The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-10
CHAPTER CxVI.

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For almost the first time iu hrr
life Elizabeth iverson forgot herself
What Harper had said about Blake.
about how her actions, innocent
though thcv were. might affect him.,
had put all thoughts OF self in abey-
ancc. That anything u one might
do would raise a question as To his
patriotism WIS unbelievable. Hadn't
he been constantly promoted for bray
cry Hadn't be Just beer cited for
the war cross Why they wouldn't
dare think him. Captain Blake fVcr-
son. false 60 hts country She tried Ia
say spy and couldn't ever iu her
thoughts.
After Harper left her she undrcsscd
slowly. talking to herself in ~disJointcd
sentences as she did so.
What can | do? oh. why did |
ever let him come here What VIII
Blake say? | wish Uncle George were
at home. he would know what to 10.
II doesn't seem that IL can he true.
Why he was always saying we and
us when he spoke OF America. Oh,
dear. what can | do 20 stop IT. Soto
will likely tall about Mrs. Lambert.
too, II he told all those other things.
lie won't stop at anything wish I
dared go away and hide; then, per-
haps. n would be better. Yet Harper
FsAlA Nh NNNllNH 7 W. hilN kRNflf AiiAN
they were watching me. I don't be.
lieye IT, lie "a va frightened ho eN-
aggerItcs everything
nhe walked To the window and stood
looking back. After IL moment she
stepped back. vet not so far that she
could not zee the opposite side of the
street. No. she had not been mis-
taken. there was a mar over there.
Gould u be he was watching herr
could Harper be right and. because
ut her friendship with CyI1l Ions. wits
she being watched Also
Quickly She disrubcd. and flung on
u lpose gown. Then she eNtinguYhcd
the lights she waited a moment.
then she seated herself nj the win
low. a little AT tho side. so that tho
drupcries hid her. but did not prevent
hcr seeing the street.
At first she thought she might have
been mistaken. or that the man whom
she had thought watching had gone.
Then lust as she was about "a 20 10
bed a shadow moved across the side
walk. and she saw IN the angle Of tho
opposite building the same figure she
had seen before.
Mutionless she waited. Fifteen min
utos. and the clock ~ the hall chimed
out the quarter hour Another nf-
teen minutes n II struck the halt.
iNtN tlt tkufe moved on
from the building and walked hriskly
away evidently assured that She had
retired Tor the night.
What q queer feeling II war to be
watched ~ made her foel sick and
creepy all over And she had done
nothing. Why should she he I'm trou-
bile Just because Cyril Long was hot
friend No onc could account. could
be expected Ia account. Tor what an
their friends did.
Aud the horrible injustice OF n, that
Blake should be- punished for what
she did. although Dee know absolutely
nothing about n But what was II
Harper had said That unless u could
be proved that Blake was IN ignor-
ance of her friendship with Long n
might hc hard 10 convince pCoplc of
his, Blake's. innocence How could ~
be proved
Startled al the thought that came Ia
her unhtddcn n unwclcomcd, she
clinchcd her hands and suid.
NO. not even 70, him" thVn went
10 bed. onlS to toss and tumble all
night, trying to think OF some other