Show I OF AWE BY Adele WHAT nAT OCCURRED AT Ln LILLIAN'S LILLIANS LIANS LIAN'S AFTER ROBERT HAD SAIl SAID GOOD Dl I think it was as fortunate for tor Lillian that the tho next few tew days das following her little daughters daughter's departure were so full of ot duties Otherwise I am afraid she would have dwelt far tar too much upon the hopelessness of ot her feeling for Robert Hobert and his love for tor her Save Savo for th the time lime when she sho told me mc metho metho tho the story of oC tho the horrible injustice of her childs child's enforced separation from Crom her I 1 ha had never seen her so rno c moved as she sho was when whon she turned back to Katherine an arid and to me mc after aCter the taxi had rolled away with Robert Sa face tace framed in the thu window Her face ace was vas white whito and working her c eyes cs fixed us as if It gazing at al something something some some- thing far ahead of ot her She brushed past Katherine an and me mo without speaking speaking speak speak- In ing and crossed the living room to tho the rose-panelled rose bedroom from which she shead shead shead ad Just sent away her little daughter There she paused and turned half to tous tous tous us Ill see sec you in a lit little lIe while she said hUBl huskily and closed closed- the door be behind behind behind be- be hind her Katherine and I carefully avoided looking at each other We Ve felt relt that we should not comment upon our ourI I friends friend's emotion even by lIy glances g I Katherine was tho first to speak Im going to tal take o one ono more mor look upstairs upstairs upstairs up up- stairs she said and I 1 shivered a bit hit for I knew she meant to go JO into the room where old Mrs Morton lay wrapped pe in her last sleep and then thon Im I'm going going- to lie down Id I'd advise you ou to tr try a n. little slumber also Theres There's absolutely nothing to do for tor awhile I 1 believe o I will I assented hastily for tor I wished no thought of ot me mc to interfere inter Inter- fore fere with Katherine's rest But BUl I knew that there would be no sleep for me metor for tor hours to come como I had been through enough h In tho hours which ha had elapsed elapse since I started along tho pipe lino line on my surreptitious surreptitious surreptitious Journey journe to exhaust me physically and mentally But Dut I was lo keyed ed to so high a a. nervous pitch that I knew there would be bo no perceptible lessening of oC tho the tension for a long time The physical comfort of or the tho big big- luxurious luxurious lux lux- urious couch in Lillians Lillian's cool darkened dark dark- cne cued ened library was most welcome however however how how- ever overl and as I stretched myself upon I it I resolved to make malic m my mind as blank as possible an arid try conscientiously to woo tho the sleep I needed neede i But all to no avail The events e of i tho the hours just past the tho persons who I had figured in them swept through my brain In endless kaleidoscopic procession I 51 sion sian on refusing to be bo dismissed I was as glad indeed when Lillian freshly groomed roomed and looking as calm and Unperturbed unperturbed un un- perturbed as If iC no emotion had touched her camo into the tho library Been asleep Mad Madge go Her keen P eyes cs swept me read me and she hastily a added dc No of ot course you rou cant can't sleep just justI yet yot I t. t Ill I'll prescribe bo for tor you ou I put out m my hand Please dont don't tr try to to- to Sho She Interrupted me mo quickly I Lillian th the P I Im ri not going to put you ou lo to sloop sleep I silly Haven't I been through that keyed up up business No o Im I'm only goIng going going go go- ing to tell you how to got Jet fit It to help me this Undress Undre s take an lice col cold shower a brisk rubdown and afterward get Bett Betty to give he you a small black coffee Then Thon tho the minute minute min mm- ute this afternoon that you feel sleepy tumble Into bed and you'll know nothing noth noth- In ing more till tomorrow morning I followed her directions Implicit and found her a good prophet except for the fact that it was night instead of ot afternoon before I felt sleepy Lillian Lillian Lil Lil- lian han kept me rae busy all da day helping her make the necessary arrangements for tor forthe forthe the la laying away aay of tho the worn-out worn sh shell which had been boon ol old Mrs Morton Then rn You 11 R By tacit I agreement rf we wo shielded I Katherine Kalherine In every cn way possible com corn polled her to keep her bed an and her hor except when whoa we absolutely n needed oded her Sho She looked so fragile and white and worn that aho sho made mo ma uneasy Uneasy uneasy un un- easy about her hor That childs child's on tho the verge of ot a 3 collapse collapse col col- col- col lapse Lillian said anxiously when Katherine had dragged herself into her own room late in tho the afternoon after aCter performing some soma necessary du duties duties duties du- du ties in the room roots of death Id like to twist your darling cousins cousin's neck neel she sho a added ed viciously Then you OU know I 1 asked relieved that I could coul share knowledge o of ot Kath Kath- orino's tangled Ie skein of ot love hove and duty Of O course courso I know I taxed Kath erino erine with It an and mn made e her tell mo me all aU about it L Lillian llian retorted Jacks a hero theres there's no 00 denying that and a no afine afine fine tine upstanding clean manly man yuan but bUthe buthe he ho has no more tolerance or comprehension comprehension compre compro- hension of a womans woman's brain or conscience conscience con con- science than than than-a-boche a boche she finished thy Oh I woul wouldn't nt say that I re returned returned returned re- re turned smiling for tor 1 knew Lillians Lillian's exaggeration when whoa angered before 1 mean It It sho affirmed and it if I ever over get hold of him again Ill I'll treat him to few tew words cords that holl hell a remember remember ber to his dying da day Continued Tomorrow |