New Britain herald., 1919-08-05
MY HEART and MY HUSBAND ADELE GARRISON'S NEW PHASE OF
 Revelations 0f Q Wife

1 SuDtG note OL 4SparuSenlGlL liC Haul managed to put into his voice. NO need to doll up. We won't stop tt any social functions on our way. W hat do you say, little ladN?'
 He turned to Mrs. Durkee with the charming deference he always pays her. The little woman's face was full of dismayed regret.
 Leila'S Offer. "Oh, I'm so sorry, DickN, she eA- claimed. Il cant possibly go this afternoon. The fruit man delivered my aWberries for jam an hour ago and they cant possibly be left. have some of them on the stove now. Don you see my hands all stained? The girls have been helping me, too. But they can go now. The berries are au stemmed. There's nothing now but what I'll have to do by myself, any way"
 l cast a furtive glance at the fingers of the girls standing near her. Those of the Fairfax sisters Werc rosy tipped plainly stained with the juice of the berries. But there was no stain on the correctly manicured digits of Rita Brown. l mentally gauged the amount of help she had furnished Mrs. Durkee. "Oh, the jam will keep" Dicky re- turned Just set it off the stove un- til We come back. Come on, get your bonnet and hop in.' "Richard Graham" Alfred spoke in sepulchral accents You know not what you do. Lay not your sacri- legious hands upon my mothers plans for strawberry jam. I've tried it be- fore and I know. Nay. nay, I'll take the Mater another day. The rest of you pile in.'
 "I think, if you don't mind, I'll stay with Mrs. Durkee," Leila Fairfax spoke shyly She's been showing
 me how she puts it up and it's differ ent from the way we do it at home. I'd like to help her finish the job"
 Nadgc Is Troubled. Alfred Durkees merry eyes glanced at her with a swift, inscrutable ex- presson. Before he could speak, Rita Brown had struck into the conversa- i'tion.
 What touching devotion to duty, Leila." she drawled. According to the story books, you ought to reap a rich reward"
 
 painfully. l saw Alfred Durkee's eye broWS contract-infallible sign of his 1 displeasure-and he looked toward Rita Brown with an expression far different from the admiring, almost infatuated, glances I had seen him give her but a few days before If she had seen the glance I fancy even 1 her rock-ribbed vanity might have re-
 
 1 in gazing mockingly at Leila Fairfax, possible.
 Little Mrs. Durkee interposed with pretty decision.
 "Nobody's going to stay but just me- myself. Ask Alfred if I ever let anybody into my kitchen when my strawberry jam is jamming You've been a dear, Leila, but there isn't the slightest use of your staying with me- And as for learning my way, you know it already. From what you say can see it is only a question of diff ferent measurem So run along and enjoy your ride. 1 was going to have a cold pickup dinner, so it doesn't matter what time you get back. Stay as long as you like.' "Oh, we'll stop at some little pes- taurant for dinner,' Dicky said easily. with his usual disregard for the cost of any outing. I made a swift, dis mayed, mental calculation of the 1 probable cost of the evening, and travelled in rapid retrospection over several indications I had recently mo- ticed of Dckys attitude toward money, and thought again of the ex- travagant car. l wondered Wearily how could best cope With this alarming tendency of my husband to 1 live beyond our means