The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-01

main a Few DAVIS With Her
- ATHERlNE SONNOT and | !
4 stared in wide eyed amalement at
Lillian Underwood when she de |
clarcd that il her ,urmsc was correct
as TO the source OF the money which en-
ablrd Grace Draper TO come back to thu,
country the girl was a, dangerous IN
New York as a BENGAL tiger would be
.For there was something IN our friends
voice that awcd MS, which gave me, at
least, an impression OF something big
altogether beyond us, the key to knowl-
edge OF which Lillian held Fortunately
Katherine and generally know when to
keep silent, and we closed our lips upon
our astonlShmcut, waiting until Lillian
should choose to explain her words
She sat down again in low chair
facing the fire after she had made her
dramatic declaration, cuppcd her chin IN
her hands IN the fashion ~ familiar To
me-, and stared at the fire 1t was the
attitude she always assumed when there
was problem TO be solved.
Il was fully five minutes before she
spoke again When she did her words
came slowly, as # She were weighing
each one before she uttered it,
Girls" she SAID there are some
thing / can tell YOU about this hu,mc,,
and some things | cannot ! want YOU
10 trust me, and ! feel that whatever
cyasions | make are not made because |
don't trust YOU fully but because ! am
in honor bound not to disclose anything
more than tell YOU And | must ask
Your promise not to reveal even the
things ] tell YOU which seem most triv-
al, and the prohition includes your
husband, Madge, and your flance, kath-
crime
81 Am a Nurse"
She smiled and | gave her a loving
smile IN return.
"Iou have my promise said, earn
c,tly.
81 am a nurse" she said. and it was as
if she had said, 81 am a clergyman |
knew the high pride in her profession
that was hers She evidently felt that
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keeping lnyiolatc a confidence.
Lillian'S rare tact saved a situation
that threatened to become strained.
81 need no other pledge my dear
she said quietly and the tenSeneSs Of
kathernc's face relaxed
There have been secret forces al
work against our county for a long
time" Lillian said Slowly, forces Whose
ramiiicationS extend all over the world
forces that have become a hundred, ye,
a thouSandiold more dangerous in these
few days since America entered the war
OF course, YOU as well as everyone elst
know this in general way but | hap
pen to have a little special knowledge
of IT,
"Why Mince Words"
Zone OF the most dangerous nests is il
the country where your father is, Madgc
the country from which am sure Grac
Draper has just come And II she, pen
nileSs, as | knew her to have been, ha
been able to make such journey, | ar
almost sure that those in charge OF tha
particular section OF evil have oiicre
her sufficient money to make it wort
her while to enter their employ"
"You don't mean she has become
spy in the employ OF her country'S"cuc
mics, Lillian gaspcd unable to com
prehend how any American born WON
an, unscrupulous though ! knew Grac
Draper to be, could possibly sink so lov
kathcrines face thinned by her I'M
tirng labors for the American hosplta
unit in France, Of which she was a par
reflected more horror
II mean Just that" retorted Lilliar
"Why mince wordso But of courS,
well have our work cut out for us I
prove it. We don't even know for Ger
tain that she is in New York, althoug
I'd be willing to wager everything
have or ever hope to possess that she i
And she is only a tiny part Of an organ
ization so vast that TO pluck her out c
it prcmaturely while not vital TO IN;
organization might disturb importai
plans Of the people who are doing the
best to trace the iiamcnts Of this cigar
| TIC NplutI WtO, we NIdll nave 10 pIi
ceed very carefully wouldn't both,
specially with her, though ! am afrai
from these clippings, Madge, that sh
means harm to your father and mean
you to guess it,"
TO my father" ! repeated, my lr
stiff with terror.
81 may be mistaken" Lillian rcturne
( quickly with a glance at me 1--WE ca
tell better when the next clippings com
as they surely will It was cIeyc
thought to have your personal mail for
warded to Katherine We shall |
free of all spying eyes at Marvin. An
now Madgc We must think mp some c'
r cusc for Your staying here for the nc'
, few days"
why ! asked bcwiIdcrcd
'For one reason, ! don't feel it Wi
to have you ont there at Marvin ava
from me with Grace Draper roaming Il
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