Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE l ARRIAGE Madges Madge's Heart Thrills I At D Dicky's Insistence By Uy ADELE GARRISON My heart thrilled to the protest in Dicky's voice as he demanded What about Mad Madge Nadge e when they were planning plan ning the method of taking him to the hospital It is the peculiar thrill which comes when one realizes that one is needed by the person one loves best cst and comes In Its perfection only to o a wife vUe of oC years' years standing when her husband asks for fOl- her presence beside him in ill time of need My fathers father's voice was voIce was quick in asking ask- ask lag ing ng a countering question Do you wish her to go with you Of or course I do Dicky's voice was querulous That is if she wants togo togo to go He smiled up at me rae whimsically and d an answering comradely comrade comrade- ly y smile back at him She uShe wants wants' to go I said with emphasis em em- and md then Katherine's murmur sounded again in my cars Leave the he Children What about Faith if we both go she he asked I caught my breath in dismay as I remembered the panic that had been mine for Faith Junior and Roderick after afler Lee Chows Chow's departure In Inthe he the facco acc of his insinuated threats did I Iare dare are leave my children even for formy or my husband J. J shot shota a a gl glance nce at my ray father S He lad shared those fears ears of Lee Chow even even ven if he had not voiced them and andI I 1 wondered what he would sa say to tom tomy tomy m my forsaking the role of protecting for tor that of at- consoling wife I had not long to wait walt He spoke to Katherine Katherinc as If bly he had heard that ed query of hersI hersI hers I OIl am sure it will be perfectly allright all allright right for you both to go he said Remember Mr and nd Mrs Underwood Under Under- wood are both here and will do nothIng nothIng noth- noth Ing ng save look after the children until we return I turned a ar r radiant face fice to my father If IL he thought it was all aU right for or me to togo go and meant to accompany accompany pany Dicky himself then his fears for or the safety o of the children must have abated in the last few minutes min min- utes tes and my own terror was le lessened ened r The Worst lIs Is Over Oer My father brought me out of at my reverIe with lith a soft command Get a wrap darling We are about ready cady to go got gotI I looked over vez at Dicky and md saw that oat my jay f father ther w was s right Katherine Katherinc had iad completed her preparations for his ils removal and ond had taken from a chaW hair the cape which she had brought Into nto the room over her arm and which she now was adjusting over her er uniform Lillian was talking to her in a low t one nc but as as I started for the door my ray best friend who never once has failed ailed me In all aU our long years of in in- association came quickly after nc me With her arm in mine she went through the door and ond into the hall with me Theres nothing for you to worry about bout now she said reassuringly The worst is over and nd everybody's on n the job to see that nothing else happens lappens I stiffened instinctively and fa faced ed her or orThen Then uThen you know know I I said breath breath- lessly essly Her eyes were clear and candid as they answered my questioning gaze I know nothing she said lid emphasizing em era- the verb but conjecture conjecture- that is something else again agam Ive I've been used to putting two an wo together together to to- gether and making five or or six out of the addition for a good many years As far as that goes goes come come down to cases How much do you absolutely know yourself Edith Near Collapse Very little I told her honestly but but bul Suppose we lay our mutual lack of knowledge upon the table for a Q afew afew few hours she briskly You h have ve to go with Dicky I have to look after the children while Katherine is gone with you ou And if I mistake not Im I'm going to have my work cut out for me in another direction My eyes followed hers to where Edith Fairfax sat in on an armchair facing the door out of oC which we had just come Her face was almost entirely en Lirely drained of color and her eyes were unnaturally large and dark Harry Underwood was seated by her side bent toward her and I saw that he was holding both her her er hands in an iron restraining gripOn gripOn grip On the yer verge e of c collapse Lillian murmured Come along with me mel Hurry i Continued tomorrow Copyright 1333 1933 K F FrS S S. Inc |