The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-11
Revelations
of q Wife
Why Madse Refused Lillian Gales
Invitation.
BY ADELE GARRISON.

she replied Wear1ly. cut Inc WCAnSAA
who want to join the course wish just
that. If you can outline your course,
naming some easily accessible books
of references, and be ready to start
a week from next Wednesday at
O'Clock shall be very glad. The
course will be one of 16 weeks, one
lecture each week. Next year, II we
continue it is will be just twice as
long"
I did not know whether I was ex-
pected to reply to Mrs. Smith or not
soon saw that she had something
more to say.
Now as to cQmpensation,1 she said
briskly. 81 am authorized to offer you
$40 per lecture. I know that it is not
what you might get from an older or
richer club, but it is all we can offer.
I was silent for moment. DID
not wish Mrs. Smith to know how de-
lighted I was with the amount OF
money offered.
81 think that will be satisfactory for
this season, at least" said at last.
Every well, then. The first meet
ing, of course, will be merely an in
PRODUCTION and an outlining of your
plan OF study, so /. will not need to
trouble you again. If you will be at
the clubrooms at half after one the
first day, I will meet you, and see
that you get started all right. Here
comes our luncheon. Now / can eat
in peace"
Her whole manner said: NOW
am through with you"
But / felt that / cared as little for
her opinion of me as she evidently
did of mine for her.
Twenty dollars week was worth
a little sacrifice.
Lillian Gales raucous voice came
to my ears as I rang the bell of my
little apartment. 1t stopped sudden
ly at the sound of the bell. Katie an
swered my ring, and then fled pre-
cipitately to the kitchen with a
frightened glance at Mrs. Under
wood. Lillian laughed boisterously as
she advanced to meet me
Please don't be angry at my in
trusion," she said with the frank
good-nature which always makes me
feel drawn toward her in. spite of my
very real disapproval of her and her
ways. II have taken possession of
your house and crushed an incipient
rebellion on the part of your maid,
will you forgive me?"
IF you have been able to do any
thing with Katie, not only forgive
you but thank you most warmly" I
returned lightly, although I secretly
resented what seemed her interior
ence in my affairs. "She has gotten
some twisted notion into her head"
About old women being witches?"
Lillian interrupted.
How Lii Settled" Katie.
"She told you them"
About Dicky- birds mother coming
into the nest? Oh, yes, she poured
out her whole soul to me-" Lillian
laughed. you see, when Dicky and
the rest of the bunch had that apart
ment several years ago they adver-
tised for general houseworker.
Katie answered the advertisement.
Green! You never saw anything so
verdant in your life. If hadn't taken
pity on both the boys and her don't
know what would have become Of any
of them. She didn't know enough to
boil water. l used to straighten things
out of her, and teach her a few
things, and she was grateful and ever
lastingly afraid of me. / think the
gratitude has rather worn off, but
she's still afraid of me-"
she told me she was going to leave
when the older Mrs. Graham arrived"
l said.
But she won't do it," Lillian said
complacently, that is, unless you
want her to. I settled that, 1 fancy"
Whatever did you say to herr"
"Oh, just generally frightened her!"
she replied carelessly. II think I put
on the finishing touches by telling her
that If she said anything more about
old women turning to witches and
killing young people in their sleep I
would turn her over to the police and
have her locked up as an insane per-
son."
Where do you suppose she ever got
such a notion?"
Lillian shrugged her shoulders.
when you're as old as / am, my
dear child, you'll cease to wonder at
anything one of these foreign children
does or says. Don't you know that in
certain sections of Europe they be-
lieve just as firmly in black art and
magic and witchcraft as people did
hundreds of years ago? They usually
get it out of their systems after they
have been over here a few years, but
it takes time"
We had dropped into chairs as we
talked, Lillian had ratified on so rapid
ly, as was her usual custom, that I
had been unable to offer her the usual
courtesies.
do take off your wraps" I said at
the first opportunity. Can you not
stay to dinner with US? Dicky will be
here shortly"
at can't be DONE" she returned.
Harry and have an engagement to
dine out tonight. Beastly bore, too.
a sort of business obligation of
Harry's. But 1 must FURRY home and
dress. 1 just dropped in to ask you"
The opening of the outer door in
terrupted her. Dicky came. in breezily.
Hello Lii Haven't seen you since
Sunday night. Where have you been
keeping yourself?"
He held out cordial hand to her,
then turned to me and kissed me.
We'll, professor" he said. Il sup
pose you're in the plutocrat class