Adele Garrison
“My Husband’s Love”
The News Dicky Telephoned Madge
and Why Madge Hesitated to
Question Him.
Back from the gliht of blue in the
sky still visible to my searching eyes.
I turned to the letter Ihad Interrupt
ed when my "thinking hour” had ar
rived and my diary called me. It was
my daily letter to Mother Graham in
answer to her daily report of Junior.
What a wrench It had been to leave
him even for the brief time it seems
necessary we must now be parted—to
leave him in the tender care of his
adoring grandmother. But there had
come to me In those days of con
valescence after the tragic hours :n
that sinister country house where
Allen Drake, Lillian and their oper
atives had raptured the men wlto
promised to he such a menace to our
country, a thought which obsessed
my every waking hour.
"Have I been too thoughtful of my
son at the expense of bis father?
Does part of tlie fault of our unhap
piness lie in tile fact that I have
made Dicky pay the penalty of bis
necessary work in the city, alone?
Although I did not talk this over
with any one, I thought of it almost
every hour of my brief convalescence.
For it was not many days before I
was up again—a bit weak and some
times woefully dizzy—from the shock
ing blow which had come to my head
when Harry Underwood had seized
me and had swept me into he eie
vator behind the darperies in that
music room.
A Quiet. Home.
That Harry IV'< «• 1 ’’-a . 1
my life that Instant when the bullets
began to fly In the givut rot.in . < un
expectedly plunge into darkness,
there was no denying. But that I had
nearly lost my life by the accidental
striking of my head against the iron
grillwork of the elevator, my poor
head for days proclaimed whenever
r even turned over on the couch the
doctor Insisted I should not leave for
nearly a week afier we returned to
the farmhouse and I Mas given into
the tender care of Mother Graham.
r.illian had gone with Mario for a
brief sojourn in the Catskill Moun
tains liOme of Robert Savarin's sister.
Tom Chester had also departed
against the solicitioifs insistence of
Dicky. Royally repentant as Dicky is
whenever he has once convinced him
self he is wrong. Dicky had made
Tom Chester's going almost as em
barassing as he had made his pres
ence in our home, when he discovered
that Tom Chester was there. So our
little family had been alone—Mother
Graham. Dicky. Junior nad I— and
had been made ideally comfortable Dy
grateful Jim and Katie, for days be
fore I made the decision which
brought me to the city with Dicky.
“How Is Leila looking?”
It was somewhat of a relief, how
ever, to be free from the seemingly
never-ending words of thanks with
which Katie showered me, after she
had survived the first terrifying shock
of my being brought homo on a
stretcher. Kven her relief that Joe
was gone—the man she had known
in her old home in Poland and who
tind such a superstitious hold upon
her imagination that she believed she
could never again be happy even with
her beloved “Jeem''—seemed engulfed
by her terror lest I should not sur
vive what "Dot man Joe he put on
my dear Meesls Graham.”
The shrilling of the telephone in
the little hallway of the apartment
brought me to my feet and scurrying
to answer its call. Rut as I went, I
asked myself irrltatedly:
“Why are the telephones of many
small apartments so close to an egg
shell door oil a dividing wall that any
one passing on the stairway or with
an ear to the thin partitioning wall
of tiie next apartment can hear every
thing that is said, if she wants to
listen?"
Rut all captious thoughts were ban
ished by the lilt in Dicky's voice
which came to my ears when I had
taken the receiver from the hook witn
a perhaps-irritated “Hello—yes?”
"Why the peeve, oh. princess of the
palpitating breath?" he chuckled, and
1 knew that Dicky was in one of his
outrageous teasing moods.
“I am breathless at the thought of
at last hearing the voice of my liege
lord for which 1 have hungered all
day olng-"
“Fiddlesticks!” lie chortled. "If the
run across that tiny apartment which
you wished yourself into takes ail
your breath, I'll begin to suspect that
you need to limit a hit. my darling!
Now—now—" he did not give me time
to gasp what he well knew was seeth
ing on my lips. "—Oh, lovely lady
of the sylph like form, let me live but
to speak these words that tremble
on my lips this instant ami you will
absolve your humble-"
“Speak!'’ I laughed at his arrant
nonsense.
“Alf and Leila are In town,” he was
bubbling now, "and they’ve booked us
for this evening—dinner, snow and
supper, if it pieaseth thee. What
say?”
“That will be delightful." 1 slowly
said. "Strange that I should have
been thinking of them not 10 minutes
ago. Where do we meet and when?"
"Seven-thirty at that quaint little
restaurant where they have those
delicious steaks, and-”
"Oh, you mean that funny plac“
where last time they almost let you
mix the salad-"
“Sweetheart mine," Dicky’s voice
was quizzical, but still without edge
at what I feared was an unfortunate
reference—for good aR is the food
served at this particular eating place,
the waiter had the last time Dicky
and I dined there almost ruined
Dicky’s pride, his really declicious
salad dressing, by substituting a bit
of an onion cut like a garlic bud. for
the veritable article. "Suppose I
hurry home—gee, jt seems great to
have a home and you in town—and
dress, and ther well join Alf and
Leila."
"How is Ijeilla looking?" I asked
with what, of course, seemed startling
irrelevane to Dicky, who instantly ex
claimed:
“Of ail the fool questions! What’s
the matter with the old bean this aft
ernoon, dear heart? Leila wouldn't
be in town and planning jazzamania
jaunt with Alf and you and me, if
she weren't-"
Madge Is Perturbed.
"I mean does Leila look-" but 1
stopped myself in time, because not
for worlds would I have let Dicky at
that minute know I had meant to ask
if Leila looked happy. Certainly he
would then have been Justified for
the explosion which even now I
sensed was not far off. "What I
should say, Dicky dear, is how soon
can you get here? I've just had a
letter from Mother and she
"Junior all light?'' he interrupted
with breath taking swiftness.
