Show I t I REVELATIONS I OF A WIFE WHAT S rl lt TJ TO I fairly snatch snatched d Dickeys Dickey's letter from to of or the tho small mall bundle 1 W fill tho- tho top lop P It In Instead In- In held out to me mc It seemed weeks stead of or da days 1 I had parted if from 1 I Dl my husband And nd a a. letter from h him n nah Is ls ah always ays something of or an cocas event seldom to me mc for tor our marriage ho h has seldom been a awa away vay from homo long Ion c enough nou g garrant h to warrant arrant a n lector Like J most artists Dicky's chirography raphy ra- ra phy i js is execrable Scrawl rawl l Is almost almo tt too dignified a name namo to apply appl to 1 It It And nd as s he n writes but buL tow few ow words to oho a n apace pa pugs pace e I knew that the lne s of oC tho envelope elope I L held did not t mean any ex excess ez- ez cess in the length len th of or tho tiro c epistle D Tho Tito bold rambling lines litter fairly Jumped at me a as I l tore open iho tho cn without with out to cut It In my usual methodical methodical meth meth- manner A t reminiscent mlle mil came to rn Tn my lips as aa I did so Ito How man I Um's I IlIad had heard Dicky tat lau laughingly S 5 term me old old because of or m my precise manner o of opening m my correspondence correspondence corre corre- I Well Yell Madge darling the lotto letter be beean began be- be gan ean tn and m my 01 heart thrilled at tho rho f familiar fa familiar fa- fa n salutation one ono which Is on when opening InS InS' acon a acon acon Dicky's Dicky lips frequently n open con conr rs-atlon rs r e with Ith me mc 1 I could coull almost hear hi his lips fps utter the words word s so o strongly strong strong- ly IJ did tin the sight of them thorn bring m my husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's vivid personality before me mc IYe I vc boon been thinking over oyer things abit a aI bit the words r ran n on although I Iv Ive I've vc been becu too loa bus to start lart the old thin think I tank going oln t cry yer cr rapidly and antl Ive I've come cometo to the conclusion that t I 1 was wa as about sc n rn kinds o of or a brute brule the night I before I 1 a awn MI I 1 certain certainly I did make ructions about n court ourt stunt and 1 that tennis n r II want you t tl io know kno that Im I'm might sor- sor x FJ r. r If H there there- any In particular l land kind ofIl of penance Il you ou w int me me to tv do ilo Ill I'll g g. w n with with- ll thI th- th I out th the tho ca cats al or a drink for a ua da day or oran an any other equally fiendish torture your our in ingenious mind can Invent But ut tell toll me mel ou forgive me mc wont won't you OUI OU unable to rc read ad fur further I I shut I-shut shut shu t my eyes ces u l then ther for or a second or tn two t o. o Dick Dicky's cYs cY's s 's re repentance repentance re- re penlan o Is always royal roal and the little tittle I sentence al at the end of or his apology apolo y was a wa as one I 1 frequently had ha heard I front from his lips V t Strange Contract t i I My wonderful v ro royal al lover husband Wh h was vas it that that In this greatest o of all tests test's of oC maul manhood and 1 ho 0 was han hanging o ln n back while hile other othel men of his ls class were 51 gi lIn l I In Ing s gladly regally I Unbidden there ros rose before m my men men-i menila mental men men- la tal vision Is 1011 a a. picture of the wounded officer of of- or-I or I ricer feet In the next room a a. m man n who was wasI 1 I playing plainS a real mans man's 1 part rt in ut the greatest great I est cst of all world struggle tru rIft It hurt mo I cruelly this contrast ontra t of or the he two men which was as thrust v upon on I c. c I I 1 i turned to th the l letter lter gain again for Cor bit I bitterness bit I corners s had entered Into Inlo the loving I thou thoughts hl of oC In my husband ll which t his re- re e had brought meI mc me I started at al the next neat words fiords It was as as lS If m my husbands husband's meS message ge t was i as I ans answering m my urs unspoken criticism I I P know knots you ou must be bc thinking all I sorts forts of or unspeakable things thinS's o of me the letter t went on but hut sweetheart dont don't I be any more severe In your our Judgment j than you have havo to be bc I think someI some some- some some-I I and then some someI I times I Im I'm m e sown seven I 10 lor of a blithering Idiot but hut Im I'm going to stick octet to the course Ive I've mapped out Perhaps when the fire time comes cornea for Cor me meto meto meto to explain you OU tt wont won't ont be a. a s a-s angry and disgusted n as you OU think you arc are not no now l Dicky I looked over o at Lillian In n sheer shear helpless amazement as If lC she sho were reading tho letter with me It was aces InI anI an In I I unconscious gesture born of oC my utter I bewilderment at n words What hat hatI I ho he meant meant- what meant what ehat he was trying to coni con- con i vey cy to me me-I me I had not nt the slightest ideal idea idea- I l But Hut Lillian wasn't looking at me I With th characteristic con consideration she sho had drawn William WIllam to the other side lido I of oC the room and anti was ryas pointing out to toI I I him from Crom the window the different I buildings o on the hospital grounds rounds thus I leaving me unobserved to read m my lelI lel- lel I ter I I dropped my mr eyes ees to the thc written I page again There were but Dut few feR e moro more WOrth words I read them quickly resent quickly I j full fully I J J Icy By Bythe the wa way there is a bundle of or manuscript some photographs and andi I i stuff belonging to I Fairfax in inI I tho the second drawer dra ver of o my mr chiffonier If It I the drawer cr Is lt locked you'll find the lee key fey han hanging on a small nail In the cite cot i corner cor- cor I nor ncr of or the clothes closet I 1 meant to have hac sent them to her but was called i 1 a away vay too suddenly Would you ou minel peeing that she hc gets gels them thorn And please pleas please I Ibe Ih I 1 h bo be as kind to her as you OU cart can Always your DICKY I J I crumpled the letter lector in m my hand in to n a sudden sadden childish futile passion o of re resentment re- re A Again aln the bitter contrast came to me me the the wounded officer In the next room and m my enigmatical husband |