| Show MY HEART AND MY HUSBAND I Adele New Garrisons Garrison's New Phase of of I Re 1 Revelations of a Wife WHAT HAPPENED WHEN M MADGE DGE TURNED IN AT T THE HOME GATE I thought hard before deciding what to todo todo todo do about Harry Underwood's request not notto notto notto to tell Lillian i I had seen him hes hesitated sc so I p perceptibly that he struck into my reverie the old coaxing tone he knew so well how ho to employ Dont tell me Lad Lady Fair that youve you've forgotten n how to be the thoroughbred we ala always a knew he adjured It cant can't possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly do LII an any good to Know Im I'm around these thesa gln's diggins and Ive I've reasons reasons good good ones for for not putting her next just yet jet et I wouldn't have hae let you jou ou in on it only our rabbit footed friend down the road made it necessary But dont don't tell Jus ju just t yet jet et please Ill I'll do anything you ou say if it you ou wont Would you jou ou like me to flop I down on m mj- mj knees He looked fUll fully capable of carrying out I his lila suggestion Ills His handsome face his t I brilliant eyes ees were full fun of mischief but I also allo read In in them a very anxious desire that I 1 grant the request he had made But it was not because of his pleading or 01 his mischief that I decided to grant it I You ought to know I said slowly there can be only one consideration for forme forme me and that is Lillians Lillian's happiness Nothing Noth- Noth ing else would influence me to grant or orto orto orto to deny your jour our request However I do not think that either her happiness or her peace of df f mind would be helped by having yoU ou recalled to her Just now Therefore I am willing to wait awhile before saying baying I have met you But if in my judgment at any time I think she ought to Know 1 i t ishall shall shan tell ten her promptly Mr Underwood looked at me with appal ap- ap pal ent wonderment I 1 suppose its it's the traIning training train traIn- ing he said as if to himself Otherwise I cant can't understand it A A. lady with a cupids cupid's bow mouth and a n. dimple in the corner to boot has no license nse to be so cruel croel or so SQ businesslike You were meant for a strictly vine clinging role my dear ar Lady Fair and here you jou ou are personating a a. sturdy little scrub oal oak But have it your own wa way for br you'll take it anyway As long as Lil Lit do doesn't get hep for a few r P days daj's I dont don't care much II I l I i L 1 t I 1 I I I I i j j I i I I I I j I I I A SIMPLE PLAN Dont you jou think we ought to be startIng start start- Ing lag I asked hurriedly anxious to forestall fore fore- stall stan all any more comments upon my person L or mental makeup At once Mr Underwood rejoined t promptly and in another minute we had hadI hadI resumed our interrupted journey to tC I Southampton But this time it was I who I led and Mr Underwood's car which L trailed He had arranged it thus in offhand offhand off- off I hand fashion after afler I had seated in my car and had set my engine to run run- I ning You go ahead this trip and do whatever whatever what what- ever errands ands you jou ou wish before you start home he said Ill Keep you jou OU in sight s so o you jou ou wont won't h have ve to worry but I can manage to to trail you without comment while Im I'm afraid joure youre not up enough yet jet et upon Ion to follow my car with with- without out somebody getting next You'd better better better bet- bet ter come back by the Scuttlehole road and Huntington path till you ou strike this wood road from the other direction dont don't you think so That Is the way I intended to come corne comeback comeback back I replied with dignity my vanity vanity van van- It ity subconsciously wounded by his deprecating deprecating depre depre- cating eating reference to my motor skill The rest of my trip was uneventful indeed I shopped successfully for Lillian Lil Ln- han lian finished the rest of my errands and started homeward with a feeling of bi b. solute security born of or the knowledge that Harry Underwood In his his' car wins J s' s sI not far behind me He had brought Hiscar His lis car cl sc enough for me to see him hint wh whim when n nhe I he had first turned into the road and had then fallen back again to appear no nomore nomore I more more until a short half mile from home hom homed Then he be drew up to the side of my carand car carand I and signaled me to stop I 1 Im going to shoot ahead now fast he said pulling an automobile cap dis- dis I down over his eyes and hunching bunching his body over the wheel so that it appeared much shorter than his real height g Then if f Lil Lii happens to be near f t the road tr which rc isn't likely I she w wont won't have a chance to lamp me before Im I'm past Ill I'll pull out a little here in the bushes and walt wait till Im I'm sure youve you've safe safe- Iv ly turned in n at the h gate e Please strike he 1 lj PI the calliope i p siren e of yours ours rs three times in quick succession when you jou ou reach your gate and Ill I'll Know everything is O. O K Kand Kand and scoot back to Sag He lie paused a moment as if debating just what to say next HARRY UNDERWOOD'S UNDERWOOD FAREWELL Dont w worry n about anything Lady I Fair he lie blurted out at last Your Uncle Dudley is going to be on the job as far tar as youre you're concerned for some little time to come And And dont don't dont hate me any anymore anymore more than you jou ou can c. possibly help He was off with the last word scarcely uttered going at a pace paCe that made mIe me certain Lillian or no one else would lamp him As I turned In at the rustic gate leadIng leadIng leading lead lead- ing to our camp and gave the the- three blasts of the horn he had asked I was startled to see Lillian with face like e ashes clinging to a sheltering cedar tree |
