| Show fi REVELATIONS OF A WIFE i I I The Story of a H Honeymoon 0 B By y Adele Garrison A CHAPTER Xin VIII If If You Arent Aren't Or Gross Cross ass and Displeased hODAY DAY ODAY mother law ii my J. J That was my thought I awoke on the morning of the day which Teas tras as to bring Dicks Dicky's s 's mother to live lice with us i I am afraid if I set down 1113 my exact thought I should have o to admit that I had bad a 11 distinct feeling of rebellion against the expected visit of Dick Dicky's vs s 's 0 It it wore ore only a visit There was WM Just Ut the trouble Then I could coul have ll I welcomed m my mother law enter enter- entertained her royally kept at top pitch all the time time- ah she h. was with u us guarded guardell cv- cv ono bry word ord and action and kept from liar knowledge tho the fact tact that Dicky nd I often otten quarrelled But Dicky's Duchy's s mother as far tar as I could see sec was to bo be a n. member of or our household for tor tho the rest of or her life She herself had arran arranged ed it In a n. letter thu aIm calm phrases of or which still Irritated rn a i. i as I recalled them She Sho had taken tolen takeno too o BO so absolutely for granted as ns thou though h hy ny my y opinion amounted to nothing and Only my her wishes and those of at her son punted counted oun ted But suddenly m my checks cheeks flamed flame with hame shame After all nIl this woman who was timing Doming was my husbands husband's mother an anId anId Id woman woma frail fraU amo almost t an Invalid I ado up my mind to put away from r m rao me ill all the disagreeable features of or her adent ad- ad ent Ont Into m my home and nUd to busy myself With Ith plans for tor her com comfort tort and happl- happl 1 I JG hurried through m my breakfast for tor forC C wanted plenty of ot time for tho the last reparations preparations before Dicky's mother should hould arrive Dicky had bad gone to his studio for tor a while and then would go gover gover ver over to the station iri In time to meet leer her cr crain train sin ain which was duo at 1130 Aa JJ I started to m my room I 1 heard tho the peal cal eal of ot the doorbell I 1 will veil I answer r it it Katie I called ack and went quickly to tho the entrance X delivery postman stood there out a letter to me As I signed big Is s slip I saw that tho tutu handwriting ups upS up- up n s the tho letter etter was Jacks What could c u Id ha have ve happ happened ned l I dreaded S some calamity t Only something something- of or the tho utmost nce I knew could have induced my ray other cousin to write writ to me lie was rOO 00 careful of or my welfare to excite Dicky's unreasoning Jealousy by hy a a. lotar lot lot- ar r r. r unless there thero was d desperate need tor or it for f Finally I sat Bat down in an armchair by bytho tho bo bo window and breaking tho the seal Brow lt w Gut cut the letter fI boar D nr Cousin Margaret lar oret I I 1 have decided suddenly to go JO toss the pond and get In the thOc big Tou Ton perhaps remember that I r have havo spoken to you frequently of tny ny friend Paul Caillard who has haa been with nth mo me in many a bit of ot ticklish Work work ork Ho Io was with me mo In South Amer- Amer let lea and like lIko me heard of ot tho the iwar Ivar for tb he h first time when ho got gol out of oC the lie He I Is a a. Frenchman you OU know and 1 Is 18 going back to offer his hia cervices to tho the engineering corps And nd I 1 am going with him Margar- Margar et et I think 1 can be of ot service over there Paul Caillard I Is the Ule best beat friend friendt I t have Aa 8 you know you ou arc the iho only rc relative I have In tho the world and you are happily and 1111 safely married d BO eo I Itc tc feel l that 1 I am harming no ono one by my decision We e sail flail tomorrow morning rr on th the Saturn It will win be impossible for me to como come to your homo home before then So 80 this Is g good good-by o When I como come back hack If It I como come hack back I want to moot your our husband and see s-eo eo you ou in your YOUl home And now I must speak of ot a 0 little matter of oC which you are Ignorant but butof butof of ot which you OU must be told I gb G your our mother died I had made madem m my will leaving her evar everything I 1 p possessed possessed pos pos- s. s for tor you OU nn an and she sho were all 11 the tho family I had evor ever known Att After r her hor ler death I changed her name to yours I If C anything should h happen to mo me mo m my mr y at attorney attorney at- at torney William Paye Haye HO 49 Broadway will attend to everything i for tor you ou He lie Moot float of or what I have would have haveIs Is also m my executor como come to you cu b by law anyway ay Margaret Margar Margur- et ct for tor you OU are arc my nearest of ot kin kin J Isn't nt that the Wl way tho the law low puts it If But you OU m might ht havo some Borne unpleasantness from t those hoso Pennsylvania cousins of ours so o I 1 have protected you ou against t such a n contingency And nd n now w Margaret goo good good-by b and cousin I JA God bloss you Your Tour affectionate I finished the letter a numb feeling at ot my heart hoart It scorned seemed to me meas meas meas as If It ono one of or the tho foundations of ot my life liro I had given away Whon Shon Jack had left mo me after that miserable reunion dinner where he ho had been hurt so cruelly t by y tho the news of oC my marriage during his year yeary absence he had said said- sald uh uh how well I remembered remembered remembered tho the words words r I shall not see you ou again dear girl unless you need mo me If tt you OU ever do 1 cant can't be bo near you JOu without loving you and hating hating- your husband whoever ho may bo be and that thatIs Is a u. dangerous state of ot affairs But wherever where I am a note lIoto or a wire wiro to the tho Hotel Alfred Alred will be bo forwarded to tom tome tome me m an and if Ir tho the Impossible should happen happen happen hap hap- pen and ond your husband ever tall fall you ou remember Jacks Jack's waiting ready to do anything for you OU I had not expected l to see ace Jack for months perhaps years ears but tho the knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- ed edge e of oC his faithfulness of or hIs hit near ness had been of much comfort to me mc And Anti now he lie was going aWa away probably to hl his death Continued Tomorrow |
