South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-16
Revelations "a Vile S9o4 a2E5

instinctivcly that thr quickest pan
acea for the absurd raging jealousy
evidently co assuming him was the
truth He evidently did not hear
me coming. and M started violently
at my touch upon his arm. as II he
were a thoroughbred racer CULVER
ing under a whip.
.Nadge," ne calculated. as though
! he had not seen me for days Then
I no grasped my ann savaEely
Who was that man ," he demand
ed
Z did not vince. though his fingers
were pressing with unconscious
/ cruelty into the flesh Of my arm.
Col. Travers,' I returned. "Of the
state troopers He is here on gov
& eminent work. the result Of what
/ happened last night or do you
know"
I His fingers relaxed ana mis- arm
I dropped % his side
/ 81 know nothing" he said duly.
bur ] saw that my words had easel
. the awful tension 20 which his
nerves had been keyed. although he
was still TOO much under It's infu-
/ ence 20 realize exactly what I was
trying 20 tell him.
We'll. come and sit down and IN
tell YOU about it," i said with pur-
/ poseful forced gayety. Its quite
an exciting tale"
He turned and walked obediently
with me 10 the veTanda, speaking
! no word until we were seated in the
/ comfortable porch chairs. Then. be-
fore I could speak. he asked a single
explosive question.
Did Lillian know that man be-
fore?'
\ Strange Statement.
I could have laughed at this exhl-
bition of jealousy worthy ct a high
school boy. had not his eyes. shad-
owed with real mental anguish
troubled me sorely.
she never saw or heard Of him
i'm her life before" / retorted en-
phatically But you must know the
position she holds in government
work. do you not ."
The secret diplomatic work ?" he
responded yes, but"
1 looked around carefully for pos
lsible listeners and then lowered my
voice discreetly
+ Last night a state trooper was
shot while i'm the reservoir grounds 3"
I said LAS il happened I was the
one 10 find him. and DiCky, Mr.. Cos
grove and the boys brought him TO a
little inn a mile from here The
man who really did it. accused us Of
the crime. and 1 showed the officer
there and TO Col. Travers. Lillian's
badge which she had lent me for
just such an emergency. There is a
government end TO the thing it
seems, and Col Travers said ii was
imperative .hat he see Lillian at the
first moment possible. So I named
half after 5 this morning. He ar
rived promptly. and Lillian herself
/ suggested that they ride as they
talked. so that there would be no
possible danger of eavesdrOppers
4. They should be back i'm a very few
minutes"
\ brick-red flush replaced his
Ipallor. and ] was glad TO see that he
was as thoroughly ashamed of him
| self as a man could well be for his
asinine exhibition of jealousy But
man-like. he took refuge in another
grievance instead of acknowledging
his error.
, uN not ike tiilS WoIh lOI LIZ
. liam he said bit sullenly, "or in
+ deed. any work. She is not fit for
. anything but rest If ever l have
authority over her, I shall stop all
, this nonsense
looked AZ him minute in
MANAGEMENT. then decided that he
meant exactly what he said. and I
marveIled that he, who loved Lillian
, So devotedly. had no better concep-
tion of her brain and indominitable
= will.
, Authority over Lillian 10 stop the
, work which was as the breath of
I life TO her! Even Harry Underwood.
with an his faults had not attempt
ed that