Show REV REVELATIONS Ill I'll OF A WIFE WHAT T DOES COUSIN AGATHA I KNOW OP THAT I I started after Dicky y in consternation I as he left the veranda cranda where here we had hall I eaten our dinner The meal be begun un so 50 auspiciously hn had ended with my husband hus h 1 I band in a mood I didn't understand at atall atall all aU nn and 1 thought Id I'd become used to all varieties during my life with him I His words Im not quite the blind bat you think me mo echoed in m my ears but It wasn't so BO much the tho words as tS tho the glance that accompanied them 1 which puzzled and terrified m me For or if It ever I saw suspicion Ull ugly ana ants cold I saw it In my husbands husband's eyes as ho pushed back bad his bin chair and rose from the table I t I had seen Dicky fiercely Jealous ana anc wildly wild 1 angry before I knew the ab absolute nb- nb solute unreason of ot him when ho was in ina ina ina a rage race but there was a new element clement In tho feeling I read read or fancied I read in his eyes ees a sinister coldness which I never ne before benr htA I 1 I cast about b ut- ut swiftly l y in my mind Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the reason Ills HIs discovery cr of my lunching lunching lunching lunch lunch- ing a deux with Harry Underwood 1 at tho the Flour Fleur do dJ Lis tea room would ordinarily have been explanation enough h of ot his present anger anser as well wen as lS of ot his moroseness and aDd coldness j sinco that memorable da day Cut But contrary contrary contrary con con- to his hla usual explosive habit of i threshing out any question that displeases displeases dis dis- pleases him ho hadn't referred to that meeting by word nor look since I I had explained lne his silence to myself myself my my- I self seH by two suppositions first that Harr Harry Underwood's woods adroit manner of carrying off ort tho situation had convinced convinced con con- vinced Dick Dicky that our rendezvous was an accidental one second b by the tho fact th that t his own presence at tho the tea ten room accompanied by Edith Fairfax bad had left eft efthim him with no excuse for anger against me inc I Arent You Yon Afraid f I Iio No io I decided there must be some other reason for Dicky's suspicious auger anger an au- I ger er than tho tea room contretemps A cold shiver ran down m my spine as asI asI asI I contemplated the tle possibility of his 1 having H learned of oC tho the midnight expedition expedition tion lion to Long Long Island Island I had taken for the I secret ecret service I couldn't explain to Dicky why I had gone gone my my promise to S Lillian LUllan forbade mo but mo but If It ho had learned learne that m my companion upon that I trip tP was Allen AJlen Drake I di didn't nt wonder at his attitude I I leaned my ray head upon my hands In sudden 6 for there was but hitt nn one way in which C Dicky could iLc have out anything about that trip The i Image of or Grace Draper mocking de- de I roso rose before mo me I know that her lice mall malignant mant enmity to mo me never I slum slum- r beret If It sho she could have havo managed to I convey her knowledge to Dicky she sho I would most assuredly have done clone so Katie came camo out softly ostensibly to i I clear tho the table As An she hie bent over tho the dishes sho she muttered In a L low voice olce Look out vance ounce Misses Graham Dot ol old cat omans sho she co coom om down stairs You not vant ant her see sec you like dot doL doLI I blessed Katies Katie's shrewd thoughtfulness thoughtful thoughtful- ness neBS as I raised m my head I couldn't hear Cousin Agathas Agatha's footsteps she footsteps sho creeps around tho house as noiselessly I as a cat cat but but tho the almost psychic antipathy antipathy an an- I bear her told me sho was I an-I at tho threshold of ot the tho veranda before she spoke I Arent yon you afraid you ou will take cold Margaret she purred and the unusual hone honeyed cd accents of or her tones warned arned me rue that there was as some sorno purpose in her I seeking me Oh no no indeed I returned making my own voice carelessly cheerful Its altogether too warm an evening to take takeI I cold r Richard evidently think so I she said The rite People Dick Dicky has gono gone up to see his Ills mother moth moth- er or I returned As you ou know that's I a visit ho lie never omits making Yes I 1 know lenow she sho returned in her flat monotonous tones Richard Is si a. sivery very attentive son HIs Ills mother will miss him sorely I 1 with amazement but butr r luckily mado made no sound expressing astonishment I was glad Slad that the tho darkness hl hid my face But I knew that the thc malicious old woman oman was waiting waSting like a a. ghoul for some answer from me Yes Indeed I 1 answered with em era- 1 t heard her S' S give o a a. little gasp Then you ou know she fihe saidI said sal saidI I 1 know v many things I returned enigmatically m What hat seems to be bo eSpecially es especially eS- eS on your our mind Cousin Agatha Can I 1 help you in an any way No o thank you She Sho bit off oel the tho words as though she were viciously ic snapping a a. thread But Dut I would ad- ad vIc Iso you ou to como come in out of that damp air Youre You're a cr very wl wise o woman Margarct Margaret Mar Mar- garet aret of ot course but I dont don't think wIsdom wisdom wis wIs- dom dora will die with you ou And tho the wisest wisest wis wis- est cst people slip up sometimes She Sho flounced away Y and an Involuntary olun In tary lary crossed m my lips as I realized that 1 i had effectually thwarted the malicious little surprise which she Mho had purposed to spring upon me mo Then Thon tho smite was wiped from my lips as I Idl dl digested tho real meaning oC of her hor words She Sho mu must t have ha h been en eavesdropping eavesdropping- Dicky never would have taken her into his lila confidence but confidence but the tho purport of her words terrified me Dicky must be going away Co Continued flU nu Tomorrow |