Show II I I T OF A WIFE The Story of a cc Honeymoon I By Adele Garrison I CHAPTER m m CONTINUED II-CONTINUED I HAVE llA YE schooled my self repression for many a weary year I feared my gown in which I had taken such pride was ruined but I would not let anyone know I cared about it I gathered it up and smiled at nt Dicky II It It really doesn't matter I said If you'll you leave me at nt the womans woman's dr dressing room I think I can cnn fix fit it up toll all right Dick Dicky drew a no relieved breath His heartily murmured Y Youre ou re a thoroughbred thoroughbred thor thor- for sure Madge l rewarded mo me for my composure I 1 was just woman enough also to be comforted by tho the whispered comments of two women women wom worn en who s sat sal t just behind the sent seat which caused tho the mischief that a n. shame that shame that exquisite I I I gown and the rejoinder But nut Isn't Isn she fihe game I couldn't smile mlle like that that that- Id I'd be crying my eyes eOS out Dicky left leet mo roo at nt tho the door of ot the dressing room pressing a coin cola slyly Into nto my hands You'll tip the maid I ho 10 explained and I blessed him for his thoughtfulness 1 I hud had been too ab ab- ab I In m my gown to think of ot anything I else An obsequious maid provided m mo me with nee needle le thimble and thread Sho She of offered offered ot- ot to mend tho the tear for tor mo me me but I had a horror of being made conspicuous ous by her tier ministrations If It you'll lot let me mo have havo a chair In a corner I shall do very nicely I told her and wa was at once h en ensconced near one ono of liar her mirrors behind the very ery comfortable rampart of or an enormously enormous enormous- I ly fat woman In an exaggerated evenInG evening even oven ing gown cown who was devoting much pains and cosmetics to hot her complexion She Sho looked as It If sho she Intended to remain at tho particular mirror all tho the Intermission Inter Inter- mission I hoped she sho would sta stay there In the daggers dagger's looks sho she was re receiving re- re from other complexion repairers repair repair- ers ere who covet coveted d her for she was ryas an effectual shield from curious eyes ees To my Joy I found that the gown was ot ruined and that It could bo ho repaired without much expense expanse or trouble trou trou- ble Even Enn tho the temporary mending I Iwas Iwas was waR doing disguised the break I Iwas was wasso eo so Interested in the mending that I was I completely o. o t to m my surroundings s but the sound of ot a familiar name brought mo me to with a Jerk Did you OU see the tho Dicky-bird Dicky and anti his marble bride A pitched high yet jet ct rather sweet voice asked the question and a loop deop contralto answered it Yes Indeed and I saw tho the wa way Lillian Lil LIl- I lian Ilan Gale Galo was Tva ru rushing them For m my part I dont don't think that's quite clubby of LII Of Ot course curso she's ehe's got into the wa way of ot thinking she ha has a first mortgage mortgage mort mort- gage on tho the bird Dicky-bird but she ml might ht give I c that beautiful l' bride brido a chanco chance for her life before she sho forecloses the tho secret of LIIs LII's attraction tion for tor Dicky Graham anyway the tho soprano voice queried She's a n good seven years older than he ls Is and both her past and nd her youth are aro rather frayed fraed at tho the ed edges cs you know Oh loves love's young oung dream and tho habit h of Jon long association returned the contralto Ive 1 heard that Lil Lii was Dicky's first lovo o She Sho was a n. stunner for fOI looks nineteen years ears ago aho and Dicky was Just young ounG enough to bo be boI I swept of off his feet That must have hava been before LII married that unspeakable Morten tho fellow she oho divorced wasn't It InterrUpt Interrupted interrupted Inter Inter- rUpt d tho the soprano Yes Yea It was the contralto answered r I I dont don't know lenow whether Dicky has hal been half In love Jove with LII all nIl these years yearn or not bu but t ho certainly has s been her best bost friend And now comes the news of oC his IH o to somebody the cro crowd d ne never ner r heard t r I think I Lit 11 ma may sa say good hy to o her hor bird now returned tho the first speaker That bride Is quite the tho prettiest piece of ot flesh and blood Ive I've seen scon for tor man many days das She Sho Is 15 all of that a agreed tho other oth oth- er Sho She holds all tho the best cards but you'll find uhf uhe Is Is' too statuesque and and dignified to pia play them I saw Raw her face tace tonight when hon Lii was talking to her She Is not accustomed to LIls LIl's kind and she sho docs does not like he her friendship with Dick Dicky You cant can't blame blamo her for tor that In Interrupted interrupted In- In I th