New Britain herald., 1918-09-18
REVELATIONS
 OF A WIFE
What Happened When Mad9c and
 Edith Faced Each Other.

the tender, pitying feeling I'd had for her.
 So it was true. after all! Her jour- neT had been to sec DicIly-DickV of whose very address ] was uncertain! Jealous rage famed up again within me, and must have been visible upon my face for l saw the girl shrink back as if my hand had been raised for a blow.
 The sight of her evident fear brought me to my senses with q rush. Even if what l feared were true something which my returning san ity and common sense dOuhtcd~-I would gain nothing by frightening her.
 So I schooled my voice and face to ly llindlincSS.
 "Dont let Us misunderstood each other. Miss Fairfax" I said quietly "You don't need to be afraid of m> or to shrink from me. 1 am not an gry at you'--I palIiated the false hood to my soul with the sophistr. that my ticrcest anger had indeed fed--'I am only anxious to find o"t from you certain things which ii l. necessary for many reasons for nc 10 knOw.'
 There was a flashing change in her face-relief predominated, but there was a lS0 a quick slight filming of her eyes that | have observed in many girl pupils when undergoing quiz zing concerning some forbidden cX ploit. l at once interpreted ii to mean that there were some things concerning Dicky which she wouldn't tell me.
 When she answcred me her voice held a calm dignity instead of the passionate protest of moment be- fore.
 1T shall be very glad. Mrs. Graham, to answer any question I can-With- out betraying a contidence.'
 The inference that she held conti- dences of my husbands from which I was barred upset my enforced calm dictated a speech worthy of , shrew:
 Tt is no secret to me, Miss Fair fax" 1 said Scathingly, that my hus- band and you care for each other, and it is scarcely necessary for you to flaunt the fact that there arc conf1- dences between you that you don't care to reveal to me"
 "No Wonder Your Husband-"
 regretted the speech as soon as it had left my lips, but not so poignant 'ly as ] did a moment later when the girl I had insulted sprang to her feet, and with the hot color dyeing her proud, sensitive face famed out at me royalty:
 "Oh! Oh!' she choked. How can you say such cruel, underbred, vulgar things to me! No wonder your huS- band-'
 She stopped, panic-stricl1en, and the color ebbed out of her face, leaving her deadly pale. l watched her with almost an uncanny fascination. What was the rest of the sentence which she had left unfinished concerning Dicky?
 And then I saw a transformation indeed. As if by magic the shyness, the timidity, the girlishness of Edith Fairfax seemed to slip from her, leaving a calm, poised woman of the world, who looked out at me from searching, appraising, judging eyes.
 "Please forgive me- she said with sincerity, but there was only dignity. no abasement in her contritiOn. II should not have spoken to you in that manner, but"
 Neither should I have spoken as I did" I finished for her. "I trust you will accept my apologies
 She inclined her head in grave as- sent. but there was something in the expression of her eyes that disturbed me. I fancied I read remuneration, judgment, warning in their dark depths.
 'I Love Him Truly"
 Mrs. Graham" she said after little pause, q want you to do me the honor of believing that what I am go- ing to say to you is the exact truth"
 She looked at me eXpectantly.
 "I do believe it, l returned with unexpected earncstness, and knew that [ meant the assertion.
 Then let me assure you now" she went on. that your husband does not care for me at all in the way you think That he believes me to be a true friend who has been able to serve him in two or three emergen- cies, who stands ready to serve him. I am sure That I care for him deep ly, hopelessly, you have guessed, but he does not dream of such d folly upon my part, thank God.
 "It is my prayer that he will never know-and yet-and yet her voice broke into tears all the more bitter because unshed, "I love him moro truly than you can-Would make him happier-be a, better wife for him."
 looked at her with eyes that seemed spiritually opened.
 "I believe you would, said sin cerely without rancor, giving her the