South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-02
REVELATIONS OFA WIFE
BY Adele Garrison
Why" Dicky Mimicked, Don't
Speak That Way. Madge.'"

SPEAK That Way. Madge.'"
What's the matter. Madge?" Got
crouch or sometL ing?"
Dicky faced me in the old hall Of
the deserted Putnam Manor inn,
where We had expected to lind
warmth and food and the pictur-
esqueness of century back. In
stead Of these things We had found
the place in the hands of care
taker. Dicky had asked 10 20
through the house on the pretense
OF wishing 20 rent it.
Il haven't a bit Of a Crouch" /
tried 10 speak as cheerfully as 1
could. for / dreaded Dicky's anger
when / told him my feelings upon
the subject OF going over the house
under false pretenses. But / don't
think it is right for us To go through
the rooms The woman wouldn't
have let as come in il you hadn't
said we wished TO rent it. It's de
ception. and 1 wish you wouldn't in
sist upon my going any further
can't enjoy seeing the rooms at all. -
Dicky started at me for a moment
as if / were some specimen Of hu-
mainly ne had never seen before.
Then he exploded.
Another one of your scruples.
Ell? BY Jove. / wonder where you
keep them all. You're always ready
to trot one out just in time 10 spoil
any little thing I'm trying 10 do for
your pleasure or mine"
please hush, Dicky," 1 pleaded.
/ was afraid the woman in the next
room would hear him. he spoke in
such loud tones.
I'll hush when 1 get good and
ready" I longed 20 shake him. his
tone and words we're so much like
those of a spoiled child. But he
lowerd his tone. nevertheless, and
stood for a minute or two in sulky
silence before the empty fireplace.
Well Come along" he said at
last I'm sure there is no pleasure
20 me in looking over this place. I've
seen IL often enough when old Fors-
man had it filled with colonial junk,
and served the best meals 10 be
found on Long island. It's like a
coffin now 10 me. But l thought
you might like to look it over, as
YOU had never seen it. But for
heavens sake let us respect your
scruples."
j knew better than TO make any
answer. L wished above everything
else 10 have this day end happily.
this whole day TO ourselves in the
country upon which / had counted
so much. i feared that Dicky would
be angry enough to return TO the
city. as he had threatened to do
when he found the inn closed. SO
it was with much relief that after
we had gone back into the other
room 1 heard him ask the caretaker
if there were some place in the
neighborhood where we could OBJ
tain a meal.
do you know where the Shake
speare house is?' she asked.
Never heard of it" Dicky an
swered. although I've been around
here quite a bit. too"
It's about six blocks further
down toward the bay" she said,
still in the same cOlorless tone she
had used from the first It's on
Shore I'd, 329 Shore I'd. The Cor
mans own IT, Mr.. German. he's a
builder, and he built an old house
over int copy Of Shakespeare
house in England. Mrs. German is
English. She serves tea there on
the porch in the summer. and I've
heard she viii serve a meal 10 any,
body that happens along any time
of the year, although she doesn't
keep a regular restaurant. That's
the only place J know Of anywhere
near. OF course. down on the bay
there's the Marvin HarbOr hotel.
You can get a pretty good meal
there"
Thank you. very much" said
Dicky. laying a dollar bill down on
the table near us ! had a sudden
flash of understanding. Dicky meant
all the time TO recOmpense the wom-
an in this way for allowing us TO
see the house But the principle of
the thing remained the same. Why
could he not have told her frankly
that he wished to look at the house
and given her the dollar i'm the be-
ginning?
did not ask the question how
ever. even after we had left the old
mansion and were walking down
the road / felt like adopting the
old motto and leaving well enough
alone
Il hope we don't have 10 20 clear
to the harbor before we eat"
rsy-1t m bIad Dick,- as We frudg pd
along. echoed his wish silently
but heartily. The sun was just as
bright. the winter landscape just as
beautiful as il had been an hour or
two before. but our eyes were
holden" in the ancient phrase. we
could think of nothing but the
savory meal of which we had been