Show I I My Heart andI and 1 I My Husband t Adele Garrisons Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a BETTYS BETTY'S MESSAGE FOR LILLIAN LILLIAN- WHAT IT TOLD MADGE Lillian swallowed her hot tea obediently obedient obedient- ly and I followed her example There ivaa sas nothing else elso to do The big sombre orange tinged ed eyes of the ola old colored TOman woman wo T yio- yio Lillian man w wrAs ro inexorably upon us evidently knew that Belt Betty would woud kep kl her liel word and her counsel until we had satisfied her that we nad been duly re refreshed refreshed refreshed re- re by the hot tea ten Now Lillian set tet down the fragile ra no tea teacup teacup cup she sh had Just drained Thais my third cu cup you OU old ohl tyrant Now tell mo me moyour your Our news Dat cup dont don't hold no moah moab dan a a. rood good thimbleful B Belly so yon yoh got rot to bra brag about But I reckon Ill I'll have to tell you yon It Jl much Jest dat woman from Irom up in tn de do mountains aho's sho's been trying to git yoh on ondo de do telephone all alt de afternoon an an she sho said would yoh oh please to call her up when hen you got bot InTHE in THE rHE MOMENT I KNOW Lillian sprang to her r feet rt et her face tace white with anger and dismay Mrs 1 Cosgrove she exclaimed And AndI I sitting billing hero drinking tea lea 1 I shall not forgive you for or this Hett Betty The last words were ere thrown over oer her shoulder as she rushed to 10 the Iho telephone Betty looked after alter her grimly Dont make ke no toh toli me bout boul I dat forgiveness she sho muttered I got bot dat hot tea down her fore foro she had a chancot to heah any bad news nes I Do you ou think its it's bad news Botty Betty I murmured the tho question breathlessly while white all th the time lime m my brain wa was busy with conjectures concerning the possible meaning o of this summons from Irom inc sister of Robert Roberl Savarino Dont know the tho old woman replied laconically Ah dont don't ask no questions what aint mah bu business lne But evidently evident evident- ly yielding to the desire to make snake a a. confidant con con- of somebody dat dit sister of ot l she couldn't keep do de cry In out of or her voice when she was as to me Deres Dere's a a. screw crew loose somewhere yoh oh marks mah word orrt I shared her uneasiness 8 Js s I waited walte for lor Lillian to come back from the telephone She had a good deal of oC trouble In getting her connection and when t th she he did finally secure It II seemed to have ha difficulty in un understanding understanding understanding un- un the person at al the other end She spoke but once or twice herself I No I 1 have heard nothing either she said once and just before she hung hunS up lip the receiver rave cave a fervent assurance to tho the woman at al th the thi other end of or the wire Indeed the tile moment I know I t will get sot YO jou on the phone She came back Into the library slowly listlessly hut but the tho loo c o of anguished terror which had been In her eyes when she he rushed to the telephone had vanished Evidently Mrs Cosgrove's m message sage hadnot had hadnot hadnot not added to whatever burden she was already carrying WORRIED AND WEAK I rose roze rose to receive her as she he came In In and drow a chair for or her before the fire Ire She looked around as If Ie in quest of or Bell Betty but bul that discreet handmaiden had vanished vanished van van- knowing that if It she he postponed the hour of wrath It would In all probability never strike with her hb Indulgent mistress I J did not speak for I r knew that when hen m my friend had recovered her poise she would unburden 1 her heart to me Madge Lillians Lillian's voice sounded far tar faraway faraway tarawa awa away and as I looked ed at her her face fACO seemed to turn ashen before my eyes But Dut as I sprang In affright to toward ard h her r she sho put up her hand and smiled faintly Its nothing dear Just get gel me a a. glass of water will you please When I rushed back with the water she che slipped d a 1 small email tablet from a tiny liny vial which she took from Irom a hidden pocket in her gown own swallowed ved it and drank a little of or the water Then she laid her head against the back o of the chair and I wondering wondering won won- dering frightened clasped her wrist and waited until a faint color began to creep Into her cheeks Then I found my voice oice in passionate protest Look here hero I said almost roughly I Wh Why hive have you never told be bo about this I know what those things s are My little mother had to take lake them for years u-s u but buther buther buther her heart was dangerously affected Are you you have have you oh you oh Lillian I choked stopped unable to go on I Lillian put out her hand pulled me down beside her Foolish puss she said gently I 1 haven't h heart eart tr trouble uble Im I'm simply worn out nervously and physically If I can canever canever ever aver get awa away from everything for tor a 1 few ew months Ill I'll b be bc all right again ag In the meantime these little things are arc an ever present help in time o of trouble although f if I 1 ever catch you ou using them to brace up on oct Ill I'll break your our neck Her lips twisted into whimsical grimace grimace grim grim- Im- Im ace then she began without further urther ado adot t to explain her telephone conversation con I In It n was ridiculous for or me to be so upset by bv Mrs Cosgrove's phoning she began But when I went to that telephone I Iwas Iwas Iwas was obsessed by the fear that thai she ahe had received word of or Roberts Robert's death she death sho is his next of ot kin you know But haven't But you heard from rom him regularly regularly reg reg- I asked I haven't heard a word ord from him in months month she said Bald Not since he be went wenton on Into German Germany I sU suppose Po e In search March of ot Tv I |