South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-22
WHY LILLIAN WAS LABORING
UNDER A STRAIN.

: Went into Germany in search Of
1 Harry"
repeated the words incredulous-
~. OF all the queer situations
which had resulted from Lillian's
/ tangled life this seemed 10 me the
most bizarre
My friends forehead furrowed
/ into a frOwn, which. however. was
/ evidently involuntarily. for she ban
/ ished It the next instant.
/ "Of course, ] do not know that
finding Harry was his reason" she
. said. but / am led TO believe IL
from things he had sail and written
20 me. And then the fact that only
few days after the disappearance
| of Dicky and Harry behind the lines
he got himself transferred TO the
Z corps Of entertainers with the army
OF occupation indicated very strong
ly that ne had some idea Of the
sort in mind"
Did ne write YOU that he was go
ing into Germany" I asked.
No she returned. The last
letter ] received from him was writ
ten weeks before that. But'-she
hesitated oddly was uneasy-and
from another source / learned that
from the moment he heard the re-
port Of the disappearance of Dicky
and Harry he moved heaven and
earth TO get a chance TO go into
Germany
Troubled Eyes.
The word uneasy" seemed to
linger in my ears. !, too. had a
feeling Of uneasiness over this queer
expedition of Robert Savarins. for
there came to me again-as it had
come many times before-the vision
of Robert Savarin as l once had
seen him, tense, white-lipped, VOW
ing never 10 forget the indignities
which Harry Underwood had made
Lillian endure.
/ wondered if Lillian suspected
the fanatical intensity of this feel
ing toward her erstwhile husband
which the devoted artist possessed.
And then, as ] remembered the tor
tured eyes l had seen beneath her
volatile mask Of the afternoon
realized not only that she must sus-
Lect but that she in all probability
had far more knowledge of the ar
lists mental processes than I.
With troubled eyes I watched her
as she paced up and down, her arms
hanging loosely at her sides. but her
fingers clenched in her palms. /
knew that she was consumed with
emotions that would have beaten to
the ground a weaker woman, but
also knew that the rapid sinuous
pacing was my friends inveria bic
method of getting herself under
control. and [ waited silently, pa
tiently until she should of her own
vOltiOn turn TO me-
At last, as her pacing brought her
near the cleverly concealed wall
safe in which she kept her most
valuable things she suddenly
swerved, uncovered and unlocked it,
and took from a box within a folded
paper With it in her hand she
came back 10 me and threw it into
my lap.
The Answer.
Read that. Madge." she said
tensely. and you'n understand why
I 4 sometimes feel that I cannot bear
this suspense which constantly
, hangs over me-"
| She seated herself in a chair near
me, and ! saw her lay her hands
upon the arms. Lress her finger
| tips fiercely against the polished
wood With my own fingers tremb-
I ling 1 opened the sheet of letter
paper, a page from the cheap tablets
furnished 10 the soldiers. and read
| the few words ii contained.
My Dear:
There is. Of course. no aTDeal
| from your decision. ] bow my head
| TO *, realiingz that either you must
! have been mistaken in what you
/ told me before ! came over. or that
/ misunderstood your meaning. II
YOU had ever really experienced the
/ feeling YOU prCfCssed at that time
YOU could not. even for the sake of
/ your fetch duty. so deny yourself
and me now. There IS only one
| service l can render you. From
what 1 have learned the world is