night in the room next hers?"
 ''Oh, yes! And she was-" 1 'Grace Draper. do not know | what made me think of the Draper 1 when Katherine spoke of the girl, but I did, although I said nothing about 1t at the time. A little later, however. when tho girl became really Nl/ and Katherine was caring for her i as . mother or sister would have done. I I told our little friend of my supicion. Of course. Katherine watched her mysterious patient very carefully after that. and when she became i'll
 enough to require . physician's ser. vices, Katherine managed 1t so that pr. Petit was called, and he recogn- ixed the girl at once.
 l "A subs4atute For Honor.
 'Ever since then Katherine has
 been working on the substitute for honor and conscience which the Drn- l DOT carries around with her, but she was hard as nails for q long time.
 She is terribly grateful to Katherine, however. as fond of her as she can
 be of any one, and she has finally consented to come here. Don't anger
 her if you can help it.
 When, 8 little later, Grace Draper and I faced each other 1t was pity
 instead of anger that stirred my heart.
 The girl was inexpressibly wan. her
 beauty only a worn shadow of its
 former glory. But there was the old
 fash of defiant hatred in her eyes as she looked at me.
 Please don't natter yourself that I I have come here for your sake,'' She said with her old, smooth insolence.
 ssBut this girl here"-she indicated | Katherine-"took care of me before ! the knew who I was. She just about | saved my life and reason. too, when there was nobody else to care 8 whit | whether lived or died. Even my | sisters gone back on me. So when I saw how much it meant to her to l lind out the truth about your prec- ious husband promised her I'd come | and tell you the little I know" She drew . long breath and wont on.
 "In the first place, didn't 10. to San Francisco with Diclky Graham. although I'm glad if my little trick made you think 70 for while. I didn't 90 anywhere with him except l day he left New York. It was just after he got back from Marvin. and he was pouring drinks into himself SO fast that he was pretty hasy about what had happened. but made Q l pretty shrewd guess as to his trouble" She turned to me, and saw with
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