Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-28
My HEART and My HUSBAND
Adele Carrison's New Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife

crisply. please go over with Leila at
once, Katie is having seven distinct
spasms about her dinner. Get every
body together just outside of the din
ing room. Dicky is planning a big
surprise of some kind you know, and
wants 1t to burst upon us all at once.
I'll be there almost Immediately. Please
hurryl"
MADGE TAKES CHARGE.
I flung the last words impatiently
over my shoulder as bent over my lit
tie friend. who was lying back in a
rocking chair with every appearance
of suffering. l think Alfred, who
knows his mothers little foibles very
well, although he never betrays his
knowledge, was only too glad to leave
her to me. | cast a furtive glance aft
err him, saw him seize Leila-who.
troubled and reluctant, was standing
Just outside the door-by the arm and
hurry her down the hall. ! waited
only until ] was sure they were out
of earshot before beginning my cam
paign against my little neighbor.
See here. you little fraud" I said
with surface merriment, but with un-
DERIVING srimness that ! knew she
would recognize, 'if you think I'm go
ing to let you spoil my whole party
you have another guess coming, as
! Dicky says. Here l brought this
along with melt is absolutely war;
ranted to relieve headache, and If 1t
| doesn't why there are plenty of
couches at our house. But be there at
the beginning of this dinner, you've
got to be- so swallow this, battle your
| face and eyes-thats what / alwaya
do when my head aches-and come
along
THE SURPRISE DISCLOSED.
ssrr,l1 ~ 7 lo1l ha,-
| pellet of a kind prescribed for me
long ago by DR.. Petit when l was
suffering from nervous headaches. 1
knew that if she were really suffering
It would relieve her, and If she were
shamming, as / more than half-sus-
pected, it would not hurt her.
| ''Will it cure heartache, too,
Madge?" she asked with pathetic
uuerulousness that, appealed to me
even while it irritated me.
| I'm sure of it, ! said flippantly.
Because heartaches are usually moth
ing but indigestion. Come, where's a
wash cloth or do you prefer some
POWDER"
But I look a fright" she protested
weakly, and knew that my battle
was won.
you'll look worse If you don't
hurry" / retorted, snatching a powder
pun anu d HllTTOF lTOiil Hcr III cSoiii6
table.
"Tn give you thirty seconds to
primp,' l said.
-"Youre-just awful, Madge," she
replied, daintily applying the powder
puff But / suppose / ought not to
spoil your dinner. But l never thought
of it in that way, and it just seemed
as IL / couldn't
Never mind that now" ] said,
bringing her a glass of water, and
standing over her relentlessly until
she had swallowed the pellet I had
prescribed. Now tuck your arm in
mine, so fashion. and come along"
We found everybody gathered In
the living room outside the closed din
ing room, nd there was a general
shout of relief when we appeared
Only Leila Fairfax's fair face remained
vaguely Swallowed.
Now, let the show begin" Lillian
chanted.
Dick holding Junior perched upon
his shoulder, put his hand upon the
knob of the door.
Now you'll see birthday present
that is a present." he boasted. None
of your rattles and balls and silver
dinguses in mine.
He threw open the door. and we
trooped in to see in the midst of pile
of other toys an immense rocking
horse, almost as tall as Dicky himself
Ia magnificent, costly toy, suitable
for child of five!
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