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Show MY HEART AND MY HUSBAND Adel Carmoa' New PhaM of Revelations of a Wife MADGK- VlCTOBr AND DICKY'S SlBPRIsB. t did not waste any farther time over the telephone with little Mrs. Durkee. With a curt "Tea It Is ready I" X snapped up the telephone. 1 purposely made my rolce sound offeaded. I wonted wont-ed her to have that to worry over la the minute or two which must elapse before 1 could nee her. 1 fairly ran downstairs, and skimmed over the lawn lylne- between the two houses with s relerlty I had not sus- lcted I poftsessed. The slds door of the house was open .xc.pt for the screen whlrh 1 could see was unlocked. I runs; three ahort, sharp rings, always al-ways my stg-nsl to Mrs. Durkee. then, as was my custom, opened the door without further sdo snd mads my War up the stslrs to her room. 1 1 heard her voK-e In a plaintive mur-ener mur-ener before I rearhed her door. , "No. Alfred, dear, den t ask me. eh was aaylns; "Oo on with I-.Ha. Don't let me apoll your enjoyment. 1 aball be perfectly all rutht." But. motherr Alfred wse sspoatu-laMnf sspoatu-laMnf worriedly as I knocked lla-htlr upon the lintel of the half-opened door, and without further ado puahed It farther open and crossed to mv Uttlo friend's slds. "I'll see to your mother." I said crlaplr "I'leaae a-o over with Illa at nnre. Katie Is hsvtnf seven distinct kinds of apasms about her dinner. tet everybody toKether Just outside of the dlnlnt room. Picky Is planning- a bir arrprlae of some kind, you know, and wanta It to buret upon us sll at once. I'll he there almost Immediately. Pleas hurry." MAIM3B TAKE THAfUiH. 1 fliins- the Isst words Impatiently over my shoulder aa 1 bent over my little lit-tle friend, who was lying back In s rocking chair with every appearance of suffering. 1 think A Urea, wne snows hit mother s little foiblee very well, although al-though he never betrays bis knowledge, knowl-edge, wss only too glad to leave he to me. 1 east a furtive glance after him. raw him aeise Leila who. troubled an rWuctant, was standing just outside the door by the arm and hurre her down the halL I waited only until I wss sure they were out of earshot before be-fore beginning my campaign against my little neighbor. . "See here, you little fraud!" I Mid i with surface merriment, but with ua- denying grfmness that I knew sne i would recognise, "If you think I'm going go-ing to let you spoil my whole party vou have another think coming, as) IMcky says. Here! I brought this alons? wt,h ma it Is absolutely warranted te relieve a headache, and If It doeen U why there are plenty of couches at our house. But be there at the begin-ning begin-ning of this dinner you've gut to be. so awsllow this, bathe your face and tytn that's what I always do wha my hesd aches and come along. THH I tOT Hi SB DISCTOtBD. -This.' which I held out to her. wa a pellet of a kind prescribed for me long ago bv Dr. Pettlt when I M suffering from nervous heedsenes. I knew that if she were really suffering? It wculd relieve her. and if she were) shamming, as I mors than hall-suspected. It would pet hurt her. "V ill It cure a heartache. too, Madger she saked. with a pat net . oneruloitsnea that appealed to me eve while It Irritated me, "I'm sure of U.- I said flippantly. "Because heartachsa are usually nothing noth-ing but Indigestion. Come, where s a, wah cloth or do yott prefer some pow- , de"B'it I look a fright. she -roteett4 'weakly, and I knew that my battle wag "You'll look worse If von don't hur ry." I retorted, snatching a powaer puff and a mirror from ber dressing trhle. "I II glvs you thirty seconds te primp.' I ssld. . . You're Jum awful. Madge," she re-p'led, re-p'led, daintily applying the powder puftV-"B t euppoae 2 ought not to spoil your dinner. Hut I never thought of I In that way. and it Just seemed as If I couldn't" ' "Never mind that now,- I said, bringing bring-ing her a glas of water, snd standing stand-ing over hr relentlessly until she had swsllowed the pellet I bed preacrlbed. "Now tuck your arm la mine, so faahton. and come along." We found everybody gathered In the living room outside the cloaed dining ! room, and there was a general shout of relief when we appeared. Only lella Kalrfrvx's fair face remained vaguely shsowed. "Now. let tho show begin! Lillian chanted Dicky, holding Junior perched upon his shoulder, put bis band upon the knob of the door. "Now you'll see a birthday present thst is a present'" he boasted. "None of your rsttles snd bails and silver dinguses In mine." He threw open tho door, and w trooped n to see ia the midst of a fills of other (ova, an lmmsnae rock-rig rock-rig horse, slmost as tail as Dicky h'inaelf a magnificent. costly toy, notable foe a rhtld of fi |