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Show MY HEART AKD MY HUSBAIID Adel Garrison's New ft Of Revehticns cf a Ynfe what t.tLt.taif nnmwwn co. rtXl.au MiUMaB TO i0. I have never known 'more restful daya that those of the summer months following Junior's blrthdsy fete, which ended so auspiciously for the hep-pi hep-pi acess af Alfred Purkes and Leila Fairfax. Only the closing of school disturbed the placid monotony of the daya and that held no unexpected elemeat, waa simply a matter of tlreeome routine which Alice tlolrombe and 1 manafd to diepoee of wlihout friction or outspoken out-spoken criticism from the school hoard. With Ulllan and her email daughter domiciled at airs. Durttee e next door, I resolutely put from my mind all fear of any anpleasantneaa for me whlrta might ensue from the campaixn aselnst Kenneth Hteckbrtnse by his dead wife's relatives, a campaign of wrlch 1 stronaly BUBpected the sinister appearing man who had celled upon me to bo a part. Ulllan Is always line a aolid rock of reasatirsnco to me. I felt chlldlehly that nothing could hep-pen hep-pen while aba waa my next door neighbor. only one thing clouded the after Indolent contentment In which 1 spent the first few weeks of my vacation, and that was my knowledge of the Intenes suffering which Alice Hoi- , rombe was undergoing because of the continued Incarceration In the eounty jail of Kenneth Hlockhrklse. t . charged with having murdered h s wife. Put ss the days wore on 1 found myself with an Inward pretest st my own selflshnees. sdoptlng the view of the matter which Ulliaa and blcky kept forcing oa me. "Look here, lady.'' Lllllaa said one dsy shortly after school closed when 1 was expressing my sympathy for Alice. "If 'you don't quit trying to carry the weight of the world on your shouldero we're going to walk slow behind you pretty soon with ales little wreaths la our handa" A I.Ar mOOBAal. "Why! Why!" I stammsrsd. "I'm perfectly all right!" "Yea you are," aha acoffed. VYou're about aa near a nervous breakdown ss snybody 1 ever sow. 1 wouldn't tell you this only somebody's got to mske yoa take cars of yourself, and I fancy I'm the gost. Hemember, child, you ve been ' under a pretty attff strain for a long time, since before Picky joined the svlatlbn corps. And the melodrama at Bsyvlsw hasn't helped thiaga -along any." Well, at least Tm not going bark there next veer!" I protested feebly. "For which small exhibition of your common senss Allah be praised," retorted re-torted Lillian. "Hut that doesn t alter the fart that you are pretty nearly at the end of your tether. You rs thin. nollewed-eyed and pate, the mere ghost of youraelf. oh! we've all been talk-' Ing ou over, Dicky, his mother, your fether snd your humbls servant, snd we'vs decided thst you need sbeolute rest, lying sround in tha sunahlne. reading In a hammock, evening motor rldra and things like that until yoa'ro built up sgnln." "Hounds like a nice, Issy. attractive program," I aald appreciatively, Dlt'Kt'l IUOOUTIOS, "It la" Ulllan rejoined, "bat you've got to put Alice Holrombe and her -troublea out of your mind firet. Worrying Worry-ing about It won't do her or Mr. , aUockbrtdge on bit of good, and you It only get youraelf In such a atata thst -If there came a chanee to do them any real aervlce you would not be In either , the mental or tha phyalcai condition to render It." "I auppooe yon ere right." I retaread meekly, "and 1 will no my boat." "You II do better than that If I have sr.y say la ths mailer," Llillaa retorted. re-torted. I found It very plesssnt to II bark and be petted and coddled for awhile. Dicky waa my devoted cavalier, and I knew from hla nanner that ha waa really worried about me. 1 wae more fatigued mentally and physically thaa I had reeltaed, snd It was several weeks before I begsn to get nsra my T smbltlnn. Hut st last 1 grew tired of Inaction, no matter how luxuriously padded, and I expressed my restlessness restless-ness to Dicky ooo afternoon when he had come home esrly and waa read- Ing to ms aa I lay In tbe hammock. "Dicky." I ssld suddenly, putting out a hand and pulling t he book away from hla gaxe. "Please atop reading a minute. min-ute. -r "Anything to pleaae." Dicky rejoined re-joined promptly, and then with a ' shrewd glance at me. "What's en your mind, eld dear?" . "Don't you think Tea Tieen th helf long onoughr" I asked. "Oh oh." h rejoined, "iteglnnlng ta sit up snd take notire. aren't you? Well, now, let'a see wbst ths doctor would better prescribe. I'm going to tske you away after a little, but I csn't go Just yet.-1 hsv It! "How would you like to learn to run the ear with me aa a teacher?" |
