| Show EVELA 1 l l OF A WIFE of H Honeymoon The Story toy o a B By y Adele Garrison h t CHAPTER Continued 11 ho had or ordered ered after a us his meal fc kept pt pace c with ith our own o called for li his i s check l paid laid it and left th the e restaurant before h be he fact f t e 1 passed out of the door I drew a breath of relief and fell feU to d d. d Ae As he Ia We ere t ct C d lime Much I. 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I Ti Wednesday then il j a i I had Quito a lon long list in m my P Pet purse urge purchases to be made At n of et small list item on my smallest the Ju u even en rt was t as lS attended to and wearied as ns only hopping can tire a woman I went station In m my our tl to tho the railroad I Ii In tho morning o of departure n i had hd forgotten m my mileage e ticket se FO that I had to w RO go o to o the ticket office to purchase a L ticket to Marvin ln J 1 i had forgotten all about tho the Wad annoyed me in the reception room of ot the Sydenham and the EnIsh English English Eng Eng- lish Ish tea tes room so so when I turned from fromI I buying my ray ticket to find him standing near near lear enough to me to have heard the name of ot Marvin ln I 1 was startled and I terrified J He lie e did not once glance lanco toward me bower r but strolled away quickly as asif lf if In finding out ont the name of or my home J u J I home town he had learned all he lie wished I was waG thoroughly unset as I hurried to m my train and all through my hours hour's Journey homo home to Marvin ln tho the thought of or tho the man troubled me What hat was tho the secret of his persistent espionage The coincidences of the day clay had been too numerous for mo to doubt that theman tho the thoman thoman man was following mo me around with the Intention of or learning my Identity Whon When the tho train stopped at Marvin ln I Iwas Iwas Iwas was aghast to see tho the mysterious stranger alight from It hurriedly and ando go o Into the tho waiting room of or the sta sta- tion lion I thought I saw his scheme From the window of or the sta station lion ho could see sec me mo as I alighted and either ascertain my Identity from the station agent or from tho the driver of ot whatever taxi 1 I took I had only felt terror of or tho the man before before be be- fore tore but bul I was thoroughly indignant Tho The thing had Bono gono far enough I told myself sr grimly Instead of ot getting off ort the tho train I passed to tho next car car resolving to stop at tho the next village Crest Ha Yon and take tako a a. taxi home from there The ruse ruso succeeded As the train tr sped ped on toward Crest Haven I had a n quiet little smile at nt tho way I had foiled tolled tho tiro curiosity of or ortho tho the mysterious stranger I debated for some Bomo time whether or not nol I ought to tell Dick Dicky of or the Inci Inci- dent I had so much experience of or his Intensely Jealous temperament that 1 I feared ho might magnify and distort the Incident Finally I temporized by by resolving resol to tosa sa say nothing to Did Dicky unless the tho mans man's tracking of or me reached tho point of attempting to speak to mo me But nut the consciousness of or keeping a n secret from i Dicky mado me pre occupied during I our dinner runner Dicky reached home homo an hour after I did and all through h tho the dinner hour hourI I noticed him casting curious glances at me from time Ume to time hats hat's tho the matter ho asked as s after dinner he hc and I went wont out to the screened porch to drink our coffee cottee Why h nothing I responded guiltily Why Vh do you ou ask You act net ns lS If tr you ou thought you rou had bad the responsibility of or the great war on your our shoulders Dick Dicky returned I r haven't ha a care In tho the world I as assured assured as- as hUm halm gayly gah and myself from my depression I spent tho next I hour In gay a inconsequential chatter In Inan inan an attempt to prove provo to Dicky that I meant what I said In tho the kitchen I heard the voices of ot Jim and Katlo They were raised earnestly ear ear- nestly us ns If discussing something about which they disagreed Presently Kate Kato appeared on the veranda Misses Graham cnn can can you Joost coom oom to kitchen Joost one ono little meen- meen It Certainly Katie I replied rising while Dicky mumbled a laughing half serious half-serious protest Ill rn bo be ba back k In a minute Dick Dicky I promised lightly It was full rull five before I T returned for tor Jim had something to tell me which I confirmed m my Impression that the tho mysterious ms