Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
My HEART and
NV HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
of q Wife
Why Mrs. Durkee Was Very
Gloomy Indeed,

Oh. Madge, what do you think
Alf has been doing now?'
Little Mrs. Durkee came up to
my room one evening after had
returned from school with a most
woebegone expression upon her
face. l knew from long experience
of my little friends vagaries what
was the matter with her, and I tried
ursucessfulH not to smile as she
threw herself into my easiest chair
and dabbed her eyes with the dain-
test. most inhnitesimal of handker-
chiefs.
"Oh, you needn't grin" she said
petulantly, Il know you think I'm
a fool over that boy of mine. but
you just wait until that baby grows
up. You'll be watching every girl
with eyes like a hawks for fear
she's going to steal him away from
YOU
The Years Hasten.
stopped smiling suddenly. Her
words called up vision which, alb
surdly enough, gave me a distinct
pang. For a startled moment l
locked down the coming years to
the time when my baby, my idolized
little son, should be mine no longer,
but belong to some other woman.
Little Mrs. Durkee's maternal
jealousy of Alfred had long been a
source of quiet amusement to me-
He is a model son, but he has a
penchant for pretty faces, and as lie
adores his mother, he invariably, at
an early stage of his acquaintance
ship with all attractive girl, asks his
mother to invite the young woman
of his fancy to dinner or for a week
end, or for some social function in
her honor. Mrs. Durkee at once
conjures up dire visions of wedding
bells and orange blossoms, incon-
sistently regardless of the fact that
Alfred's affairs are never serious
and seldom last but few weeks.
l have listened to many walls
from Mrs. Durkee upon the subject
CT Alfred's foibles and my stero-
typed reply is always ready. But
this time it didn't rise so readily to
my lips, for her petulant remark
about the girl,who would some day
steal my son had robbed me of both
amusement and poise.
In another minute, however, the
Illuminating thought had come to
ME that in all probability the girl
who should lure my infant son from
me had not yet been born. L
laughed aloud both at my own alb
surdity and my friends doleful face,
now fast clouding with childish re-
sentiment.
You little goose" I said laugh
ingly, ignoring her frown. What
do you mean by frightening me like
that? | had Richard Second mar
ried and settled and turning me out
into a driving snowstorm to freeze
to death, all in the space of second
or two
What Madge Asked.
Her face cleared instantly, and
she dimpled into a charming laugh
little Mrs. Durkee's tempers and
tears are usually but the briefest of
summer thunder storms.
Il hope he beats you up into the
bargain!' she said vehemently. But
for goodness sake, Madge, you're
not going to afflict that blessed
baby with that dignifed name are
you? Poor, little, defenseless crea-
ture, it's bad enough to have your
grandmother always addressing you
that way without your mother start
ing in
She bent down to the baby, who |
was sitting up in his crib, propped |
up with pillows, and having a most |
glorious time in his own baby fash
ion with couple of bright balls |
fastened from the ceiling in such a
manner that they dangled fascinat-
ingly in front of him. She held |
out her arms coaXingly, but Junicr-
as his father and | call him-ignored |
her cold-bloodedly, although he
usually goes to her willingly.
"Ungrateful little wretch"~ Mrs. |
Durkee apostrophized him, and the
baby gurgled delightedly Hes
just like all the men, she said,
tur ing away, If there's anything
new and glittering dangling before
his eyes any faithful old friend or
relative can go hang"
pursed my lips into a whistle
of pretended astonishment.
You are in bad humor, aren't |
you?" | queried. Come now, all |
men aren't like that"
Yes, they are" she affirmed, nod
ding her head dehantly. "A mother
or wife is fool always to sacrifice
themselves for them" she added |
with delightfully."- mixed declensions
But I'm through this time. If
Alfred marries that girl, I'll-Pll go
and get married again if l have to
advertise or consult matrimonial
agency"
Suppose you tell me the girls !
name l suggested, when l could |
speak for laughing.
"Oh, you've heard of herr Mrs.
Durkee said. Its Rita Brown"