Show r y I. I REVELATIONS REVELATIONS OF A WIFE The to Story o of a H Honeymoon B By Adele Garrison Why Madge Felt Strangely Annoyed at a Phone Cl Continued from Saturday t That hat you Madge 1 Dicky's 8 voice camo camo over the tho phone 1 from tho city holding a no note to familiar to me It is ono one that always alwa's creeps Into his hla voice when he asks some favor or of at me which he knows Is unreasonable Yes Yea I answered smiling to my my- self What hat Is It It dear out much I If Would It put you ou very I brought a man home to dinner and I to stay the tho night Why Vh no no I answered ered promptly al although although al- al I ai-I thou though h I was not especially joyful joul at atthe atthe the thc prospect Do I know him 1 No o. o but for Cor that matter malter neither do I. I Met him at lunch toda today and he scorned seemed to take an art unaccountable In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest In yours ours truly especially when I began to tell him about our shack there Guess ho lie wants to got a a. place In Ii tho the country nv n you know me The bril bril- lIal thought struck tr k n me that that it would be a good hood Idea to show off ocr beautiful loving loving- wife and country homo to lonely b bachelor hence m ray my Invitation which he grabbed pronto So 80 do your our prettiest sweetheart Well We'll cn bo be there about G C Hope It wont won't Inconvenience you ou So long longI I hung up tho the receiver with n a distinct distinct dis die feeling of oC annoyance at Dick Dicky It was not tho the first time he had hall phoned to tell teU me ho lie was bringing bringing- a a. guest to dinner but always 8 before It had been some sonic one I had met at least once And there was something about Dicky's s meeting with this man and the circumstances o of the Invitation that made me dread to meet him lIe Ho must be a rarely critical person persen Indeed for Dicky to wish to show off his homo home to him I knew Dicky well enough to detect under his nonsense a real de desire desire desire de- de sire to have ha the house the dinner and my own appearance a aa as creditable a aa as I could make them ur UI course uie first consideration was waa the dinner I knew if it that went off ocr offwell M wen well ell the thc rest o of m my problem would bo be boels s el easy cagy Katie Katlo always the thc house in ill exquisite order for she sho is the thc kind oo ot woman who's lioe never ne happy hapIJ unless sho has a broom In one hand an and a dusting dust dust- ing cloth in tho the other I knew know that ItI If It I personally attended to the thc room i t iguest guest was to occupy the arrangement of or the dinner table and such Buch flowers as I wished to ge get ge Katie would do the rest reat I sat Ial down In m my bl big fireside chair and md planned the thc menu filler 11 Oysters of or course for fOl anyone coming coming com eom- ing out to dinner on the thc south shore of Long Island would expect oysters fresh from tho the ba bay I J could send Jim to the tho harbor for Cor them any auy time during the thc forenoon The rhe rest of or tho the dishes I picked picket be because because lIE lIE- cause of or Katies Katie's proficiency In cooking them Her lIer cream of or celery soup ROUp l is al always always al- al ways wati excellent and I have havo taught her herto herto herto to roast fowls according to an all old recipe of or In my mothers mother's until the they would 1 as as Dicky says make says make a 1 man forg forget t his hiM homo home In tho the enjoyment of ot their lusciousness For vegetables I planned scalloped potatoes and new snap Leaps I decided not to have havo a halt fish course and as It was so late ate In tho the to ha a spring salad of watercress cucumbers and chives CB with a French dressing dressing- Then ono one of ot Katlo Katies desserts with cheese and coffee coHee would complete completa a dinner which I felt fell reasonably sure Buro would appeal to any hungry man even cven If It ho were as critical as al Dicky's Dickye manner manner manner man man- ner indicated As 5 1 I neared the thc kitchen I heard Beard Jims Jim's voice toughly tender Never o cr mind kid dont don't you OU care It will como come out nt never nc fear feal and nd I subdued sniffle In iii return I stopped d outside outside- tho the door dour not wishing to intrude upon them wondering vaguely what was troubling Katie 1 Then 1 I card the outside door clo o I I and the thc of r of pans upon tho the stove o and and knew that Katie Katlo was at at work again agam I saw traces o of t tears ars upon her hor faco face as I entered tho the room but decided to Ignore them especially as I saw aw Katie keep her hor faco face averted from me a as much muchas as possible She evidently e did not wish rno mo to know sho she ha had been weeping weep weep- i ing 1 g. g Katie I made m my molco voice a as brisk and of fact as possible suspecting suspect suspect- suspecting In ing that the thc stimulus of or a dinner for a guest would do her good Mr fr Graham has Just telephoned that he will brin brina bring bringa a man homo home for dinner tonight Ho lie will stay all an night and bo be hero here for or breakfast In the thc morning I want an especially especial nico dinner diluter with one of or those delicious pink puddings of or yours you ou know tho the kind you OU mado for Mr tr Grahams Graham's mother the tho first dinner she ate ato with us lint All 1114 11 i It was im Fin an unfortunate reference Katies Katie's face harden hardened cd I 1 I know knot now she sho said dot time lime water got ot on ono side she sho find out no touch 1 I no like riot dot old hope she he nt nl u n 1 como come back bacle for long long IonS lime time Of OC course I should hould have o reproved the thc girl Irl but 1 knew b by the thc traces of ot tears on her cheeks that she was upon tho the verge of oC an emotional outbreak and that would mean perhaps a spoiled dinner certain certainly an Impairment of her usual efficiency enc I 1 skirted the thc question question question ques ques- tion carefully I am sure suro no water will Ill get et on the pudding this time and It Is such a pretty prett one ono I am especially anxious for COl you ou to make matte it il Havo have Jim kill a couple o of the thc best chickens for roasting and send him fur for three duz dozen n oysters oysters- that will be bo enough for you ou and Jim too All right I box I Katie returned Vot ot 4 of ves vegetables and anI salad f I told her and gave o her all the thc directions directions lions sho needed fur for dinner Sho She as assented as- as with her usual but tho the noto nolo of or enthusiasm with which she he alwa always s 's greeted the thc Idea of oC a compan company dinner was wall absent As I went upstairs to prepare preparo a room for the thc guest g I 1 wondered wondered won won- dered again w hat wa was waa the thc matter mailer with Katie Ka tic Continued Tomorrow |