New Britain herald., 1917-11-19
What Troubled Nndgc as She Planned for an Hour Alone With Katherine.

for an Hour Alone With Katherine.
 Jim, I want you to do me a great favor.'
 Just namc it, Mrs. Graham
 Jim stood at the barn door where I had summoned him, his frank, man. ly face lighted up with pleasure. His tone was quiet, but earnest, and knew that my errand would be safe in his keeping.
 II am sending you to the postmas- ter here in Marvin with a notice to forward my personal mail for few days to the care of Miss Katherine Sonnot in the city," l said. 'I don't want any one else's mail forwarded. and although I have said nothing about it in the letter, l want you to warn the postmaster that if Mother :, Graham's cousin should ask him any hing about it, pretending she comes from me, he is to say nothing.
 "Of course, according to law, he iS' obliged to keep silent but l am afraid she might get him to talk and there are very grave reasons, Jim. why don't wish her to know that l have ordered my mail forwarded She IS the only one who would meddlc it all. Will you see to it, and Of course keep quiet about it? You may tell Katie if you can keep her from speak ing of it." :.
 Neither me nor Katie will say nothing" Jim declared loyallN. And I'll put a flea in Fuller's ear. The oldI dame won't come no games over him if 1 can help it. I owe her one, any way, on katie's account"
 I had forgotten for the minute l Cousin Agatha's cruel treatment of Katie when the older woman had first ! come, an unexpected guest, to our house. But it was very evident that 1 neither Katie nor her husband would ever forget it. And I couldn't blame l them, although I ignored the latter |! part of Jim's speech.
 'Evcry Little Hclps-Now."
 "Tf you will attend to it right ] away, Jim, I shall be much obliged" I said. But be careful to go when Mrs Graham's cousin doesn't see you. She is walking toward the postotIice 1 now"
 "Is she going to be down there l long?' Jim asked anxiously.
 No. only q few minutes" I re- : turned. l
 'Then that's easy" He was visihly relieved. ''Ill tell Katie to keep h"r . eye peeled for her coming back, and as soon as she tips n}o the du1o" is safe in the house I'll go out around the pond and through the woods over. by the schoolhnuse. Shell never know I've gone or come back.''
 "Thank you, Jim. Here's somc- thing for your trOuble.'
 You're too good, Mrs. Graham. But every little helps---now."
 There was just a seconds pause be- fore the last word, and the honest fellows face glowed l knew that he was thinking of the little stranger soon to come to Katie and to him: knew, also and was thrilled hy tho knowledge. that by my care and championship of Katie I had bound both their hearts to ne in loving fealty.
 I hurried back to tho house with one problem solved, but with another looming up before me. Upon the TO- ceipt of the second marked newspaper clipping which had come to mo in so mysterious a way through the mail, clippings telling of spy executions and Black Hand atrocities I had feared that Mrs. 1Allis, the woman who hat tried to throw acid into my face in revenge for my thwarting her in her l plot to steal the pictures of Robert l Savarin, had managed in some way to get out of the sanatOrium for drug addiCtS where she was confined and