Show REVELATIONS OF A WIFE r will WHY 31 U. TRANSFERRED HER IiER TO A VERANDA TAU I. I Tho vague menace I had sensed when I faced the tho crowd of ot Teutonic celebrants cele cele- celebrants brants In tho Inn room dining-room seemed I to hover ho over me all nIl through tho the elaborate elaborate elaborate orate luncheon which I had ordered bo- bo o- o c. c cause causo uso of m my wish to have havo plenty le of or limo timo to watch the metamorphosed windmilL That nn any one of or tho the group roup of persons persons persons per per- sons at tho the next table could cheerfully have o wrung m my neck I was sure Their faces were vero dark dare and lowering the few glances g I encountered hostile although the they L were we-o cro careful to keep their eyes eos averted from me I If I hadn't been so uneasy uncas- I could havo laughed at tho the painful p precision and diction o of their them English They wore evidently trying to erase crase the Impression impression impression im Im- of ot gabbling g gutturals which I had heard when I first stepped Into I the tho dining And their conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- I tion was as Innocuous as that to be bo I heard at a childs child's birthday part party The woman In whose blouse I had s seen seen een tho the edge e of tho the German flag laS peeping peep peep- I ing had evidently seized the first opportunity op op- when whon my eyes were turned awa away from her to tuck tucle the tho emblem completely out of or sight At an any rate no vestige of It was to be seen when next I looked at her But if IC th tho glance of or an ore eye could slay sla I should never have havo finished hed my luncheon A Dhu Disconcerting T or I I I I I s I i i. treed Ln u 10 to myself that mat the I Iague vague ague terror I felt creeping over o me mo was on only 1 a fl figment ment of m my imagination The black looks of or the people at the next table didn't alarm mo But tho the fact that the ferret faced youth who had hind consulted his notebook and showed it to his neighbor had loft left the tho dining dining- room a few fow moments later lator did disturb me I was obsessed with the l idea ea that his patent excitement when ho he had looked over tho the written pages had concerned concerned con con- I cerne me I The voice of or the waiter at my elbow I made me start atari In his hand he held helda a tray with an uncorked bottle of or orvIne wino v and a glass s. s Mme Hofer's Horer's compliments ho said bowing Sho She says sas this is wine wino of her own making But I never novel drink wine The words rose to m my lips then something something- stayed them thom Please thank Ime Hofer for mo me me mes meI I II I said and leave leac the wino wine I dont don't I caro care for It Jt with this course I will se servo serve r c myself later WUI With a sudden impulse the orl origin ln of which 1 I did not nol stop to analyze I raised m my eyes swiftly and looked at atthe the tho people at the other table l livery Every cry I pair of or eyes ces there was as gazing at mo me intently and I fancied I saw a 3 of ot expectation in them What Vhal it all meant 1 didn't know The thought that tho wine might ht be drugged crossed my mind but hut I laughed at myself oven as ash I thought of or it tho the Idea seemed t so o wildly melodramatic W Iere A whimsical recollection of or Tom Saw Sawyer cr and the tho crack in tho the floor which ho fed with pain killer hiller flashed into m my mind In th the utterly Incomprehensible incomprehensible incomprehensible way In which fancies como come But it stayed with me I 1 wondered if Ie In n some way I 1 couldn't pretend to drink tho the wine and then watch carefully the actions of ot Mme Hofer HoCer and her guests Such a trick was Impossible however how how- over ever under tho furtive watching Latching eyes cyca of the men and women at nt the other table I thought hard for tor a moment then summoned the tho waller waiter hovering near think I would like to finish I my dinner at one ono of or the little tables on the tha veranda I said h gIL ing as good an Imitation Imitation imitation Imi Imi- tation as I could of a bored woman with witha a sudden caprice to gratify Please take the wine out there and bring m my salad and berries and coffee to me lne there I handed him a piece of silver or as I spoke Ills His show v of oC gratitude didn't hi do the tho consternation In his eesI eyes ees I am afraid madame will not be comfortable out there ho stammered I r will be bo tho the judge of that I re returned returned returned re- re turned curtly Please bring tho the things at on once co Conscious that every even eye oyo was following following follow follow- ing InS me I preceded the disapproving walter waiter to the veranda resolving resol to choose a table which should not be directly beneath a window There Thero was another reason for my decision to transfer the location of or my m- table than my mo wish to camouflage o b by abstinence from Mme tIme Hofer's Voters wine I J had ll a distinct dis lIs- distinct longing for fOl the sl sight ht of Pets Pet's punishing Jaw and powerful frame But when I reached the veranda Pete wad wa was nowhere to bo be seen |