| Show a I h REVELATIONS OF A 1 The Story of a Honeymoon H 1 I Bv By Adele Garrison GOI GOIS S TO X As 1 I T sounded the ho old fashioned knocker of oC Lillian Underwood's apart- apart I munt ment In my thoughts went back to thu tho thuI I tin time e wh when n I 1 had stood tr tremulously before before be be- fore foro the same sane door awaiting the Interview Interview Inter Inter- I view fur for which she had a asked cd In or order er erto to explain the reason for her long Iong- ro romantic ro- ro mantic mantle friendship with Dick Dicky rO I It seemed a lifetime from Crom that day I until this I had hac gone one into Lillian Underwood's Un Un- un-I un derwood's house upon that jay day miserably mis mis- crabl jealous and much prejudiced I against her hr although the thc sterling sterlingworth sterlingworth worth of oC the tho woman had won a certain thin tain recognition from rom me mc despite the reasons I thought I had for Cor disliking her I had conic come away ar from her door h her r ardent admirer her friend for life with the conviction con that if I were In trouble I would rather go to her than to any othor other person on earth She had never ne failed ailed me mt in the troubled months following our Interview interView interview inter Inter- view when whon because of Grace Drapers Draper's infatuation for m my husband so o much misery miser had been m my portion She had been m my only refuge also wh when n senseless jealousy had led ed him to go SO to S San n Francisco co leaving behind a messa message that he would never nc willingly sec ee ce mc mc again and had r re rejoiced re- re whole heartedly with me when I th the whole holo miserable tangle had been lIeen straightened out I Now ow It was wa my turn to comfort hersto hereto hers here I to ask for Cor counsel The memory o of tim tho choked sob in her voice volle the night be before before be- be fore when she had mo me to coma corns to her for she had no on ono else clutched at m my heart made me mc o that no matter wha what Lillian might wl wish vish h of oC m mo it IL was hers for Cor the thc a asking Betl Betty answel ed my knock knook her herI broad black face full of oC concern If t I thad I had not known Lillian was in trouble the dolorous expression of oC Betty's Bettys countenance would have told me mc something something some some- thing was amiss in the household Praise Pr dc do La wd you's come conic Mi Mini tI Margaret This was Bettys Betty's greeting I to me mc delivered with all ail the solemnity of or a camp meeting leader She Sho never addressed me as Mrs I r- r Graham always alwa Miss Us Margaret aret and sh she shows a degree of 01 liking which is ur- ur to me mc for Betty's Bettys favorites Ca arc arcery vcr very ery few to and her enmities freely treel ex ex- pressed Miss Mis Lillian lilllan jes' jes rollin frettin she he went on worriedly I knew that her i was genuine for her devotion to Lillian n ia is a matter clatter of oC envious louK comment among Airs Underwood's Un Un- derwood's od friend who have 0 to change I maids almost r c every fortnight ht I am ant so 80 sorry nett Hetty I returned tell lell her Im I'm here Will you ou please pleas t lf of Silence She hc sald said how ho you ou was to w come ri right ht upstairs Je jes' jes as 4 soon as us yoh get lct here Betty answered In an she tell me itic not notto notto to let nobody else in Iii In So o you OU je jc jes corn conic alon along wit v m me honey She he led the wa way ponderously up the tl stairs Hat Ha ru nv no nn MI rI ht silo h I t turned turnell and fixing her eyes ces on me mc said Impre impressively I Miss Margaret arct yoh oh take tako ol 01 Hetty's Bettys advice If trouble come from dat limb of oC dc tic what hat i is Miss s LIIlIan's Lillian's Lillians LII- LII lians lian's hu husband band yoh oh do yoh oh best to tomake to tomake tomake make her h I get shot shet of oC him He lie no white man I 1 tell teU yoh oh He Be got a heart worse dan any cr I knows know I was s a spared the perplexity of or J knowing how bo to a answer her for tho words had hardly bardl left her lips before th the sound of an nn opening door directly ahead of us sent her scuttling hastily down the stairs I knew that she had no desire to have ha Lillian overhear her reference to Harry Underwood With the thc freedom om of a faithful old servant r she tyrannizes over o her mistress Inmany in inmany Inan many small matters maUers but she stands in wholesome awe e of Lillians Lillian's anger when she h I Is Indiscreet of oC speech Lillian hurried to meet me with sith outstretched outstretched outstretched out out- stretched hands' hands that chilled mine even e I through m my gloves so cold were they Her face Cace had deep lines of emotion graven graen ra en In iTt it and she looked as if she hadn t 1 closed her ryes eyes for tor many nights Come to the fire she hc said r. and I knew that she he was as repressing a ashow ashow ashow show of oC emotion with her usual firm firm- ness You must be cold Indeed Im I'm Im I'm not nor I J assured her I walked briskly kl from tho the subway 3 and my mv furs CUIS are arc lr very warm I I indicated my stole stoic an and muff mure an and I with tho the sho ghost t of an assenting smile I she took them from Crom mo mc and laid them themon themI on a table In the wonderful library Lillian's Lillians workshop ork hol which I remembered remembered I d so soI o well I 1 saw gaw m my cuo cue and took It I would not annoy her with banal ban questioning I us s to her hel reason for or sending for Cor inC me hut but would await her own time for or tellIng tellin telling tell tell- in ing me mI 1 1 took olf ott my hat hal and coat with Hh all nIl the air of oC ha having haIng Ing come to sta stay In indefinitely drew a chair hair to to the fire an and sat down before beCore It A t Letter What hat a brick you ou are arc Madge Ia ge Lillian Lil ril lian liall excl exclaimed aftEr a moments moment's silence You know when to lo keep still lUll better than an any woman oman I know 1 flashed her a loving lovin comprehending comprehend ing smile smite hut but did lid not nol spoil the en encomium encomium en- en b by speech iW then for Cor fv jv minutes that as n m many hours Lillian paced swiftly up and anel do o the room It is It a n habit of or hers whenever nc she Is undergoing oln mental loental distress or when sh she h has some Kome problem of her work to unravel When hen at lust last she r-hc laid her hel hands upon my shoulder J I I knew from ruin the n ness ss f C her j grasp lap that the she he had at ut last rome COlIC to some decision concerning the confidence she he meant to make malte to 01 meI me cm I 1 have ha a L letter from Harry HartT to show you OLi she said and I saw flaw the pages tremble In lii her iiii rand hand mand Thom There are firo things I In It which will ham pain you ou but I feel feci j as an asif if jf l I must have your counter I l have ha II lost all my perspective Im I'm afraid and andI nn I dare not trust my 01 own judgment There are aro things a in iti It H which will ill pain you ou I repeated the words silently silent silent- I ly lv to myself And Dicky tina 1111 said attI Make tille allowances If IC you ILi can can when no je found oun out that Lillian had sent for forme or me Tue there here In this letter I What was of hurry Harry that concerned me Inc Continued Tomorrow |