mys strangers stranger's spying spring upon mo me was something to tobe be reckoned with I I r didn't think I T ought to worry you with leis Mrs Graham but Katie thinks you ou ought to know It and what sho she says goes oes you vou know Ho lie cast a fatuous fatuous fatuous fatu fatu- ous smile at the girl who giggled Joy joy- Tonight down clown at Crest Haven I overheard one ono of or the taxi ers drivers tellIng telling telling tell tell- ing nn another ther about a n gu guy that had come comedown comedown come down there and dc described a n. woman whom ho said must have gotten gotton off orr at Crest Haven and taken talen a a. taxi back to Marvin Tho The description fitted you OU all allright allright rl right ht and antI the driver gave ave him your name and address He ire said ho got a atho five tho spot for tor doing It My face mca was white my hands cold as I listened to Jim but I controlled myself and said r quietly I 11 Thank you Ou Jim very ver much for tell telling tell tell-I ing me mc but I do not think It amounts to anything I nn S nl AHI l I l jU RIE D LI I EVER EYER IIA HAD HADT 0 T l INNER INKER En with Dicky In a n. public dining dinIng din din- D JL JLIng Ing room Is almost always a dolight dolight do- do light ht to mo me He has tho the rare rare- art of knowing how to order a a. perfect dinner dinner din din- dinner I ner and when he Ls La In a good humor he heis heis is most entertaining Ho knows b by I sight or by personal acquaintance al almost almost al- al most every celebrity of tho the city and nl-j nl his hla comments on them have an uncommon uncommon uncommon mon fascination for tor mo me because of or the tho I monotony of or my lIro before I met Dick Dicky But nut the vcr very expression of ot my moth- moth laws law's back as I followed her through h tho the glittering grill room of ot the Sydenham told mo me that our chances for having a n pleasant evening were slender Indeed Well VeIl mother what do you want to toe e eat t Dicky be began an genially wh when n nn do an obsequious waiter had seated us and put tho the menu cards before us Please do not consider mo me In the least m my mother law said with her most martyr Christian expression Whatever er you yon and Margaret arct wish will do very well for me Dicky turned from his mother with witha a little Impatient shrug What about aboul you Madge lad o ho asked Chicken a la Maryland In a chafing dish and a combination salad with that anchovy ancho and sherry dressing you ou make maleo so deliciously I replied promptly The rest rost of or tho the dinner Ill I'll leave to you ouI ou My I mother law glared at me It strikes mo me there thoro isn't much left lett to leave lea to him after Arter an order of or that kind she Eho said laid tarU tartly You haven't ha eaten man many of ot of Dicky's dinners then I said audaciously with Ith witha I Ia I Ia a little at ut him Ho lie orders the I I most perfect dinners of or any ono one I r I know kno Of oc course with your our wide experience ence enco you ou ought to be a n critical Judge of oC his huts ability m my mother-in-law mother snapped back Her IIer tone tono was oven o more Insulting I than her words It tipped with cruel venom her allusion to the tho quiet 1 almost cloistered life lifo of or m my girlhood I drew a long breath as 19 I saw aw my mother law adjust her lorgnette and proceed to gaze Iaze through It Il with critical critical cal hauteur at tho the other othor diners I hoped that her curiosity and interest In Iii Inthe inthe I the things going on around her lael would mal make o her forget forg-et her Imaginary grievances grievances s ances but my hope was destined to bo be short lived lI It was while we Wc were wore discussing our ouro o oysters tho the very first of t tho the season ceason that she aha ho spoke to mo me sudden sudden- sud suddenly en 1 ly abruptly abrupt Margaret do you vu know that man at atthe atthe the second table tahle back of oC us He lie hasn't taken his eyes ces from you for the tho last 11 ton minutes My Ir heart almost stopped beating for tor formy formy torm my m- Intuition tol told me mo at once onee the he Identity identity Iden idea of or the tho gazer g It must ho bo tho the man whoso whose uncanny mournful look had so 50 distressed mo when I was vas waiting altiuS' for tor Lillian Underwood In tho ho little reception reception recep recap I tion room at nt the Sydenham the tho preceding preceding ing Monday the man who had followed us to tho little tea room who had even evon taken t the tho same train to Marvin with me Continued Tomorrow |
