Show My He Heart rt and My Husband Adele Garrisons Garrison's New NOW Phase of Revelations of a Wife WHAT AT ALICE ICE CONVINCED CON CON- TINGED VINCED MADGE SUE ShE BELIEVED Why dont don't you speak Alice Holcombe Hol- Hol combe demanded fiercely It cant can't be possible that you you that that you you you- Will you stop this at once I retorted with two-purposed two irascibility in my manner I wished to o conceal my very real uneasiness at her tidings and I counted upon the natural resentment she would probably probably probably ably feel at my rudeness to divert her thoughts from the track they were traveling But nut the obsession of or danger daner to the thenan sean nan she cared for tor so devotedly was too oo strong upon her for any sidetrack sidetrack- in ino ng o of her thoughts I I wish I it were nonsense she said sald mournfully then swiftly seized my hands in a grip that hurt Tell me I you ou dont don't believe Kenneth had anything any any- i thing tiling to do with it It was no time for a Puritanical searching of my soul as to my thoughts or convictions My reply was prompt emphatic Of course I dont don't but hut people will win begin to believe that he had if you you you- his best friend frIend dont don't dont pull yourself to together to- to gether you dont don't know that Mrs I Stockbridge's people are trying to I blame him thim and every repetition of I such a guess upon your part Is distinctly dis dis- dis- dis I harmful to him Do you imagine for one second that rm im breathing such a thought to any one but yourself Do you think I 1 I would hint It to you were you not al already al- al I ready more snore familiar with the whole I wretched story than any anyone one else outside out out- outI I side aide the family and me meZ I tIER liEn ONE FEASt FEUL I Her voice shrilled passionately at t I me mc Before I I could answer she spoke soke again this time Ume with dulled drilled listless I tones I But I do know they're going to I b blame mo him They Thet were planning even I while she lay there to take her body I to her fathers father's house house- I Why that is perfectly natural I I Interposed ly Surely every ev ev- ev- ev evI I ery cry one would wish to g gt get t t as aa far tar away way I from that house as possible I all right she Bile retorted but I they were planning it without even I the pretence of consulting Kenneth I They absolutely ignored him and I I noticed that they did not speak to him or he to them unless ss It was waa an I absolute necessity STRANGE FACTS That does look look odd I w sa-w any attempt of mine to belittle her conviction only strengthened it I might aa as well speak my real thoughts where I dared to do so think so if you'd seen Been them she said bitterly Then her voice I The miserable wretches she cried All AH these years they've been glad enough to have their daugh h ter tar off oU their han hands ls to shift the hori hor her i burden of her to Kenneth Stockbridge's patient shoulders Its It's been Ken dearest and our dear son son and How wise and patient he be Is with poor Milly And now they're ready to turn on hint like so many wolves I dont don't understand it I said half to myself you tell me see saidi t that lat it was to her people Mr Stockbridge al always always always al- al ways appealed when she got too unmanageable unmanageable un un- un- un manageable manag and that then they arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar I ranged for her stay in a sanatorium Of course she retorted That was I simply self protection When Milly took one of her temper sprees she was just as apt to empty a a. boiling teakettle tea tea- I kettle over oyer the member of or the tho family nearest to her bel as she sho was to do anything anything any any- I thing else She did throw a lighted I lamp at her mother once just missed I her but started a lively little fire tire that I kept the whole family busy for a I time I What au an awful woman she was wall I The exclamation broke from one on de despite despite despite de- de spite my natural compunction at t ill UI of the je lead d I That doesn't h halt iH l express it Alice I I tone was waa distilled bitter bitter- bItter I nes ness And nd nd to think that her malav clones olene t t topped with her death but tout Is reaching out sun still to you ou and me To be continued |