New Britain herald., 1917-06-13
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
By ADELE GARRISON

What Madge Really Feared Most of All.
 I do not believe that ever in my life have felt 50 utterly helpless as did when finally hung up the tele- phone after my controversy with the manager of the Crest Haven Taxi company. in which he had reiterated his inability to provide any convey ance for Dicky through the terrible drifts which were piled between our house and the Crest Haven railway station.
 walked to the door. and opening 1t. faced for moment the full fury of the storm which dashed the snow into my face 50 strongly that could hardly stand against 1t. The porch was piled with drifted snow, and drifts gleamed whitely everywhere against the dim light thrown out by the street lamps.
 ''Missis Graham, are you crazy ?" Katie pulled at my dress. and fairly dragged me through the door into the shelter of the hall, closing the door with difficulty after her. "You got noting on your head, no coat dose slippers on feet. vot you want to do ? Keel yourself ?"
 | "Oh1 Katie'' clung to the girl in helpless desperation. T don't know what to do. can't get any word to MT. Graham. and the taxi company won't do anything to help me. just say their taxis are stalled on account of the storm.'
 Dot Jim, he could go down to his 0 hvNf $f fhvsnk miles down dere, and Jim he got so bad cold
 That is not to be thought of, Katie." replied promptly, and was glad that she had no way of knowing how strong temptation her proposi- ton was to me But Jim had narrow ly escaped a serious illness in the at tack of grippe he had had, and send ing him out in. the storm was out of the question.
 ooh, vell'-Katie's tone held all tho stolidity with which the foreign peasant mind faces physical tasks. Tt bad storm, but Meester Graham, he not babee, he not be keeled If he do have to walk. Marvin. now, dot dangerous, railroad track and lake and brook and no bridges, but Crest Haven, all streets, houses. And it not cold. He no freeze. Oder way I guess. tink he have vot you say a hot neck by time he gets here."
 What Katie Meant.
 For a moment I was bewildered by the girls queer expression, and then as the meaning of her words came to me, I could not repress smile, worried as was.
 You mean MT. Graham's express sion Hot under the collar Katie?''
 ''Yes, dots it," Katie returned, but with no answering chuckle such as usually accompanied one of her at- tempted witticisms. The thought crossed my mind that I had not heard one of Katie's trrepressible contagious giggles for weeks. and I mentally re- solved that when Diclky was safely home again I would ind out the reason for Katie's lack of spirits.
 'T am afraid he will be pretty angry Katie" said. "but 1t cannot be helped. Tell Jim to be sure to keep the fires going 60 that the house will be warm at 3 o'clock. Leave the tea kettle on the back of the stove, and lay out as good a lunch as you can. I will fix up something in the chaf1ng dish if he's extra hungry, and have some hot coffee ready at any rate. You and Jim do not need to stay up. I am going to try the livery stables now"
 Katie departed, and spent the next hour at the telephone trying to persuade the propristors of livery stables, grocery stores and other es- tablishments to furnish me Q sleigh