Show 0 II REVELATIONS OF A WIFE T The e Story of a H Honeymoon II II I I By Adele Garrison E CHAPTER Continued Continued c WE E just heard something we thought you ought to know know Celio began beban be be- ban gan primly so ina ma and 1 hurried right over so as to put you ou on your guard Y Yes Yes cs sighed Mrs rocking ing b vigorously as she spoke t everybody everybody every everybody every every- body knows Im I'm no gossip I 1 believe if you cant can't say nothing good about nobody you should keep your our mouth shut but I says to Celie as soon as I heard this t Celie says 1 I its it's our duty to tell that poor thing what we know f f f I started to sJ speak eal to stop whatever er revelation she wished to make but hut I might as 5 well have o attempted to stem stema a torrent with a leaf lea bridge c. c Weve heard things for a long longtime longtime time Mrs Irs loch Hoch w went nt on but we didn't want to say specially as you Jou seemed such friends friend her hei here and all But we wo noticed she been comin lately latch and then our Willie ho he hears things a a. lot over at ai atthe atthe the station and nd he says say Its It's common talk over o there that your hu husband band and anti that Draper girl are arc planning to elope clop They lher take the tho same train o er every morning morning morn morn- ing together como come homo home on the thc same one at night and and they are arc as friendly as aH anything Mrs Hoch I snapped out If Ie I 1 had known what you were going ong to tosa sa say 1 i would not ha have 0 allowed you ou to sneak Your words are an Insult to tom tomy mn m my husband and myself You will 1111 I please to remember never ne to say bay anything any any- I thing like this to me again Mrs Hoch flock ro rose e to her hel feet teet her face rac I an unbecoming brick red Her daugh daughters daughter's ter's black eyes snapped with anger tome Come Colic Celie the elder cider woman t sal said aid I dont don't sta stay nowhere to be Je Insulted when all I Ive I've ve tried to do to Is give a Ll little friendly warning to a neighbor Mother othel anal 1 daughter aughter hurried down the tiie path chattel chattering ing to each other like two angry squirrels horrid stuck up thing I heard Celie Celle tta say as the they went through th the e fence tence I 1 hope Gra Grace d Draper Diaper dues docs take lako him away from her She's hes got a n nerve nervo r o 1 must say to us like that I dont don't ont believe she Rile cares cales anything about her husband any anyway any way She hc might have have- mind changed her j l had she seen mo me rJ fly to my 1 room loom as soon boon as she was safely out of or sight look J the door OO and anil n bury my ray 1 face ac in n 1111 I 1111 1 v o that L petrel nn In tat nor her Katie should hear the sobs 1 could not HOt repress impress Dicky Dicky Dick Dicky I 1 moaned Have 1 really lost yoli yuU Of or course 1 knew better beller than to ftc ftc- neve the statement of or the tho elopement I had hall seen an arid and heard en enough ouCh of or village e life lire to lo realize how the thc slightest cIrcumstance circumstance circumstance cir cIr- was was ma magnified lIlted b by the community community com com- loafers That Dicky and the girl took too the same train wain going ana anu coming coining from the city was as a n fact tact borne out U by my own observations I had hat remarked Dicky's regularity In catchin catching catch catch- I I la in ing the I In ht the mornings something so 80 opposed to his usual unpunctual habits and wondered h why Now ow I had the solution I told lold self myself dully that I J not surprised that thal I had really known Imo all along something like this was wat coming at My l thoughts went back to time the night nigh t a few weeks before when I had hall suf- suf a similar paroxysm of or grief s over o Dicky's evident interest In n the girl Then all my doubts and fears fear had been swept away In n Dicky s al' al lIs on the thc moonlit veranda I caught m my breath at aG 1 I realized realised In all Its miserable certainty tho tine Impossibility of or any such tender lender scene now Dicky and antI I seemed I I I I as far apart emotionally as aR the poles But