South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-22
REVEL ATOMS OLA WIFE
HOW KATIE STARTLED NIADGE
AND LILLIAN WITH GRIM


/
FEARS.
How many more trains are there
-onight2"
Lillian Underwood's voice was
sharp with anxiety. Ny voice reflect
ed her worry as 1 answered her
query.
Two. one az 1890 and the last,
Intl morning. at 2 o'clock
4 We'll, ] suppose we might as we'll
e down and get some sleep. They
will probably be out on the last
rain"
You don't suppose, began. then
stopped.
"That they're slipped off the
water wagon ." Lillian returned
grimly. That's just what I'm afraid
u. We will know in a little while
anyway. Harry Will begin 10 tele-
[phone me. and keep IL up until he
gets too lazy TO remember the num-
Der. Come on, let's get off these
clothes and get into comfortable
anegliges We probably shall have
NJ long. night OF worry before as"
obeyed her suggestion. but 1 was
wild with an anxiety which Lillian
Z lid not suspect. Ny question, which
ne had finished for me, had not
meant what she had thought at ALL
n fact, until she spoke OF il that
possibility had not occurred TO me.
II was a far different fear that
MAS gripping me. was afraid that
Grace Draper had failed 20 keep the
bargain she had made with Lillian
o keep out OF Dicky's way in return
or Lillian's silence concerning the
Draper girls mad attempt 20 drown
! me during our desert island pie
pic"
What Madge Feared.
Whether or not my narrow escape
rom death had brought Dicky 20 a
ealization OF what we meant 20
zach other ] could not tell. At any
rate ne never had been more my
oval lover than In the five days
&ince my accident Indeed. since
! hat day he had made but one trip
! o the city beside this with Harry
Underwood. the return from which
be were so anxiously awaiting. When
i y
Dad told us not 20 plan dinner ut
home, but 10 be ready 20 accompany
i hem 10 a nearby resort for a shore
thinner" as they were coming out
pn the O'Clock train No wonder
hat at 1880 Lillian and I were
10Th anxious and irritated
Dicky's behavior toward me since
ieath so nearly gripped me certain
D. had given me no reason 20 doubt
4 hat his infatuaton for Grace
Draper was at an end. But no one
Except myself knew how apparent
~ strong her hold had been ON
#Dicky through the weeks of the late
Summer. nor how ruthless her own
s. mad passion for him was. Had she
econsidered her bargain Was she
Shaking one last attempt TO regain
her hold upon Dicky?
i Another thought struck me. one
even more terrifying than the other.
had read Of desperate women. who.
when the end Of their hopes came.
lid not hesitate to Kill the men
Whom they loved as wen as them
selves. Suppose could not keep
my fears To myself any longer.
ooh. lillian" I gasped. do YOU
Suppose Grace Draper would try 20
Ekm Dicly or HERSELF Perhaps some
thin gterrible has happened that
they are TT here"
4 Lonesome Vigil
Lillian looked at me fXedlv.
could see that had startled her.
perhaps had alarmed her. But with
characteristic thought for me she
bio any fears OF her own behind q
mask
Don't worry about that possibil-
7ity," she said. her voice carefully
Ecool and cynical "The Draper is
altogether too cold-blooded TO do
like that II she could
have quietly gotten YOU out of the
way I do not think 1t would have
worried her much, but ending her
own sweet young life, not she"
Her grim contempt Quoted me as
nothing else could. even though I
had a suspicion that she was not
Xquite as assured as she appeared.
brought a rocking chair into
my room the room which I had
given Lillian for hers while she was
with us. and we sat there. silent for
i the most part. each making a pre-
tense OF reading. each covertly
4 watching the clock The old house
+ was very Still. Down the hail jim
her own room Katie was asleep. She
had gone up 20 her room long be-
fore
The very air was heavy with fore
boding Just as it seemed THAI
! could not bear inaCuon any longer
we heard a smothered shrek from
1 Katie's room. then the sound OF
s Rambling out OF bed the swapping
4 or CT her light low groan. ana
Z then her feet running rapidly down
the hall
Lillian sprang to our door. du0e
&c open. and met the girl at the
4 threshold. Katie's eyes were wide
3 with fright. and her face blauched
with terror IL seemed am effort for
! her 10 stand pushed a chair to-
+ ward her. and She sank into IT,
{ wringing her hands together. her
face working convulsively with ter
ror
ssOh sor-aboF,- dead Who Fl4 3 nf.