the soprano I am sure lure I would not like to see sec m my hu husband nd b dancing dancing dan dan- danI I cing attendance on Lillian ilian Galeo Gale I No Xo of ot course not the contralto re replied replied replied re- re i plied but Rh oho will bo ho just fool enough to show Dick Dicky her feelings and md Dick Dicky who Is the tho soul of oC loyalty to his ls friends will resent her attitude and try to tomake tomako tonako make nako It up to Lit LIl and Harry Harr b by being being- extra nice to them thorn Its It's too bad But then marble marblo statue sort of or wom- wom mon men always alwa's sacrifice th their lr love lovo for their pride or their fool tool notions or prop pro pro- p riot It will be ns as 3 1 good as a play pla- plato to watch the developments dc tho the soprano commented com com- Come Como on on well we'll be too loo late for tor the curtain I felt Celt suddenly faint taint and tho the room appeared to whirl around me mo Tho The maid touched mo on tho the arm Are Aro you OU ill madame Here Hero and sho else hold heM a glass of water to my lips I drank It and motioned her awn away Ill mi hn bo nil all rl right ht In a n. moment I n n n n murmured Titanic Thank you ou but I l am quite I well I ISo So this was what marriage would mean to me a contest with Hh another I woman for Cor my 1 husbands husband's love o A fierce an anger er took possession of or me Ono One moment moment mo mo- ment I regretted my marriage o to Dicky mO 1 the he next I was fierce fiercely primitive c as an any savage woman In my desire to crush my rival I could Have strangled Lil Lilian ian Han Gale In that moment Then common common common com com- Ln-I Ln mon sense came camo back to me What was vas It that woman had said ald I had hac all the tho be Lest best t cards ards In m my hand haud 1 Well WellI 11 I would play them I felt fell sure that I Dicky loved mo me I would not Jeopardize dize dizo that lovo Jove for a temporary pride I would eliminate Lillian Gale from I Dicky's life liCe but I would bide my time timeto timeo to o do 10 It It I iv n l' in If It anybody wishes an nn Infallible recipe for or taking tho the romance out of ot life liCe I Ian Ican can an recommend washing a pile of dishes which have been loft left over o from tho day ay before especially it Ie there bo be bonmon bornong among them a number of greasy rensy pots and and nd pans Restoring order to a badly cluttered room Is another glamour lamour destroyer de- de but the thc first prize I stoutly J goes to tho the dishes An especially aggravating collection of f romance awaited mo me the thc morning after our visit to tho the theatre and nd my first encounter with Lillian I Gale ale Dicky took a Po hurried breakfast and rushed off ocr to tho the studio while I spent a n drcar dreary forenoon washing tho the dishes And 1 putting tho the apartment to rights I dreaded the discussion with Dicky at I luncheon I had Insisted before m my marriage tHat I must either cither ther do most of the tho housework or keep up some bomo of m my old work to add to our In income ome I To have havo a n maid while I did nothing to jus Justify tic my existence save Savo keep myself my- my self elf pretty prett and anci entertain Dicky Dick savored savored sav sav- ored too much to me mo of the tho harem fa ta- fa- fa A mother of ot small children a woman woman woman wom wom- an with alth a lar largo o house one who had old to care caro for or whoso whose health was rot pot good KC was Justified in having help But for Cor mo mo well strong with a n tin fin tiny apartment and Just Die Dick Dicky to employ a maid without ut myself earning at least enough to oar oay aT for tho the extra expense of or having having- hor It hot It was simp simply 1 I I I i sible I had been independent too long I The situation was galling Tho postman's rinG Interrupted m my thoughts I went vent to tho the door receivInG receiving I ing a n number of ot advertisements a Jetter letter letter let Jet ter or two 1 for Dicky an and one addressed allI ad nil- dressed In n in to unfamiliar handwriting I to myself I opened It and read It wonderingly won- won My Iy dear Mrs Graham m I Our club Is planning a n. course In history for ho iho coming year ear Wo We need an ed conductor for tor the class clas which will meet once a week Your name namo has beet been suggested to us ug as that of ot ono one who ho might be will willing Ins to take up tho work The Tho compensation will not bo ho as large as ns that given by tho larger clubs for tor lectures as wo we are arc a small organization but I do not think you jou OU will have havo to devote much of your our time to th the work outside of the weekly week week- ly 10 meeting I Will you ou kind kindly let mo me know when I can meet you and talk this o over or r with