Show I REV REVELATIONS NS OF A WIFE I IS THElin SO Volt Ion 1 TO ro 1 If I had bad been more experienced In earIng what Dick Dick Dicky calls a poker face faco my countenance would auld never have h betrayed to the people sitting around tho the inn dining table that 1 had seen the German flag peeping from the of or one ono of the women at the table And nd before I 1 could control m myself my my- self Eele m my face had flushed and my eyes ces had flashed In anger angor hl at the lie woman who had dared display tho the enem enemy flag on American soil solI In my 01 anger I forgot discretion arid and stood still for a moment my e eyes es fixed upon the edge of or the lie flag Tho Tito next moment I had tal taken en an step forward and I dont don't know what shat I might have have- said or d dOne ne if it biers bier's I smooth voice ha hadn't nt recalled me inc to my my- self self reminded reminded me that I had need for poise instead o or emotion I Well do you ou like them as as' well as ever cr she asked I turned turne quick quickly for her voice olce had a I ragged un undertone beneath Its smoothness smooth smooth- ness flees that told me she sho had noticed m my emotion Her c eyes es were dark with I suspicion as 38 I turned but I could see I that lint she sho was trying hard har to conceal tho ho j I feeling beneath a mask mallk of oC casualness I smothered the tho flume flame of anger In m mj my I Ic c eyes es with a a. blanket of or feigned ned cordial cordial- It ity cordial I Oh yes indeed I returned speaking speak speak- ing In Iii a louder tono tone than that which j I ordinarily use In or order that the people at the lie table should hear me mc Every E thIn tIling thing looks exactly tho time same as when I Iwas Iwas I was last here If you'll 0 only give memy me memy I my 01 old table b by the window indo ow I shall bc be perfectly happy I My f old table b by 13 tho the window windon was one olle which commanded a view vie of or tile the wind wind- mill I waited with a little catch of ot Iii my breath duo to a vague sense of or something i r unknown menacing in the tIme I I I I I un u uc HIe a S reply It came camo promptly enough hh h. h I. I Why h surely Mme me Graham er E Every Every- I thing tiling shall be bc a as you ou wish Shall I show you ou m my own lavatory now I I didn't stop to analyze the thc impulse Impulso which made me mo reluctant to follow Collow her herto to her own apartment I 1 only answered promptly and carelessly I Oh it Isn't worth North the bother Mme Hofer Ill I'll just freshen up In the little la ator lavatory or off the hall hail which I remember perfectly As I 1 spoke I 1 turned and walked wake I toward the lavatory la or of which I J spoke II I knew that if it Mine fmc Hofer HoCer dl didn't nt wish to show her hand openly she wouldn't t try tn to persist In her imitation to use her het o own n lavatory lavator Instead of or tho ho public one provided pro for Cor the tho feminine guests With nth like lightning quickness sue sho chan changed erl her point of attack I 1 had tal taken en but a a. half dozen steps stepH Pete patI pat- pat i at al m my heels when she called out i shrilly Mme Graham one minute please I turned as she came hurried hurriedly I up to tomoo moo mo e. e I IA A thousand pardons ons but I J must tell tc-ll you ou w we cannot allow your dog Inside He can sta stay on tho the veranda can ho ha not I I 1 looked at her fixedly I I this a new regulation I asked slowly I distinct distinctly remember see seeing Ins I J dogs In hero lucre at nt different times last I II I year ear And Arid my dog Is very cry qui quiet ct He lie will disturb no one oxie I Last aRt year ear yes she said But nul we I had to o many complaints about them that hint w we had hall to make mn-ko a rigid rule against thorn them I am so 80 torr sorry but you jou OU j will see eo how it Is I am BUI sure etc out I ISho j She Sho didn't look In the tIme least sorry but I she was Inflexible I yielded instantly I It t doesn't matter In the thc least I Isaid I Isaid said although the vague ague feeling of I j menace again swept over o me mc Come Pete 1 I J walked to the veranda randa and amid spoke In Ina Ina Ina I a low tone lone to the clog Ile 1410 down here Pete and remember dont don't move till I 1 come I I 1 had always understood that lint Pete I Iob ob obeyed ed commands Im Implicitly But for some somo reason or 01 other he dl didn't nt wish to stay on the veranda veranda- I made mado three fruitless attempts attE to 10 re enter thu tho house without his following inc rno Then a trifle impatient I scolded ed him severely sc even e I struck him a light ht blow with a folded folde newspaper which I 1 picked up from fromn one i lof of the veranda chairs At last he lay 3 still only onh- his ores eyes protesting protesting- as ns I went back bac back Into tho the dining room without him I J washed wat-hed m my hands ani and arranged d my hair hall quihi lul II In the little lavatory l off oft I the halt hall and then proceeded to my mr table at th the window at which the time omni bus had already placed silver china a carafe of oC water u It plate of time crusty Vienna rolls which are lii 11 my especial fa favorite ra- ra I onto and the time hors hora d'oeuvres for which the tIme Inn Is just justly tamed famed among Its na patrons t ro as in the Notebook The Thc familiar perfect pc service service- made me mc feel almost as 38 If IC mj my suspicions wi-ro wi I I mere mer chimeras of oC lii my brain I 1 attacked the rolls and appetizing relishes oraI vora- vora I for m my hunger r was keen after I my mv hours hour In the open But Dut all the time t. t 1 was conscious of or furtive hostile scrutiny upon the tIme artof part hart of the tIme people at al the big table and pretending not miot to fi o them I 1 observed I ono one of the men a thin thill e ferret eyed ed I youth pull from Irom his pocket a a. notebook k i consult a page paa In It and then with an anI anair all air of excitement show how It Il to his neigh h- h I I bor Ho lie didn't look toward towar me imie limit hut something something some sonic thing tIming about the tIme episode gave me the tIme v wild rIdiculous idea that upon th the tho page I or of that notebook was vas something that concerned me imie I Continued tomorrow I II I I I I I I |