| Show HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrisons Garrison's N New Ph Phase e of I REv REVELATIONS tl 8 OF A WIFE IFE i COOL G SMILING G EYES RYES I know better than to go directly to tomy tomy tomy my my mother law with Ith tho the news of or orm trunk for tor the tho m my fathers father's proffer of a I bed and ln table linens She Sho was In far farloo too loo captious a n. wood for an any attempted con conversation Therefore I retreated I discreetly to m my room stae stayed staged there I until the rust rustle rustIe e of ot her dress the emphatic em em emphatic closing and locking of oC her own I room door told me mo that she too had I decided l to lea c leave lea that prosaic scene of or battle the tho sewing ro room m. m Then 1 I hurried back but not to the sewing machine I ha had no desire e to advertise nd my presence there to Mothe Grahams Graham's watchful cars ears for fear she I should desire to renew hostilities In Instead Instead In- In In-I In stead I turned to the hook from which protected by a white case hung the tho j I filmy creation that was to be bo Lella Lelia Fairfax's wedding gown And nd after unwrapping unwrapping unwrapping un un- un- un wrapping It and spreading It It out carefully carefully care care- fully tully upon n a sheet-protected sheet table I be began began be- be I gan to ply ph my needle upon tho the Intricate I handwork rk with which it was em em- It was a fortunate I reflected that the tho influenza had not attached Leila's Leilas dressmaker be before foro she had cut an and fitted tilted the tho wedding gown and the two most pretentious of ot the other dresses I am considered a good needlewoman needlewoman needlewoman needle needle- woman but I know no nothing thins of the more professional proCessional I points 0 of cutting and fit fit- ting UnS' The finishing however er 1 L felt teltI perfectly competent to do and from the tho wa way things were going I realized I that I was to bo be left to do it It for Leila Lelia was In popular parlance rushed to death leath what with Alfreds Alfred's demands upon her time tho the little social affairs planned for tor her by her New York studio friends and the too man many pieces of or needlework which she In girlish ignorance of ot tho the work Involved ln had planned for Cor her trousseau AT TIlE DOOR It w would havo been a a. genuine pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure to me however howe to work upon thoI tho the exquisite things which the tho Virginia girl I Iha ha had chosen If It I had not been so distracted dis- dis I I with the tho calls upon my own tinie And this with the ncr ncr- ous strain upon me rue and the I before me of or a memory and I. I emotional evening with my father I I to the exquisite Wm filmy thing with relief I felt relt my nervous tension lessen I as m my stitches multiplied and ga gaja mI my- my I DC It up to reminiscent dreams of the tho I happy happ hours when I sewed upon my myown myown my I own wedding gown I Absorbed in m my task tuk I heard neither I the door doorbell nor imor Katies Katie's fo footsteps steps huntIng hunt- hunt I lug Ing mo me Her knock at t the door made mado me fairly Jump from m my scat seat so 80 for far away from home had my mind wandered I Oh h Graham Katies Katie's fa familiar tammar ta- ta salutation meant visitors I I II ou all over O know I I 1 been hunting you house I ask old yore vere ou vas I und she sa say sar she not know she not care 1 I guess she mad b by you jou ou ot vot 1 AI My little mal maids maid's ls l's taco faco aco was alive with I the lie Insatiable curiosity which Is her herI I gravest est fault I looked at her forbid forbid- d I nJ ng I y Wo Wc will not talk of that Katie I Isaid Isaid Isaid said quietly What is It you OU wish of ot me Arc Are there callers callens downstairs I Idid Idid Idill did dill not hear the tho bell bello Den you should rot ot de boys say see sea seea a doctor for toa your oUr ears cars giggled un unabashed unabashed tin un- I abashed Katie Dot bell she ring treo tree four time before I could get me mc to toI I door for or I o lia got hands In flour forI for for- I j biscuits and cant can't take out right off oft e e ck I U I CALLERS C. Who earn came I Katie all 1 I asked wearily rising and preparing to put Leila's Leilas wedding wedding wed wed- I ding gown Sown back In Its case casc 1 I was wed wed-I In Inthe time the worst woral mood possible for entertaining entertain entertain- ing formal t callers llers and cast a de self predatory glance over or my m- rumpled thread strewn gown Nobody you need care Katie announced announced announced an an- I with superb Impel Impertinence Joost dot dol red-headed red teacher und an- an oder omans I do like She look at atme atme atmo me mo dis ray ay of her e eyes elf e und laugh I an-I I to herself like I Ios vos os 03 one of dose dOB mon mon- keys up In zoo My I little maid mal red with indignation crinkled her eyes and grinned In ludIcrous ludicrous ludicrous rous Imitation of oC the woman whoso whose mirth had excited her anger I wondered wondered wondered won won- dered who one of or m my visitors might beTho be The Tho other I reco recognized ed Instantly of course as S Alice Holcombe Holcom e from Katie's Katies epithet of oC red he red headed ded teacher She never employs an any other In speaking of Miss Holcombe who for some reason realon or other she aha hu dislikes From Prom long experience I knew It was no use asking my little maid for Cor thc tho name of tho the woman accompanying accompanying- Miss 1 Holcombe Katies Katie's Inability to pronounce pro pro- flounce names correctly amounts Dick Dicky declares to absolute genius The Tho only only- I use I 11 have haxo 0 ev ever er r found for bC It Is to excite the of or the tho family when retailing retail retail- lug ing hr latest effort So ho I repressed my rny curiosity and w with Ith I Katies Karles KatIe s aid brushed l and smoothed m my I l gown into a semblance of ot r respectability and lOd went downstairs to greet 1 iny ihy 1 visitors visit visit- ors If It Alice had be been 11 alone l J I hav havo sent for her to come up to th the sowing sewing room but of oC course I II I wished no stranger er admitted to Its Us inI In- In 1 I I IJ was no stranger however who sho I rose laughingly to geet mo when I x xI I had reached the h living Hying room But I almost wished It had lial been when I l i I looked into the tho eyes cyca of ot a girl I had not seen for man many months the co col I mocking I I smiling c eyes ees es of Bess Dess D Dean an 1 I |
