Show Revelations of ofa a Wife win WHY IlY MOTHER GRAHAM U SAID Rain ID PD R TACKLE THIS rillS JOB JOD JOBI t tI I agreed with my mother laws conjecture that the man who had sent me mo tho note b by tho the hands bands of or his Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese servant must know all about me There Ther are aro few persons in my present world who know that my name namo was Margaret Spencer before my m- marriage hige I almost completely dropped out of ot m mold my old rather limited school teacher alI although al- al sphere when 1 I married Dicky and I thou though thou h those for whom hom I did my club I work work knew m my full Cull name I never used it Jt elsewhere My ly checks aro arc always B signed Margaret S Graham and Dicky's friends s and acquaintances who almost entirely constitute my new world are of or the typo who rarely asK personal questions i Conjectures however w wouldn wouldn't t help me so BO I hurried on with the reading of oC the tho bod body of the tho in the hop hono o that I would discover some clew to the Identity of oC the tho sender from Its phraseology I Ph We Vo 1 are arc sorry Indeed that we are arc compelled to take this method of oC communicating communicating com com- with you the letter latter began sorry that we 1 have to trouble you at atall atall all but your our own rashness makes It It I necessary necessary- Humph my mother law snort snort- cd ed Making H out they're sort of or guard guard- guard 1 I Ian lan angels eh Much good Rood that'll do o oem cm em Wo Yo thou thought ht you OU would realize b by now that your life lite is IR in imminent danger danger danger dan dan- ger and that thal It is folly toll folly criminal toll folly for Cor for you to go so about bollt alone alono as you OU do But you oU seem det determined not to profit by hy bitter experience experience- 0 My face taco showed my 01 astonishment and tho elder Mrs Graham echoed it In her commont comment Well en what do you know about that she sha demanded They must l know now all about that trip of ot yours to tho Inn and your our stay at the hospital after after- ward But go so on In Inc c I Ii h Puzzled Wo Vo 0 throw safeguards R around you rou I unknown to you OU for tor it II is not our purpose purpose pur pur- pose to reveal re ourselves to you yet ct 11 Wo e 0 would mean nothing nothing- to you OU anyway any any- wa way although the tho people we represent would But you ou eluded ua us went whore whom wo we could not have o you ou guarded and you almost paid the penalty I was thoroughly puzzled ed at this paragraph and as lJ I never ol can rasp grasp tho the meaning of tho the words if tr I have havo to read thorn aloud first I went back to I the beginning of ot tho the paragraph and I read It swiftly through again A As tho the j probable meaning of or the tho words throw I safeguards around you came camo to mo me I couldn't repress a a. little little- gasp of or aston aston- What is it 1 my mother law de demanded demanded de- de d excitedly Youve Yon thought of ot something I hadn't yet ct told her item of ot tho the mysterious mysterious mys mys- horseman who had followed meso mo me moso so persistently yet ct far enough enouch away I to avoid my recognition upon tho the day dayot of ot my trip to the Inn and I kno know knew that on once co started nothing would do her but tho the whole story But 1 also know that I couldn't put off ocr her question so I laid the tho letter down dOVon in my 01 lap as I re replied replied re- re plied I One of those men next door followed followed fol tol- fol- fol lowed mo on on horseback tho the day I went ent I to tho inn lIe He kept far tal enough away so I couldn't recognize him until I 1 laid a 1 trap for tor him without his seeing me mc But I finally way was ablo able to elude him I thought ho Ito was trailing I 1 Continued on page e R II S. S Revelations o of 01 a W Wife ilc Continued from page 6 me because ho he b belonged ton d to the enemy camp They appear to be trying now to make me believe e they are arc friends friend As I talked m my mother laws eyes oyes were ere fixed upon me Something In their gaze made mo me uncomfortable Tho The next moment she had put their message Into words All II Crazy X You sa say you OU could not recognize him at nt first Then you ou did later I wasn't aware that yoji knew either of ot the mysterious men next door Mar Mar- garet Her tone was filled d with grave gravo re re- re I flushed at the tho inadvertent nt slip sUp I had made m for Cor I 1 had never noyer told m my mother-in-law mother of ot the tho QU queer er Incident Incident Incident Inci Inci- dent of the taxi crush on Fifth FIrth ave ave- nue I r am not sure that I do know him I stammered But I I certainly have seen him before although I cannot toll tell where What balderdash Is this demanded d dm my m- mother law You know him and dont don't know him and youve you've seem him but you cannot tell where I know It sounds absurd mother I said humbly but I dont don't know how I r can make snake lt l clear to you you you- Dont Donl be seven en different varieties of ot an idiot Margaret just because you youl l know no how hov howl she snapped Ther Theres s 's something back of ot this that needs clearing up and I think Id I'd better tackle this Job Now ow Just refresh sh your our memory as tho the lawyers sa say n and d tell me roe everything you OU know and surmise surmise surmise sur sur- mise about the men next door Its It's Ils probably all crazy nonsense but It wont won't do an any hurt to hash it over a a. abit bitI bit I looked at her In amazement Her face tace w was was was' flashed fleshed her eyes ees shining her tones strong and resonant Not a trace remained of oC the weakness which had been hers when she entered tho the room It was Vt evIdent evidently a L new lease of life to tomY tomy tomy my crabbed mother law to be able to have a finger ringer in the pic pie Continued Monda Monday |