Show Ii IiI I REVELATIONS OF A WIFE The 1 Story 0 of a 11 Honeymoon H I IBy By Adele Garrison CHAPTER XVI XVI Continued Continued time dren dreaded cd superstitious T DO not o clie that thal ever eyer a n woman of a n more I evil n I do TO the Hie glance o of Harry Harr Underwood the eye as os hadt had him what to do o I did not lm know knots W He TIe evidently How lIow to answer or r our lad lady I Who is your however cr long n enough to ponder been drin drinking l t n ono ugh f S' S f 1 lie he l Introduce j- j inc Ine I liH JIO l n A man less audacious than thon Harr Underwood would have been by the tho picture my mother law presented pre pre- as ho he turned d toward her Hoi lIoi figure was drawn up to Its hIm bin was surveying height and she eho through h her lorgnette tto with an tn slop slon that held disgust lIs mingled with th the tho might foci feel ni nt curiosity an explorer of or an- an specimen mooting meeting some sume strange Smal imal In his travels Mrs Graham this la is Mr Mr- Underwood Under Mr l to stammer wood I managed Underwood Mrs rs Graham Dicky mother overawe ora ordinary or or- ordinary ordinary or- or My mother law may people but Harry Han Underwood minded her hOI disdain no more than he would havo tho the contempt o of a a. stately Plymouth Hock block hen Sho She had hd lowered tho the lorgnette as ns I spoke and he grabbed tho the hand which still held It It shaking it as ns warmly as ns If Ir It belonged to some Borne lost long friend Yell Well Yell Well ho said paid In hI effusively helY But this Is great Dear old Dicky's Ys Y's mother Ho stopped and fixed a l speculating speculating spec spec- stare upon her You mean his hla ho said reprovingly to mo me Dont Don't No r no I tell mo me you OU mean his mother muther I. I cant can't believe c that Ho shook his head hend o Evi Evidently with dently ho was much Impressed himself If It I 1 had ball not been co no miserable miserable ble blo I could have havo smiled at nt tho Idea of or tho the elder cider Harry Underwood trying on Mrs Graham the silly specious flatteries flat it teries he a addressed dressed to most women My IY mother In did not deign to answer him Her Iler manner was In its Us haughty haught reserve although h I could not As ho ic- ic f 1 c- c sa say much for her courtesy leased her hand she hc let It It drop quietly to her sl lido o and stood l still fUll gating at lt him with a n quiet disdainful look 1001 that would have havo made mado almost any ut other man 1 wince But It did not bother Harry Horry Underwood Underwood Under Under- wood In the least Ho gave her hor a n shrewd appraising look took and then turned I to me with Ith an ln air of or dismissal that wasas was ns as complete an as her Ignoring of at him Sa Say ho he demanded ar aront arent nt you OU a n abit abit bit curious about aboul what brought me down hero You ought to be bo Tho funniest st thing In tho the world orld m my boing boIng boIng bo- bo Ing down here her His Ills silly repetitions his slurred enunciation his slightly unsteady CI uro made mado mo too realize r lIze with a quick horror horror horror hor hor- that the tho man mm was moro more Intoxicated than I 1 supposed How blow to get away y from him as quickly as possible j was S tho problem I faced I 1 decided to humor humor humor hu hu- mor him as I 1 would any other Insane person I dreaded I am never nc curious I responded lightly th I suppose of ot that you OU are here to visit the Aquarium as ns wo we are Good Good-by Xo No you dont don't don't dont to take you OU and little Ind lady Indy horn horo horon on nice ferry terry trip he ho announced genially Sorry yachts yacht's out of commission this morning but ferry terry will do very cry well I have not much reason to like m my law In but I shall always he be grateful to her for the Va way she cut the tho Gordian knot of ot m my difficulties I Young man you ou aro are Impertinent and ond I II I J Intoxicated she said haughtily Please step aside And Ind taking mo rue fIrm firmly 1 b by tho the arm walked steadily with m mother-in-law mother my mo me toward tho the door of ot the tho women women's 9 rest room Her manner of or conducting me was wan much tho the same came as ns tho the matron matro of ot a n. reformatory would use In