The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-21


tion,. Ny check, burned with shame a.
forced myself to recognize that under
meath all my rcpugnancc to Harry Un-
dcrwood, all my real loyalty to my hus
band and Lillian there had run secret
de.picablc feeling Of grn,iiied vanity at
my evident power over the man.
With a little shudder ] put the rca'i-
ration behind me and turned to Ano'"--
recollection Of the letter | had Just
read, that which pertaIned TO my father
| had read 1t hutriedly, but ! knew
there wa, something IN II that should
heed
picked MP the crumplsd sheets OF
tho letter from the floor where ! had
thrown them, and smoothing ont the
pages. found the lace for which ! was
looking. The words, in Harry Under
woods bold, beautiful chirography
stared up at me
A Cold, Little Fear.
"a more mysterious old cuv never
lived more intriguing and thiewns Of
fetal, coming TO see him than YOU can
count II had an imagination
should say he was M international spy
but he probably is playing some little
graft game of his own"
| NV first lrellng was one of unhridlet
anger against the man who had WRITER
the words The chcapnes' OF him; re-
vcnglng himself upon the old man who
had resented his wickcdneSs, by Sian
deting him IN letter
| Then cold, little fear clutched me
What, after all, did ! know OF ml
father, Of the mysterious bu'inc. II
which he was engaged, or OF the sourc'
Of his inoomr' All my lie ha'
'chooled myself to dislike and despi'
him, because OF hi, cruelty to my moth
ef lie had deserted her, and take
with him her closest woman irien
when ! was but years old
i But my mother on her death bed ha
asked me to forgive him II he shoul
ever come into my life again, an
, when after ! had met him AZ Robe
Gordon, the mysterious "Que,ter" I
Broadway. he had revealed himself
me as my father, | found that all Il
hatred ] had fe, for him melted ava
at the sight of his contrition and OF h
love for me
And now | faced the possibility {
disgrace, perhaps, worse, for him. Th
word spy" has the terror for me tha
II holds for all women. and in a mo
ment my thoughts had flown back l.
the stranger whom Dicky had brough
to our home, the man Drake, who askc,
me so many questions about my faith
CT that guessed he had secured the In
viiaton from Dcky for the purpose o
questioning mc.
| How glad was | had been unabl
to give Mr.. Drake the addrc. fo
which he asked ! had not heard frou
my father for weeks, even months, All,
he had no other addre. of mine ,ha
Lillian's apartment, | determined quick
ly upon a course OF procedure which
meant to breach to Lillian when sh
should be ready TO talk to me again.
"Ssy That Over Again"
Don't worry over your father m
dear" Lillian's voice broke into my r,
verie with the elairvoyant understand
ing which is always hers You kno
Harry's unhappy habi, OF exaggera,iol
. Your father evidently annoyed him b
his championship, and he said the fin
q, unkind thing abou, him that came int
his head"
But you know he must have ha
some foundation for those par,icul'
remarks" answered. "and, beside,
arm afraid there i, more reason for h
:, chatter than you imagine"
WHY" She looked up, startled.
| told her the whole story oi N
Drake. his visit TO our home and h
" questioning OF me was glad to 5,
, that with the problem Of another
l. meet she lost the tensenep oi emoti,
> that had been hers With charac,eri
n n tic energy she bent all her faculties I,
u ward helping me,
: "Say tha, over again slowly" 81
said IL think there is work for me
Al DO"
VI Copyright 1919
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