The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-09
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
of a Wife
The "NeLUS" That AO0ited
Rita BroU1 at Home.

~ TIA BROWN was smiling to her
~ self as she came out OF the phar-
i v macy where she had telephoned-
II was the sort of set smile a woman
uses when she wishes to convince people
Of her complete contcntment-
''Did YOU get him, old dear7" DiclCy
asked as he opened the door for her to
enter the carve had returned from our
own little shopping errand but q minute
before her appearance
She looked at him stea dily, to an ap-
pearances with nothing but cool arnuse-
ment in her sa1r; But 1 guessed GnA& &
she felt like clawing his face with her
finSer-nans or indulgtnE in some other
tempery performance.
IT don't think mentioned the sax OF
my telephone oalI." she draWled- ~BUt
as II happens did get him. thank you :"
She seated herself in the tonnsAu with
the air of an empress holding a leveA
and for the rest of the drive and during
the very good little dinner DiclSy Or
dered at a wayside inn she kept up the
same semblance of naughty aloofn0ss.
Dicky. who was In one of his gayaSt. ire
responsible moods. was determined 20
tease her, but managed TO signal him
dsterminedly that he must restrain his
r1llierY, and for q wonder he obeySd.
devoting his teasing instead to Alfred
DurleSs and Leila in the front seat
Tense Moments.
am afraid. however. that this latter
performance was gwen more Irritating to
Rita Browns nerves than raillery di-
rected against herself would have beSu-
She could have given vent to her re-
sentiment II Dicky had been addressing
her directly. but she had no excuse for
obtecting to the remarks he was ad-
dressing to Alfred Durkee, yet they
must nave been fulf OF barbed needles
for her self-love.
For Dieky. with the sravest face and
the most fatherly manner imaginable
was admonishinz Alfred to be careful In
his driving. to look at the road instead
Of into his conpAnlon's eyes, to reTnen-
Der that he must use both hands for the
wheel. and number of similar non
sensical cautions. He kept Leila Fair
her sister and myself smile in aInuse-
ment, caused Alfred Durkee to grin
shecpishly when he was not throwing
back caustic retorts at Dicky. but which
did not alter Rita Browns unsmiling
hauteur.
The situation was a tense unpleasant
one I was glad. indeed, when we final
ly turned into the drive leading TO the
Durkee veranda. Little MrA Durkse.
who evidently had heard the sound OF
wheels, fiuttered out to meet US.
A Prophecy" Fulfilled.
"oh, Rltar' sho exclaimed. There's
an urgent telephone n1gssage for you
Here's the number aud they want you
to call a. soon as you can. They've
called twice for you, and the woman
who was calling said she had an urgent
message for you"
''Oh, dear. wonder what can be the
matter!" Miss Browns voice was high
pitched, excited. With Dicl1y's sugges-
ton In my mind. II appeared artificial.
although don't know that otherwise
would have suspected Its sincerity
Don't worry, dear" motherly Mrs.
Durl<eS was friendliness itself, although
I know that she dIsli<ed the girl But
the kindly little woman's preJudices all
ways fall before an emergency. TT
probably is just some business call"
with a curt Pardon" Rita Brown