taking a chargo charge from one place llaco to another but I was too relieved to care Tn The leering face of or Harry Harr Underwood wa wano was his be befuddled befuddled befuddled be- be and no longer before my eyes ces fuddled words no lon longer r jarred upon my m ears cars Those were tho the only things thing that mattered to mo me for Cor tho the moment In m my relief relict I felt strong strong- enough ti to bravo tho the weight of at my mother mother mother-In Inlaw's In- In laws law's anger which I was very cr sure sun was about to descend upon me I X II A J ND A APE In the tho shelter of ot the Aquarium Aquarium Aqua Aqua- SAFE S rest room my mother-in-law mother faced moo mo Her eyes ees were cold and hard harrl hor her tones like Ice as nho sho spoke Margaret What Is 18 tho meaning ot of o othis this outrageous scene to which you OU have havo Just subjected m me 7 Am I to understand un- un understand un un- that this man I H is typical o of your associates and friends If U so Iam I Iam Iam am Indeed sorrier than ever that myson m my myson son was over InveIgled Inveigled Into marrying you ou For tl tho tl O o moment I hn had a a. primitive Instinct to scream and to smash mash things generally a n sort of ot Berserk rage rac Tho The Insult left mo me den deadly ly cold Fortunately Fortunate Fortunate- ly h wo we were alone alono In the room but I 1 lowered m my voice almost to a whisper as 83 I replied to her herrs Mrs rs Graham I said I 1 never nC In my life lito know there thero was a man like 1110 Mr r Underwood until I married your sonHo son Ho lIe and his hla wife Lillian Gale arc aro ro your our sons son's most Intimate friends Ho has lias almost forced mo to meet them time lime and again against m my own Inclinations Of Ot course after aCter what hat you OU have Just said there thero can ho no further question of oC our trip together If It you OU will kindly kindly kind kind- ly ho watt walt hero here I will telephone o r conto conto con conto to como come and get you at once I started for Cor the door but a I. I little grasping cry from my fay mother law stopped me Sho was wai feebly beating beating beat beat- ing tho air with her hand hands her wore worl distended and ond her checks s and lip lips had hul tho ashen color which I had learned to associate with my own little mothers mother's frequent at attacks nt at- tacks Filled with remorse I 1 flew lew to her side and lowered her hor gently into an arm chair which stood near Snatching Snatching Snatch Snatch- ing her handbag I opened It and took out a 1 little bottle bottlo of oC volatile salts snIts which I knew sho she carried I pressed It Into her hands and then thon took out a n nUn tiny Un bottle of drops with a familiar r label They Ihy wore tho the same that my mother had harl used for tor years Taking a n spoon which I also found In the tho bag ba I 1 measured th the j drops added a a. bit of or water from tram the tho faucet in t tho to o adjoinInG adjoinIng adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing room and gave thorn thom to her As s AsI sI I 1 came toward her I heard her murmuring murmuring mur mur- to herself Lillian Gale Lillian Gale shen she was n as saying How blind Ive I've been Even In my anxiety for or her condition 1 found time to wonder as lS to tho the sig- sig of ot her exclamations tho the name of at Lillian Gale Galo was familiar to her r. From her tones also I knew that th It was wat not a welcome tame lame What was there thero In this past friendship of or Dicky and Mrs Ir Under- Under rood to cause causo his mother so much emo- emo lon I remembered tho the comments I iad heard at it the tho theatre about m my busand's hus- hus jand's ands friendship with this woman wom All An m my old doubts and misgivings 1 had been smothered by the vcr very real cal admiration I had felt olt for Lillian Sales labs many good bood qualities revived What V hat was as tho the secret In tho the lives ps of or heso two I I felt t that for tor my m own race peace of ot mind I must know kno The Tho color was gradually coming backo back to o my mother laws face I stood by y her hor chair forgetting her Insults remembering ro- ro numbering nothing save savo that she was waa old ld ild and a n sick woman Continued tomorrow |