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Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE ' By ADKLI OUtlMN ' " MDicky-Bird' Strives to Act Nonchalant When Told of Telephone Message rrora the dancing light la Lillian's) eyea I knew that aba, loo, had noted the contemptuous note In Dicky's voice) as be spoke of Hugh Grant-land, Grant-land, and that aba waa perfectly willing, will-ing, say anxious, to give htm whatever what-ever chagrta lay to his realising that the mysterious Tloa" bad left a mee- Tfor him with me. settled back among the pillows oa my couch with a mean little thrill of anticipatory malice. Cone, effectually effec-tually exorcised, were the Jealous puce which the voice and manner of -noes" had grew "a. It waa as if Dicky's gibe at Hugh, only one of hundreds which be has uttered In our Uvea together, had been like the releasing of a spring, shutting off one emotion and setting another in action My heart waa suddenly hard against my husband. He knew as well aa I that Hugh Orantland was going back to the ends of the earth when be bad counted upon living In his ewa country for the rest of the life that had been keyed to such high and dangerous adventure; waa giving up the long deferred but now suddenly sud-denly realised nope of years, because he feared that Dicky's jealousy of him would make) my Ufa unhappy. DICEY IMEEBS Dicky had sneered at this recoil -If this la your Idea of a )oka, Lfl." he grew led. Til tell the world your sense of humor waa amputed In Infancy. In-fancy. What's all this about, Madge; or are you trying to pull my leg. too." DICKY IS UNEASY "Oh, Madge, listen to the Brit, lsherr Lillian gibed. -"But tan him all about it, deerte, to words of one syllable. Perhaps after aa hour or two the coffee will begin percolating" percolat-ing" "Will you shut up. LOT Dickey snapped. "Shoot, Madge! I want to get at the bottom of this nonaenaa." But L who know every line of his face, every inflection of his voice, every shade of expression In his eyes, waa aware that be waa distinctly uneasy, un-easy, and that be waa warily watching watch-ing ma. With two memories prodding prod-ding me, those of his gibe sgainst Hugh and of the Insolence of Tlose." I waa suddenly feline, willing to prolong pro-long the eat and mouse tactics which I knew would most irritate him. "It really isn't anything much I said airily. "I waa foolish enough to be a bit chagrined when the young lady insisted that I must be your mother." (Continued tomorrow.) (Copyright. IMS, K. T. I, Inc.) tlon. I remembered his gibe at the "Sydney Carton etuffupoo the night of Marion's rescue. But la the terrible ter-rible atreae of that night, with the shadow of death, and worse, lifted from me, and In my hysterical. Joyous Joy-ous relief at Dicky's return from the autogyro flight, I had had no thought save for my husband. I had forgiven that gibe and others! against the truest, most sell -sacrificing friend, save Lillian. I ever bad known, because of Dtcky'a Jealousy of the army officer. I suppose, aa In the ease of msny another wife, my ego had been subtly flattered by that Jealousy. I hsd reasoned that It must have Its roots In my husband's great love for sne. And all the time, tor I told myself that the acquaintance of "Floa" with Dicky must be of longer duration than a couple of weeks, be had been on such terms with a cheep, vulgar! type of femininity that aha resented his keeping her in ignorance of his marriage. I at my teeth upon the hope that Lillian would impale him skillfully, and I waa not disappointed. She laughed mockingly as he told her to "come clean" with -whatever was eating" her. "It's you that should come clean. Sweetie Pie." aba gibed. "Madge and I haven't the slightest concern in the matter. It'a only that a rather emphatic em-phatic telephone message waa left for you a tew momenta ago by a young woman who seemed ready to tear huge chunks out of the ambient st- mmnhar. whan aha learned hv rather blunt questioning that Madge was your wife Instead of your mother." Dicky does not possess a poker face and although he made a patent effort to control his amazement and uneasl-nees, uneasl-nees, both emotions showed in his eyes and to the brick red flush that beginning at the back of his neck, crept slowly up over hla face. I aeneed that It was a trying moment mo-ment for htm and felt a desire to get the thing over with. But memory of that gibe against Hugh quickly banished ban-ished thst thought Suddenly Dicky turned to Lillian. |