New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. \. Dicky was in training I don't know, but know it she, did, and devils life she led him. You know Dicky's fam tastic ideas of chivalry-he didn't like to turn her over to the authorities, and nothing else would have stopped her constant lowering about the camp, the meetings she managed with him, the efforts she made to worm herself into his confidence Finally, alarmed by some of her questions, he threatened to denounce her to the military au- thorities. Then, I fancy, all the devil in her broke loose, and from that moment she plotted his death"
 A spasm of pain crossed Lillian's face for a feeting instant. Then it was calm again.
 "She couldn't manage it in the camp upstate, but this man, Dawson, was in their service from the begin ming. And--and Harry was the go-be- tween, the man who arranged details with Dawson. To do Harry justice, he only consented because Draper offered to let you alone after she had secured the paper if he would attend to Dicky's accident. Harry has been drinking heavily for weeks, and think he had some sort of an idea in his drink -maddened brain that Dicky was false to you, and that if he were out of the way there might be some time chance for him.
 II have all this from Edith Fairfax, to whom Harry rushed when he found 1 out that Draper had tried to have 1ril conscience, and he hastened to try to undo what he had done. You know 1 the rest, except-that-" she hesi- 1 tated, then went on with a rush: Harry has disappeared as if swal ! lowed up by the ground An officer with an escort was taking him to one i of the big inquisitors in the city, and when they were passing one of the ] rabbit warrens in the East Side, 1 Harry took advantage of a momentary stop of the machine to dive into one of the doorways The men followed 1 him, shooting, but it must have been a 1 locality he knew-there is no part of 1 the city with which he isn't familiar, i hardly crook but knows him, and I 1 imagine he found shelter although 1 fresh bloodstains in the place he first entered showed that he had been hit.
 
 ! I know, and we'll not speak of this again"
 There was but one question in my ! mind. Who had sent me the letter l which had led me to the aviation | camp upon that particular day? But the answer to that didn't come until i Dicky's slow convalescence had pro- 1 gressed to the extent of justifying us in brin nging him home.
 Then, in his room at last, together 1 and alone, we spoke for the first time of the things nearest to us. Tacitly ! we had avoided them, for from the first moment that I had been per mitted to see him in the hospital and 1 we had given and received the first i long look, the first tender kiss, with i the shadow of death not yet wholly gone, we had known that all doubts, all quibbles had been cleared out of our love.
 Sweetheart" Dicky said, smooth ing my hair back from my forehead there is so much I have to tell you, so much of which | am ashamed to speak" I put my hand upon his lips, from l my kneeling position by the side of his couch.
 hllOW ILlOSl OI IL dll CceoS' oSdi, l answered, from Lillian, in whom Edith confided. So let us not waste time speaking of it again.
 Agreed" he said with travesty of his old, merry smile. "Only you must tell me you forgive me for that fool anonymous letter. I don't know why I sent it, and to think that you had to witness"
 I stopped him again, this time with l a kiss. I knew why he had sent it, but I didn't wish to dwell, even in l momentary f1eeting thought upon the | childish, gloating temper 1t betrayed, which probably Dicky would never l lose.
 why think of that" I whispered, when I have been waiting all these weeks to tell you-to tell you-' My voice faltered, and I hid my burning face against him. l felt him start-then hold me l closer
 '"Tell me little wife" he murmured oh, so tenderly, "or, can I guess? 1 Let me see your eyes? An, I thought 1 sol Is it the greatest news in the world for you and me?" And with his words, his kisses. the l secret terror of his displeasure vanished utterly, and at last we en- tered into our kingdom.
 (Finis.)