New Britain herald., 1924-07-10
How Harry Underwood AFriAed
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Al Last
 ''fes, there might be q dizen rea7 sons for Harps not getting hack at the time he stipulated" Lillian Tee pested dubieusly, "Bul usually HaF- Ty doesn't let anything like reason stand in his way However there's ntihing We can do except wait, ln- deed, l am glad to have the chance 10 emphasize again that it is most vital for me to know whether Harry really is eFlminally engaged in this bootleg sing business, or whether he Is doing the detective stunt he managed before when he helped us out so gloriously Remember"
 Rememberl should ever forget tho relief from torturing suspense, and the thrill of the moment when Harry Underwood, his disguise aban- eoned. made it possible for the go"- slimy conspiracy against the country which the man Smith had engineerel' But remorseless logic told me Harry Underwood was now playing far less exalted role.
 Do you think it Is incompatible with his nature for him 10 be ranged on one side Of the law then and on another now?" l asked quietly.
 ''Indeed no," she returned with emphasis. "That is just the reason why l am afraid of what he is doing now. Harry is the typical New York n-of-the-world, than whom there is nothing more insular and provincial. and he cannot get 1t though his noddle that there is any other opinion in the nation of ours than that represented by Forty-sec- ond and Broadway. To him bootleg ging is & high adventure. a swash- buckling revolt against what he con- siders tyranny. He would exult in rum running, while, as happened while ago. he would revolt at a slimy conspiracy against the government, and do his best to expose it."
 Harry Returns
 "I know" I assented, for she had voiced my own opinion better than could have expressed 1t. But"
 was glad that the ring of the doorbell kept me from finishing the sentence. for it was question which had sprung to my lips inadvertently, and which I should have been sorry indeed to have uttered. was so anx- ious to ind out why Lillian deemed it vital for hert o know. Harry Un- derwood's real connection with the bootlegging gang that almost had clothed my curiosity in words, some- thing which knew would have been most distasteful to Lillian. But the query fingered with me. Could 1t be possible that she would carry her feeling of responsibility for him to the point
 Mrs. Marks high pitched voice rose from the hall, punctuated by giggles.
 "Oh! beg your pardon, didn't | know there was anybody at the door. I was just going out. Who was it you wanted? Mis- Graham? She's right in here. I'll call her."
 Please do not take the trouble" Harry Underwood's deep voice re- piled. and there was in it the almost burlesqued impressiveness which he used when he addresses a woman of Mrs. Marks type. Mrs. Graham is expecting me. only have to knock. But thank you so much"
 "oh, don't mention it!' Mrs. Marks gisgle cresended again. Tim only too glad to do anything for Mis- Gra- ham.
 T can imagine how much Mrs. Graham appreciates your solicitude," he replied, and could visualized the killing bow with which he accom- panied the ambiguous little speech
 Lillian and I grinned apprecia- lively at each other, while Mrs. Marks repeating giggle and MT.