Dut the determination I had readied reached that other night before Dicky's s voice olce and caresses dispelled my doubts I Ima Imade Imade ma made c my own again There was as nothIng nothing noth noth- ing lag C fOr r me to do but Jut to walt wait quietly with dignity until I wa was absolutely certain that Dicky no longer loved m me Then 1 f would go JO out of ur his hiM life lire without with with- out scenes or recriminations 1 I would not lift a finger to hold him B Bv By the timo time I had gained control o of myself onto once more Dicky y earn camp home Letter for Cor you ou ho he said from the theoffice theoffice office of or your our old principal He lie tossed It into m my lap eyeing eyeing- It and me curiously I 1 knew that JI his lita dc desire ire to know lenow what was in n It had made him remember to give it to to tome me His Ills mother who had hac opened her door at his step came forward forwald eagerly I opened the tho letter to find an offer of or my mr old school My I prIncipal wrote that the woman who was appointed ap- ap pointed to the po position had been Jeen suddenly suddenly sud BUd denly taken taleen ill III and could coul not possibly fill rm It It lIe He asked me to write him m my decision at once as ns it was vas within a n aI afew few Cow days of 01 the opening of or the school Mechanically I read It aloud l My f brain waR whirling I wondered if perhaps this was the time way war out for me If Ie really did dill not love ove me all any longer I ought to lo accept this position even if Ir b by taking It Il I broke my agreement agreement agree agree- ment with the Lotus Study club I 1 did not lU like o the thought of or leaving the time women who had thus thu l honored me but bUl on the tho other hand if Dicky and 1 r 1 were ware to como come to thu the parting of oC the ways I could not refuse fuse this rare chance to get Jet back bacle Into tho the work I had left leCt for his sake salco T i decided to be guided b by his attitude attitude atti aU 1 tude If H ho he were opposed to m my course I 1 would know that m my actions had cC censed ceased std to be bo resentful to him and I 1 would accept the But Dut If It he showed willingness at the tho proposition tion- tion 1 I did not have huo long Jong to wait walt An 11 J I lifted m my eyes eyl to his face when I Iland had land finished reading ending the tho I letter I saw RaW the tho old oil familiar black frown on Oil nl lib his face 1 never or haul thought that m my heart would leap with JOY Jov at the sight sigh t r did ld Before of or Dicky's s frown but It either of or us could tm say an nn anything thing his moth mother r spoke I i 1 It splendid You arc a n. most fortunate woman Margaret to be able to step back Into a position like 1110 that If It it had hat como come earlier when n my health Ou could not have ha taken was so poor you it ft t Now ow you you youcan can accept It It for 1 am perfectly able to run the tho mush hOUll You of course cOUlse will AN write rILe rite your our acceptance at once She Sho paused I 1 knew Inc n she expected meto me meto to rep reply But Dut I closed m my n lips ps firm ly JY Dicky should be the one olle to decide this lIe He did H Jt with nIth thoroughness 1 I I lIOu thought ht we settled all this rot I dont don't last spring he said Raid Mother want to be he disrespectful but this Is s m my business and Madge's Madges not nol yours ours You will refu refuse e of ot loUr course e Madge He turned to me in the old Imperious Months before I should kayo have o manner mal resented it Now Non ow 1 I revelled In It Dicky y cared card enough about toe inc whether from pride or love lo to resent my goIng goIn going go- go In Ing back to my work If It you ou wl wish h it It Dick Dicky I said q quietly he He lIe turne turned a grateful look 1001 at me mc Then his mothers mother's voice sounded imperiously In n our cars J I I think you ou have o said sahI quite enough Richard she said ald with Ic Icy dignity telegraph J lIzabeth Will OU kindly you that I shall start for home tomor tomorrow ruse I certainly shall not stay slay In n a house where 1 am flouted Clouted a as at I 1 have hwe b been ee m n this morning c Continued tl Tomorrow |