Show Revelations of a i Wife BY ADELE GARRISON I MAlICE MADGE WHEN SIll SILK AWO OJe A Well you certainly are arc the prize trouble-maker trouble of ot the universe Ma Madge e Again It was Lillians Lillian's taco face that met net m my eyes as I awoke from a lo lon long r refreshing re re- re freshing sleep But this time limo there was no anxiety In them an and I know from her words and manner that she would answer the question I was so 10 to put to her My sensations wore were far different than than- at my first awakening awakening- that terrifying ter ter- return to life lICo from Crom a a. long long- period pe po- nod of or unconsciousness While I roal- roal that I was still unable to resume my usual activities I had hul dropped thorn then yet et I felt ell stron strong enough to 1 t talk l with Lillian In Indeed that was tho the only wish I ha had Lillians Lillian's very presence tho the oC offhand hand raillery which was so characteristic of ot her were In la themselves a tonic But nut they thoy were not tim tho only medicine s I Ihan I han hall received Since that first blurred awakening I had been half conscious i of or being partly roused a number of times time just long lone enough to receive I draughts or potions which must havo have I done dono tho the work designed for thorn for forI I I felt folt their effects in tho the strength that seemed flowing lowing hack t to mo me I answered d I Lillians Lillian's raillery with wilh a smile and ani thon then my C eyes CS traveled around the thc ro room fm In which I found myself my my- self sel self self-a n. n pleasant one ono with an in open fire dainty white whito curtains at the windows a n. chiffonier nn and table of spotless white I t two o or three rockers also so of ot white and tho the white Iron be- be bed bei i uP upon which h ch- ch chas I I as was Vr 1 Till 1111 1 Is Fine I suppose I am in a a. hospital I said Your suppositions a are eminently correct correct correct cor cor- oh Vl Jr returned Lillian And now Ill ln just hand han you another supposition and that Is Js that youre you're not going g to talk taUt until after your break break- fast lh Then rhen n Ill I'll tell teU you all all after after the most approved third-act third fashion Tho Timo opened and amid the thc same sweet sweet- faced nurse whom I had hall seen with Lillian Lil Lii- han lian upon m my first and n. o of whom i I J Im had been beell va vaguely conscious during my brief brIo rousing's In tho thio night to take tako the tho nourishment sIre sho offered camo caine Into Limo tho room Ah Ahi sho she said smiling smiling- this is fine line z Now ow for some somo breakfast I liked hor her immediately and tho the meIng Ilk lik ing ing- wasat lessoned lessened when after shopping step shop ping quietly out of ot tho the room and anil glIng gl ing her breakfast order sho she came back and In tho the deftest manner J possible sponged my face faco and arid hands brushed and hraf braided ll my hair hall and nail go- go o- o lilt stiff kig to tu ti al brought from It Jt Itu ita u IL breakfast Jacket which I r recognized as on ono onu of ul my own No Vo i For a a. moment I won wondered er wildly Jy at t tI I ibo appearance of ol this familiar article I. I of ot my wardrobe In this strange hospital hospi hospi- tal then I looked at Lillian comprehension comprehension compre compre- hension dawning dawning- In my eye eyes You havo have been at my house Guilty as charged In ia tho the Indictment Indict indict- mont ment Lillian retorted lightly Now get c Into this and then Ho back an and shut your eyes until your breakfast comes Thero There was as no disputing Lillian I felt that I could wheedle oven even tho the calm professional looking trained nurse moro more casil easily than I t could my friend So after the nurse had put mo me into my breakfast jacket I obediently obedient lay by back backas as Lillian Llllian ha hail had told mo and closed m my oyes eyes But I was trembling trembling- with impatient longing longing- to hear tho account of or what had happened after I had fallen fallon unconscious unconscious to 10 the grass of or the tho inn lawn I and when tho the nurse camo came back ck with a tray holding holding- ono one of or the daintiest breakfasts breakfasts break c fasts I Id I'd ever seen soon served I tried to cat rot as ns rapi rapidly ly as I possibly could In Inor or order cr to hasten tho the moment of or revelation reve rove lation bUon from Lillian But I found that If I proposed Lillian Lil LII- han lian and the d disposed No thin do Ing lug at at all all at all all In in this stuffing stunt Lillian drawled reaching out an efficient hand n and removing removing- tho plate from th tho tray while whilo the nurse nurs smilingly took away my coffee coUce cup CUI You must cat eat and drink very slowly slow slow- ly Jy the nurse said In her best professional protes- protes manner I Youre both horrid I sa-I sa said but Ill I'll be oo g-oo good On honor laughed Cross my heart retorted All right Tight and my breakfast camo back ba Now then Lillian said competently when under their inexorable eyes I had finished my rny meal and tho the nurse nurie ha had laid Id mo me comfortably down own again what a t do ilo o you want to know first t 7 Was W that officer killed hilled I asked breathlessly sly Continued tomorrow |