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I REVELATIONS OF A WI WIThe WIFE The Story of a H Honeymoon By Adele Garrison 0 What Is the Real Reason for Dicky's Shopping Trip I think my heart stopped beating bealin for a moment when in the suit sull department de department de- de I de-I of or where I was as i sitting shUnS waiting for Mrs r T turn from the fitting room I 1 saw saV Dicky and the girl birl 1 line knew only ai Edith to together I had seen her bier but once before With I her sister she sue had appealed to Dicky for fOI help A when Ahen hen thc they were In danger of oC bein being crush crushed d In the tue crowd surrounding surround surround- ing jug Madison lon Square Garden upon the night of the Presidents President's speech there I had been hurt at the thc time by the tho contrast between Dick Dicky's reassuring nod notI and Call tall to her and the th curtness with which he had sed my fears Then had hall come the the terrifying moment moment mo mo- ment mont which hc c had slipped from ui-oni sight In a n. sutI sudden cn surge of the crowd and her sister had called piercingly Dick Dicky th they're rc killing Edith nc ar of oC I the fact that he had lial left et mo me alone In that awful mob h he m had battled to the I girls girl's rescue only to to lose sight of me All the vague fears Cears which had been mine at the discovery of oC the foolish little kodak print of or Dick Dicky Dichy and the sisters sisters sif sifters sis sis- rushed back to mo supplemented b by the unea uneasiness which 1 l had f felt Jl at atm i m my husband increasing evening c en engagements en- en ga with art editors editors' In the city C I t V. V Was as the girl the explanation of or Dicky's absence of hil his preoccupation I of ot the hours of writing and sketching he lie spent In iii lila his room My I fears fear an answered answered an- an the question In the tho affirmative I even cven as m my jealousy queried what po possible possible pos pos- sible reason tile they could ha e for fOI being in the suit section of a a department store together J Jim t to do Ail H Ji rf J I had not long lont to wait walt for tho th answer for fOJ oI the they stopped near enough h to where I was sitting for me to hear their theil voices and I heard Dicky's In courteous reply t to the saleswoman's saleswoman query I U e ry Something in tn a white suit ault or a blue and Lud white effect for tor this latI lady I 1 want som something thin stunning and In the vel very Jat latest st mode you ou have something c especially espe po- po striking which at the tho same time vill suit her het- a as If it had been made matIc especially for or her 1 understand The saleswoman motioned mb- mb mo ma- I them to chairs which fortunately I for or m md were cre placed so that their backs were cre toward me I uI will bring you what hat We have hac directly I sat at petrified with horror In which Jealous rage mingled strongly Dicky was vas buln buying clothing for that girl That wa nI my first thought find ant then there came amne to mo mc the saving idea that perhaps per per- I haps hA maps he was as only her In th the th of ot her suit HUIt I knew Dicky's susceptibility to flattery flatter latt r and this ul- ul tra feminine Virginia girl with her hOl patrician n face fac and amt her hel helpless all air was Just tho type to appeal to him If she sho had mad asked his artistic ju Judgment as us to tomer her mer clothing a as 1 I was certain t sue she hu had lone done There Thle was 1 lut ut one thing for me to toJo I do Jo however and md that was to g get t out of f their vicinity as aM quickly and a HI Its quietly as I 1 could Not for tOI worlds I would I have ha Mm MIB see what hat I Imal had mal se seen n. n Before their HauM came back Wick they had a chance clance to turn their faces in m my irmy 1 must e. icat What hut IN lu the Clu Cautiously silently I 1 wriggled out or of orm of m mj my chair and walked sonic some distance I awa away ay before I 1 ventured to accost a a. aI saleswoman oman and antI as ask Ie the time direction to I the tho fitting rooms I counted mr myself elf luck lucky to meet my little neighbor coming cominG com coin ing big out of one ne of the doors She glanced sharply at rt me mc as she did so What hat hat is the malter she asked You Vou arc are as as ab paper Have you ou seen a ghost 7 Oh no no I returned in as careless a atone atone tone as I could mana manage e but the ail an au back there was fearfully close It It made me mile Ce feel 1 really Ill Lets Let's go JO down downto to the millinery r section before we wc look hook at an any more suits I r lid did not nol dare are sug suggest est leaving the store for or feat fear Mrs would sos sus peel something something- I I. knew that behind the tho little woman's womans soft appealing air all was an alert quickness s that was hard to deceive i Rut nut as 1 J followed her do don down n into the section where the spring spring- hats hunts In all ani their gaiety ere shown I 1 f felt fell H that I would far tar ra rather ther go bO to the sackcloth sackcloth- ashes and counter than to the time ones to toward ward aid which sho was hastening Mrs Irs Jurl lurke e cast a practiced eye e over ocr the tIme room then walked swiftly to toward toward to- to ward warl a a. charmingly pretty prett girl who ho would have ha looked hooked more in place In a drawing drawing- room serIng tea lea than in th this is section showing ing hats But n as we neared i her 1 I saw sa ia w that behind her softness was wasa a certain air all o of efficiency that Justified josh Justi Sled fied Mrs Mis In Durkee's murmured comment comment com corn ment meat the only nl one I see who looks as if It sue she could tell a hat from a coal scuttle I I sat down mechanically mechanically- before the time unira minor millor or in answer el to AIms Mis hs Durkee's Insistent I bought ht JU my my- suit first now its it's jour our turn to get et a hat But I had hatI no 81 sight ht nor hearing hearing- foi fo for anything around roul d me All AU m my mental menial faculties bUM busy with tho the question beating against my brain What hat was the real reason for Dicky's s 's presence In the time suit section of hambel's ham Ilam- bels bel's Continued Tomorrow Ham I |
