Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-20
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
Of q w 1te
Birthday Surprises and the Phone
Call That Interrupted Them.

the morning OF Juniors birthday
1t had seemed to me>that everything
possible had been done the day be-
tore but Dicky was like a boy in
his determination to make the day a
real fete, replete with surprises.
He shrouded in mystery the big
box he had sent to Junior, taking it
with Jim's assistance. to the barn
and unpacking it there, threatening
with dire penalties any one who
tried to find out beforehand what
the gift was. He was equally airy
and mysterious about other bundles
which he had brought with him.
Of course, all this set little Marion
wild with anticipation and specula-
ton, while Alfred Durkee, who
lounged early in the morning on the
the pretense of helping Dicky-but
in reality / knew to snatch a few
words with Leila-saw to it that the
noisy. laughing confusion did not
lapse for want of his aid.
In Other Years.
WELT" snapped my mother-in-
law, who at first had looked on
cornplacently, but on whose nerves
the nonsense of Dicky and Alfred
soon reacted unpleasantly, what
ever you will do with that child in
after birthdays, if this is sample Of
his first one. | don't know. It's
lucky he can't understand it all or
he would get SO excited that he
would be sick"
They'll get over it gradually"
laughed little Mrs. Durkee comfort
ably. She had also run across the
lawn for, as she expressed it, "a
share in the ructions.'
81 remember when Alfred was
q" she went on with remin;-
scent chuckle, I'VE bought him a
railroad train that would really run
and printing press, toys that he
would have appreciated at II years.
And little later we found him in
the kitchen having the time of his
| life with the potato masher and pie
tin. I remember how ! cried be-
cause he didn't appreciate his pres.
ents.' She laughed delightediy, then
sneered quickly. "But can tell you
it wasn't any laughing matter TO me
then" she finished with an evident
wave of self-pity for the disappoint-
ed girl-mother of so many years
ago. -,
81 bought Marion a complete doll
house her first Christmas" chimed
in Lillian. | had it done over for
her last year, and now it is delight
to her. But that first year it fright
ened her, and she screamed with
/ terror every time | brought her near
| it"
"I'll bet you had good cry, too,
asserted little Mrs. Durkee.
"You win, hands down" Lillian
retorted dryly. But what do you
suppose what Dicky has in the big
box?"
Madge's Guest.
knew why she had changed the
subject SO quickly. ] had seen that
doll house swathed in coverings III
Lillian's rose-pink bedroom, waiting
inutely for so many years for its
tiny mistress to come back. My
friend had spoken of it involuntarily
but knew that she had no desire to
| dwell upon that anguished time oi
| her life before her little daughter
was mercitully restored to her.
".An airplane, probably" my
I mother-in-law said acidly. Thai
| would be just about like Richard :
Now, Mother GrahamF little
J Mrs. Durkee protested with hel
pretty laugh, you know you thlns
| Richard Second is perfectly capable
of operating an airplane this yer,
(, little minute"
! My mcther-in-law grinned re
luctantly. :, ;,
I'm not so sure that he couldn't
at that" she retorted. What is 1t
Katic?"
Nv little maid stood hesitatingl,
in the door, reluctant to interrup
us. but evidently spurred by neces
sity
Il ma can feex dot telephone" sh
SAID. 1t teenkie, teeHkie de .iii'
ven l go joost hear: iDees Marvi
) 1902 Dees Marvin 7l9?" Can n
understand. You please come
Meesis Graham?"
Probably some long distane
call" Lillian commented with Il n
authority born of experience; In
long-distance service these days
something else again as Bet'
says"
/ echoed her comment with exa
perated emphasis during my Ion
struggle with some unknown oper;
! tor who kept repeating our numb,
!. in a maddening monotone. FINAL
: after an appeal to the local manage
: I was enabled to get an addition
!, the number in the assertion.
Q "Patchogue want syou.
: Patchogue! I racked my brain Il
{ an instant wondering who ! kne
I in Patchogue. Then with flash
J. recollection l remembered: II can