| Show x II REVELATIONS T OF OF A WIFE t t The Story of a H Hoire j z I r y By Adele Garrison 1 y CHAPTER VI VI Continued Continued I tT SPEND that money she said I never mean Ulean to a steal it But 1 had to go o away from your flat mid flat find and 1 never 1 never 11 dare como coma back baek give you ou the money After two month send semi IU my con cousin in to tu the J flat but bo ho hosay say you Olt move more no know where There I always keep keel the here I think dunk maybo sometime I find out ont where hem you AOU I live anti and write a letter to you OU tend send the money Dick Dicky to took 1001 k the file bill and ana unfolded it curiously A hi bronn own stain ran irregularly across one half o of it it n he Iw II if if it isn't the i identical iden iden- VeIl Poll Ill I'll bo he eternally blessed ejaculated cn- cn bill I gave ga JIe her dollar Ten bills hills were not so plentiful three years ago gU t and I r remember this one so su distinctly because o of tho the stain The boys us used a to say I must have o murdered s somebody to get it its and that it was as stained st ined with blood lie turned to Katie again The money Is Js nothing Katie Wh Wiry Why did you ou run away t that da day I newt never I hava h have he e been able to finish that picture I Katies Katie's c eyes es dropped Her IIer cheeks flushed i J iI I f shamed to tell she sho murmured Dicky an oath beneath hl his I I thought so so ho he said slowly then Ulen he spoke sternly Never er c mind being ashamed to tell Katie JaUe I want tho truth I worked at your portrait that morning and then po L I had to go to u tho studio When hen I came back bacI you OU had gone baS bag and baggage bag bag- gage and the mono money I save gave you to pay tho tailor I never no could finish finish fin fin- InSell In- In ish Sell that picture and It would have o brought mo a nice little sum My h brain was ryas w whirling by this time timet t Dick DickIn lck In a a. flat lat with this Ignorant Po- Po Ieh girl paying his tailor bills bUb and posing for tor portraits What YIH t did It ell all moan Where did you ou go so Dick Dicky persist persist- fed Ad d Katlo Katie lifted her mead head and looked at ot proudly You Tou know when hen you left lett that mornS morn- morn S InS InS' Mr r. r ho ho was painting Well ell sir Mr Graham I always good girl In old country countr and here I go to I r always keep Jeep good Mr Ir J Se e ho he kiss me say bad had tings to 10 Mme me mt He scare me I afraid If I II Ii I be De good girl So I run i tn tay I no awa I never nover duo dare come coma back I i That ha Mr he ono one bad man ono evi Dicky whistled softly So that was wal It he said Well wen t t i that was Just about abo t what that pup t would M-would do That was ono one reason I got ot out cut of ot our housekeeping arrange arrange- nent Ho Ile set too swift a pace paco for tor Sine and that was going some In lays s Ho lie turned turned- to Katie smiling You see you ou dont don't have hae to be afraid sany n more Im I'm a a respectable married man jiow and Its It's perfectly safo Bafo for you ou to work here Mrs Irs Graham will Ill lako tako care of or you rou Run nun along atonE about I your S our work ark no now that's thal's a good girl Her i Katie KallA g giggled led appreciatively mercurIal temperament had already alread sent Bent her from the depths to the tho heights The dinner all spoiled while I cr cry like lIko a R. f fool ol sho she said laid You read ready p pretty elt w soon roon on I serve Sho hastened to tho the kitchen and I turned to Dicky Dick inquiringly I suppose you ou think you h have ho o Kotten gotten gotten got Kot- ten Into a lunatic asylum I. I lum Madge Of or orI I all tho queer things lI that Katlo should apply tor for a Job hero and that you should her I I 1 didn't know you OU ever ever kept hoot house houseIn In a a. flat before Dick Dicky It was n. n very cry short exp experience h ho he I I m only nl Ill II I 1 our j-our of us I Lester Foster Alwood Mwood nn and ms mys my- my s lf t pooled our rather scanty funds undA and rented a small apartment We e n advertised ad- ad for a n general housekeeper und anti I Katie Katlo answered tho the advertisement She had hul bc been n over 01 front from Poland on only I a year at nt a n. cousins cousin's somewhere on the C east cast t side and antl she oho u used 1 to tn annoy us awfully getting to tho flat so early earl earlIn In Inthe tho the morning and I cleaning our living JIving room while wo we were trying to sled sleep But Dut sho was vas u t Jack crack worker so wo put up with her hN superfluous energy In nn cleaning Then ono day r I discovered er her standing with a a. letter hotter In her hand looking off ocr Into space with her eyes full of or miser misery SIlo Sl had bad heard of or some relative c Of Of course COUrM you O l wanted to paint her he I suggested ge ted You bet Dicky Dick returned The Time Idea camo to me Irmo In to a flash You can BOO oo eo what a n heroin heroic figure I ur she ho was wal I had her get et into her het Polish drens she dress sho ha had blou brought ht one with her from the tho slit Aid country country anti and I painted her as Poland Poland- miserable unhappy Poland Geel Gee but Tm rm glad you happened to run across her hl Well We'll put up with anything from her until I g sot get t that picture done Tr Try as I might ht 1 I could not share Dicky's enthusiasm I knew lene It was IS petty pelt but the Idea of or m my maid acting as Dicky's model Jarred my ideas of or ortho tho the fitness of ot things thing But I had en o enough to hold hoM m my peace VII 11 A 1 V m n l i K KNOW OW of or nothing more mOlO exasperating I I ing to a hostess than tl to have her herU guests U tR come to her home too early arl It is bad enough to wait walt a a. r meal for tor fora tora a belated guest but to havo o have some pome critical crit crit- critical ical l woman woman casually stroll In before ono one Is dressed or has put Ut the final touches SO touches so dear to ever every housewifely heart heart on on all the tho preparations Is simply simply simply sim sim- ply maddening I am no exception to tho the rule As I heard the voices of ot Lillian Gale Galo and her husband and I realized that the they had arrived at rt In tho the afternoon when the they had lu been Invited In for tor an nn evening chafing dish supper I was both disheartened and an angry T But of or course courso there thero was but one ono thing to do do much as I hinted hated to do H it H. I must go into time the living ln room and cordially welcome these people As I slipped sUpped oft off my m- kitchen apron I thought ht of or tho the hypocrisy which marks most social intercourse What hat I realty really want want- wanted ed cd to say sa to my ny guests was this Please go homo and come corns again at tho proper time I am not read ready to rec receive ho you OU now I had a R sudden Budden whimsical vision Islon of ot tho the faces flees of or Dicky Dick and tho the If I should thus speak pea m my rea real thoughts noughts The Tho thought in some curious curious curious curi curi- ous fashion mn made o it easier alder for me to cro cross s the room to Lillian Gales Gale's side Ide extend nd m my hand and pa say pay cor cordially How good of ot you OU to come this afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- l To bo be Continued Tom Tomorrow |
