Show J II REVELATIONS I OF Off 0 F A vV IF E The Story 1 of a H Honeymoon OBy O By Adele dele Garrison WHAT I Mt Ia I. IlE u 1 S lJ MAID I run 1 APPLIED the liquid preparation I which Lillian Underwood na nad l Jolt lett In my chiffonier drawer to the faint patches of ot flame color Just below my throat reminders reminder of or tho the burns I had received at Dicky s a birthday dinner and which I j was afraid spoil the effect of at the dinner gown Sown I 1 had put on in honor of or tho the guest KUt my hu hue hus band was Wat bringing h home me Then i stepped nearer to the thc mirror to view the c It certainly dis- dis I Jul guis d the tho faint scars but to m my dismay dis- dis I may i saw there was wat such a difference I between the color of or the preparation and the natural tint of oC my fly skin that 1 must either cither remove remo what t I I hind had put Jut onor on onor I or cover cr my entire throat shoulders er erand and anti arms with the tho stuff I 1 lo looked at my watch and saw that I the minutes had 1 slipped away more rapidly than l I supposed I J must roust decide decide decide de de- cide at once what I 1 was going to do With u IL te feeling that I might ht as well die the death of or a sheep as of ot a lamb I seized ached a cloth and be began nn to apply appl the tho stuff to m my throat and arms But Hut It was slow sow work and I was most must unskilled unskilled unskilled un un- skilled In the task i 1 became m more rc neri nervous nervous ner ner- i with er e every pausing passing minute and when I heard Beard the roll of oC a It taxi below having ha come upon a train fifteen Iteen min minutes utes earlier than the one Dick Dicky min min-I had hail mentioned over o the tolL telephone hon I ga ed at the ghastly Image of ot myself In III the tho mirror with a feeling of ot horror r For or the tho l love ve of ot Mike Madge what the tho devil df does docs this HIIR mean Dick burst t Into Injo the room Ills hl face CaCe a thundercloud I 1 knew of or course coure that he must be bo angry and disappointed disappoint disappoint- ed at my JOy failure to meet and greet his hi guest below stairs but the absolute er a aversion on on his face Cace as he lo looked ked at atme atme atme me made me shiver er r. r mill and III Have Ban you ou gone out of ot your our mind he demanded Do you ou think Im I'm going going go go- coIn co- co ing In- Into to let Jet you ou como come downstairs looking like that thit What hat in thunder ever e possessed possessed pos pos- you Here Her Drake Is cooling hl his heels downstairs A 1 pretty reception for tor a Atran stranger er hint Int It Lucky I thought of oC telling him hint I had mistaken the train and had brought him out on tn onan an earlier om one Now toll tell mo mf quick how to get this blasted stuff oft off Oh DIck Dicky I If you only could I said brokenly I was WUI afraid n the tiie scars of or orm m my burns would show above c this gown and then when J I had begun un I had to fix It all over O alike I think Dick Dicky heard the tears tr-ars In m my Jolce voice and realizing that Irol could not I keep from weeping he t would t have hL a 1 red red- red eyed cd wife wire to introduce to his hip new acquaintance At an any rate rato ho changed ed his manner Instantly I Goose ho lie sa said III tenderly ti those th 80 soars Bears arc are hardly noticeable Youre You're foolishly sensitive about them thom here Hor luck tuck these towels In about your our gown n and give Sho me mo some somo cold cream create Ill I'll get this stuff off ort In a n jut Jiffy i And then DI Dicky ky smilingly tenderly removed tho the horrid ghastly mosa with cold collI cr cream nm wiped the tle flesh h carefully I and anel then dusted rico rice powder over o the exposed surfaces an as as a lidH ladys maid could coull have ha done There Then he said ald 1 stepping back and surveying ur mo me h you OU haven't ot a it trace of or a scar near And m my f eye what a Otis ous gown Iown Come Conic give c me a kiss for Cor reward and let lets let s go so go downstairs t to our gu guest st st. I guess you ou wont won't put pUl hl his hla eyes es out Ho Ile finished extravagantly and andI I knew that Dial Dick Dicky was doing his Ills hovel el best to restore m my equilibrium His kiss hurried thou though h lender tender and then seizing m my hand h lie he started I for th the door But I J stopped him noticing ny- ny for Cor tho the first t time that two iw florists florists' flor lor- florists florists' IlItH box boxes s la lay upon ullon the bed where ho hohall had hall tossed them when he ht came In A What hal are aro these Dicky Oldy 1 I asked ll By Jove Dick Dicky stopped short and began nn to open the tho boxes Lucky Luck you ou outlaw saw eats them This fhi hl bin big box In is I for Cor you Oll tr from m Drake and In thin the smaller one Is something 1 l hope hOle will go with your our gown own from frou yours ours trul truly I lIe He had open opened ell the tho box first and was was was' holding out to me an exquisite I cluster of or creamy orchids deepening ln to toj j gold at their throats and shot with rose rone lie lal laid lild them n against my gown flown own and gave e a little sigh High of or S satisfaction cUon I knew know that his liln artistic instinct was aM pleased anti and I rejoiced for few fete things thing annoy m my temperamental husband mor more than Jarring j tints huts on clothing or fur tur- I Oh Uh Dick how p perfect and how ho dear dr-ar of ot you ou I 1 pinned tho to tom tomy tomy m my gown n and turned turned-to to find rind Dicky liftIng lifting lift- lift Ing from corn the other box a wonderful cluster r of ot pink roses Drake certainly knows what's what he Ire remarked These are arc sure suro II the tho real thing Il tie lip held them off oCt admiring them then turned to mo me Hold out your Ur arms he command command- ed I did so so and he lie laid tho the rOtH roses rosos lightly against my left arm There ho he said and again I hoard heard the note of at artistic satisfaction H In his vol voice co I guess that's that not bad ball eh chi Come al along n I J hung back Jt for rOI an Imperceptible mo mo- I ment mont l T did ltd not want to go o downstairs down down- own own- stairs like a debutante with m my arms full tuB of or flowers rIo I resented the touch of or flamboyance In Dicky that would wl wish h uch-an uch uch an exhibition I knew knett however however how how- ever e that it would be useless to expect I him to understand so 10 I 1 followed him slowly down don the hc stairs stair But BUl underneath everything eh else I Iwa Iwas Iwas was wa conscious clo of or a disturbing little thought I 1 knew that In the cour course lf of or frequent studio amateur theatricals theatrical Dick Dicky must have havy used col cold cream and cosmetic But Out thin tho perfect case with which ho Ito had acted act the tho part hart of f t ladys lady's maid marl In Inthe Inthe the tho completion o of m my toilet troubled I me c 4 Continued Monday Jonda I |