Show L I REVELATIONS II OF F A WIFE LL- LL The T S S. ory oi-ji of a H Honeymoon l By IBy Adele Garrison JI I WILLIAM 1 DID DIU JiEN ii Hi III 1 THOUGHT UGE I. I IN INI I J looked at nl my watch swift swiftly as Katie l burst in upon inc me le leIth with Ith ith the news that Mr 11 Drennan Brennan our ouren very en co- co able landlord was In the kitchen I didn't need Katies Katie's comment that ho he hovas vas as raising raisins vii vun storm for Cor I could hear the the smash of or crockery crocker In Mn the k kitchen litchen I tc h en My Ir watch indicated 11 o'clock a whole hour before the lie legal time we were expected to b be away from rom Mi Mr Drennan's Brennan's premises tse which we had hall leased a year ago aso and where I hads hud had s seen en so much of oC Joy u and sorrow Because Dicky had hau angered him time Iho irate old man hind hall warned us Uti that every ery bit of oC our belongings must be out of or his hill gate on in th the stroke of oC noon But It yet yel lacked an hour of the time My y an anger cr rose lose at his in in I and I 1 hurried to the kitchen I oblivious to my may usual deadly fear of ot otan an intoxicated man for I knew time the I habits hibits of our OUI landlord and reasoned J I that hInt ho must have ha nerVed ner himself up UI 1 to lo lal his present l state stat of ot mind lJ by drink I ing Ingo n g. g I nr 1 Vo 1 drink I The Tho sight that lint met rn mj eyes was not calculated d to lessen Ill my indignation i Mr lr lurching unsteadily ll had I carried a Basket asket of jell Jelly glasses fortunately for for- or- or empty to tu tho the open door loor and antI carefully aiming at the nearest tree I wa was smashing them with miraculously accurate aim lm considering considering con con- the condition he hc was in Mr r. r Brennan I spoke sharply h with I cun-I the time tone tono of command 1 I would have ha used to tu a small mall ho boy caught ht In mischief Put those sla glasses sc down at once and anil adl I c leave this house house- until 1 12 o clock o'clock the tho j I time tinie our lelI lease e expires j He lie whirled and faced taN me imie There I Iwas was an ugly gleam m Iel In his eyes eye and for forat I Ian an at Instant I Ce feared eared that he hc meant to throw at mo mc the tho glass blass poised in his I hand Then Ihen ho bowed bowe low a lurching mocking bowAn howAn how bow An its it's the lad lady ho he said m T Then en his tone 1 grow truculent r T war rued ye he lie said Yo can cant can't t tsay sa say 1 I didn't war r ye C I told ye c if ye e weren't out of here by 11 noon lOll o 1 t tako lo c the consequences An n lIm Its It's five n minutes af a I I 1 opened my watch and looked at III it again held it up to m my car In sud sudden en I fear that It ml might ht have stopped But It was still stilt ticking and und reassured I faced steadily A t t Mr Ir Brennan I said quietly it Is only I 11 1 o'clock o'clock- Youre You're either mistaken mistaken mistaken mis mis- taken have have- deliberately or you come hero here an hour ahead of oC time time time- Call me a liar will yo ye yo Mr tr Brennan Bren- Bren nan yelled the th ugly temper which his drinking had roused suddenly raising Its Ilg head Theres nobody In the Ibe man or woman dares do that I J know ye Yero Yoro one of oC these so hl high h dames that Im has e er every every- r- r thin their heir own on wa way Ye Yo talk as yc ye C plaze to I Well ell ye yc wont won't do It tir th ii tulmo Ho lie had put th the tho glass down but hut as ho advanced toward me inc his fist was raised threateningly ly I had a n sudden sickening conviction con that the man nina meant to strike me rue and a shrill scream from roil Katie tlc cowering behind mo me told me inc that she hie too read the lie theman's lieman's mans man's sinister cr purpose And then lien a L entered tho lie I kitchen from the outside nom door a it I whirlwind I nil all arms s and alid shoulders It I seemed scorned d to me mc us I leaned breathless s s I and rind faint against time UK- door loor lending to j the dining room and saw w n William I Trumbull lI his eyes gleaming with the lie lust of battle leap upon tho tall tull figure of my erstwhile iho In landlord Time The conflict which followed will never nc he be sung b by sages but It was notable nol nol- able ahlo for all that The men were of about the same ame ago kO In stature anti and bulk bulJ Mr Brennan outmatched William Trumbull yet et his endurance hind been I lessened II by his Intemperate habits I hUe oYer every Inch of oC Williams William's squat suat frame was toughened bone and sinew sines' Both Doth men were evidently e in the frame Crame of oC mind best described as spoiling for a fight but while Mr lr Brennan Drennan s face faco bore hore simply the grim determination to win the battle there was a look In William illiam Trumbull Trumbulls s usually childlike blue eyes that lint made me mc tremble with an unnamed terror For if ever or a mans man's eyes cye spelled d I murder murdel his did And when after the tho men rhen had 1 ra ell up and down the kitchen the they carried d their conflict through the open door Into tho the yard yard ard I and I j saw them thom fall all to th tb ground together together- Mr Mt Drennan Brennan underneath t I I ran toward them blindly hoping that hat 1 would be he able ahle to lo get William to re release release re- re len lease e the tIme hold which I saw he ha had 1 upon the he other mans man's throat Lt But fortunately Jim drove ro o Into the thC yard at that thru moment Jim who was a 1 giant In pl physique In no nu lime time ho he had I the he combatants parted au and while Mr Ir Brennan leaned gasping s against a tree treo I turned m my attention to William Wh Why did you do that William I asked sternly You ought might have hae havel l 1111 killed 11 Mr Brennan He lie goin oin to hit lilt n u Mis' Mis G ramie Gramie William Silliam returned do doggedly ed You Jim jest like m my old to me so kind and good an I dont don't let live what hurts hurls you ou Continued Tomorrow |