South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-08


alow YOU the room I'll give her"
She led the way out into the little
rear hall up the steps 20 the land
ing upon which. opened the door be-
hind which Leila sat. then on UP an
other short fight 90 the upper hall
and door directly above the one
on the landing.
THERE" she said. throwing il
open. This room is directly over
/ mine, so she won't be timid. She
\ looks like "a scasy little thing-blt 1
think she'll like this"
IT am sure she will" I said. on
\ Enthusiastically and. indeed. the room
was a most attractive one, with wide
windows looking out over the pine
grove 20 the shinmering Of the lake
in the distance. 7 mentally reaf-
frmed the impression had received;
that Mrs. LuEens's house was the
most attractive, most perfectly APP
I pointed Of any that I had ever seen
provided for tourists.
Just bring her right up here" she
said practically She won't want
/ TO see rae for awhile. so I'll just
show YOU where things are. ! don't
give any meals. YOU know. so YOU
/ will have to arrange that TO suit
yourself. She won't eat more'n a
\ canary until her row is settled. any
way"
She went swiftly about the room.
showing me closet and bureau draw
\ ers. then went back as quickly as she
had come Then I descended the
stairs. found Leila weeping. brought
her up 20 the room. and turned
down the bed clothing.
Let me help YOU undress, and
/ then YOU get into bed and go TO
sleep if YOU can" I said in matter
/ of-fact tones. Wen discuss things
later. No one but me will come
near the room. so don't worry. And
Iif YOU should need anything
showed her a hell cunningly hidden
lin the wall-"just press this and
\ Mrs. Lukens will come to YOU"
"I don't want anything except 10
rest" she walled. My head feels
4 as if it were splitting"
"Ill hx that" / said cheerily, and
/ i'm two or three minutes I had her
tucked into bed. with her feet and
body warmly covered and a towel
wrunE out of cold water pinned
tightly around her head. Then l
pulled down the window-shades to
the aperture through which the pine
laden air came, and left her, know
/ ing that she needed no medicine save
rest and sleep.
With swift steps 7 went back to
our own cottage. and, luckily dodg-
4 ing the observation of anyone, l
gained my own room and locked the
door. wanted solitude in which
to arrange my campaign against Rita
/ Brown.
That IL would he warfare, / knew,
/ for / had dismissed as utterly futile
any thought Of appeal 10 her TO re-
tract the things she had said to
Leila. She was adamant in will, ut
terIy INSCRIPTIONS in principle. But
7 guessed that. although she was de-
Itermined to annex for herself Hugh
| Grantland and his millions, yet she
was unwilling TO sec Leila marry Al
fred Durkee. the man for whom l
surmised she secretly cared.
realized something else also. I
must be possessed Of an especially
strong weapon before I could hope
for anything from an encounter with
Rita Brown. She would laugh at
any ordinary methods of attack. 1
must possess the power to crush her
I before I faced her.
But where II find such a weapon.
There was but one person possessed
of the power and resourcefulness to
help me-Lliian Underwood and
she was nearly a thousand miles
away.