New Britain herald., 1917-11-26
Why Lillian Underwood Amazes A
 We'll As HeartenS Madg4.

Up to the moment that Lillian Un- me in her wonderful browntoned li- brary, asked our assurance that we l would not betray her confidence, and then told us that she had "a little special knowledge of the secret forces at work against America, I had thought that I knew Lillian as well as one woman could possibly know another. She had been my most in- l timate friends, I had come to her with i all my troubles, and on two or three ! occasions had been privileged to com- 1 fort her brave spirit in it's hours of suffering.
 But 1t was a new Lillian that Katherine and I saw in action after we had told her of the anonymous newspaper clippings that had been sent to me, and which she had de- cided had come from Grace Draper's hands. It wasn't that she was more brilliant or more resourceful; indeed, these qualities are always so con- spicuous in Lillian Underwood that it would be hard to pick out any oc- casion in which she excels in them. But there was a grim sternness in her manner I had never seen there 1 before It was evident even to my untrained mind that there were cham , Oers in Lillian's brain and heart to which even I beloved friend as l knew myself to be had never been ad mitted I also saw that she at 1 tached even more importance to the 1 supposed presence of Grace Draper 1 in New York than she assumed to do. ] And the experiences of the hours fol- l lowing heer request that l make some l excuse to stay at her home for a few
 days will never leave my memory, so filled With unexpected developments 1 were they.
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 And for now business!" Lillian
 said after she'd telephoned Dicky a
 most elaborate fiction concerning g
 some advertising jingles that had been
 ordered, and which were to have a
 historical setting about which she
 wished to consult with me, necessita-
 ting my remaining in her home. We
 haven't any time to waste. Just a l minute"
 | She slipped on 8 hat and coat
 which were lying on table, rang the
 bell that summoned her faithful ! colored cook Betty, and stepped out
 into the hall drawing on a pair of
 gloves as she did so, and leaving the
 door partly ajar. Katherine and I
 gave an involuntary glance of sur
 prise at each other, and then we
 both looked away again. I think the same resolution came to Kath-
 crime as to me, that no matter what
 Lillian led us into in the expedition
 she had promised us, in which she
 hoped to discover Grace Draper, we
 wouldn't betray any excitement or
 curiosity.
 Betty" Lillian's tone held the same 1 kindly yet incisive infection she all
 ways used toward the woman, "can . you do an errand for me right away?' 2 "Shoh's you bonn, Miss Lillian,' ! Betty returned. "I'n shake nah foot , an be wifi yoh before yoh has time to wink
 ''All right, Betty I want you to go . over to that place which has those de- The young ladies and I will probably ! be gone when you return, but if I : should get back before they do, and
 you find this door locked, don't dis , turb me, for l lave some very hard .. work on hand this afternoon" You won't hear muffin out of me, Mir Lillian"
 I'm sure of that, Betty" Lillian returned smiling, and returning. waited until she was out of hearing |. Put on your hats and coats girls, y she said softly, and we obeyed her.
 Down my back at least there were
 running little thrills of excited antici- patton of something mysterious. And