Show I Revelations of V a Wife I DAYS DAS DA S 'S Aim tItE TO JIP UP Captain Grantland IUd did not leave leavo tho the hospital I after all upon th the tho 3 da clay he had bad set for himself Ills His imperious will which had so enabled him to triumph over tits lis weakness ss and delirium had in turn been conquered d by tho the consequences consequences consequences conse conse- of at his rr Indiscretion IIo lIo had insisted upon being allowed to tall talk to mo me undisturbed had told I me the story of or tho the dramatic happen- happen I In ins S s at the tho inn and had In turn listened lis lIs- lIste te toned ned to my talc of or the tho events before his appearances appearance lie IIo had done dono this I against ag the protests of his nurse and nd he paid for his biB disobedience by an nn I extra da day or two of or pain and weak weak- ness Therefore It 11 was wa four Cour days after our conversation instead d of oC the two the hart had promised him when ho Ile hotin I tin finally ally said adieu to tho the hospital Ho ha had l bidden me mo good by tho the day before b fore for for when when 1 I was a assured s that hi his tall with me mt had h done him no nola lasting la injury injury injury-I I know knew l w n that there wa wano was no further need of oC m my pr presence enco at tho the hospital And my wound had healed so 50 far tar that there would bo be no difficulty difficulty culty In holstering bolstering oJ to Cousin Agatha the tho statement that my Injury hart had been caused by 11 being struck stuck b by an annu automobile nu tomo bUe When you When you lo I found out ant something else elso when I t went to bid the tho convalescent con h hero ro roT I T could auld think of or him In no other othor terms terms I realized that it was w high time timo I went Vent home homo and had certain things out with my own soul For POI I T found that I w was going gOlD home with the th greatest reluctance And It ItI was wag reluctance based upon no othor other I I feeling than tho the awed and admiring enjoyment I 1 had In tho the society of the i officer who had saved savell me from d death ath Curiously enough I did not sense c any ny disloyalty to Dick Dicky in tho the feeling I was experiencing even though tho I contrast between my rny husbands husband's atti nUl- attitude tudo tude toward tho the world war and that laC of this thi dashing heroic figure figuro lg ro kept forcing itself upon mo me in of oC m my strenuous efforts to bury bun It so deep that I 1 should never nevor bo be ablo able to o think about It iL iLMy My 1 feeling resembled the shy hero hero- worship of oC a schoolgirl rather than an any oth other r fooling feeling and I blamed 10 mye myself my- my e self lf lC bitterly for Cor my weakness when the tho full cun force of or it burst upon mo me at nt attoe tho toe moment of oC nt my parting with the tho wounded officer Whether or not he hall hail asked the tho nurse to leave the room I do not know Jenow At any rate rate I r had bad no sooner entered dressed for m my trip home than sho she rose and with a 1 formal word of salu alu salutation tattoo tation and excuse went quietly away The TIc officer o r evidently c determined to ho hoa a sick man no longer v aa a In his lIs uniform and seated catell In an easy chair b by the window ow As T I came into the room he ho rose ros to his foot font and drew a chair for o mo near near nc I him The Tho did not seem t to notice this unwise proceeding on the tho part ofa of oC a a. man with so fiO little strength Indeed d. d d. d I I 1 had a conviction that she h had harl washed her hands of oC responsibility for her refractory patient patient but but a as sho she closed tho the door behind her 1 I toot took tho the chair from his hand You mustn't exert yourself elt like l Ull title this I admonished him Please sit down n When you you do he said 5 weakly but obstinately and antI as 8 he spoke I saw the tiny beads of or perspiration betokening betokening his rare rore- ening weakness start upon head hend I sat down quickly for Cor evidently e there thero was waR no disputing him and he ho sank back into his hia own chair lr with a n little involuntary sigh of or relief and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew his handkerchief across his damp forehead So youre you're going home no he said saiu abruptly and I saw W that he wished to hide his phy physical cal weakness as much muchas as ho po possibly could Yes In Just a a. f few w minutes I re re- re turned Its a wonderful day out out- side I hope you ou will have as good gooda a day tomorrow I would hate halo to go go- home on a gloomy loom rainy day A Strange I knew kne- that Peas I was patently making tho the conversation but I was trying to toran fall ran In with tho the convalescent con mans man's the conversational conversational conversational conversa conversa- evident o desire to keep han hall rolling I was sas startled and a remorseful however to seo see the sa same ce tiny Uny little spasm of oC pain cross hl his face that I J had haft noticed before when I h had alluded to hl his hia word ord as s a aa as a n. gentleman I eel Oh n- n what have ha T J said eald ni thy I asked m myself but I had flu ti U retrospection tion Sly May II vis vh a n tto via Vm answering me mo and and It behooved VIII pa Pay attention nUon to his Words tAll t Ii All days are alike to rn me me v mournfully I r guess th they thoy i hi he the tho poor devils who have hava ar aza t l worth speaking 0 of no n no Continued Tomorrow |