South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-30
REVELATIONS OF 4 WIFE

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out across the road at a rugged
peak tipped as with FIRE from the
last rays of the setting sun.
When we come up 10 bed tonight
well rearrange this furniture a bit, ="
Dicky returned IF you get your
bed at just a certain angle you can
see the mountain perfectly without
even rising on your elbow.
Il used 10 like 70 go 70 sleep
looking at them over at Halpin's
It's one Of the bultest things in the
world &c lie comfortably in bed
early on an autumn morning and
watch the sun rise over the peaks.
gave Dickys arm little
ecstatic squeeze as he stood beside
me. love these revelations Of the
beauty-lOving side of Dicky's nature
IL is this attribute Of his that most
appeals 70 me. Ii is not the first
time / have thanked my stars that L
am not married 10 a man with the
average masculine prosaic indiffer
ence toward the things Of life which
are so vital TO me.
II Know Mrs. AlliS.'
Dicky slipped his arm around me
and drew me close TO him, and for
a long minute we stood silently
watching the sur rays melt into the
dark purplish shadows of the noun
tain top. The sun itself had long
since disappeared. AS the last fire.
tipped ray vanished Dicky swung me
around bOyishly.
Exit soulful sighings over noun
tain tops" he said, enter the well
come aroma Of ham and-can't you
smell it? If this place is anything
like Halpin's the ham Will certain
ly be worth digging into.
Hurry and wash up. If you're
as hungry as ! am you'll make a
mighty quick toilet"
I had barely finished drying my
hands when a tap sounded at the
door. Upon my opening it Mrs Cos
grove beckoned me into the hall
You'll pardon my troubling you"
she said. but my boy just told me
that you were Mr.. Graham's sister
instead Of his wife, while 1 under
message that ii was Mr.. and Mrs.
Graham that were coming. thought
l would like 10 get IL Strengthened
out so that I would not be address
ing you wrongly"
With a lightning fash OF intuition
I saw that the calm, sensible, per-
fectly poised woman before me
would resent any attempt to make
her one OF the victims Of the fool
ish jest which Dicky was playing
Upon the dark woman who had come
up with us on the train and was a
fellow boarder at Cosgrove's. There
was nothing for it. 1 knew. but to
tell her the whole truth.
Il am Mrs. Graham, Mrs Cos
grove" I said quietly. we came up
on the train with a woman who is
one of your boarders'
Yes, 1 know, Mrs. Allis," Mrs.
Cosgrove returned, nodding her
head.
Because she heard my husband
call me Sister Sue a foolish little
nickname which he gave me long
ago, and because he asked your son
for two rooms, Mrs. Allis assumed
that we were brother and sister.
My husband. who loves a bit Of mis-
chief did not wish me to spoil the
joke by telling the truth. so we
simply allowed the mistake. 10 pass"
Mrs. Cosgrove looked thoughtful
for moment, then she smiled
genially But there was a touch OF
something that seemed almost like
malice in the smile.
Il don't think there will be any
harm at all to keep up that joke for
few days, If you don't mind" she
said Mrs Allis's face will be
worth seeing when she finds out the
truth"
she turned to walk away AS she
reached the head of the stairs she
looked back.
Supper is ready any time you
are" she said
The same little ambiguous smile
was still lingering around her lips.
As I turned back into the room TO
summon Dicky I carried with me
the impression that Mrs. Cosgrove
disliked Mrs Allis. and that very
probably she had some good reason
for doing so.