The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-20

brain little voice said insistently.
why did she tell you this just now
Is 1t because she knows of some wom-
an who is already trying to interest
Dicky?"
feared to admit the answer even
when It flashed across my brain. The
beautiful face of Grace Draper, the
student who was posing for Dicky,
and whom he was helping with in
structions, came before me as clearly
as IL she were in the room with me.
Lillian Underwood's studio was on
the same floor with that occupied by
my husband. I felt that nothing would
escape her eyes. Had she observed
anything in Dicky's treatment of the
girl or in the models demeanor toward
her employer that impelled her TO talk
to me as she had just done?
1 felt a sudden chill at my heart, a
sensation that always came to me
with thought of Grace Draper. Ever
since the day of our outing at Mar
win when Dicky had discovered the
girl and engaged her I had felt Gu
rious premonition that some day she
SOIIoWs
Butfhe memory OF Lillian's brusque.
kindly words braced me- You hold
all the cards in your hands"
resolved to waste no time on fool
ish imaginings, but to hurry through
with my work so that I might return
to Dicky and-I flushed to myself as
thought of it-put into practice some.
of Mrs Underwood's precepts.
"Diclxy needs loving and petting and
you must give them to him." she said.
II only he were in a good humor when
reached home! I feared. however,
that he would resent the fact that Lii
liam had told me of the happenings of
their long buried past.
Hard At Work.
Before she left she had said she
would telephone Dicky that I was GO
ing to spend the afternoon studying in
her library so that If his mother need
ed me, could be called at once. / had
faith, however, that Miss Sonnet would
do her best to insure me a long, I'M
interrupted day.
So, putting my wandering magma
ton down with a firm hand, turned
my attention to my task Of the after
noon, putting into shape my ideas for
the history class 1 was to conduct at
the Lotus Study Club.
Mrs. Helen Brainard Smith, the Sec
rotary of the club, had told me that
the members of the class I was to con-
duct wished to study something of the
history of the countries involved in
the great war, so that they might be
able to understand the titanic strug-
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on my fingers, Germany, France. Rus
STA. England, Italy, Austria, Belgium,
Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Japan
what an awful array! I shivered as I
thought of what it all meant.
Mrs. Smith had said there would be
16 lectures. 1 resolved to make the
first lesson a sort of introduction to
the whole, outlining the work l wish
ed done. Then / meant to devote one
session to each of the II countries in
volved, two sessions TO the former
wars which had ravaged the European
battlefield and the last two sessions to
the present struggle and its causes.
Fortunately 1 had not been long
enough from my teaching days to be-
come rusty on the subject which had
made my specially for years. I out
lined the lessons for the later days,
and with each jotted down the name
of the books of reference which Mrs.
Smith had asked me to suggest TO the
class. Then 1 turned my attention TO
my opening lecture, the one which ]
felt would determine the attitude OF
the class toward me-
My note books which 1 had brought
with me were filled with just what
wanted. With a little modification and
implication 10 the needs OF club wom-
en- / could use material which was
ready to my hand.
Harry Underwood Appears.
worked hard all the afternoon