Show Ae e- e A I REVELATIONS 1 OF A WIFE J I The Tue Sto Story of a Honeymoon 1 By Adele Garrison S Why y Drake Said Its Useless s to Deny It I was tIRS Sla giau gLaU l 10 to DO be seated when Mr r. r i I Drake the th stranger whom Dicky had t brought home to dinner leaned forward forward for tor- ward In his chair and asked me If 1 I knew wb why my father tather had changed his name I know I If I hat had ocen standing that rn my 01 knees could never foyer have havo supPorted supported supported sup sup- ported mc me so terrified was I at the knowledge of or m my fathers father's secret which this stranger evidently had and meant me mc to know he ho possessed True he had not said Bald In BO so many words that ho he knew that Robert Hobert Gordon GordonI I was m my father rather but his whole manner hl his deliberation when hen ho uttered the tho I words Charles Robert nobert Gordon Spencer Can you ou throw nn any light upon tho mans man's reason for or changing his name name name- Mrs Margaret Spencer Graham told told 7 told me that he was In possession of or my I fathers father's secret But I resolved ed to yield no hint of or knowledge e unless I j was forced to tod todo d do dc 60 so I waited until m my voice was stead steady and then said coldly You are Arc talking ery very strangely Mr lr Drake I do ilo not understand you nor can I Imagine any reason cason why you OU should adopt so melodramatic a manner manner man man- ner ncr of ot addressing mo me Into IntI Mr lr Drakes Drake's eyes oyes there flashed lashed the tho same look of ot sympathetic admiration admira admira- tion I had caught before Then he ho I clapped his hands together tog softly I realized from the gesture and the tho words which followed that he had no I Intention of ot letting Dick Dicky gain any hint hinto hintor o or Of the subject we were discussing I I 1 Admit Nothing Bravo Bra little lady he said and his low tones did not disguise tho the genuine gen gen- enthusiasm in his voiced voice I like grit Wherever I find lInd It It and you ou surely havo have your ClUr share of or gameness sameness and ald re re- re Id I'd like to have you ou working with mo me instead o of against me mo But Dut 1 Ill I'll have hae to tell you OU plain plainly that your our wonderfully clover little air all of misunderstanding my meaning wont won't do 10 i see seo I 1 shaH shall ha have havo 0 to lay my 01 cards on tho table after all H He paused a moment and I realized In that moment o of waiting hc how Y a charmed bird must feel waiting for fOI tho doom it cannot 0 A muscle to et- et capo cape You arc tho the daughter laughter o of or tho the man nan who calls himself Robert flobert Gordon Mrs Graham he said slowly at last It is useless for you lou to deny eny it It I have ab absolute solute luto proof of or the truth of or what I J am nm saying Whether or not you OU know wh why ho chan changed cd hl his name 1 I do not know nor do I care The Tho only thing thins which concerns me mc Is the gentleman's present address and UI that is what I am sure HUrtt you will give hl me The Tue absolutely certainty of or his tones maddened ml mr me I sprang to my feet and faced him quivering with anger angor You aro are utterly mistaken I said I admit nothing you 1 0 have said and under no circumstances should I give you OU Mr Ir Gordons Gordon's address oven o it If I 1 had hadI I It t. t The sound of or Dicky's footsteps descending descending de- de de do- S the stairs came camo distinctly to both our ears cars Mr Ir Drake altered his manner In a moment Wo Ye will discuss this again before etore I t leave heave he said salt quietly May I point out t to you that it would be very unwise unwise un un- un- un wise vise for you ou to Involve your our husband In this matter if IC i guess correctly and andI I think I do do he docs does not know as much about your our father tather as you do and the knowledge I do de not Imagine would add much to his general peace If It mind A Hidden The next moment ho had turned to tho the door and greeted Dicky with a merry mer ncr 1 ry quip as far tar removed as possible from rom tho the veiled half sinister threat he had given gl mo mu And not once during the tho re remainder remainder re- re of or the tho evening e did he refer in n I any manner to Robert Hobert Gordon But I I-I I I lay awake almost all thi of or tho the nl night ht b by Die Dicky's side trying hard to I keep from waking him b by m my restlessness rest rest- For a deadly fear was upon I me not so o much the fear rear for m my fa fathers father's fathers father's fa- fa ather a- a ther's ther safety as s a dread that behind tho the mystery of his long ab absences In South America lay Jay something sinister criminal Should I toll tell Dicky my fears This was tho question q which I thrashed out at length during tho the long wakeful hours Of or course Dicky knew that m my fathers father's name was not Robert nobert Gordon but in telling telling- him I had minimized the earnestness el with which m my father rather had urged mo me to tell no one but Dicky ant and Lillian of or his Identity as Charles Spen Spon- eel car I 1 know knew from his manner when Mr Drake spoke of ot Robert Hobert Gordon that h he I had n no nc thought of ot anything but Idle curiosity behind the questions I did not like to share even the semblance semblance sem sem- blance 0 of a secret with this stranger hut but there was a menace In his talk 0 of my mr father ather that I I. could not understand and which I finally made up my mind to heed I resolved to keep koep m my ny own councel oven even from my husband until I Iwas Iwas Iwas was certain Just what danger to 11 my father lay behind the strangers stranger's words Continued Tomorrow |