Show r fr- fr REVELATIONS REVEL A HF TheOF OF A A WIFE WIFE- The Story o of a Honeymoon moan By ADELE GARRISON WITY noon IS- IS ITI I Bit DIl TO Till DINNER n What hat was Dr Pettit doing hero at this dinner Lilllan wa was giving to lo Robert Robert- 7 This was the tho question that beat bea t I against brain I mechanically mechanically angrily l Tn m iny as ni rose o e to greet reet et the guests guests' ue t wh who o had hind come Into Mrs Irs Underwood's beautiful beautiful beau beau- and white on living room Dr Pettit had no possible connection with Robert Sa or with the world wort d of oC art and nd he had not the close kinship p and friendship which had guided Lillian's Lillians LilMan's Lil Lt- Mans lian's Invitation to m- m my cousin Jac Jack k Bickett rind and his fiancee Katherine And Lillian must have ha known n ne that he h had cl been the underlying cause cans e of or moro more than one unpleasant scene Icene between between between be be- be- be tween 01 my husband h and myself elt Wlm Why 11 had she alto f done It It The Time answer to tn m my question had h t tn to wait ail hoW however cr for tor in another Instant I 1 Iwas was waR engulfed in tho the general greetings greeting which welcomed the new guests an and d marl marked ed their presentation to Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Mrs Irs Watrous who I knew from Lillian Lil LII lian lien had known Robert nobert Sa in th tho old days was wal soon oon deep cheep In reminiscences reminiscences with him leaving the rest o of ot t tho tiro Hosts ests to their own own devices dc Jac Jack k kt and Katherine of course came came- straight t tp me and In mv my dolight ht at seem seeing g them I r had harl the chance for tor only a n. perfunctory perfunctory per per- bow how to time the young Olm ph physician n to whom little Mrs Ir Durkee was talkIng talk- talk Ing Int But nut before wo Wi were called Into the time dining room Lillian drew drew- mo me aside for fora a moment I r didn't do rho it on purpose c child she OC l said paid I r had a asked ked Ralph Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong a men who knew Mr Ir years Seals ago ao but hut hf Imo was waR called out of ot town at nt th the It last Itt t minute So as It was wasa s sa a most informally gotten up tip affair anyway n Wl I called un It Dr after atter I hail had tried two to or three other others and h PP 10 accented I I dont don't think Dickey will will ill mind In Ts Jack Troubled Trouble lt f r- r She She rustled aWa away and antl andI I put tho the young oun physician out of ot m my mind with tn my vague a u une uneasiness ln s concerning m my cousin Jack and hi his fiancee m my dear dear friend Katherine Sonnet All 11 was not wr Poll ll with them I was s sure of that as I studied them fu furtively e I I 1 had seen een very verv little little- of them since had brought broucht me home homp from tram Lillian's Lillians Lil Ln- lian's lians after afler our long separation Katherine Katherine Kath th erine was wu tremendously bus busy with the work worle which Dr nr the hen head l of or the hospital unit In France to which she belon belonged hart had entrusted to her and nd Jack was still stitt almost an Invalid The terrible wound ho hc had bar received recel inaction In Ina a notion action still troubled him hint more than he was to admit But nut it was as neither fatigue lIe nor suffering suffering suffer sutter- ing hymn rl bro l brought ht the Intangible le lc shadow to their faces I w was sure suro of oC that It was a some ome difference h between them something I J ely felt feltl hardly un understood bv Uy themselves I resolved resol to watch them carefully to hole holD them If Ir I could Dinner am served Miss lIss Lillian nell Betty was perfect as she stood just lust Inside tho the door her coal-black coal face tace beaming beneath its crimson turban her enormous bod body neatly neath gowned own d In a ablack ablack ablack black dress and a 3 white apron A Transformed Dining loom I kne knew that Betty once had chan changed ell her announcement to Dinner is 18 served and that Lillian lla had im Im- Im her never to do such a thing I I 1 again I Little Marion Marlon filled with childish importance had distributed tin tiny cards giving ln i us the names of or our dinner cUnner partners before she rhe went w-nt upstairs to tobed tobed bed In the care of ot her old nurse whom Lillian ha had secured for the evening e To Marion Marlon that had been the tho crowning point of the e evening and we wo nil all I smiled at the pretty prett ea eager er picture the little thing made as she handed us ou our ou- ca cards Lillian had arranged erl her table taMe with her usual skill She herself of ot course had Robert a as her dinner partner and she had asked Dick Dicky to total tal take c the place pl of oC the host with Mrs rs Watrous at his rl right ht hand Frank Lester took In Mrs Durkee Dr P Pettit Mrs Irs Lester r Katherine Sonnet tell foil to Alfred Durkee while ju Just t opposite them Jack and I were Werl stationed The Tho seating arrangements and In InI fact everything else however were wen I forgotten when we caught our first glimpse of or Lillians Lillian's dining dining- room which h had b been en carefully closed until Bettys Betty's summons Until I saw It I had not known that Lillian had had the time room entirely re re- re modelled She Sho had hall evidently c been hEen l keeping it a n surprise for tor her first ru dinner n against Its new background The cf ceiling colling was beamed the floor dark polished oak the walls wall wainscoted wain waln- In the same fiame sombre wood Where here Lillian had secured scoured her workmen work worl men amen 1 I dont don't kno know but It was a mo most t wonderful refectory effect that met our eyes t es The tables w wore ro of or the thc t type pe ono one sees in old pictures of ot monastery monaster re- re r re Anc and their only coverings s were strips of ot tapestry-like tapestry cloth with exquisitely embroidered bands hangs hangIn hanging hangIng hang- hang In Ing below the cd edges es of ot the tables that were put together in the tho form of ot n aj I letter T T. These Thel e strips of ot embroidered cloth were also alo at tho the windows I But Lillian's Lillians love of ot color was Shown in tho the profusion of oC crimson roses that flaunted their glory glor from antique copper copPer cop cop- per bowls bowl everywhere I Continued Tomorrow |