Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12

to meet Lillian Underwood who is
coming to spend the weekend. AS
she nears corner, boys on skates
suddenly swing into sight. Madge
throws herself between them and
her baby, is knocked over and knows
nothing more.
When she awakens~it is In her
own room with Lillian and a doc
tor bending over her. And then
there comes to her bedside Dicky--a
transformed Dicky--in civilian
clothes. He had planned to sur
prise Madge with the news that he
had accepted discharge from the
army. In each others arms the
mists of their disagreement are dis
PEELED. Dicky says he has laid
away his uniform for their son to
cherish. "a.
Then Madge knows that the war
is over for her.
In the days that follow Bicky's
return Madge and he are idyllicafly
happy. With nothing in the world
to trouble them they are not even
visited by their best friends who
thoughtfully consider this reunion in
the nature of honeymoon. But at
last Mrs. Durkee and Alfred, who
live next door, come to see them.
Dicky and Alfred have many
"reminiscences to talk over, but
none of them wakens any interest
in Dicky. Yet Dicky rouses to tense
interest when Alfred jokingly gives
him three opportunities 70 guess the
name of friend of his about whom
there was a note of interest in the
morning paper. Dicky can't guess,
so Alfred tells him 1t was Edith
Fairfax.
Madge hadn't known that Edith
Fairfax had been over there and had
won distinction for herself, nor that
Dicky had met her while abroad.
But these things trouble Madgc lit
tie, until Alfred offers Dicky COM
mission to illustrate book by a
famous author, who had evinced a
desire to have it, done with the same
model Dicky had used in a pre-
vious work. This had been Edith
Fairfax. Even then Madge isn't
troubled, but Mrs. Durkee insists on
giving her warning that she should
watch out for her own.
Dicky calls upon Madge's notable
memory for Edith Fairfax's tele-
phone number, and then arranges to
do the work in Rita Browns studio
until he can regain possession of his
own. Then Dicky begs Madge to
smother any dislike she may have
for this, as he has tried to crush his
dislike for her teaching. Madge
promises.
About the first thing that greets
Madge upon her return to the Bay
view High school is a request from
Mr.. Stockbridge with note from
his wife-now sufficiently recovered
to be home once more-to bring
Lieutenant Graham to dine with
them after he has spoken to the
High school pupils. .Madge has
terrified vision of what Dicky will
say to this request, but at the sight
of Mr.. Stockbridge's pleading face
she stiles a refusal and promises to
do her best.
AS Madge had expected, Dicky
angrily refuses to accept the invita-
ton. But still Madge doesn't convey
the refusal to the principal who has
been so kind to her. And she is very
glad she didn't when Dicky comes
in one evening to tell her that Rita
Brown and Edith Fairfax are giving
a studio costume party, and insists
that she prepare striking costume
to accompany him.
This brings the story to date from
its last appearance in The Bee. Now
that you possess the threads of this
gripping narrative Of real life you
can begin the current installments
which will start as an every day
serial in Mondays issue.