Show M My Y Heart anH 1 a My Husband Adele Adelo Garrisons Garrison's Nw Phase of Revelations of a Wife e WHAT DICKY DEMANDED AND MADGE REFUSED Dicky ys is the most courtly gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man man I know when there are no jangled jangled jan jan- chords in his brain But under und r the stress of ot any sudden elemental passion he can be as primitively brutal bro bra tal tILl as any man I saw that he was In the grip of such a passion when he demanded to know the tho reason of my emotion over reading the newspaper and I was at my wits wit's end for a moment moment moment mo mo- ment how to deal with it I longed to tell him the whole miserable miserable mis nile erable stOl story of the unpleasantness I had endured at the hands of the jealous wife of my principal but I knew that he was not poised sufficiently sufficiently to listen to the tale without misinterpreting It He lIe would Imagine imagine imag Imag- ine inc at once that it was interest in Kenneth which had kept me mo teaching at the school school school-it it was an anold anold anold old fancy of ot his which Lillian had effectively laid but laid but I didn't care to torun torun torun run run the tho risk of arousing it to life ag again But nt I must do something and nd that quickly for I saw that he was rapidly rapid rapid- ly working himself into one ono of his rages rage and that spectacle is one I do donot donot donot not caro care to contemplate There was but one recourse e left to me the rather contemptible trick of ot feigning Ignorance and indignation I understand neither your words nor nor- your behavior I said icily ris na- rising ing from my roy chair and stepping stopping quickly to one side If Jf you do not care caro to believe what I have told you J I have hae nothing more to say And If you will kindly excuse me I will goback goback go back to my room Dicky's face faco whitened and there came into his eyes something which I had hll never seen before a a. sort of deadly coldness utterly foreign to his usual rn rages s. s DICKY'S ULTIMATUM Do you mean ho he asked thickly slowly that you oU arc are going to give me meno no ho other explanation of this weeping weep weep- ing business over a n. newspaper The newspaper Is there j retorted disdainfully pointing to the floor You are arc at liberty to it if you wish But I shall certainly give you no Other explanation Your asking I it is In Itself an offense ortense I had reached the door by this time My y husband stopped me with a a. phrase is 48 syllables metallic Just a moment I turned my head hend looked at him steadily and waited for him to speak To all outward appearance rance I was calm but there w was s not a a. nerve nee in me mo but what was trembling tingling It is of course ourie your our privilege to do this thing If you OU wish But Rut It is also mine to resent it in my own way And if you ou refuse to give me the explanation I Y have asked I must ask asIc you not to address me upon any other subject You will receive no answer if you do nor shall I speak to you ou again until you ou have come to your senses es WHY MADGE REFRAINED I felt nn an Insane desIre to laugh at atthe tho the vision which suddenly rose roso before me of Dicky and me going through our dally daily routine of life lite without speaking to each other of ot the wrath rath i J i I of my m law in the amazement of ot the rest of nf the tho family But Dut my I husbands husband's white while face his coldly I wrathful eyes effectually precluded any idea of mirth even though his threat was childish melodrama I That re rests ts with you ou I told him stiffly I sh shall 11 follow your cue cue whatever what what- over ever it may be I waited for no further answer but walked val ked out of oC the door I had gone but buta a step or tw two before I heard the rustle ot of paper knew that Dicky was searchIng searching searching search search- ing through the newspaper I had dropped for 8 some me clue to the tho I II I had displayed after reading it With I my spirits at zero I went upstairs to tomy tomy I locked the door behind me my room mel meland and sat Rat down to consider this new dilemma which Dicky's anger had thrust upon nm I II I knew very well that his pride would prevent him from carrying out the threat he had made lIe He would never ne endure Katies Katie's wide eyed amazement silent Jims Jim's furtive looks my fathers father's disapproval his mothers mother's voluble and of the course he had outlined for us But nut on nn the other hand I knew that his stubbornness would keep him from receding in any way from the ultimatum ultimatum ultima ultima- tum turn he had given gl me There would be bo but one thing that he could do I was sure that ho he was even now planning the details of a n. sudden apparently natural summons which should entail either his staying In the tho city for tor a while or his taking laking of oC some trip in conne connection with his profession The thought brought with it a a. certain tam tain relief I felt that I could face tace whatever deelo developed d In the Stockbridge case much better if Dicky were twenty miles away Continued d Tomorrow t |