Show REVELATIONS REV OF A WIFE 11 nE i i EX- EX TITANIC IC GOODNESS 1 Iron OR La MY JI lN L But Hut It If i youre you're going to Lo be away several SO sev eral cral weeks Dick Dicky wont won't you Ou need a trunk I I hardly p know knew what I was as saying coming omin r Dicky's s announcement of ot his trip so closely following rollo Cousin A Agathas Agatha's Agatha's Agathas Aga Aga- a- a thas tha's malicious heralding of or tho time same sarno vs no had pla played e havoc oc with my nerve nervo centers I seem seemed cd unable to ordinate co asked the m my thoughts and therefore first questions that came camo Into m my head There was the tamo odd hesitation In Dicky DIcky's s manner that 1 I hL had noticed be be- fore ho he hoh said cald h At At Atan No Xo I dont don't think flo o 0 an any rate not going goin to take taka one 1 had haul hard work to repress s m my aston aston- loa Dicky on a trip of or several oral woks and und living in a rL suU- suU case casc It didn't fit any auy preconceived d I Idea en 1 ha had ever had hod of or tn toy hUl husband llan But nut I Iwas was rapidly rc regaining m my poise and I knew lie better than to express m my s tur- tur ur- ur pris Well ell your Jour suitcase is an nn immense thing I commented carelessly And now no Ill I'll look 1001 up your our things You iou want them in your jour our room loom I suppose No o. o o. o lie Ito seemed tl d un undecided for a moment then spoke with sudden deter deter- Im going to lo be bo fearfully bui busy jy with some somo work ork in m my room Ill I'll Just put a t. t couple o of chairs outside my door and you can pile the timings things on them Then cr whenever I want them I Ican Ican Ican I can got bot them I couldn't keep back one ono question When do you ou tart start ij 1 Hopr You Yuu Can Cnn Tomorrow night Dicky rejoined But Du t I shall ha have o 0 to spon spend a a. good oo part o of tomorrow In tho the ell city so Jo 1 I want to get everything racked tonight lie lIe- stretched his arms above o his head hea headin in a n characteristic gesture one I 1 have havo often onon seen him used when whon er very tired or puzzled Gee Gec H its a peach o of a t. t night he lie said sniffing appreciatively at the odors Goin Going to sit bit out hero again ns-al n 7 There was or I fancied there thero was as a a. certain wistfulness In iii his manner mannor My h heart arl 1 leaped but I madE m my voice oleo casual Indeed I am Its It's too lovely an evening eve 0 ning to spend indoors Im I'm coming comIng- back hero here Just as soon a as I seo to your our things timings But nut that wont won't be er very soon I am afraid The They mn may not bo quite dr dry But dont don't you ou worry Ill I'll have havo them nIl all Y Dont bother too loo much f Dle Dicky's ys y's tone had lost all tho the irritation that had hat characterized his first request for his Ills clothing And And nd If I get ct tho the time I Imay Imay Imay may como down here hero myself el again I 1 hope you ou can I J returned cor- cor It was on the tip of ot my tongue o olo to lo tell him I would wait watt for tor him no matter how late LUo the hour but 1 I wan waa too fearful of or spoiling things It IL wouldn't be Dicky to Q laro that ho he had hat changed hl his mind and LD that It was absurd for tOI mo hlo to lo think of or waiting waiting wait walt tn ing up for him Walt olt for or Him But Dul I knew him well enough to realize that no matter how angry he ho might ht h have ha e been at me or wont oat suspicions might ha have hao o b be been n aroused against me rime ho lie was Mas un unwilling will in to go 0 a awa away aay ay for several several sev sev- eral MC weeks KS without at least an hour or orto two t of oC our time old comradeship Wait ait for him I exclaimed to myself myself my my- self left the veranda as he hc Would I not Indeed M My heart thrilled as nS I set about tho the homely task of or gathering together tos time the clothing for tor which hed he'd asked I put aside from Crom me resolutely all tho the disparaging dis- dis dis thou thoughts I hart had ad cherished against my li husband us band Time enough for fOI forthe forthe the tho inevitable ine judgment of his apparent lack of or patriotism which I knew must como come back to me lie He was going going- aa away for tor weeks and ho evidently meant that his farewell Carewell to mo me should not bo be shadowed shad shad- shadowed owed b by Neither elther would I spoil It b by even oven the ghost host of ot I J knew whom horn I T had to thank for tor forD D Dicky's s chango change of ot mood Ho lie had been with ith his mother ever cr since dinner and had of oC course told her of his trip trip trip- the news which Cousin Agatha had overheard o and anel had brou brought ht to me I Iwas Iwas Iwas was as is sure that he had llad al also o unfolded unfold cd to her his hit real or fancied tancie grievances against ag me as ns if Ie I also had hat been an eavesdropper outside by mother Jn laws s door How Plow I blessed Lillians Lillian's decision to allow me mo to confide to lo my mother-in- mother law tho limo fact tact that I was nas working for forthe forthe forthe the service ser I t It had hat given her the ho key to m my r absences from Crom home it had mn made e her an un enthusiastic all ally of or mine in instead instead In- In stead of a L prejudiced critic and best and best of or all all It It had Iad enabled her ber to soften Dicky's rancor a against me mc I of ot course was sure suro that she hadn't betrayed m my connection with the tho service to him but with her great In Influence over o her son sho she had evidently e been able ablo to allay his suspicious anger With a a. whimsical smile at the thou thought hl of or how far such a sentiment would havo been from rota my lips a year ago aso I murmured d fervently as I busied myself with Dicky's ys y's clothing Thank goo goodness noss for tor m my mother mother-in- ll law Continued Tomorrow |