Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-30
'MyHeart and MyHusband
Revelations of a Wife"

Illness | do not actively dislike
Bess Dean, but | cannot appove OF
her, and l am sure that she cares
for me no more than | do for her.
A caustic retort trembIed on my
lips, but l choked it back, returned
her smile with one which l hattered
myself revealed nothing of my real
feeling, turned back to my class
room, to which few moments
later Alice Holcombe rushed in
pale and breathless.
"Sit down." l commanded, "and
don't speek for minute"
! filed a glass from the ice water
carafe, handed it to her and waited
until she had slipped portion of
its contents.
Thank you" she said, looking up
gratefully. But what do you think
Mr., Stockbridge may not be back
here for two or three days. And
whatever will Milly take into her
head to do in the meantime.
did You Tell"
Her voice trailed off despairingly.
l griped her shoulder impatiently.
What has happened?" l demand
ed What is taking Mr.. Stosk-
bridge away"
why, one of his dearest friends
is the principal of school about 50
miles from here. The man has had
a serious accident, and his affairs
and school-from what | can gather
over the telephone are in a serious
muddle. He has been taken to a
hospital about FIVE miles from his
home, and l guess Mr.. Stockbridge
is spending all of his time travelling
between hospital, home and school.
He knows everything will go along
smoothly here, so he told me over
the telephone that he wouldn't be
back for couple of days. He said
you and I were to decide every
thing-sort of a council for two
take-jnst as if We possessed his
authority"
Did you tell him about his
wife's breaking open his private
desk" l asked with discreetlly
lowered voice.
"No-a, I didn't" she replied with
troubled eyes and voice. Il know /
should have done so, but he seemed
TO have so much on his mind that
hated to burden him with anything
more"
Il think you did exactly right" 1
responded promptly, and was
rewarded by seeing her face
Why Not?"
"I'm glad you think So" she
said. 1T was difficult to know
what to do. He said he had
already notified his wife that he
would be gone, asked me if l
wouldn't run around and see her
while he was gone"
ooh, you mustn't do thatp I
calculated with a vivid memory of
the snake in the grass" speech
from Milly Stockbridge's lips.
why not?" she questioned,
startled, then evidently decided l
had meant nothing special, reas-
sured me as to her course of action.
I'm not going to 60 there" she
said, From what Mr.. Stock
bridge said over the telephone Milly
must have given him no mixing of
her visit or of her discovery
This means that she is brooding
over the whole thing, thinking, plan
ming what particularly devlish thing
she can best do. I'm not going to
get in her way l can assure you.
At any rate, Mr.. Stockbridge is out
OF the way for two or three days,
and will telephone me when he
expects to come back. I'll keep my
eyes open, and drop a hint to
Milly's people if l find she's kick
ing over the traces. Oh, dear,
there's that telephone again. 1t
seems to me that l have answered it
a million times today"
ill CO." l said, and sped down
the stairs. 1t was a long distance
call, and when the connection was
finally secured it was Lillian's voice
that came.
Continued tomorrow.)