South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-14


lester. Dicky took 5, from MS pocket.
looked So through hastily. and hand
- me two Of the sheets
mo need 90 bother with the rest
he said ln 50 eraborateIy careless a
manner that knew a. once the
missing pages held soue reference 10
ue-some ul-nsuned structure Of his
mothers which he did not wish me
60 see
paid 10 attention 20 his action.
however. partly because I ann used
O. Mother Graham's caustic COM
ments upon me. which. learned
IouH ago. have no real venom. or.
indeed meaning. and partly 5ecause
ms anxiety concerning the news
from Katie made the rest Of the let
ter 81 no importance
Come 90 tho point whore we
can't stand IL any longer
This une-o'bviously the continue
ton Of the page before-was the
FIRST my anxious eyes read. Then
the explanation began.
you're NOT GOING
Last night Is just a sample Of
the thing We have been undergoing. Z"
nv other letter OF Katle's strange
behavior. % her crying all the time
and shopping around, and getting so
frightened when she imagined she
raw the man across the road-the
one who helped % kdnap Richard
Second. and who is now IN the peni-
Tertiary. We1 she has been keep
ing up most Of thai foolishness. and
We found out lsst night that she
has been slipping out OF the house
Harnost every night. staying away
#Bometirnes half an hour. sometimes
an hour. sometirnes even longer
And she and Jim have been quar-
Telling for several DAYS. and although
] couldn't say positively that was
the cause. vet we couldn't help put
ting two and two together
but last night I'VE heard Katie
screaming and Elizabeth and ran
back 70 their rooms. and We heard
jim say
TIN tired OF rhis. Your not go
out or this house tonight unless I
so with you, and know where you're
going, and who n Is you're meeting.
And then Katie was like a wild
woman. begging him % let her 20.
and saying over and over again:
"'Oh. Jesrn. you don't know what
you're doing n you dom let me go"
Then she tried 20 rush by him,
hut n must have caught her. and
then there came a thump just as
81 he'd tossed her on the bed. and
We heard him say between his
teeth,
Lie there and cry your eyes out
81 you want 20. You're not going 70
stlr from there"
'POOr Kade:"
we went away then, because, of
course. II wasn't really our business
20 interfere. but am worried 70
death I know Jim thinks she's
stealing out 20 meet another man.
and suppose she Is. although I hate
10 think It OF Katie We all know
shes an ape. but 7 never thought
/. that OF her And I imagine Jim, II |
h got started onoe, would be a I
mighty ugly proposition. Why. ne F.
might 20 crazy and not only Kill her. .
but the rest or usi want you and
Margaret 10 come home right away,
and see 20 things"
I looked UP from the letter 70 ind
both Dioh1y and Lillian watching me.
What do you think OF it2" Dlcky
asked.
Il don't know what 10 think of
81" I replied truthfuuy. Il only
know that it's high time We were
home. Poor mother and Elizabeth,
what a time they are havingi'
7 must confess that did not feel
hAif as worried over my relatives
tn-laz a. did over Katie. While
I dtd not Ike TO have Mother era
ham bothered I could contemplate
Fllzabetl's disquietude with a great
deal OF completeness. knew bet
Ser, however. than to pity Katie
aloud before expressed concern for
The comfort or DicIy's mother and
ester.
YouNd better ray poor Katie.
with mother and Elizabeth on her
trail" Dichy retorted perversely. as
! expected ne would do. and I smiled
- myself at the success Of my little
ruse- Mothers had enough but
u lzs,bsth has a notion that she was
put on earth especially TO form the
young female mind or the lower
clawrues. She'll be IN her element
trying 70 dreE out Katie's soul and
vivfssot -"
L wish We GOULD Ret home tomor-
row nfght." said worriedly
Well. we can't. 20 don't start wor-
rv.nel But x luck holds. we can be .
there fairly early the next day. u
vy.re-i mother we'd be home IN three .
DAYS. 50 as 20 allow leeway for de-
laws Sell work Katie 70 death
rattlng ready for US. but that wifi
probably be Eood for the Eirl-talIe
hsr mind or whatever IS troubling
her Now. OF course. you two will
want 70 discuss this thing IN AL its
phases aud inwardness, 20 I'll take
Tlvsek or"
There was that IN Dicky's voice, .
faint but unm1sts kable. which told
ms that his absurd jealousy OF my
consuE1uK lillian instead OF him |
about anything was stu rampant
although 5us- now under control l
How could I hest Danish this thought
from Dicly's mind?
we done want 20 discuss any
frinr.-I said 20 plcky biz GROSSLY.
feeling that perhaps touch OF
scerbitv was my best device for re-
moving his patent jealousy Of my
audiences with Lillian "And 81
you're not tired. 7 au-dea6' Please
take me back % the BUNGALOW"
had been given q sudden Stu
2, mating fash OF comprehension tust
er-e- pickv's seIf-betrayinE proposal 4
- take himself Oft realized that
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