“Perfectly,” I hastened to reassure
him. "Hut there is something I wish
you to read as soon as—”
"Another row with Katie?” his
voice disclosed even better than his
face might have shown, that he was
little interested.
But as Dicky hung up his receiver
Burgess Bedtime
•Stories
Ily THORNTON W. BURGESS.
You'll find that oftener than not
■* Oisappointment Is our lot.
—.Johnny Chuck.
.Johnny Chuck stayed right where
he was perched up in a tree until he
saw Farmer Brown's Boy and Bowser
the llound disappear up the Long
Lane. Of course, the thing he should
"Good Morning, •lolinny Cliuck,
Aren't You Bather High Ip in
the World?" said KedcV.
have done was to have come down
just as soon as lie was sure that they
were fur enough away for it to be
safe for him to do so. But, you
know, Johnny had never been up in a
tree before. He had never been up
where he could look off and see such
a distance. He began to enjoy the
experience. Y’es, sir, he did so. Notv
that Farmer Brown's Boy had taken
Bowser the Hound away, there was
no other danger that Johnny could
think of. And so he sat there longer
than was wise. He wanted to see just
with the assurance that he would be
with me as swiftly as a taxi could
carry him, and as I slowly turned
back to the little desk on which the
light was now fast falling, I wonder
ed w hat he would say when he* saw
the postcard Mother Graham had en
closed in her letter to me.
It bore but seven words, and yet
those words caused me to forget
everything but the question which
loomed as large as life itself before
my eyes.
where Farmer Brown's Boy was go
ing.
When at last he derided lo come
down he received a bitter disuppoint
ment. My, my, my. I shoyhl say so!
There was some one waiting for him
at the fool of that tree. It was some
one he had no desire at all to see. It
was some one with a sharp face; some
one who showed long, sharp teeth
when he grinned, and he was grinning
now' as he looked up at Johnny Chuck.
It was Keddy Fox. So Johnny Chuck
remained right where he was up in
that tree. ,
How did Keddy happen to he there?
Well, you see, it was this way: Look
ing across from the Old Pasture at
the edge of the Green Meadows, he
had seen Farmer Brown's Boy com
ing down the Long lame. He knew
that Farmer Brown's Boy was going
to Ice what was causing Bowser the
Hound so much excitement. He knew
that Farmer Brown’s Boy wouldn't
have eyes for anything else. Neither
would others who might happen to
he near. Every one would be watch
ing Johnny Chuck up in the tree, and
Farmer Brown's Boy drawing near.
He felt sure that no one would notice
him running across the Green Mea
dows. Every one would be looking the
other way. So away he had gone, as
fast as he could run, and this is very
fast indeed. Straight across to that
old stone wall at a point some dis
tance from where Johnny Chuck was
Reddy had run. There he had hidden
in the bushes and waited. Just as
soon as Farmer Rrown's Boy had led
Bowser away, Reddy had stolen for
ward. And so It was that he was sit
ting at the foot of the tree when
at last Johnny Chuck made up his
mind to dim hdown.
"Good morning, Johnny Chuck.
Aren't you rather high up In the
world?" said Reddy, and be grinned
more broadly than ever.
Johnny Chuck drew back and
glared angrily down at Reddy Fox,
but he didn't say a word, not a word,
"Aren’t you afraid you'll fall?”
asked Reddy, pretending to be very
much worried.
Johnny Chuck said nothing, and
Reddy tried to look anxious. "I'll w’ait
right here to catch you if you do fall."
continued Reddy. "It would be dread
ful If you should fall and get hurt.
Don't you think you would be better
off down here? Climb down carefully
and I'll wait for you."
Johnny Chuck simply glared and
ground his teeth. Reddy grinned again
and it was a wicked-looking grin.
Beatrice Fairfax
Problems That Perplex
Rushing Into Marriage.
Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am 22. I love
a girl of 25 whom I met In Denver.
Due to my dud's serious illness 1 was
called to Omah& (my home). liver
since I've returned my girl has sent
me telegr«..is and letters and even
called me on the long-distance phone
and wants me to return at onre and
marry her. I am greatly In debt to
my people financially and otherwise,
and on the salary 1 received In Den
ver I can’t see my way clear to mar
ry. I've written her everything, and.
in spite of this, she insists we marry
and make the best of matters. My
dad is against me leaving Omaha.
What shall I do'.’ The girl is willing
to come here. PERPLEXED.
You are not In a position to do any
thing but wait You cannot fail in
your duty to your parents. You are
not in a position to marry. » if the
girl cares for you in the right way
site will wait for matters to ail just
themselves. If she is only bound on
having her own way and isn't enough
of a pal to consider your position, she
won't make the sort of a partner a
wife should be.
Discouraged: Don’t worry about
working loo hard. "As tijy day is—
so thy strength is." Most "f us could
carry twice the burden, double the re
sponsitilllty and the work of which
we complain—and still find ourselves
renewed and refreshed by the joy of
accomplishment.
Work is the most refreshing thing
In the world. Activity is the most
stimulating thing there is. Only the
lazy people have time to think how
tired they are. For tiredness and
boredom are more closely related than
most of us realize or acknowledge.
Try this. Suppose you wake up
some morning with a sense of ex
haustlon. Maybe you danced too much
Then he turned and went over to a
comfortable spot among the bushes
just a few feet away. He looked up
at Johnny Chuck, grinned again,
yawned and then luy down and made
himself comfortable. He pretended
not to be watching, but Johnny Chuck
knew that all the time Reddy was
keeping his eyes on him. He was Just
as much a prisoner in that tree as he
had been when Bowser the Hound was
at the foot of it,
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Becomes Very I ncomfortable.-’
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