New Britain herald., 1922-09-26
Why Does Allen Drake Wish to
 Bar Madgc,

There was something about the bound figure of the man smith as the secret service operatives took him down the stairs which made me feel as though ice water had suddenly been poured into my veins.
 He could take but very short, shunling steps because of the man. ner In which Allen Drake had di- rected that he be tied, but every one ot those steps suggested somt powerful maleovlent animal strainilA at the leash, That the men vita him were aware of this attitude l sur missed from the tight hold they kept Of either arm. As they disappeared into the lower hall I gave an invol- untary raspinG little intake of the breath, and Lillian put her hand
 Ner mine reassurlngly,
 Hes some tiger cat, all right she whispered, when the closing of the library door told us that smith was safely out of hearing. But Allen will clip his claws tonight, I fancy. Here the deah boy comes now, with your father. By the way, neither of us said anything to your father about your adventure tonight, so if you keep quiet he'll never know
 Thank you so much" I murmured fervently. for I know how intensely the thought of any danger to me af- fected my father Lillian had no time to answer me even if she had wished, for the men had almost reached our corner, and Lillian stepped out quickly in front Of them. while l more slowly followed her.
 "Nir. Chester Will Live"
 Daughter, dear." My fathers arm went round me, and I contrasted his tender, beaming face with Allen Drake's stern, sardonic one. Patent ly l was in the bad books of Mir. Drake by my refusal to accept his es- cort upon my midnight trip to the hospital, and he meant to show me his displeasure at my actions.
 Tt ought to be a great satisfaction to you that you have in all probabil- ity saved a life tonight by your speed in getting that drug" Tn my fathers voice there was distinct pride, and my pulses leaped with relief at the news he implied.
 MT, Chester will live /" l cried.
 Allen Drakes froWn deepened.
 'Dr. Petit just assured Us that he thought he was safe" my father an- swered, and l would have been some- thing other than a woman if I had not put an extra bit of enthusiasm in to my voice as l answered fervently:
 "Oh, I am so glad -
 What Is the Reason?
 If 1 may presume to remind you" Mr. Drake spoke icily, addressing no one in particular, time is passing rapidly"
 And we don't want Smiths nerves to get too raw" Lillian assented de- murely. 1 had strong suspicion that she was concealing smile at MT. Drake's chiIdishness.
 T do not wish to be captious," Mir Drake went on, but don't you think it unwise and unnecessary for Mrs. Graham to be present at this seance with smith?'
 I had all I could do to keep from turning on him swiftly and striking the sardonic little smile from his face.
 This was the way he intended to punish me for my temerity in thwart- ing his arrogant will He knew, none better, how my pulses thrilled to an exciting scene such as the interview with Smith promised to be. ] had worked as hard as he upon the prob- lem connected with Smith, I said to myself fercely. forgetting the humil- ity I had really felt concerning my solving of the code which we had found upon the man now bound in the library, And because of a petty masculine resentment he would de- prive me of seeing the end of this particular chapter in his and Lillian's work
 But my training under Lillian had taught me no lesson more valuable than that of keeping my mouth shut. So I closed my lips tightly and waited