Show I REVELATIONS I I OF A WIFE What hat floer T Grace Gral Drapers Draper's Letter to Dick ContaIn open that letter Lillian Lillian- said sharply as my fingers ln ers went mechanically mechanically mcchan- mcchan to the fI flap p of ot tho the envelope cu Let me read It first t. t I looked up at her ap apologetically t. t Pardon me mo dear I 1 s said ld earnestly earnest I had har forgotten ollen for tor the moment that you had offered to shield ld mo Eno b by reading rop roping read read- ing the letter first But nut really Im I'm I stronger than you jou OU think f r hold held out tho the letter however howo despite de- de spite my protest and she opened It without further ado Her vel very first glimpse of ot the written written written writ writ- ten pages seemed to anger Gns-er her Her eyes es flashed lashed and her Iter lips Ups set in the grim lI tight ht line which means wrath with Lillian I 1 was wild with curiosity curios curios- Ity Ily to know the contents of or the thc page which was so disturbing hor her but I held m my peace until she Bho finished the letter with an In exclamation of intense disgust 11 s an unusually lengthy epistle P for an anonymous letter isn't it 1 J I asked timidly Lillian dl didn't nt answer for or a a. long Ion moment moment moment mo mo- ment then she he gave Save a start an as If f she sho had been suddenly awakened from rom sleep What hat did you von say say she asked absently ab- ab tenth then abruptly It isn't anon anon- meus It was WM my turn to be amaze The hin handwriting on the mysterious mysterious letter which had aroused first Lillians Lillian's s misgiving mis mis- i giving then her anger aner had been the same as that of oC the anonymous clippings clippings clip lIp pings which h had d caused mo me so much pain We Yc a had be been n practically certain that had como come from Grace Draper Draper Draper Dra Dra- per or at least that she had bad Inspired them Was Vas it possible that she she she- o Lillians Lillian's voice interrupted my my excited conjectures Look here ber Madge she said fald In Incisively Incisively In- In and I mentally stood at a at attention at- at at her words I would have ha given Iven a good deal to have havo spared d you ou this but of t course having once known of ot the existence of or- this his sho tiring thing sho sho gestured toward the letter In her hand handas as If It it were a loathsome reptile sho sha grasped you grasped you will have ae t to be told the whole miserable business I want you ou to promise me mo one thing thins however before before be be- fore foro you ou take it Will you Of or course I I said faintly Dont judge your our husband too harshly harsh harsh- ly until you give s-Ive him an opportunity to defend she sho sal said with a wistful wistful ful rul note In her voice olce which revealed to tome tome tomo me mo anew tho the strong strom helpful wonderful friendship which Lillian had given en to Dicky for so 80 Inan many years I began to tremble violently There must bc be something especially damning against Dicky in the tho latter lottor which Lillian LIN Lil- llan lian handed to me I glanced danced at the letter from Dicky which I had Just read and crumpled crumple it in resentment at the attitude of at mind it displayed Had my mynn nn anger lr boon been called forth b by a n. psychic premonition that this other other ranged fanged thing was also In the room It IC seemed something more than a coincidence that the two Yo letters should have ha come to I roe roc in the same mallI mailI mail mall I I t I Sor SorI teri ter- ter r I 1 have havo heard and have used m many ny times the the- expression lon burning ones one's fingers but Lut always idly idl- I think think I 1 never ne shall shaH speak or hear ear tho the words again without the remembrance rance of at th the sen sensation I IlIad had as as' I I slowly ly unfolded the tho sheets Lillian lan handed to mo me My dread of the unknown words words words' before before me meVa me was so HO great that I I. had l th the tho actual physical sensation of ot touching burning coals Lillian's Lillians ans an's hand cl closed sed over o the letterI letter I told you you ou weren't strong enough for Cor this she said reproachfully reproach reproach- fu fully Bettor Better let the thing watt wait until your our strength th returns But I 1 clung to th the letter obstinately I must see what is in in it it I said hysterically I 1 believe c I 1 shall hall go SO mad if It I dont Vcr Very well welt But you must wait walt u until youve you've taken something for formo mo me first Lillian's Lillians tone was Inexorable I never nevor thought of or dl disobeying hor her although each minute that I 1 waited walte for tor her returned returned re re returned turned seemed an eternity She came camo back swiftly 8 and held to tom tomy tomy m my lips Ups a tiny tiny- glass filled wl with h an arom aromatic mixture which h I 1 recognized as aR ono the nurse nUrle had given me several so times limes during the weakness of ot my first day at the tho hospital I swallowed it obediently waited with Lillians Llllian's watchful eyes upon me until until until-I t I felt its restorative Influence and she gaven gave an n assenting assenting- nod to the mute pI plea lea a. a I wave ave her tTo To EC Ilc Continued Tomorrow ToDe D nu l I |