New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
What Allen Drake Knew of Kato and
How Lillian Played Her Part.

| poaLeO, LOOKING dL AI1CH Drake III aS-
Constituent. Whom do you mean?
Kato my Japanese boy?"
well! If you call about one-six-
! teenth Jap blood a Japanese, I mean
your boy Mr.. Drake retorted I'm
| sure he hasn't more than that in his
mongrel veins but what he has is set
! tied in his brain and his facial char
! acteristics SO he passes for the orig
! inal very WE'LL
I'm sure you must be mistaken,
! Drake" my father returned with a
touch of stiffness in his manner. I've
| known Of the boy for long time,
| known him to be trustworthy, and he
! claims to be q full-blooded Japanese"
Nevertheless" Mr.. Drake persist
ed, he is the same lad that l had to
| half kill one time in the Philippines
| to keep him from perfo rming that lit
| tie service for me when 7 was asleep.
| Have you ever noticed a long, slanting
| scar on his neck and chin? l gave
| him that in twisting the kreese he
! had in his hand up out Of the way of
my own precious tummy, for which
| he was aiming. He's a bad egg if
ever there was one, treacherous as the
devil and for SALE body and soul, to
| the highest bidder in the neighbour
hood"
His words were convincing, author
itative. I saw belief, remorse, alarm
| creep into my fathers face, from
which the little remnant of color it
possessed receded, leaving him pallid,
! shaken. Lillian's president distrust of
| his servant had only irritated him, but
| this calm, convincing knowledge over
whelmed him.
But this is terrible, Drake he
said. IF this be true, he knows far
too much of what we're doing,
although, of course, I've never made a
contidant of him. But he has been
my messenger and he has had count
less opportunities to betray me-"
"Where Did You See Hirn?''
And if he hasn't yet done it, it's
because nobody has yet overbid you,"
Mr. Drake replied cynically.
But where did you see hinn?% my
father asked. HE requested permits
sion to go away for a little while this
evening, and knowing that you
were coming-was glad to grant it, so
he didn't open the door for you"
Mr.. Drake looked at Lillian, and
she took up the explanation. 1 glanced
at her heightened color understand
ingly. 1t always embarrasses her to
| relate an instance OF nGT own superior
| Judgment
You will recall that we thought it
best to have Mr.. Drake come to our
| house first, then through the shrub
berry to yours" she said deprecatingly,
ignoring the fact that it was she who
| had suggested the arrangement. And
as Kato, evidently preparing to profit
by the letting down of the bars be-
tween the two families, was talking to
Willianl-whom, incidentally, L have
instructed to let kato hang around all
he wishes-I managed to have Mr..
Drake see him. himself unobserved. I
had heard the story Of the Malay
servant and the averted kreese, and
thought it worth the chance
Shadow Brings Bad News.
! My father rose, and with the court
ly foreign touch with which he invests
his treatment of women, he crossed to
Lillian's side and raised her hand to
his lips with a ceremonious bow.
Dear lady" he said, Il am etern-
ally indebted to you, not only for your
| forethough, but for your forbear-
ance. If I had but listened to you the
other day! Why he may have over
heard the list OF figures which my lit
tie girl was repeating"
In the fewest possible words she told
of her coup in turning the key upon
Kato when he had slipped into the
broom closet upon her opening of the
door. 1t was a story Mr.. Drake knew,
for we had discussed Kato thoroughly
before we came into my fathers
house, but my fathers face showed
the relief he felt.
That's one danger avoided any
way" he commented, but his very
presence is a menace. What is to be
done?"
He turned to Lillian with a percep-
tible anxious Difference to her opinion.
Let him have the run of the two
houses as he will" she replied
promptly He won't make move
that isn't accounted for. For instance,
he is being followed tonight, and af-
ter he returns L shall have a full &C.
count of every move he has made,
every person he has seem
She was a true prophet, but the full
/ fillfnent of her prediction brought sor-
row and heavy anxiety to all of us.
1t was almost midnight when kato
returned, and later still when the man
detailed by Lillian to follow him came
to make his report. Lillian and / had
waited up for him, I against her urg-
ent wishes, but / couldn't sleep while
such an issue waited.
And the report was that the man to
whom Kato went straight as an ar
row, with whom he was closeted for
hours was Harry Underwood, and that
Grace Draper and an unknown wom-
an--the description of whom fitted
Mrs. Allis-were present at the inter-
view!
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to be thrown over the head before