Show r REVELATIONS II OF A WIFE L The Story of a H By Adele Garti Garrison on I HOW TILE IOA III SETTLED rnE LUE I O I E l 1 I I If If I might venture to make mako a a. sug sug- began beltan Cousing Agatha My I mother law Dicky and I r I II looked at her Dicky Dick lazily laII his mother molher I with irritation while for tor some reason or other I ha had a hopeful feeling that perhaps the suggestion sU of ot which she slit spoke ml might ht help to solve e the moving problem that confronted UP or rather confronted me tor with a shrug of his shoulders ha had cast all the burden burden burden bur bur- den of Ct It aside evidently supremely indifferent in indifferent in- in different as to the tho ultimate t or of It il ilso so long lon lonas as ho hI didn't have haY to shoulder It I J heartily disliked Cousin Agatha atha and the feeling reeling hadn't been lessened b bythe by bythe the crushed art air she had ha worn ever eyer since the the da day of oC her unc- unc unexpected p arrival when her hr cruel treatment treatment treat treat- ment of or Katie had hud angered me to the point of oC asking her to leave the hou house e. e I had almost Immediately repented my harshness because she was old and penniless an and had sent word to her to consider et the tho interview a as not having hain occurred M My mother law unexpectedly unexpectedly h taking m my part had bad forbidden me to make muke an any other apolo apology saying that her cousin would Impose upon me I forever forever afterward ar If tr I did We 1 c c had met In the evening of oC that memorable da day as ns If nothing untoward had h occurred lint but from that moment on on Cousin Agatha atha exa exaggerated her herm m pose when she was in m my presence pr She appeared to be afraid almost to draw her breath but I caught au ht her frequently watching me from behind h her r discreetly lowered II lids and I 1 had much the thc teelin fueling I Ima imagine a plump mou mouse might mh-ht have lia In tho the presence presence presence pres pres- ence of a particularly crat crafty and skillful skillful skillful skill skill- ful T bh Tabby Conin T i knew Cousin Agatha atha had hall not forgotten forgotten for for- gotten otten th the affront I had put upon her knew knee al also o o that Hint she n never cr would woul for forget el It it and that If she ever er had the chanco chance she would woul delight ell in do playing paying some catty catt little trick upon rue me I 1 wasn't afraid of nf her hr in the least lea she was not nol a dangerous dangerous dan clan erous woman t nor one capable of an any great evil Il But Bul she the was little an and mean and sordid and I 1 wished oh so earnestly that the thc time limp of or her sojourn with us could be shortened That did not prevent me mc however from holding myself In readiness to listen with rf respect to an any SUA suggestion she might make m concerning our moving problem Y Years arJo at the head of ot an nn In Institution Institution In- In had hl given I her an Ingenuity Ins In dealing with domestic problems which I 1 could not nol but tl admire While Dicky had thou thoughtfully taken both his mother and her cousin out cf my wn way by br entertaining en entertaining en- en them In the city city- for Cor much of or orthe the time dune since their arrival yet et thc they haul hod been pres present when Katie an and I J were struggling with the problem o of packing up and at the thc same time preserving preserving pre pre- serving the semblance of or domestic order or or- 01 her der in th the house we were ef leaving And nd Cousin Agatha's Agathas athas atha's apologetically apolo dropped tm- tm suggestions h hu hart more than once helped us out tremendously ous- ous If youve you've anything to sa say Agatha 1 for Cor heavens heaven's sake sake- say It my may m moth mother mother- r- r law in demanded irascibly Hero everything N is packed cel up to move mo tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow th the movers tS t'S have havo disappointed us liS Richard and Margaret arct are about a as much use as those babes In the woo wood that got ot covered cred with leaves lea nail and then you rou ask if It you ou ml might ht venture to mal make e ea a suggestion She threw threw herself hc back in her chair and bc began an to rock violently violently- to an and fro while Dicky jck me a surreptitious i sympathetic wink at his mothers mother's reference ref ref- reference er to us Why Wh I thought ht perhaps that th man ratan of or yours yours yours-Isn't Isn't his huts name namo Jim Jim could could get ct p. p hor horse e somewhere an and move moO the thc things I himself That's the first sensible thing Ive I've heard said hero h re this week my m mother mother- I law in exclaimed But nul he cant can't lift lift some of m my things s alone Hell He'll have ha j I Ito to 10 have hac sometime to help him I hale tate th the matter with William lIliam Trumbull and his bis push car car Dick Dicky inquired ln- ln In-I In lazily with n a mischievous glance at me I flushed for Dicky often oCten teased tase me about poor old William nt Trumbull an almost witted half Ill character who ha had constituted himself l a of mine ever e minco Inco I had once hired him to do riu some sonic cleaning up of the garden an and lawn before Jim I Katies Katie's husband b became cune our man o of all work The queer eld chap whom Dicky truthfully characterized as having in Imp Impediments Im Im- p pediments In his speech eyesight ht hel hearing gait gAlt and brain otherwise be being belag be- be ing lag a good deal of a a. man had one burning ambition to be some family's 1 man of all work lie He had evidently picked me out as a future employer for he frequently appeared at the kitchen kitch kitch- en cn door ioor with an n enormous push C cart his bin sole worldly possession a asking if th there ro wasn't something Mis Us' Us Gramie his his version of oC m my may name name wanted wanted him to do Prophetic UC Word ord Katie was vas mortally afraid of or him and I think Mother Graham secretly secretly secret secret- ly considered him a rather dangerous character although her pride woul wouldn't nt let her admit that she was afraid of or anyone But Dicky Dick an and I 1 knew him forthe for or orthe the tho harmless moron ho he wa was wa treated him kind kindly and tho the unfortunate creature creature crea crea- ture seemed most grateful Well Weil c II Williams William's i as strong as a hor horse my mother-in-law mother said s practically practically and you'd better send for Cor I him and amid got ot him started with Jim on these things s. s for mark my 1 word word that old landlord of yours Isn't yours Isn't Brennan his name name III will make maleo things s ml mighty ht unpleasant un- un unpleasant un un- pleasant for Cor you If youre you're not out pf pC I hero here ri right ht on time tomorrow Her words seemed prophetic for the they had hard hardly 1 I oft rt her lips when Katie ap appeared appeared RP- RP at th the door Dot Dol fester Brennan he sa say he lie want ant to see you ou Graham she said and I knew b by the disgusted look 1001 on her face that Brennan was In his customary state of tion Continued Tomorrow |