South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-19
REVELATIONS OF 4 WIFE

the road. and then lift MS hat in a
formal. unsmiling greeting Nv
eyes followed his. and met the cool
half quizzical ones or Grace Draper
She was accompanied 10y tail. very
ood-iooking youth. who was bend
ing toward her so assiduously that
ne did not see US AZ all
Why, / didn't know Miss Draper
had returned" said. wondering
why Dicky had kept the knowledge
from me
Il didn't know il myself" Dicky
answered. frowning Queer she
wouldn't call me up Wonder who
that iackanapes with her is. any
way"
am beginning 10 believe that
Grace Draper is the evil genius Of
my life with DiCky During the
time thSt she was away visiting
her sick relative Dicky and ! had
the most delightful times. Perhaps
I am fanciful. but it seemed 10 me
that our meeting with her on our
way 20 Marvin harbor was the fore
runner Of much misery for me.
Dicky was moody an the rest Of
the trip. 7 know that ne has the
most easilv wounded feelings OF any
one in the world. and naturally ne
resented the fact that the neautl-
ful model whom he had befuended
and who was his secretary and
studio assistant. had returned from
her trip without letting him know
she wa Ar home
r. I onlv could be sure that pique
al an employees failure 10 report TO
him was az the bottom Of his sulki-
ness. But the memory OF the good
looking youth who hung over the
girl SO assiduously was before my
ewes. I feared that the reason for
I Dicky's moody displeasure was the
presence OF the unknown admirer
OF his beautiful model
/ OF course. all pleasure i'm the DAYS
outing was gone for me also, ana
we were silent pair as we wan
dered IN and out through the sandy
/ beaches DiCky conscieutiously but
( perfunctorily pointed out 20 me all
the things which ne thought /
would find interesting. and in
which. under other circumstances.
. ] SnOulQ nave Ithfiltu-
The lobster pots drawn up on the
shore. the oyster houses, the num-
berless fishing boats OF all shapes.
sizes and degrees OF repair. the shin
ing loads Of fish which the boats
brought in: all OF these were things
which I had long wanted 70 see but
which in our interest I'm other things
we had hitherto neglected. had
long anticipated this trip. ! resent
ed ftercely the chance that had
thrown the girl / detested IN our
path if only for d moment.
Wei. suppose We feed -
Dickys voice broke in on my
thoughts. was i'm just the mood
TO be cautious and 7 resented alike
the slanginess Of his utterance and
what I fancied to he the bored
WEAKNESS Of his tone.
IF YOU are trying to ind out
whether ] am ready for dinner,
retorted. please put your question
in English"
Dicky stared. frowned. and 1 eX-
pected him 10 burst out in a rage
and propose returning home. But
with one of his Kaleidoscope
changes of temperament he threw
back his head and burst out laugh
ing
Did she have n crouch because
Of her low-brow husband o. he in
auired mockingly, patting me on the
shoulder as II I We're a peevish
child. l drew myself away pet
Jishly.
ooh. come out of it, my nus
band said good humoredly " on
talk like an instructor i'm pre-
/ Eliza oethan English. Let's eat and
forget it,"
felt like making him q tart re-
ply and going directly home. but ]
controlled the impulse and forced
myself 20 chat smilingly as We
walked toward the rude shack
called the "Shafer Place" at which
Dicky had stopped and ordered din
ner on our way TO the harbor.