Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-23
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
Of a Wife
What Mr.. Walters Disclosed to
Lillian and Madge.

Underwood possesses an urcanny,
hypnotic influence over people. Oi
course, l know this theory to be the
veriest drivel, but l can explain in
no other way the instant acceptance
by any auditor of hers of any propo.
sition which she may advance.
| For instance, l knew, and Arthur
Walters must have surm,sed, that
Lillian in reality had but the most
sketchy of frameworks upon which
70 construct the theory Of Kenneth
Stockbridge's innocence which she
SO confidently advanced. Yet |
thinkIt occurred 10 neither of US to
doubt her knowledge. Instead, we
accepted her statement With the
| same joyful, child-like faith as that
manifested by pretty, youthful Es-
tller Walters, who clasped her hands
together at Lillian's words, and with
her eyes~hxed admiringly upon Mrs.
| Underwood's face, exclaimed fer
vently: "Oh, I'm SO gladr
Lillian turned smiling friendly
eyes upon her.
Thank you, my dear she said
softly, with evident pleasure at the
involuntary tribut1
| Then she turned to us with little
air of depreciation that sat funnily
Upon her after her absolute conf
dence of the moment before. l am
used to such contradictions in Lii
lian, but think Mr.. Walters was
puzzled for moment or two.
"Of course, l realize that you must
know | have no real authority for
such a sweeping statement" she
said, "but | have the strongest kind
of a-a-hunch-I guess I'd better call
it for want of better word-tllat
I'm right, and from long experience
I've learned to follow my lunches.
They almost invariably guide me to
the right trail"
Walters Too Eager.
Il can testify tathat from my own
knowledge" l commented quietly.
PLEASE" Arthur Walters leaned
forward earnestly, his fine, earnest
face aglow. Il do not need anything
but that first affirmation, Mrs. I'M
derwood. And if your words only
mean what I dare hope they do
that you are going to throw your
wonderful insight and knowledge
and reputation into the scale on my
| friends side.
"Of course" Arthur Walters said
promptly, but I knew that he was
disappointed, that in th= last few
minutes had been,born the hope that
he might convey to the worried at
torneys for Kenneth Stockbridge the
news that Lillian, whose standing in
service circles he evidently knew,
was working in conjunction with
them, brought to them through his
instrumentality.
The Secret Safe.
II am afraid. Mr.. Walters" Lii
liam went on, "that you will have to
take the responsibility-and incl
: dentally the credit or the discredit-
for any services Mrs. Graham or
may be able to render Mr.. Stock
bridge. If you will do this. if you
will report to Mr.. Stnckbridge's at.
torneys and discoveries of ours as
having been made by yourself, we
shall be able to work unhampered
and report to you from time to time
anything we may find out"
The young attorneys face clouded
The innate honesty e. him is print
cd upon his countenance for any one
to read | could see that the
thought of taking credit for ideas OF
work which he did not himself fur
nisf was exceedingly repugnant to
him. Yet his common sense and his
loyalty to his friend triunphed over
his scruples.
"Of course. | am at your COM
mand in all things" he said quietly
after a perceptible pause.
THANK you," Lillian said heartily
"and-I know what it costs you y
she added after a moments scrutiny
OF his flushed face.
The next minute she had changed
her voice and manner completely
was once more the dominant driv-
ing figure of our conference.
"Now to business" she said brisk
ly. 81 am not going to repeat to
you what Mr.. Stockbridge said in his
letter to Mrs. GralanA for it con-
| Germs something so vitally personal
to your friend that I know he wishes
no one to know Of it if possible. Mrs.
Graham only stumbled upon it
by accident, hence his confidence in
her. But this ling you must know.
Mr.. Stockbridge's private desk is
still in his former office in the Bay
view school. 1t is vital that this desk
be brought here to Mrs. Graham's
house and kept here until after the
trial OF your friend"
Arthur Walters permitted himself
start of surprise.
do you mean the small one" he
asked, then rushed on without wait
ing for answer II was with the
detectives from the state attorneys
Office the. day they went over the
schoolhouse with a fine-tooth comb
for clews. They searched both
desks thoroughly and found no
scrap of anything but school papers
in either of them"
] gave little inward, gasp Of re-
lief. So the secret drawer was still
a secretl
Continued Tomorrow