South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-02
WHO Il TIE STRANGE WOMAN
WHO STOPPED THE CAR:

Il
Robert Savarin. with quick
movement. swerved his car 20 one
side Just In time 10 escape grazing
the woman seated in the middle Of
the road painting at an easel
Two other cars coming from the
opposite direction. and being COM
peUed 10 stop az the obstacle.
brought him 20 a stop also, and the
woman at the easel looked up from
under an immense sun nat At
sight OF our car and its occupants,
she sprang 10 her feet. almost up
setting her easel as she did So With
a dizziness evidently born of long
practice. she righted the easel with
one hand as she passed Il, came 10
the side Of the car and jumped on
the running board.
, Lillian Underwood, as I'm
hopeless sinner" she exclaimed.
Just drive TO one side of the road,
kind gentleman. so we can talk.
Charlier' She threw a command
over her shoulder TO a young man
who had stood admirinsly near her
easel. Get the things out of the
road for me. won't you there's
dear. Now Lii, introduce me 20
your friends. if they can stand the
gaf and tell me where you've kept
yourself all the time And where
is Harry or aren't we supposed to
ask questions about him any more?
You know I've been at the far end
Of the continent for ages and only
came back this spring to find YOU
gone from the city and the widest
rUmors flying around about your
whereabouts
\ Curious Figure.
She stopped to take breath, and
decided that 1 disliked her intense
" upon first sight In her youth
she must have been a striking lis
some brunette Now, in her late
forties. she was scrawny and sallow
where her makeup did not reach.
Her hair. which no doubt in her
youth had "rivaled the ravens
wing" still held the hue Of that ia
nous bird, but it was a color which
patiently came out os a bottle. And
her dress-an extremely short sport
skirt topped by a smock, low-cut
short-sleeved. with rolled-down
stockings and famboyant sport
shoes Of large figured chIntz-
made her a bizarre figure even in
/ that artist colony. where freakiness
/ of costume and behavior forms a
/ fantastic edging for the beautiful
sturdy woof of which the colony
life is composed.
That she was malicious, though
/ harmlessly so, under her apparent
/ ly friendly greeting / was sure
( from a queer furtive little express
+ sion in her eyes as she looked at
/ Lillian. All Lillian's world knew Of
/ Harry Underwood's currish treat
ment Of her. and the way she had
| heaped Goals Of fire upon his head
| by saving him from prosecution,
! getting him out of the country and
giving him a chance TO redeem him
self by foreign service i'm the world
war. for his share in the plot
against his country conceived in the
| fertile brain Of Grace Draper. If
this woman had made any inquiries
at all concerning Lillian, she must
/ have heard this story of Harry I'm
derwood. and her question concern
/ ing him must have been born solely
/ Of a desire to wound.
TOO Good Luck"
That Lillian knew and understood
all this, I was sure from the hiflec-
\ ton Of her voice as she side-step-
/ ped the sudden onslaught of this I'M
expected question It was an in
/ Election which only her closest
friends know. and saw Robert
Savarin's eyes harden as he looked
/ at the woman who had caused that
hurt. cold cadence 10 creep into his
/ beloved's voice
Eleanor Rundle," she said, MAX
| ing the name an exclamation and a
question i'm one so YOU have
come back, We must have been
neighbors all summer without know
ing it,
yes. isn't it touching?" the wom-