The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-27
THE GIRL ILEFT BEHIND ME-
ny CAROLYN BEECHER
copyright. 1913. by Carolyn Beecher).

No one Will believe tina he was not
oognizant Of your friendship for hts
man, who | am told has been under
suspicion for some Time, and"
Tut he wasn't. ho knew nothing
about a." Elizabeth interrupted.
But YOU We're not IN love with
Long. were you2 Purdon't hu question,
but you asked me 10 be frank"
In love with him-uo indeed |
liked him, enjoyed being with him.
| can scarcely believe even nov that
he rs "a German, an enemy TO tho
country. II seems like q monstrous
dream"
y know. unt IL q were not in
o with MIN, why did You not tell
Nour husband OF him. wait" az
Elizabeth was about Ia speak. THAT
is the question tho court may ask
you. Ana, theS may add. What other
reason did YOU have for hiding your
friendship with This man from your
h~ushand' They may say II was he
cause you were an enemy TO our
country am not trying Ia soften
things 10 save YOU, You asked for
the truth ! am going to give II to
you
lie felt sorry for Elizabeth. she had
TUNED white as chalk. nut this was
no time to let his pity shoW itself.
Atterwtrl NE would help her all he
could.
Me nn cmens Ia The country.
why who could think sue a thing2 I
never have done ANYTHING only
knew Mr.. Long socially"
II know that and believe YOU. But
there are many who VIII not. They
viii thtnk Won were infatuated with
The man. ~ So became his tool. The
feeling Of this country against any
n who ~ not absolutely patriotic ~
rlnning very high. Too much damage
has already beon don by the enemy
alien here at home. You have de-
! clnrcd openly that YOU saw no need
OF "A OF our going to war. eNUi
affcr the Germans AMI the I.usitunia.
You have o~bstinatoly declared your
opinions 40 publicly, ! mean among
your friends, that Your attitude has
been knoWn. az course this might
well lend plausibility Ia anything that
might be said concerning your nssoci-
alton with Long Then. too. YOU had
that woman here. ! ~ your house. Ac-
cording To yOur own admission shD
was Treated more as an equal than
as a servant. That Japanese hos,
soto. has told Of your nmne jealousy
OF your husband. thai iu Nour rnre
YOU would stop az uothing, " has
also told that he knew that you and
your husband punrrcliS;, nctcoiy be-
ihlf nv lllhllN Mtni INTO camp mat
you aud Mr. Long wcrp great friends,
ana That M~ademoisolle Louise md
Long often mentioned you IN their
conversation That while he couldn't
hoar what they said, he recognized
vow name frequently. OF course oil
tbs VIII come W IN court, and all
tho. papers. In fact. 80 much has AL
tondy been said that steps are being
taken 10 hurry the trial"
30 Others also think MAY havo
been a tool " Elizabeth said b,ttcr.
~ recalling the clippings from her
home paper. Perhaps hat cditor
wasn't 80 much worse thnn other
people.
Yes, No one VIII believe yon were
more ihan that hat that doesn't
alter h fact that YOU wcru oil
enough To know better. That beCauso
OF your husbands position. your
unclc's prominence. YOU should have
been even more than ordinarily care
ful what you did"
Now | want TO know what you
think Blake win doy' she asked. pay.
ins no attention TO his last remark.
Tell me just What yon think"