New Britain herald., 1917-12-01
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REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Ry ADELE GARRISON

scrutiny. Katherine and Lillian had
! their backs toward her and were,
| therefore, safe; but I sat facing her
| with Mr.. Cabineros, the elderly Latin
American whom Lillian had brought
! with US, in the chair next the aisle,
and 1 feared that some instinct, some
telepathic sense of the bitter hatred
that lay between us might bring
| recognition to her keen eyes.
J W1lae LILLIAN Said.
But not by tremor Of an eyelid
did I betray the terror that was con-
Stunning me, and In another minute I
heard Mr.. Cabineros murmur:
"You may look up now. She has
| turned around, and I. am sure she did
| not recognize you. She is searching
for someone, and Is looking carefully
at every person here. But she gave US
! only a casual glance
Lillian struck into the convorsation,
but In the same subdued tones that
marked ell our utterances, toner
which could not be heard st the next
| table.
| WELL" she said, I'VE have proved
conclusively that she 10 in New York,
and that settles to my mind the queS-
ton of the newspaper clippings. There
will be one forwarded from Marvin
to your address, Katherine; that's q
| certainty.
"And now, I wish T could take you
girls home, but l am afraid 1t is i'm
possible just now. Besides being I'M
wise for us to rise and go before them
If we can possibly outstay them, I
must find out for whom she's search
ing so carefully. 1t may be of the
| utm ost Importance to me. And, from
now on, Mr.. Cabineros and are go
ing to carry on a. conversation in
Spanish about the most casual things,
so you will simply have to look as If
you understood it, and smile occa-
sionally. How I wish you both could
speak 1t. It would make things look
more natural"
Who He Was.
"Perhaps I could help out a little"
Katherine said modestly. Il was ON a
long case once in q Spanish family, a.
young girl with whom T spent months
Of commissioners. and I picked up a
fair working knowledge OF the Ian
guage. although I'm a bit rusty
Lillian gave her a searching glance,
and I remembered the conversation
she had held in Spanish with Mr..
Cabineros in the taxicab, when she
naturally supposed both Katherine
and me to be ignorant of the Ian
guage. Had the two government
secret agents-for such I was morally
certain both Lillian and Mr.. Cabineros
were-talked of things dangerous for
anyone outside the service to know?
But in the next instant the searching
glance gave way to a smile OF APP
prevail, and I saw Lillian give my
brother-cousin's little flancee a sur
reptitious kindly pat on the hand.
she said SOftlV-2nd IN n
other moment the three were engaged
in an apparently animated converse
ton in Spanish. But I noticed that
the eyes OF both Lillian and Mr.. Ca
bineros lost nothing that came with
in their vision, and realized that they
would know almost as soon as Grace
Draper herself if the person for whom
she was looking came into the room.
I had a curious breathless feeling,
as if I were witnessing an exciting
race upon which some tremendously
important stake depended. I think
Katherine shared my feeling to Il
lesser extent, however, for she was
absorbed in keeping up her end Of
the conversation Lillian wished car
ried on. But had nothing to do save
pretend to listen to the others, and
my eyes were free to wander Wher-
ever they pleased.
They rested more frequently upon
Lillians face than upon that of any
one else, and thus it was that I saw q
look of recognition and something
else,> something indef1nable, flash into
her eyes at someone or something be-
hind me. She gave a quick, half-1n-
voluntary look at me, then as quickly
averted her eyes, and I realized with
a throb Of excitement that the person
she had seen was connected in some
. way in her mind with me.
The next moment I understood the
look when. accompanied by two other
men, there was ushered to q table not
far from us, and directly opposite the
one at which Grace Draper and Harry
, Underwood were seated. the man
whom I knew as-Allen Drake.