Show HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrisons Garrison's New Phase of I. I 1 REVELATIONS OF A WIFE I I THE WAY MOTHER GRAHAM GREETED GREET GREET- ED MADGE Rita Rita Brown was a startling brilliant picture as she slie turned turned toward me herI her hand upon t the e door of the car drawing room h her r head heal thrown back against the collar o oi of the wonderful wrap which I Knew v she sha coveted One of Dicky's of-Dicky's I favorite slang expression sion flashed into any my mind she he looks liKo lile a million dollars he is apt to say of any feminine femmine display and 1 I quickly admitted admitted admitted ad ad- that Miss hiss Brown looked like a billion billion bil bil- lion at least The bolt toft fur tUI o of the wrap just suited her brunette beauty forming a a. a wonderful frame for her flashing eyes and brilliant coloring no less effective because Lecause be because Le- Le cause of my know ease of its evanescent nature dearie deane She waved her he- hand mockingly Little Rita will bring back bael some manna from the ravens t to you you I i I I I Im afraid joure youre a trifle trine mixed In you Biblical allusion I retorted gayly gayl won von I dering at the time where 1 lound found the strength to answer her lightly The rhe coolness coolness cool cool- I I ness of her effrontery the crassness ot of her selfishness ess the coarseness of her manner were fast fraying my nervesA nerves A PLAN GUESSED That she she- had donned the wrap not because of ot real ne d but because because because be be- I cause of the chance of meeting Majos l Grantland while arrayed in It I well welli I knew That hat she would contrive to attract I I j 1 as much attention from the we other otner passengers passengers passengers gers as she possibly could I knew also The rhe fact that this coure courte e would make malte it impossible for feir me to put the cloak OH on during the trip Hip south was I was sure one of her motives In thus flaunting he ht apparent ownership of the cloak As the door closed b behind her I smiled at the thought that her energy In this particular direction was was wasted 1 wasn't apt to put on the wrap the wearIng wearIng wearing wear- wear Ing of which had to so aroused Dicky's anger I finished dressing and Tang for the me por por- porter ter to malte up the room A glance at my w watch had told me that Mother Graham Gra Gra- ham was no doubt and impatient for me come com In and help her with Junior I had bad taken the precaution to scribble down the number of her drawing room o the night g before and an Inquiry n I el edred z I Imons of the e porter t when e he answered wiy my summon sum sum- moos mon told Tile me ne that her room was yas two cars carb i I I ahead of mine WHAT DO YOU MEAN MEAN j I was foolishly glad that It was not to the rear real of or mine for I would not have to pass Dicky's berth on my trip to It 1 That he was still furiously angry with me I didn't doubt and I had no wish t to meet him until his anger angel had time to cool Luck was with me me however I met no I I Ione one knocked acquaintance or or stranger until I laws law's at the door of my mother-in- mother room and was admitted by that august lady in all the merino majesty of h hr r gray wrapper Her lIel hair was smoothly coiffed every detail of her toilet was complete down to the last shoestring i 1 saw her knew glance critically at me and that she was making her usual appraising Its survey of m my appeal appearance ance time you OU got here she said dived tartly as I greeted her J perfunctorily and past her to the lower berth where Junior the determination was scrambling up evidently with to come to me and uttering that soft little call Mama rama ma mama mama ma ma- the most marvelously thrilling of all sounds to every mother mOlher Richard Second has been awake for hours she went on I smiled at her un conscious exaggeration for I that well knew kne more than a few minutes of restlessness restlessness rest rest- upon the baby's part would have sent his devoted grandmother to I find a porter portet through whom she could per- per en r summon me li lie He must be starving r g. g the poor lamb she the fact that Junior had his arms around m my neck and was chattering ing bab baby talk and laughing contentedly Why didn't you bring his stuff sturt with sith you instead of having to make a trip back for fot it I nearly dropped Junior In my astonIshment astonishment aston aston- and turned a bewildered tO toward Id her face I I Win Why what do mean you OU mean I asked ask I didn't have Juniors Junior's food tood with me Her I face turned anger positively gray with Dont you OU dare to stand there and me a thing like llIe tell that she said I 1 gave It to Richard to carry out to o the taxi and the they must have tak taken n it out with things for tor when I your page gage this morning went through my baggage bag- bag that grip was not here You certainty y dont don't mean that theres there's food for this child this morning o |