New Britain herald., 1917-10-02
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
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By ADELE GARRISON

inf1amed imagination, had either gone insane or was uttering the most fla grant untruths about Dicky, together with lot of wild utterances concern l ing my being meant to be his mate, | and that he would make up to me for my husbands neglect
 My hand was reaching for my wra D when the physicians strong hand fell over mine and effecrually prevented my putting it on.
 Listen to me-" he commanded sternly. You shall leave here in two minutes, and I promise that I won't speak to you in the interval if you don't wish me to do so. But surely your common sense tells you that for you to rush away in this manner will only lead to most unpleasant com ment on the part~of anyone who hap pens to see you. Wait until I have summoned the waiter and have paid the bill-then we can leave here de- corously."
 was not so frightened but that I could see the reasonableness of his plea. Indeed when I mentally caught my breath. I realized that I wasn't afraid of Dr. Petit at all My pas sionate indignation had been reused by his accusations against Dicky, and his declaration of love for me, both of which I felt were insults to me.
 And yet there was something about the man as he stood there with avert ed face that appealed to my sense ot justice.
 ''FOOl That I Was!"
 If he believed the dreadful things he had said about Dicky were true, If he really cared for me as he had said-brooding over them might we'll have led him to say things which he might afterward regret. He had him self declared he had meant to go away to South America without speaking of the feeling for me he had cherished so long.
 South America-the words recalled what I had forgotten; that for my sake this man had accepted a mis- sion which might prove most danger ous, in which he might lose his life, the mission of looking after my fa- ther. Surely this fact ought to ex- cuse much in my eyes.
 It served at least to make my voice kinder as I said in as matter of fact a tone as I could manage:
 "Of course you are right. But please call the waiter, for I must leave here imm mediately.''
 He looked about for the waiter, but he was serving someone in the main dining room, then suddenly, he put his head in his hands.
 Fool that I was!" he muttered 'I might have known that you'd take it this way. And now suppose even our friendship is at an end"
 And Then
 I felt a sudden inconsistent fem mine impulse to make him retract his words concerning Dicky. I would not admit, even to myself, how much his accusation disturbed me, how they fitted in with observations and sus- picions of my own.
 Tt need not be the end of our friendship I said, If you will only take back the terrible, the unjust things you have said about my hus- band, and forget all about the other nonsense you talked"
 He raised his head from his hands and gazed fixedly at me.
 T would like to lie to you,'' he said, "but I can't. I have seen and heard too much to be in any doubt at all about your husband"
 But you cannot have proofs" I l cried needless that in my agonizing doubt l was opening the way for the discussiono the subject I had just forbidden.
 See her," he answered roughly. II don't intend to subject myself to an- other rebuff such as I've just encoun- tered. I will say only one thing to you. If you are not wholly blind you will find out about the association of your husband and Edith Fairfax"
 Edith Fairfax" I rpaeted the words mechanically. And in that mo- ment I tasted the deepest bitterness I have ever experienced. For an in stant even believed all the things the man before me had told me, for the l name he gave me confirmed all the 1 doubts and suspicious had e1- perienced.
 Then my faith in my husband came l rushing back like flood.
 1T don't believe you." I cried, and neither of us spoke again until after the waiter had brought his bill and 1 we were out of the main room in the 1 hallway at the foot of the stairs that led down from the private dining 1 rooms.
 Then with a little cry of dismayed heartbreak I shrank back against pr. Petit.
 For advancing toward us down those stairs ,ame Edith Fairfax and