Show Revelations R s sofa of ofa a Wife 11 Madge nd e I In h Touched b hr by Thought of or th the Wounded Officer Lillians Lillian's parting words followed mo ms disturbingly as I walked down the tho hall hail toward tow wounded officers officer's room It was not tho the first t time since the young oung man at tho the risk of oC his own lIr life had brought me inc In safety safely arel to tho the hospital hospital hospi hospi- tal that I had been annoyed b by references refer to his growing dependence upon me Tho C ohm observations t lo n s we were ro J Justified I I tr moreo moreover b by tho the attitude altitude of oC tho sick man Prom From the time timo when ho had first como come out of oC his delirium by by bym m my hand upon his head ho had r repeatedly repeat repeat- peat peat- cd edly I asked for Cor m me mc And When who'll I 1 was helping to care for tor him he ho clun clung to my hand as a t sick child would to It its mothers If It I moved awo away from Crom tho the bedside his lila eyes oyen followed me mc until I returned and hi his nurse had found Cound out that her rather obstinate ob ob- ob- ob patient would tako take foodS food or medicine most ly from me mc I suspected half that eho sho lie had hall capitalized capitalized capitalized capi capi- tho the discovery er and was making a a. convenience con of oC me that ml-that that In man many cases s she could o have managed without sending for Cor mo mc to holy help her But hut send j for Cor me she he did until I 1 was becoming obsessed b by the tho fear tear that tho the young oun of officers officer's dependence c upon mo inc was Mas a subject for tor hUmo ouli comment amon among tho the nurses The thou thought ht anno annoyed cd me mc greatly b but t tIt It didn't trouble me half so 80 much as as tho the discovery cr that I I. I m was as looking forward each day a with actual eagerness to ID my visits of oC ministration to the wounded wounded man I IM M Swathed Sn In I All 4 my 01 life liCe I have shamefacedly rec roe recognized recognized tried as assiduously to hudo and to suppress an clement element in my person personality person parson I u utterly In incongruous Ig to the tho ho rest of m my make up Tins Tills is a passion for or the lue romantic the a adventurous venturous the bizarre ure It Is the secret room In m my mi nature to which OleIc Dicky brought th the unlocking ke key in the golden days das of oC his whirlwind whirlwind whirlwind whirl whirl- wind courtship of ot me mc Dut Hut alas life Is no longer a romantic adventure ad to DIck Dicky and me mo It Is more mom like a n. humdrum Jog trot up ui and down j I tho the hills and vales ales of oC a prosaic road i varied ared with only onh occasional spots ot of I I beauty varied also mores also mores more's the pity pity t I by stretches of oC exceedingly rough roush goIng go- go ing Not since the days of ot my first acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac with Dickey Dicke when over every overs- sight of oC his face faco was a a. romantic adventure adventure ad- ad ad ad- venture have I been been so flO fascinated by I an any personality as I have havo been b by the shrouded mystery entity whom I 1 know now only onh as the wounded officer down the hall hail lIe He Is a man towering above his tel fel fellows lows this sold r chap who saved m my life In such splendid fashion at the sima time limo capturing single banded a most dangerous enem enemy spy epy The Tho stor story of or that day at tho the Inn rivalled the most exciting romantic tale talo which I had ever eYer read put to shade shads tho the cx- cx ex 1 1 I I of oC the favorite a fiction heroes of oC m my school schoolgirl days dos I The Tho remembrance of ot that portion of oC the exciting drama in which it was as m my privilege to act a. a a. a minor role was cY ever r present with me while Lillians Lillian's recital of or the wounded officers officer's arrival at the Inn with his sullen captive crouching at his side and m my unconscious figure i Sn In tho th of ot the machine ho had II i I driven from Irom tho the Inn had thrilled me rae f i tremendously Part of ot my m unusual in- in I j I terest in In the visits I mide to his his sick sek i I r room la lay in the tho hope I ha hail had that some someday I I I day I would hear hoar from Crom his own lips tho the j i I missing links of f tho the exciting exciting- story atory It or S B nn no nn hut hilt lilma hm lf lf S supply up ply I But so far there e h had c come no word of oC enlightenment from Crom him lie Ho had talked sl sloWly vh haltingly of r man many trifling tri trl- ui- ui fling things but after he ha had once satisfied himself of or my my- safety safely he ho hadn't referred again to his his- perilous trip from tho the inn He lie hail hadn't t even mentioned his own name and his mental mental mental men- men tal condition had been HO so precarious that no one had dared to ask ask him con con- corning It I Romance mystery valor alor swathed him It was no wonder he hc oc occupied oc- oc a n. far tar larger larser portion of oC my dally daily I thoughts than I cared to admit e even evento eli t to to myself I His lila HIs nurse nurs greeted me with relief Just outside his door She Sho e evidently bad had been watching for tor meHo me mc Ho IIo Is very cry restless she nho said eald an and has been asking for tor you ou repeatedly But he seems Beems better botter and brighter than he ha has yc yet yet- been I think If It you OU sit nit by him awhile and let him hire tell you OU the st story r o ot of his lifo life It will do him a a. world of C good I t. t f t liar Her words were light careless her hor eyes smiling Was it lt fancy tany or did I read behind her manner mann r a. a the th blood to my checks cheeks |