Show OF A WIFE BY Adele Garrisol Win In JACK J. BEGGED BEGGE MADGE TO RESERVE RE- RE SERVE JUDG JUDGMENT U UNTIL HED HE'D SEI SEEN KATHERINE E. E Yes Yos Katherine is in Lillian said Id gazing at Jack as If It he were some new specimen of oC moth she ahe was about to Impale and put away In a collection collection tion but she sho is lying down and I dont don't care to disturb her Just yet yeL yeLI I saw the color leap into Jacks Jack's checks cheeks He turned to me ignoring Lillian Llllian She She she isn't ill 1 he be asked and there was that in his voice which told me mo how he adored Katherine in spite of ot his stubborn insistence upon setting getting at naught her conscience and her will Lillian didn't give me mo an opportunity to answer She isn't dangerously dangerous ill she sho said sald but she Rho will be and dead In the tho bargain barg-aln if It you OU keep up this hl high and and h-and- mighty only one stunt youve you've been pulling pulling- off oft the last few tew weeks I saw the flash of ot steel i in 10 his eyes knew that Lillian had stirred the slow anger which rarely manifested itself hut but that could b be terrible when fully tully arou aroused aed I 1 do not quite understand you Im I'm afraid he said Icily Am I to Understand understand understand un un- that Miss has been honoring me by complaining complaining- of my conduct t 7 fi Ho W Ws W's was s towering above us us rather an imposing figure in his his his' dignified displeasure dis dis- dis plea pleasure But Lillian has no regard for tor an any pretensions of oC dignity Tr Try that line of ot chatt chatter r on somebody somebody somebody some some- body else bo boy Lillian said lI lightly but I saw that she was watching him warily gauging him that she sho might not overshoot her mark Here sit down down with with a dexterous movement he ho was seated in a n. big chair without intending In the least to be there there there- and stop worrying about your own dignity and mans man's prerogative e aU and all the tho rest of oC that rot while we talk a little sense Jacks Jack's taco face was like a graven raven Image Imas-e. but knowing him as Idid I 1 was sure that he was molten inside I know knew also his horror of or scenes knew that ho wouldn't deign to argue with Lillian Lil LIl- lian would listen quietly to whatever she ehe wished to say But that she could move him from any preconceived line of ot action I had very little hope Lillian la Is Outspoken In the first place Lillian began with a tinge of Irony in Sn her manner Miss didn't complain of ot your our ourI conduct nor volunteer any confidence I concerning you But fortunately I have the usual complement of or eyes andears also also I I hope hope hope-a a fair fall faculty of putting two and two to together ether and making exactly four tour out of ot them Why man Ive I've heard you with m my own cars ears Impute another nother motive to Katherine's love for her chosen profession than the tho one you ought to honor with bent reverent head And if It I haven't boxed your ears it hasn't been because my fingers haven't tingled led to do It Did Id I see Jacks Jack's s face twitch as If ho hI had been struck with the truth oCI of oC Lillians Lillian's words I wasn't sure but from rom I that moment I didn't take my eyes from 11 his his' Is' Is face tace If It ever there was was' wasa a saint conse I crated to a cause Lillian went on her voice warm with affectionate enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- It Is Katherine to her Reel Red Cross work In this war And I oven though you rou ma may have won a hundred cro crosses sp mr v valor hon II od Cl n even unto death fe th you ou t n have no r right I to ask her to relinquish that work Her I life liCe is just as itS much dedicated to that work as ns yours was to fighting for tor your country A Lurking Smile Across Jacks Jack's face tace flitted an Inscrutable inscrutable inscrutable table expression one in which if I hadn't known him t so o well I would h live hive vc sworn I detected a bit of lurking humor aa as aa of or some crushing retort which he was restraining restraining- himself from making Then ho he spoke coldly quiet quiet- I Permit me to acknowledge the tho truth of ot everything you ou have said But I must ai also almo remind you that I 1 came camo today on urgent business with Miss If It she he is 18 unable to re receive ro- ro mo rue I have no alternative but bul to write my message e I 1 am confident however that unless unless' she sho is dangerously dangerously danger danger- ill HI she would prefer preer to have me explain my business in person Lillian looked at him searchingly for Cor a long minute Then she shrugged her shoulders carelessly I I know when Im I'm up against the theone theone theone one an and only original glacier she said Of Ot of course I have no alternative but to tell Katherine She is in no sense under my control or even advice But Dut if it she were my daughter daughter- She Sho rose roue and went hurriedly out of ot the room the echo of ot her words floating behind her hel It Il was a anew anew anew new sensation to me to see Lillian nonplussed nonplus cd worsted In any encounter Despo my roy kinship with Jack 1 I felt tolt distinct resentment toward him A moment later to my surprise he had bent over m my chair a quizzical look In his eyes ees the wraith raUh of a smile twisting biE lips Please reserve judgment little cousin cousin cou cou- sin ln ho he murmured until after atter Ive I've seen Katherine Continued Tomorrow |