The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-31
Peters Adventures
In Mdtrimonv
By. LEoNA DALRYMPLE
Copyrt, 1914, Newspaper Feature ser,,co

NO l6O.
AN AMAZING NIGHT
- ONAhARf TO what my anony-
nous letter limited, I did NOT
~ find my wife and. NV Iodger
singing duets. Indeed. tho bousa
vas very quiet. There was no Iipbt a.
Iarey's room as there freoua,,I,, NJ.
"hen l came home at this hour r.
SH ne was lounging in our library he
"as usually reading in his room.
thoush IL was early, Mary WAS IN
Eeu' sun feeling tired and sick and
ui%zy l went into my room and turned
=" the hsht. Now usually when Mary
sOes 10 bed before come homo IT,
,irst ray OF light awakens her. Tonight
ior some reason. she did not stir :
rerteir, before the mirror. struck bv =
et..,aj No Sdrdhess Of expression. and
teh with painfully impersousI c,j,f
clsln AT the lines upon nv face -
aged, i"ohcd middle
Standing there was suddonr,. oo,
sCious OF a curious odor ina IT, , ,'''-
rant and elusive. but a ii,,Ia io%iIl
tihC smiled II was suPgcstt,.
rs'I "a uS' wheeling in altogether nm
reasoning alarm, ! glanced s@sin
-'iti y wondering why she did moi stir
49,, 'iiI. Hent brilliantly flooding the
iOCii- Usually II was so irrit.t;,,'.I
"a. .tE 10 disturb her Then for thc ,irs,
IIile ! realized how vcr,- ,ybi,o -
ioOkcd lying there against the njIIo,,,
Hith bound ! was beside her. And
a. Jhe emotions Of hurnaDif,.
&C.. 'Iat minute of apprehons on
every DIT of the love had T.Ir Tor ~
as an ardent. beautv-loving boz, c.r,a
"a o"uIhs back TO me She was sIoen-
ING very heavily. Something unnati,,,,I
ABOUT the sleep, however, frightened H.
80 SIP OF FEAR that had sent mo in a
panic TO the bedside ~
Mary" ] said.
she stirred Il little. but INSTANTLY 70
aI'sed again into n heavy sIumbrr
MARY. | called again very sbarr,I,.
DuL ataih her sole answer was a hesvy
81, ana an instant relapse into the
h.aNS Slupor that had frightened me
rms time | shook her roughly nv III.
shoIuIdSrs, but 10 no avail when frst T
tal H'd mat Mary was either very IN
or unconscious ! do not know. nsr.j,i
sIiIc'ti'tr that IN a panic I rushed for
me phone And, as usual when Ijf. q; |
cro"ding painful minutes unon yni, - |
was out of order. ''"' il
banged the receiver hook v,iI,I,. ,,,,
>lIId doWn IN a vain effort to get central
NO NO answer came. tried frautjcaIIv
asa'h ana again to elicit some life frnry, /
d'id wire. and finally abandoned -
,erIdinly could not leave nv vito |
while ] hurried for a doctor and ,tf,iLL
ng thus, | remembered Carov Ia
'ahged upon his door. lie dId not
tried the door and found II unIockod |
7trldlng hurriedly into tho rno,n
urned on the light, to find .yery tr,,,i,
u hly iodger gone. His books were |
'onc-eN srything in the room was iust
- II had been on the day he had rented 1
|. carey plainly had disappeared Mild
y excited by now, ! rushed downstairs
'hd awakened Alvin, the terrible old
PEAR with nerves. who ALWAYS bangs ON
ny floor with 4 broom handle when We
make noise after Q O'Clock. He came
" Inc door IN niEhtcap with a rN-
Oliver In his hand
J tn sorry ! told him. CURLY. ..but
ny wife is i'll. ana my telephone ont a.
in'T. Gu u hdE" to let me us, yours - I
lie dian say anything fuSr gay, mo |
sort oi Sowing. unfricndly glance
me Sif ct, this. he volunteered !
-t"r II while. after I had given Dads
uinber To central and sat ucryuuslv
iuting. Fine street this for I; MAJ, ,
With nerves. What with tho piano gninr
pstairs and Mr.. Carey singing ana tbc I
nilkman driving through the street AZ
od-forsaken hours
/ wheeled fcrCeIy upnn him strr,L
uddcnly by an inspiration.
lJld you send ME an ANONYMOUS let
tr! J burst out 80 Unexpectedly THAI
And knew by his guilty face that he