South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-29
Revelations of a Wife
Ny Heart and Ny Husband
BY ADELE GARRISON

For q feU seconds the starting
words which Alice Holcombe had
uttered bereft me OF speech or mo-
ton. Ten turned 20 her IN anX-
Sous. hurried protest. protest which
however. 1 felt vas not quite sincere
To me the announcement that Ken
.eth Stock bridge was said TO have
~confeSsed the murder Of his wife
was not the incredible horror that
IL was 20 the woman who loved
him with such hopeless devotion
But flatter myself that there was
no trace OF my doubt Of the accused
principal in the Mortified accents
with which I addressed her. And
there was 10 need for me 90 feign
citation Wether the thing were
true or not. 7 could not hear 50 aw-
ful a thing about man with whom
] had worked and whom I had sin
cerely liked WITH any degree OF
caLmness
No. Alice. Il can't oe true"
"Of course IL cant she returned
simply. -Unless-the long confine-
ment and the awful unjust accuse
ton have turned Kenneihs brain.
DO you think that might have hap
pened?"
II don't know what 20 think"
returned honestly Who was the
man who told you. anyone you
known"
NO. never saw him before He
said that he was a private detective
engaged on the case, that he had
secured a confession from Kenneth
and that I had better give up what
ever I knew about the case, for II
might go hard with me II anything
came out afterward about Milly's
derstand what ne could mean. She
went on. raising her eyes 70 mine
in honest bewildered pain. "Milly
was jealous OF a good many women
but I am sure that she was never
jealous OF me"
7 gave a passing thankful thought
10 the fact that she did not yet
know Of the venom which Nilly
Stockbridge had directed against her
in the last hours OF the crazed wo-
mans life. but ~ was overshadoweo
by another idea which had come 70
me AT her mention O. the private
detective
- Describe the man who came c
see you" ] said quietly
She did so. infinitely. and ! listen
Cd with growing conviction that her
mysterious visitor was the same man
who had so frightened me but a
f@w weeks before.
What did YOU tell him ."
Il was too frightened 20 tell him
anything she said. even If / had
had anything 20 tell I simply said
that I knew nothing about the case.
that he was mistaken in suppo=inc
1Trs. stock bridge was Jealous Of me
for I was her nearest friend and.
ycs I did say. that II Mr.. Stock
bridge had confessed he must be out
Cf his mind for I was sure he had
rcvcr hurt his wife"
Good, commented You
couldn't have done better II YOU
lad had the advice Of a regiment OF
LAWYERS Now am going 20 tell
sou something which 7 hope Will
mako you feel better I 10 not be-
liove that man has ever seen Mr..
stock bridge nor do think be
knows anything about a confession.
What makes YOU so sure2" Alice
lIo'Coube asked hope struggling
VIZ fear in her voice
Because man exactly answer
ing that description came 10 see me
several weeks ago. saving he was
one OF Mr. Stockbridge's attorneys
and trying 10 find out what I knew
or didn't know about things I
found out that he had no connection
WIN lAc alloi H0N y A'4 +lts Nt'ON-
bridge He gave his name hesita-
tingly as George Bridgeham. and
I thought az the time he made Up
the name upon the spur OF the mo-
mert. taking part Of Mr. Stock
bridges because he could think Of
nothing else quickly What did the
man call himself who came 20 see
YOU 90
John cambridge Miss Hol-
Comoe returned smiling in relief
from the tension in which she had
been held.
He hasn't much originality. has
he" I asked smiling back a her.