Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-03
NV HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Carrison's New Phase Of
Revelations
of a Wife
What Bess Dean Whispered to Nudge
a. They Prepared to Listen
to Dickys Talk.


oLIcE! Help! I'm sinking! WIN
nobody throw me roper
Dicky piped the words in high
falsetto. throwing UP his hands in
ludicrous pretencs of being overwhelmed
by the weight of his mothers remarks.
Richard" His mother uttered his
name as IL she had Just licked 1t from
the end OF a whiplash. stop that nom
sense at once ] never permitted such
conduct from you while you were =
child. and shall certainly not begin tho
practice now"
Cant help IT." no returned, I'M
sbashed--and. indeed. I had hard work
to keep back smile at her assertion.
for ] had guessed long before that my
husband had always been a spoiled child
If You will persist in forcing the dc
tionary down my throat. mother. you
must not be surprised at any kind Of ex-
hibiion from me. Big words always af-
feet me that way, and I'll bet you had
more polysyllablcs to the square inch
In that last spiel of yours than even
Madge here can manage, and she usual
ly takes the cake, the icing and the
chocolate filing in that direction"
His mother rose with drawn beows
and flashing eyes.
Mrs. Graham's Suggestions.
II will not stay here to he insulted."
she began. but her volatile son had
reached her side before she had fairly
gotten away from her chair. had put hts
arm teriderly around her, and was look
ing down into her face with Laughing,
audacious eyes.
Don't be mad by me, Mumsey." he
pleaded. giving her the old pet mama
which I knew he had used in his child
hood. II didn't mean to be bad But
they were awful whoppers OF words.
now weren't they7"
He pushed her gently into her chair.
watched with dancing eyes the little
smile that evidently against her will
crept around her grim lips. Then he
kissed her again and went back TO his
seat.
There seems much wisdom In the
matters suggestion" he said to me rs
there any decent place for eats in Bay
view"
"Oh, yes. there Is a very good little
inn about a hnlf mile from the school.
It's called the Rose Garden. because
In summer the roses in the grounds are
wonderful. Any one can tell you where
1t is
"All right" Dicky returned nencha-
fore noon, order lunch. and send a taxi
over to the schoolhouse for you. No.
ma'am, I won't be in It." He answered
the involuntary question in my eyes
"As 7 remarked before, won't appear
at that there 'skewI howse' until I'm es
corted there by me welded wife. What
time will you be ready2"
AT ten minutes of twelve" an
swered promptly, land must be back
at twenty minutes OF one, so don't order
too elaborate a lunch"
Well I'm going to feed my face II
all Bayview stands on its head" Dicky
srunlbled, so you'll better be on time"
IN be at the door" promised. and
excusing myself, sped away to my train.
happy in the thought that Dicky meant
TO attend the functions planned for him.
but uneasily wondering what he meant
to say to the children when tho time
came for him to make the speech he had
planned.
For with the new light OF the morning
had come the realization that Dicky was
perfectly right in his structures upon the
phraseology OF the speech I had written
Tor him. however untustihed he might
have been in the rude phraseology In
which he couched his criticism The
language ! had used was that which 7
would mysef employ, and I could sea
was utterly different from that which
lacky would naturally use. The In
dignation I had felt at Dicky's rejec-
ton Of my written efforts was now, curt
ously enough. swallowed up In the fear
that in his repentance for his rudeness
he would really use tho rpanuecrip,
which he had passed together after I
had torn It
A Troublesome Thought.
The thought troubled me all ne morn
ing. stayed with me during the other.
wise enjoyable lunch of which Dicky
and l partook at noon, and increased
intensity when. after returning to the
school. and introducing Dicky to Mr.,
stockbridge, who promptly took him In
charge. assisted Miss RoIcombe IN
marshaliing the pupils into tho big az
sembly room and arranging the trophies
which Dicky had permitted me to bring
as background for his talk.
II give you fair warming" Bess Dean
whispered to me in q snatched interval
OF marshallng marching children. "I'm
going to fiirt desperately with that hu.-
band OF yours IL once get a chance
Hes the handsomest thing l ever sci
eyes on"