Show AXIOMS OF A ABY Wl BY Adele Garrison I WHAT r HARRY UNDERWOOD DECLARED DE AS liE HE SAIl SAID Goo Goon GOOD n Harry Underwood sprang to his feet with a muttered exclamation I hI dont don't b believe you ou he lie said hoarsely but there thero was no rudeness In tn his tone I give I you OU my word nord of 01 honor I returned quietly Then the jig is up ho said despairingly despair despair- and dropping tho the chair again put his head in his hands And as I looked at that bowed massive mas she sive head the black hair streaked much more heavily with silver now than tItan I J had er c over ever seen een It it a wave of or pity It swept over o me nie for or the man he ho mig mIght lt have ha been There re Is an especially strong appeal al alto to a woman in ip the thc l Idea ca that a man has embarked upon any my dangeroUs dang enterprise enter enter- prise good or evil for her sake n n norder norder order to save sa her from Crom dang danger r. r I J felt that I was justified b by his own on words wOlds In drawing that thai inference concerning Mr tr l connection with the enemy camp of or spies headed by Graec Grare Draper Lillian had hall always maintained that he would protect me at any an cost from rom romI I the thc beautiful petrel who had played I such havoc o with her life and mine But that In fn order ordel to do so 11 he had ed d himself In a plot against his country I 1 had hul always s then loath Joath to believe I. I No Now NoT I T was as convinced con and with tho the conviction r canto came an intense desire to toI I save sav him from tIme the consequences of or his r cen even if Ir chivalric Con chivalric folly I T J put out Ul my 1113 hand touched his h hir ir I I I. 11 Mr Jr Please He Hc started uJ up his hill face ace drawn W with lh pain grasped inv mY arm so fiercely that I winced inwardly with the hurt t. For Jor Gods God's sake child ho he wildly crl cried d. d go 10 and get that paper and give It to me mc 9 Brenk Do Down n You know now i cannot do It it even en if H there Is such a paper as you ou describe T J an answered cre Cut But wont won't you tr try to get et out of ot this terrible intrigue You have ha said aid a ll some some things Lillian has hinted Oh hinted Oh I cannot sa say what I wl wish wish hit h it sounds too absurd If you yuu you hive have an any thought of or protecting of-protecting-ms-by protecting m b mt by ohI In Involving yourself in this thing wont won't you OU please Plene e believe o that t I T would f far r rather die ha c have anything happen to tone foe ne than accept Such Huch a sacrifice from froni you you you- you front from any ono one even even picky I dont don't want to preach but dont don't you Oll see that we wo We we dont don't belong lehong to es cs esnow s snow now but to our country What hat happens happens hap hap- pens to each ach one of uh Uti is no matter so 80 lou Ion ga gas we are alC true to the flag My J u use of Dicky's Picky's name was unfortunate nate nato l although h 1 I had on only used it for tor fear that Mr I would twist mv nn little speech to 10 mean that I would accept nothing n ai nl his hands But Hut his was 8 a reckless less timed mood read ready to blaze e at the thc slightest pretext text I r dont don't think you ou need to about h ln upon to accept c ept much of r a sacrifice from om the theL ne no sneered tie s no HC s too LOO ous WIT r I InC about other ca cages es to concern him himself blip blip- self much a shout bout homo e country or 01 fa flue flair I The Time steel Iron Irony of oC the words pierced pl the chamber of or my nw heart In I which I had nd shut up all aU m my doubts doubt and fears feals of my m husband let out a flood of or grief which overwhelmed o rime rne To my ho I found I couldn't Control Ion eon trot the tears of oC which rushed rushel to my n eyes I f Inner JunC m my hands over o mv my fa fare face and nd turning my head my-head he head l. l hurled burled my amy face in the back of or m my chair while Je the thi sobs I 1 had so long repressed t tore re at t me inc Im limi n Marl Mad hoot About You Oh child dont don't do that thal Mr oIl Underwood Underwood Underwood Un Un Un- derwood adjured cJ frantically I 1 was a was a down Jow ornel ornery pup to pull that last spiel T dont don't know anything about Dicky TIcky Dick or where ho he Is III I simply spilled over with Cla crazy y jealousy He lie knelt b by the side of or m my chair I and with the touch of or his strong trong hands a as gentle as a woman's womans turned cl my mr head toward him took my m hands hands' from my toy I face rac and thrust Into them ono one of his I Iown own o large e fine handkerchiefs I II This sort of or thing dont don't got ct you Oll I anywhere he lie said practically a and I Ithen then then then-as as s sat up stiffly In In anger man man-I at atin in my own weakness weakness his his voice and manner man maim nor ner took on a humility utterly foreign to my knowledge c of or Harry Underwood I I Of course ours It its it's nothing b bUt t mock mode cry for OI me lo ask your forgiveness t kj he sal said but ut I do want you ou to know I that Im I'm sincerely sorry for having caused you ou pain Its It's no news to you OU probably that Im I'm mad mal about you you you- have hn been for ages ages Lit LIT saw it Ion long ago and ago and when Im I'm with you ou Im I'm hardly hardly hard hard- ly Jy responsible for what I sa say or do And Im I'm just ass enough to believe that If I had met you OU long ago when we both w were re free I could ha have hac c math made you care caro and also rUse made you riotously happy But Bul there's theres no Use uge hashing that over O now The Dicky birds al alwa always al- al wa ways had l you hypnotized always awas awa's will have hae ane and Ive I've always J known no n Just where I 1 got off ft at with you which is exactly nowhere But But Lad Lady Fair he spoke the tho name which he had given ghen me with s 's such sueh ch tender solemnity that I was aw awed d. d you ou cant can't J keep keel me rue from watching out for you ou doing my little bit to thwart the time devils de that have hae it In for you ou I suppose theres there's a nut loose Joose somewhere In m my upper upper story story but flag Jag and country coun coon try tIT conic como second to lOmm J with me mc Youre You're I m my ml flag a country cO and religion just now till heel freezes I and Ill I'll fight ht for you rou over o Good b He lie b bent nt over O me took my m face faco be between between between be- be I tween his hands and looked Into my eyes for A t. t lon long long- moment Then oi nan lips touched m my hair the merest shadow of a caress carN s and the next moment moment mo mo- armo- armo ment lie he was gone one And as the hea heavy street door swung wung to behind him him I I shivered as if It the sound were the knell of his passing To Be ne Continued S 4 p |