Show Revelations of ofa a Wife WHY Da 1 WAS S XI WHEN rim OThER n SItE Sll VA O OX ON GRAHAM U. The amount of Interest which I found lound myself enjoying in th my invitation In to take take- tea with the other Mrs Graham Graham Gra Gra- ham harn surprised me mC It was an unusual thin thIng for mo me to bo be so 50 affected h by such sucha a a. trivial occurrence Upon analyzing m my o on n thought pro- pro thing I frequently do I do-I I discovered discovered dis dis- cot a cs cs-a cs a covered co that while part of oC my 01 Interest was accounted t for b by the rather unusual un un- un- un usual circumstances of or my 01 telephone acquaintance with her the tho greater portIon portion portion por por- tion of or It was duo to her hor apparently casual question concerning the tho hospital to which I had been taken after my ostensible automobile accident The chimerical Ide idea iden that there was some somo connection between her question at the hospital and m my dramatic days became a conviction then an n ob obsession in the twenty four hours that elapsed between her telephone invitation and my 01 arrival l at her door All vainly did didI I score myself with Ith tho the lash of or m my contempt for the tho weakness which made me magnify and dwell upon n every incident inci mci- dent connected with m my hospital I could think of nothing el else e save sa the other Mrs Irs Grahams query quel Could It ILbe be possible that through this accidental acquaintance with a woman soman of or the same name a as m my own I should perhaps gain gaina n a cJU clue to the tho story of the tho wounded officer whose personality had hado AO 59 o largo larlo a place Ph in m my thoughts and t i 1 Know ani me jj bare name I had Inferred from one I of or his speeches that lie he he himself was one of oC the tho poor devils who have no home worth s speaking e of to whom he ho had so feelingly I referred And from I the burning flush which had overspread over over- spread his face at m my laughing careless careless careless care care- less to the tho word of or an officer officer and a gentleman I 1 hail had surmised that there was WUI a painful story ston perhaps one connected with disgrace somewhere somewhere some some- where in his life Ufe i iBy D By th tho time I reached the other Mrs Grahams door I was shaking inwardly in in- with nervous excitement I dont don't think I would have hRc been surprised to have seen scon Capt Hugh Gr Grantland himself open the door to greet orcet me mc so fantastic a had lU my unchecked imagination llon run with mc me Th Tho woman who opened the door to tomy tomy tomy my ring was however In her very CO ap appearance appearance tp ap- a sedative for nerves She wa was sas tall taIt and slender with coils oC ot sliver silver hair surmounting a face fuce that spelled quiet strength th and calm as plainly as if the theorda words word had been actually actually ac ac- ac written across her forehead I felt as If a quieting hand hanel had beer been laid upon m my wrist An n old oM scriptural verse flashed into inlo JO my mind The Thc The peace of oC God which all un understanding tin un Never Nevor in m my life have O I seen a IH person lerson whoso very eory erv appearance exemplified the word i as did the tho presence presence presence pres pres- ence of or tho the woman before me mc The nu Service Pin She was in a bown of gray rl f I I silky clinging material that softened the liC severe simplicity of Its lines An I exquisitely embroidered slee of white linen with anI only an arm army service pin fur for fastening and wristbands to lo match were tho the only trimmings s. s The Thc service ser pin caught and held hehl my eyes ces Could It be possible Then by hy a mighty effort I drew the reins of my I will wilt tautly over o JOy inv frenzied Ima 1 tion and arid transferred m my gaze Jaze front from the womans woman's service sr pin to lo her eyes which were smiling at me mc with a ques- ques Jion Ion in their placid depths I am sure you ou arc are Mrs Mr lrA Richard GraI Gra Gra- GraI I I ham she said ald brightly You look hook I exactly as I J had pictured you Oll only only only- prettier she she finished with charming II na as she drew mo me inside the hall halt door I flushed and took refuge In a conventional con con- reply Thank you ou I said confusedly And And of ot course you Jou arc Mrs Irs Frederick Graham Admitted d. d she Rhe smiled And no now having been properly Introduced were we're not going to be to formal an any more mor are arc wo Please lot let me mc take tho the pretty prell hat bat Pardon rardon mc me Old FrI Friend nd With a pretty grace Irace all her own she had put mo mc Into a low esy chair near neara a a. tea ten table In a charming charmin- room half- half veranda half sitting half room Into Inlo which she Mho had ushered me I felt her deft den denIn fingers In erl Just touching m my hat and nd hair and In another sho she had withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn tho the hat and was laying it on OTt a ar r reading rading table co covered red with magazines mas and newspapers no forgive m my exclaiming over o your our charming hat she Jh said ald and I felt Instinctively tho the sincerity of her manner man mau ner ner she she really admired it it lve Ive rarely rarely rare rare- I 1 ly seen so pretty a n. one and it Just suits your our fate face I suppose that I should hould have let you jou OU keep it on un for lor your first call shouldn't I She flashed her charming at me mt nut But really rc I feel as If Id I'd known you ou for or years ars and old friends take o oft off their hats when they come to tea lea dont don't tIle the they Of course I ans answered ered heartily glad to avoid the subject of or the th hat always a a. sore soro one with me mc It was the blue hat which Dicky had boU bought ht for forme forme forme me but which he lie had put on Edith Fairfax's head In order that he might dra draw w a a. sketch from It It and which the tho I pretty prell Virginia girl friends had copied so exactly Continued tomorrow |