you jou if It you OU d decide clde to consider It Yours very ry truly HELIX I BRAINERD nD s SMITH nTH Secretary Lotus Stud Study club W W. Washington avenue n Had the solution to my i problem come Armed with this I couTIl talk taUe to Dicky at nt luncheon without any fears The receipt of ot tho the letter put me mo In ina a I royal good Rood humor I did not care how I little tho the compensation was although I knew It would be bo far tar more than enough to ray the tho extra expense of ot having havinga a maid an expense which I was determined to delta defray Teaching Teaching- or Ir lecturing lecturing- upon historical I subjects was childs child's play to me I had specialized In a It it and had been counted one ono of ot tho the most successful instructors in that branch In tho the cH city Womans Woman's club work was new to me but brt tho husband husband hus hUS- band of ono one of m my friends had once conducted such a course and I r knew I could get all the Information I needed from him II I thought ur of Dicky's possible objections but brushed tho the thought aside 3 Ho had objected to my going on with rn my Ie regular ular school work and J I realized that tho ho hours hour which I would have hav I been compelled to give to that work I I wo would ld have havo conflicted seriously with our homo home 11 life fa But hero was wa someI something something some some- thing thing- that w-uld w take me away from I home homo so little About that servant question I beIan began bo be- be gan Ian after Dirk was comfortably settled settled settled set set- and smiling over oer his cigar clar I will employ one a first class clas really competent If tf you Sou OU will wll make mako no objection to this I opened the letter and hm handed It to him Ho Ito read It through his faro face growing angrier at every ery line lino When ho had finished ho threw throw on the floor Well ell I guess uess not ho he exclaimed I know that club game Its It's tho the limit Theres There's nothing In It Jt They'll pay only onh onha a beggarly sum sum and you'll bo ho tied to that same afternoon once a n week for tor Doear a Do year ear Suppose we had something wo we wanted to do o on that day Wo We would have havo to let Jet It go hang hangI I suppose If wo two had something we wo wanted to do on a da day when you ha han had hadn hada n a commission to execute you would leave your OUr work and go co I answered 1 quietly entirely different returned Dick Dicky Im I m responsible for tor tho the support support support sup sup- port of this family You aro arc not All 11 you jou have havo to do I Is to enjoy enjo yourself and snake make home comfortable for mo me We were Interrupted b by tho the door bell Dicky wen went to tho the door while I hastily th between th tho living living liv liv- ing Ingo room and m the dining room I heard Dicky's deep voice In greeting greeting- This J Is good of ot you ou LII and LIlllan Lillian Lil LIl- lian Uan Galo caino carno mo Into tho room m with out- out stretched han hand Perhaps I shouldn't h ha ve h. e come BO so sosoon soon she said bu but t you see SOG I am bound to know you ou even evon If It Dick Dicky does dONI spirit you away awny when we want you to Join us us Sho She threw him a laughing glance as she sho clasped my handI hand I 1 am so glad slad you ou have h come I Isaid Isaid Isaid said cordially but inwardly I fiercely resented her Intrusion as ns I deemed It But nut what was my horror t to hear Dick Dicky say casually Youve You've come como at a a. most opportune time Lil Madge has an offer oCter from Como jomo woma womans woman's ts t's club to do a lecturing stunt on history her specialty you ou know and sho she wants to take tako It I wish you'd help me mo persuade her out of ot It it I I cannot Ima imagine ln why we should trouble Mrs Underwood with Sl so personal personal per- per a matter I heard myself saIn sayIng saying say say- In Ing faintly Mrs firs rs Underwood lau laughed bolst boisterously boisterous boisterous- roul ly Iy Why h Im I'm ono one of or the tho family m my dear child she sho said heartily Then sho she looked at me mo k keenly 4 1 I fOr might have hn known that one man would have havo no chanco chance with Hh two women worn wom en Dicky growled d. d Ills His tone tono held capitulation I kne knew I had won non my battle But Hut was v.-ns It Jt m my victory Ictor or this I womans woman's I so detested Dont let Jet this man bull bully you ou sho she I advised half laughingly Hes lies Hes perfectly perfectly per per- capable of ot It it I know w him By Byall Byall all nIl means acc accept Pt the offer if It you ou think its it's worth while All 11 these thee husbands are a bit archaic yet et you OU know The They I dont don't realize that women omen have havo Joined i tho the human race |