The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-22
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New
Phase of
Revelations
of a Wife

What Allen Drake Asked OF Madgs
Allen Drake conducted us to tn
waiting taxicab in the next street
put us into 1t and then entered 1
himself.
] was surprised at this action an,
! know Lillian was. for at dinner w,
had heard him comment upon tn,
amount Of delayed work which wa
waiting for him, and we both knew
that he was not a man to sacrific,
necessary work to an empty, unnec
essary courtesy such as escorting III
home would be.
With characteristic promptness
Lillian put her thought into words.
"You know. we'd love to have 20,
come with u.s." she said cordially
but we also know how very busy
you are. and an escort for us Is really
ga superfluous luxury"
Il am INDUCING In the luxury" hi
returned with a catering emphasis
on the pronoun, but was sure that
the words were only q mask, and
that he had some vital reason for 60
ing back with us to Lillian's apart
ment.
was sure of It when at Lillian's
door he dismissed the taxicab as we
alighted, then walked up the old
fashioned steps with us to Lillian's
door.
THE evening is young yet" he said.
addressing Lillian directly, "and / am
wondering II you would do me a great
favor"
you have only to name It," she an
swered with the charming courtesy
which is so characteristic of her.
MaddA lJnderst andR
II have the bad combination Of a
lot OF work to do and the makin's' OF
one Of my nervous headaches coming
on" he returned smiling. 81 happened
you gave me once when we were work.
ing on case together. II it wouldn't
"of course" she interrupted with
ready hospitality Come right up. II
gstsy has gone to bed will make it
II won't come up otherwise" he
said hastily, for remember that it
was you. not Betty, who was respon-
sible for the delicious beverage that
has fingered so pleasingly in my men,
DRY. ! take Off my hat to Betty in
equal your coffee"
"Oh. you're trying to blind my eyes
to some purpose OF your own, Lillian
laughed. you have evidently fathomed
the depths. of my vanity. But how did
you ever discover my secret belief that
wide, wide world?"
She had spoken the literal truth. lii
lian-the most immune from feminine
foibles OF any woman / KNOWS as
conceited and positive about the mer-
it's of her culinary concoctions as a
woman with no other horizon than the
kitchen walls could possibly be.
I smiled to myself as I reflected that
Allen brakes appeal to this vanity Of
teen perceptions to the rather patent
act that he was simply making an ex-
use OF the coffee.
Left Alone.
Il As I followed her into the living
pom with Allen Drake walking close
iehind me, I wondered just what err
and was bringing him to us with so
iimsy an excuse.
n For II gagged Allen Drake correctly,
md I was reasonably sure I did. was
certain that no headache, no matter
Row raging, would compel him to ask
aid of any woman or would permit him
10 admit the physical weakness to her
The excuse must be only a pretext-
cleverly predicated upon his knowledge
OF Lillian's foibles.
t"Now amuse each other, children"
Lillian commanded. unpinnins hsr hat
and tossing it carelessly upon a couch,
"while l got the coffee machine
When she had left the room Allen
Drake turned to me.
please stick around" he said almost
boyishly. 1--WE got to tell Mrs. Under
wood something, and don't know how
she'll take it,"
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