South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-29
REVELATIONS OLA WIFE
BY Adele Garrison

ror again. And here / had treated
Dicky 10 a scene because OF his
open admiration OF the girl who sat
so serenely unconscious in the next
coach.
1 must remember, l told myself
that l had married an artist ?
fOresaw. however, many compiled
lions in our lives together If ev-
cry time We took a trip anywhere
Dicky was 70 spend the time plan
ming to secure the services of some
possible model 1 could see very little
pleasure for me in our outlines.
But / knew an apology was due
Dicky.' / gathered courage 10 make
it,
Il am sorry 10 have annoyed you.
Dicky,' / said at last But ! did
not dream that you were looking at
her as a possible model"
And looked at from any other
standpoint il was rather raw OF me.
admitted Dicky. But let's forget
She'll probably drop off the train at
Forest Hills or Kew Gardens. she
looks like the product of those sub
urbs and I'll never see her again"
But his prediction was not full
filed. When the guard called
Next stop, Jamaica. Change for
PatchOsue train the girl in the &C.
rise hat and the pony coat was right
behind Us as we alighted on the
wide wide elevated platform.
The Patchogue train was waiting
and as we took our red upholstered
velvet seats she came down the aisle
and took a seat near the front OF
our coach, in plain view, but well
out of earshot.
The plot thickens, said Dicky.
His tone was gay. but / saw that
there was a real interest beneath
his raillery IF she gets off at Mar
vim l shall consider it direct inter
vention Of Providence"
Shall you really try 10 make her
acquaintance, Dicky?" asked. Even
with the knowledge that it was only
as an artist seeking a model that
Dicky wished TO meet the girl. 1
could not shake off a feeling of dis
taste for the whole affair.
Dicky shook his head dejectedly.
mo. &C course that's all rot" he
said. If she were only some shah
by poor girl TO whom the money /
could pay her for posing would
mean something l might try it. But
those clothes she has on spell money
and lots of il. She's rather a classy
dame, too, not the kind that's crazy
about posing for the sake of seeing
her face on the cover of a magazine,
the way sOrle of them are. No,
guess it's a hopeless proposition"
l struggled with a sudden temp
tation. / knew the thing for me TO
do was 10 tell Dicky the things l
had observed about the girls cloth
ing To any man and 70 many
women, she looked as if she were
very prosperous. But accustomed
to making over my own clothing.
had detected all the little makeshifts
by which she had transformed
clothing which ! knew was old into
a very clever imitation Of new out
fit. From many little things / knew
that this girl, if not in actual want,
was in straitened circumstances.
Probably she would be very glad 10
accept Dicky's offer.
But 1 knew in my heart I did
not want to tell Dicky. L did not
want this beautiful. stunning crea-
ture to pose for Dicky, TO be thrown
with him daily in the intimate COM
partnership of the studio.
I made a sudden compromise with
my conscience. If the girl got off
at Marvin. the station which was our
own destination, l would tell Dicky.
But if she did not l would keep ST
lent.