Show C II REVELATIONS I OF A WIFE The Story of a tl H Honeymoon 0 0 11 j- j I By Adele Garrison How the Real Reason for Drakes Drake's Visit Was Disclosed to Madge His name narno i is s Robert Gordon Do you ou happen to know him The Th apparently Innocent little question question ques ques- tion from tho the lips of or Mr Ir Drake tho tim stranger whom Dick Dicky ha had brought home for tor dinner could have O created no moro noro panic In my heart if IC It had been beena a hand Krena grenade o which he had exploded at my table For Fur 1 felt Instinctively and surely that his putting of the tho question had bad some Bomo sinister purpose behind It a n pUrpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose which In some wa way threatened Ole tho safety of ot m my father Charles Robert Rob ert Gordon Spencer who for tor some se secret secret se- se seI I cret r reason ason of ot his own had been known for tor years ears a aa simply Robert Hobert Gordon I This then was tho reason for Mr r. r I Drakes Drake's hidden watchfulness of ot me the scrutiny which had so embarrassed I me mc How did ho know Was ns he ho I aware that Robert Hobert Gordon was wa m my father or did he share the opinion of or our little world that the elderly Ques ter of or Broadw Broadway was simply a dear old friend of my mothers mother's whom wo entertained for hor her sake sako Only Dicky and Lillian an and Harry Underwood know tho the truth Harry was with m my In South America and Lillian Is a literal Sphinx in lii her her- ability to keep keel a secret No o unless tho the stranger er had some secret key to tom tomy tomy m my fathers father's Ion longS long burled past I decided that ho looked upon Dick Dicky and ma simply sim Ilm pI ply ac friends of at tho thu man he wished to track Track The ugly w word nl I hart haU mentally mentally men mn tall tally uttered increased Increase the terror 1 I had felt tolt at nt Mr 11 Drak Drakes Drake's s 's question It im implied ins ins- plied d something cz Was Ws it po possible pos poe sible that the reason for m my fathers father's strange Injunction to keep t tho the fact of ot his real name was that he be stood outside U the law 7 VItol Ur kl I tried to pull ms m's myself lr to together In order orlIer to present as unruffled an appearance ap ap- ap as possible to tho the critical gaze aze of ot our visitor 1 was grateful to Dicky y for answering the thc mans man's question at once thus giving ln 1 me inc a chance to recover reCO my presence o a Som Sometimes Dicks Dicky's Incon Inconsequential 1 chatter Irritates me but lut a as I 1 listened to the tho e clever eer er description of Robert Hobert Gordons Gordon's little eccentricities eccentricitieS' which he lie was giving 1 Mr Drake Drale I appreciated for tor the first time iii my husbands husband's ability to talk entertainingly upon anything and nothing I lie Is surely a a. romantic lr ligure 1 Isn't he Mrs MTR Graham Mr Drakes Drake's voice broke in tn upon Dicky's w flo-w of ot reminiscence Ho ne was evidently c determined to draw dra lra mo me Into the con conversation b by any n moans means pos los sible A IL little flamo flame of anger n er arelI In me What hat right had this man malt to comp come spying spy spy- lug Ins Into our homo home under pretense o of ot being a guest But even oveil a AS aM I asked I m myself the question the thc word SPIn SP spyIng spy spy- In Inc Ing sent a little col cold chill dull through m mt m. If hf he well Indeed spying as al In my heated li ha tol told me mt then It must be for one of ot two reasons Either he was an enemy of In my fathers father's satisfying satisfying sat sat- a personal grudge e or 01 ho hoa wax a what was cv oven C n to bo ho dreaded nn an Impersonal officer of ot the lawI law I 3 am urn 1 sure sur however er that even the keen eyes of th man watching me could detect of or what 1 I felt in my manner I have always prided m i- i self solf upon my power of repressing m my 1 feelings before strangers and of a certain quickness of ot thought 1 I 1 pos pos- cess Ress In emergencies H It Is only whore where m mv relations with vicky are arc concerned that I seem compelled to wear vear m my heart upon m my sleeve much to m my myown myown own on disgust In Dicky A romantic figure indeed I a agreed ed mind T flatter latter m olt that m my was wale exactly the correct one to uric une in of or a a. pleasant acquaintance Mr Graham and md 1 arc aro quite Quit fond of or him Ho lie has brie wonderfully quaint old old- world ways wn's of or speech and notion action 1 have havo often oUn told m my husband that he ought ht to br he dressed In velvet nl doublet and f ll lt n hose hoA and pat put Into a picture you OU think PO 1101 It was nas an art effort for tor me sac to to raise ralso my eyes es' es to the keen ones which I knew were watching me mc Intently a greater great great- er effort not to drop them Instantly before beloro the tho amused mocker mockery that la lay In the tho steely gray depths veiled half b by tho the long almost feminine eyelashes of or Mr Drake But ut I looked at him steadily and was surprised to seo see the tho amused mocking look modi- modi led b by som something which I 1 could coul not avoid old knowIng was sympathy yes sympathy yes and a tin tinge e of ot admiration hut But when II ha tie answered his tone was cutting in Its sharpness I should l unruly hardly Idealize Mr 11 Gordon so much as that he lie said and then quickly changed the subject b by a delicately deli deli- c cately teh turned compliment upon I dett-I the dessert Katlo had served but a few tew moments before t tHe He lie did lid not riot mention my fathers father's name a again ln until after we had hail finished fin fin- our after coffee by the living room fire a custom to which Dicky and I f cling cling- Ho lie had been BO so charming s a companion that I was watt al almost almost almost al- al most lulled Into believing belle I 1 had Imagined Imag Imag- Ine limed ined an sinister object in his visit to tous us DicK Dicky had gone sone upstairs to get a no book of ot quaint old prints he wished to show the visitor and no sooner had tho the door closed behind him than Mr lr- lr Drake leaned forward and fairly holdIng holding hold- hold Ing lug m my eyes ees with his said slowly mean I n gly Charles CharI ell Robert Gordon Spencer Can you ou throw an any light upon the en cn tieman's reason for changing ing- ing hl his name name Irs Mrs Margarct larS larS' Spencer Graham Graham Gra Gra- IH ham nl Continued tomorrow I |