New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
REVELATIONS
 OF A WIFE
What Happened When WlHam' Bought the Jap to MadGc.

''Mis Gramie!'
 Williams voice, respectful. but filled with excitment, sounded out side the door of the little upstairs sitting room in the Marvin house, where Lillian, my mOther-in-iaw and I were seated in consultation as to the best methods of spelling the plans of the gang of enemy conspirators headed by Grace Draper.
 Dart that ,
 ''Drat that ape!" my mother-in law exclaimed, but in a low voice that couldn't possibly have reached Will liam's dulled hearing. He's always around. You can't take two steps nowadays, without stumbling over him.
 This was, of course, exa aggeration upon the part of my mother-in-law, who, to do her justice, was uniformily kind in her own grabbed way to Will liam. But she had just engaged in a long dissertation upon the way the would manage the coming campaign, to which Lillian and l had listened with every appearance of humble ad- miration and acquiescence, and she didn't relish any Interruption.
 
 asked, rising and going to the door. where the old fellow stood shuffling his feet and twisting his cap between his hands, sure sign of the intense embarrassment which seized him in the presence of strangers.
 Mysterious Men Next Door.
 Its that Jap again, Mis- Gramie," William said, the utmost disgust in h fEIyor cir Cb ho jerked a grmy forefinger toward Mother Graham who shifted audi1oly but for wonder did not reprovc him, told me I was never to let him come across the boundary I've been able to keep him away. But today he keeps saying he's got somethin' he's just got to bring over here and the last time ] told him to chase hisself he said the men over there would kill him and me, too, if I didn't let him come over with it.
 q think he was tryin' to skeer me with that last spiel,' William said re- fectively, but told him seein's as they was in such an awful todo about it I'd ask you"
 "What utter rot" my mother-in- law ejaculated "Go right back and
 
 ; Us we will have the police attend to them"
 'Pardon, dear Mrs. Graham" Lil- Han said softly, '"but surely you have forgotten that the police are just the people upon whom we cannot call The very success of this thing rests upon our keeping it out Of the hands of the police. And you will excuse me, I know if I tell you that I'm very anxious indeed to discover something about these mysterious men next l about personally. if you don't object I should like to send for this Jap, give him the-loo1 him over and hear l what he has to say"
 1 smiled when I was sure my august mother-in-laW couldn't see me al 1illian's quick shift from her usual slangy expression "give him the once over." Evidently she was try ing hard to manage" the cra'bbed old 1 lady, and didn't intend to spoil it by any expression to which the coult 1 take exception.
 What the Jap Brought Madgc. Since my mother-in- law has real ized that Lillian occupies so high q 1 added tinge of awe to the very req rspect and liking she feels for her. Ch, of course, Mrs. Underwood, l she said graciously. If you wish 1 to see the man that alters matters l Brlng him here at once, William l she commanded with quite perceptibl le ] childish pleasure in giving orders. l William hesitated, looking at me