Show REVELATIONS OF A WIFE now HOW M. S' S TUB TILE I CODE MISS G 1 Lifo Life seemed drab indeed to m mo me upon I Dicks Dicky's s 's departure the tho day following I endured his from home I 1 could have ha going better I fan fancy C if It thero there had been strained relations relations relations rela rela- no chan change c IA In tho the rather ther toward each other othor wo o had hod borne f for some time But Dick Dicky had redeemed his tentative veranda randa promise to come back to the when ho had finished pack packing InS InS' And Anti Andin in the fragrant fras spring evening we wo had had one ono of oC our golden hours one un un- shadowed by an any doubt of oC each other unspoiled b by recriminations The memory of oC m my hu husbands husband's bands band's arms of his caresses his murmured words o of endearment made mado the prospect of week cel perhaps months without him dreary Indeed There was a puzzling note in ni m my memories also ono one that vaguely troubled me mo as I looked back upon tho those e last hours with m my husband for our farewells tho the next da day when ho no had left leCt for the city had been of oC the briefest There had been an elusive something in Dicky's manner that seemed to presage a longer parting parting than the several cral weeks of at which ho hoSPI spoke SPI I tried to rl rid myself of the idea to persuade myself that my imagination had been working overtime o as I Dick Dicky himself would have O expressed ed it But 1 I could banish neither it nor another another another an an- other impression that Impression that my husband had more marc than once been on the brink of a confidence Dee to me ono one that he had re repressed repressed re- re pressed b by sheer will power Sheer fancies these I told myself stern sternly Yet so 80 strong were vere th they that the they troubled me sorely I tried in vain aln to argue myself out of In my depression and finally in desperation resolved to take a long tramp in order to get tho the cobwebs out of ot m my brain I put on stout walking boots bool a short skirt and comfortable gloves and tho the light lightest cst smallest hat 1 ha had I detest carrying a wrap but I have have- found out b by experience that Long LonS Island temperatures tem tem- temperatures are arc exceedingly variable so 50 soI I threw a lightweight sweater over m my arm I also took m my handbag for I Iwas Iwas Iwas was resolved to lunch at ono one of the wayside inns with which the roads around m my home are arc dotted There remained 1 but one thing to be done I took the tho Important secret t code codo which was trusted to me mo first firt b by my father and then b by Allen Drake from tram its hiding place in my clothing and put putt It t securely away in the old Chinese vase of oC my In- mothers mother's which seemed al almost almost almost al- al most to have hao been designed for or such a no hiding place so well adapted was It for its purpose Then I fastened all the windows securely resolving the while that now Dicky was awa away and I was free Cree to do things thing's without his questioning question question- ing I would lose 1050 no time In having hl stout iron bars window TT U 1 1 t put on my 01 L 1 nt er t Lue to VI L of Ui UL the LUC Lilt loc WI WImy I I my mr door being broken I had a few I days before engaged a locksmith to put puta tuta ut tut uta a special combination lock upon It lt I There were two keys kes which heretofore I I had l kept But as I shut my door or be behind behind behind be- be hind me a sudden thought made mado mo me draw my breath quickly me Fire This menace menaco had never before crossed m my mind My 1 brain had been so 80 obsessed b by tho the possibility of at the tho I papers being stolen that I had entirely entire entire- ly overlooked o this equally probable danger 1 Mentally calling down sown anathemas I upon rn rev iny head for my stupidity I crossed the hall h to my mother laws room for tor the briefest of ot moments moments moments mo mo- ments I hadn't h seen her hor since Cousin I Agatha had brou brought ht tho the news of ot Dicky's intended departure And I fancied fancied fan Can cled as ali I entered that the welcome she gave o Kayo me was Vas a bit strained her atti tude tudo toward mo me something less than the enthusiastic appreciation sho had given to nay my confidence concerning my work woric in the tho t service cr Cousin Agatha atha who had opened the door loor for me mite sniffed audibly as I 1 bent over m my mother-in-law mother and anti herI herI herI her I suppose you ou wont won't need me now Harried Z she said meek meekly Not ot for five minutes of or so iny my mother law returned dryly drIy I 1 will send bend word to you ou by 11 Margaret when she sho goes gocs There was seas nothing else olse for tho the malicious malicious ma ma- licious old woman to ro to but to take tako herself herselt out of the tho room room which sho did with a flounce and another sniff How lIow sho she docs does love you youl my moth moth- law er said reflectively ol as ns tho the door clotted cloned behind her cousin Yc her devotion Is touching I 1 re returned returned re- re turned In kind Then I lowered my voice to the lightest of murmurs rm Im I m going out mother 1 said raid al and H II t Just occurred to lo mo mn that that that-I I know Its It's fire I silly but but that lue- lue house might catch And you want me to take tako care of something it It does docs sho she Interrupted shrewd shrewdly I i iY Yes s J I 1 returned pressing tho the l key cy into her hand This IH is ono one of oC tho the ko koys to m my door door I I havo bavo tho the other Jf It anything any any- thing should hould happen have havo Katlo open the door and bring that Chinese vase ot of my mothers mother's to 10 you ou Then dont don't back let lct It get out Ut of y your our Ur siB sight ut until I 1 get To TIn Eft Continued Continual l Tomorrow |