Show I Revelations of a Wife I I W no MA UGH U. m 10 GET GE I Frim In VOI I OID OI TO rElt JI II IllS HIS STORY lOll lOllI I I I was as Ju just jUIt t going to sa say when I r ras was as wasi i Interrupted the tho wounded officer quoted smiling i An answering understanding ln smile quirked tho con corners comers rs of or my mr mouth forthe for forthe I the tho old Autocrat Is Js one ono of oC my own owa fa favor favorites fa- fa vor it es I I am glad s-Ia l you rou are arc quoting him correctly cor- cor 1 returned I Ah A gleam s loam of ot appreciation en came camo mo pinto Into his eyes eyes So you OU like him too I I Love Lo him I retort retorted promptly Rut nUt I dont don't want to tall talk about bout him himI I now no Im I'm too anxious tl to hear the j story ston you ou promised to tell me mo I I Xay fair tall fair lad lady Im I'm afraid you OU are uC mistaken I promised you nothing I if I remember corr correctly he answered When hen the nurse and tho the came carne carneIn in so 80 Inopportunely you ou had just JUNt proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed has ns I. I a bargain that we wc tell each other nil all There was a 3 note of gaiety s-alet In his hist t I voice oleo at which I wondered for a n. moment mo- mo ment for or there had always Iwan been something some thin thing grim r. almost saturnine about i him Then rhen I realized the truth that his gaiety was altogether forced that I In his chivalrous consideration for moho melto mo me moho ho wished to atone for tho the discomfort he had caused used mo me by his questions conc concerning my 01 marital happiness and was assuming a t. t lightness g of or demeanor h ate lio W was M far r from feeling In order OTiler to I jJ put t mo at t-my- t my case There Thero was but one thing thins for mo me to todo todo todo do and that was to carry rry on my share of or tho conversation In the thc same samo vein Of or course I cant can't dl dispute the word of ot an officer and a gentleman n I retorted re retorted retorted re- re and was surprised to sec see a quick spasm of pain distort his features features fea fea- tures at my 01 words It was gone hone the r next Instant an and l his face faco and yes eyes were weri as calm aIm and Inscrutable as over ever but I 1 had distinctly soon seen the tho paroxysm and I wondered wonder d greatly nt nl it 1 Was as as it possible that Fome some tra tragedy erly la lay behind the m mystery ten of or his identity I know that ho hadn't yet ret revealed l his name to tho hospital authorities and tho the officer to whom he had turn turned d over O tho the prisoner r. r Ernest had not t visIted visited vis vis- Is- Is the hospital since tho the wounded mar man marhad ha had l been lIeen able to talk J I bou brought b ht myself back to the topic In IrL hand han with an effort Tho The officers officer's history I 1 reminded myself was no affair affair af af- fair of or mine That rUst he lie hadn't yet ret an answered an- an 11 my last observation was something something some some- thing thins for Cor me to cover er If I could mann manage c to do so unobtrusively Well rU Here GOOK Goes But you ou surely surch aren't arent going to make mo wait alt alt for your story until I t toll tell 1 mine I asked a note of pretended pleading ln in my toy voice His Ills eyes softened l lightened at my mr words I I suppose that would be refined cruelty h he said smiling Well c 11 here hero goes OfoS but I warn you oU it isn't a u. particularly particularly I larl tl pr pretty story non I L sat up every nerve thrilling At l llast last J 1 was nR to hear the rest of the I drama 1 l Cd at the tho inn nn What was ns tho the last thing you OU knew ho lip asked an and I realized with witha I a CL little f fooling feeling l of r resentment that man-like man he did dill not Intend to waste nay any words on things thinS's I already alread knew As for me I 1 would have boon blon s-la s glad l to hear the whole stor story retold Did Ild 11 He lie Th Throw rot H altI lit alt litI t tI I UI felt folt m myself clr losing consciousness I r replied replie and saw the tho man called I Earnest L starting toward mo moAh moAh mo Ah A It yes yea e he ho interrupted a. a troubled look coming into lato his eyes eos You were l when I f gave O von vou th the task tak of or covering orin Ernest with that automatic and I never ne know knew It lt l h Why didn't you ou tell mo me Docs Does It matter now I asked quietly o No-o o. o-o. I suppose not h he admitted not not as long as JS you oure ro safe and sound And I never could have ha managed the theother theother theother other affair without you on hand to take t care of or Ern Ernest st st. Did you ou see nee anything anything any any- thin thing that happened at tt tho the windmill Not a 1 thing I 1 r returned turned I heard I an explosion and as I fell to tho the thoI I j round ground I must have havo pressed tho the trl trigger trig trig- ger gr of or the automatic for or I heard hear l it go hO goI I off an and then I know knew nothing more Did Otto succeed In blowing up the wireless wireless wire Ire Ireless less plant Otto only succeeded In n blowing himself himself him him- I self elC to hl his lils appointed place among the tho flames tho the officer answered grimly After Alter he had 1 shot you you and and remember remembers I be bers ber I had no idea his aim had hall been so flO good until after aCter I picked d you Ou up up up-he he rushed back into the wireless windmill windmill wind wind- I mill and n aa as I got Jot almost to the en entrance entrance entrance en- en trance he rushed rushe l out again with some sonic someI infernal smoking contrivance In his I hand I believe e ho thought ht he could put mo out of oC commission rescue Ernest nn and l then destroy tho the wireless at his leisure He stopped evidently In reminiscent thought of or Olto's Otto's desperation I could not restrain m my Impatience eDid e. e Did he throw It l at you Z I asked breathlessly Continued Tomorrow |