Show HOLDING tf ND J J BJ Adele Ga Garrison son WHAT DICKY EXPLAINED TO MADGE ALONE I faculty the Dicky Dieky has the he faculty of coaxing birds off oft the bushes to th the nth power He Be Is a most specious and effective special pleader I realized wh when n nhe he came to me rae acknowledging the mistake mistake mis mis- take take- he had made in thinking he could give a dee deed to our home without my signature signature sig sig- sig I nature that I would find it difficult t to td resist the plea for form formy m my my consent which I l r knew he meant J S make I did not reply toza s second cond or tw two S to his question and he toot tooK the sewing I from my hands tosse tossed it on a table r and then picking me up boldly seating eating I j himself in a big armchair with m me in his I ar arms I Now w we can talk talk things ov over ver r more j comfortably bl he said but first I t realize real rial- I ize that I 1 owe you nn an n apology about not consulting you ou They've been dangling t the thing before me for tor a long time and it was like a g game seeing me 5 them come upon up on their price itrice And you And 1 0 were so o a awfully awful awful- S ly bus busy I didn't want to both bother r you jou ou When hen the they did offer m ate the big sum I close with em pronto ironto and then of I course you made mado me mad so I 1 kicked up a bit bit- But Bat Im I'm sorry orry awfully t IN MADGES MADGE'S HEART I Dont think of or it again I dismissed his apology perfunctorily for I could couleY not rid myself of the suspicion that his apology and pleading were Mere only born ot of necessity He could not s sell sll the house houseS S without me therefore he felt feJt that he i i irv rv er t t m. m InIn A f A lf Ant I I b beguile me into ng to 5 his fIls plan And y yet yet yet-i t-l t I knew his rash heedlessness He might well have spoken only the tile precise truth I 1 resolved to pick my way warily I said Tell Tell me mo something about it quietly You must realize Dick lucky Dicky that it is t terribly lY upsetting to be Le told that you jour OUI home is sold Ive I've been very very very-very very happy hapy v happy there His arm tightened about meI me I know So have J 1 1 he said tenderly but I clearly saw that though he spoke the truth yet iet the statement was a perfunctory per- per one That the Marvin Marvin- home had be ben been n the scene of ot many of our happiest happiest hap hap- pleat hours ours did not mean to him what it did to m me After Atter all It is the women of ot the world orid who romantically cling to anniversaries and places and personal possessions And it Is a n state of ot mind which I 1 believe belleve some husbands humor or tolerate or abuse according to their theis temperaments but ut which ger ery few un un- un- un S THE THE- UNEXPECTED S But nut its it's Its It's foolish to let romance romaneo stand in Jn the the- way way- ot or a Po good bargain Dicky went went- wenton on al and hl his air of ot being extremely practical mal mado mao me smother laugh business sense of any kind bp being ng one of oC Dicky's notable de deficiencies de- de e- e I tell you ou that's a top- top price for the place That Is what 1 I told Alt Alf but hes he's got the ro romance romance romanes ro- ro mance manes bug strong wont strong wont grieve his bride and all that sort of rot ut and It seems l Leila Lella ella doesn't want to lose the place where the they plighted their troth There was cas a mo mocking note in his VoIce Voice which cut me ne to the quick 1 I had 11 I could do not to withdraw myself from his lila encircling arm But Hut I 1 would I not no for tor the world have let him Know that he had wounded me Pride forbade it ft But it galled me to know that was not considering considering- my wishes as Al Alfred Alfted Al- Al teed fred was Leilas So Alfred Isn't Int going to sell I com com- Jb making my my- voice voles casual Do ou realize that If It we sell we will lose most delightful neighbors r Yes that's the chief drawback to the plan e admitted ruefully Thee I IFt the bullit t neighbors in the world and It Ft o ought ht to be bi more pleasant than ever er now with Leila and Edith there You know t of ot course that tha t Edith is going to tomake male make her home with them I I think I 1 heard them speak peak of it I returned prevaricating but not willing willingto to LO let Dicky see ee that I 1 knew nothing of the tho plan with which be he seemed to be perfectly familiar Edith Fairfax to be constantly next door Boor That arrangement decidedly would not b be more pleasant for me With a a. cudden revulsion of feeling I realized that the Marvin house would Indeed b be no ro longer home If It day dRY after day f I 1 had to see lee In Edith Fairfax's eyes the he look which Dicky's proximity alWays alay al- al Ways ay rails lIs there Far far better to ao ha s Diky had proposed and s sell ll berne bouee From m that thai second I 1 know knew w that I T would sent assent to plan But above all aU things I must not let him suspect that hat F r Fairfax's proposed proximity tad had anything anything- to do with wit It ft J I must mut evolve volve some ome other reason rEalon for my roT change or front froaL |