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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1924)
f-;-^ Adele Garrison i "Mv Husband's Love" I V___J The ( urioiis Query Madge Put to Mrs. Bird. 1 have heard people say that a few minute* sometimes seemed hke eternity, and I have employed the same simile myself. Put 1 have never realized its truth quite so vividly aa 1 did in the last spurt of the motor boat containing Harriet and Edwin and the Harrison chil dren, wilho I stood on the lonely pier back of Mrs. Bird's house, waiting with her for the slgVial which Lillian had promised when they were safe on Ivoard the larger boat. Mrs. Bird was standing with her hand cupped behind her car. and 1 knew that her trained heating was following every sound of the smaller motor boat. "He's alongside now," she said, "lie's shut off the motor. Would vnu say Griffin's boat Is out of their Inlet get?" She turned to the youth called John, who stood near her. "Just about," he returned. "That's what I thought," she com I mented. "Well, we'll know what's what In a minute or two! Not a sound ,nd»v." Involuntarily I pdf out my hand and gripped her shoulder, breathless ly waiting for the 'signal Lillian had promised, while the lapping of the water at our feet sounded lik* thun teiing surf, and the distant chug of notor boats like the rattle of artII ery. It erme clear—clear and distinct— he cry of the screech owl. Then a second's silence, and again the cry Moated to our ears. "Give your reply quick!'’." Mrs Bird whispered, "so you won t delay ‘hem." I obeyed her, and repeated (lie. cry three times as Lillian had asked me. My cry, however, wss hut a pnoi Imitation of either th* bird nr my gifted friend, and t felt my cheeks burn in the darkness as I Mean! an involuntary and quickly smothered chuckle from ths young cha uffeur. "Well wait a minute or two." Mrs Bird announced, wisely ignoring the levity of her aid. “I want to see that bigger boat get off. There. Her light s moving. Everything a set now. John." "Yes, Mrs. Bird." The youth came toward us promptly. Take the other boat and beat it down to George. Tell him to find out whether Gilffin had hie own boat or whether lie rented It to *nmehod> If the tat let. tell Inin t" gel * ,int r.n that boat if It trikes htm all b “ht and repot r to me t*» soon ns he find* out. Then crane hack up to the house “All ' kht, Mu am" He touched his cap rrnd \ mushed u.to the dar k ness M s Bird grasped ni> arm firiiib Well go beck new »he said “There s room for two on this path If you keep close to n>e With tty mind torn between f*ar thal »on’ethlng wculri happen to pro ven* the sailing of the children, trnd the hope which Lillian'* signal had given me. 1 made a nervous com ment to Mrs Bird I otherwise would hare left unuttered, following Lil lian's precept of no questioning ever, unless absolutely necessary “You have an ample and able staff for any undertaking, have you not? 1 felt her stiffen involuntarily against me. and feared that she would regard the question ns the Impertinence it really was. although unintentional. Then she relaxed and laughing softly. ■'Bless you.” she said. “Those boys are not on my payroll. They all have job* of their own—except the man who drove you—he works part of the time for me here, and I have first call on him. But George and Martin used to work with me and under Mrs. Underwood, and they are always glad when the chance comes to- do something along the old line Mind your step here We're beginning to climb. And we ll dn no more talking until we're safe in my sitting room again.'' We retraced our course silently around the hill to th* outdoor garage Unlocking Hie door and switching on the .lights. Mrs Bird looked sen t ellingly around the room. Evidently finding nothing disturbed, she locked the door, and put out th# lights, and fumbling with the masked door in the wall, drew me after her into the passage “There"’ She drew a patpahlv re lieved breath, as she slid th# door into plar# behind her. and turned • he light of her flashlight on the Boor of th# narrow passageway. "Fvervlhlng's all right now " But 1 noticeil that she spoke in a wh'sper, snd I 'made no reply. Neither did she apeak again, until after reaching th# end of the pa* sage In the basement, she led the way upstairs to her sitting room. “Now,'' sh# said, drawing up a rocking chair before the fire, "you've got the hardest job of all. Sitting ■•till until John romoa back »o that no rati find out what tho conlr n.ltrlmii; tho stii'ils mo iloint 41'ftp) rig hi. 1 f 14 ) Milili I iiwp A\irapc SI 1> Hratl at l.agc (iounU Saif aerial |«i Thr Omaha H**. N>b., Mo'h 28 —At lb#* Jasper Mitchell llolaleln sale at Wymote, 6(1 lie,id of mllrh cows ami radveg were a<ild, It being one ot the biggest sslea held In Oage county In seats Milch cows averaged J145 per head and yearling calves brought J'o. The sales nstted J5.000. Stock men from southeastern Nebraska and northern Kansas were In attendance. shu^HeRZBERGS (XX^UA^Il Babyland Must Be Considered We’ve gone to great lengths preparing for baby and we have here the answer for every baby need. 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