The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-11
Revelations
OF q Wife
ey AoELE eARRlacN.

1oW Madae Scored the Second Point.
The trip by trolley with my hus-
band and Grace Draper through the
beautiful country lying between ia.
maica and Hampstead will always re-
main in any memory az a turning polat
Ga my ideas Of matrimony and its
problems.
Lillian Underwood's talk with me IN
the dining room 90 the Tarleton. where
she had invited me 20 lunch FOR the
purpose o. putting me on my guard
against Miss Draper. has destroyed all
ms previous conceptions OF dignified
wifCiy behavior IN the face OF a prob
lem like mine.
All my life I had felt nothing but
contempt for the Woman who would
try 90 hold her husbands love when
she saw u slipping from her. When
the suspician that Dicky was becom-
inE unusually Interested in bis beau
tifui model and protege became almost
a certainty in my mind. ] had resolved
to hide my misery az best / could until
was absolutely SURF that my huk-
bands love was mine no longer. and
then quietly 20 leave him. giving him
every opportunity for legal freedom
u O. could be arranged
But Lillian had changed all that.
she had pictured Dicky "a being In
fuenced only BY an evanescent fancy.
and had given me courage 10 fight
Grace Diapers Vaccinations with AL
the feminine weapons which I pos
sessed o. she could furnish me.
The success 0f nay first encounter.
only an hour before. had thrilled me.
Ny remark 20 Miss Draper that Dici<y
and I were staid. OLD married people
with an tho romance tucked safely
away had puzzled Miss Draper and
disturbed Dicky. with ieaping pulses
/ saw that no did not like the IDEA Of
romance being over for Us. felt
that ! had discovered the keynote OF
nay campaign
So all during the journey homa
through the fragrant September air.
I paid a. much attention 70 nay role
Of calm fricndliness as any actress
would 20 a first night appearance. Re
mcmhering Lillian Underwood's ad =
vice to make the transition gradual
from the friKid courtesy az my former
meetings with Grace Draper 20 the
friendly warmth we had planned for
cur campaign. I adopted the manner
one would use % a casual but inter-
estsng acquaintance.
Grace Draper's Attitude.
? kept the conversation bali rolling
on almost every topic under the sun
But { found that the burden 81 the
talk fen on my shoulders The girl
was plainly uneasy and puzzled 81 my
manner Dicks thoughts could not
fathom. I caught his eyes fixed on me
once or twice With admiration and
touch 81 bewiidcrment tn them. but
he said very little
Aren't you girls getting hungry
picky demanded al last as We got
Of. There a bully old place to eat
down here. about a mile or t~vo. what
90 you say. Madgeg"
I saw n faint glimmer 81 resentment
come into Grace Diapers wonderful
brown eyes. 7 knew that she was
piqued because Dicky mad turned 70
me- with his question instead Of 70
her Nothing could have 80 revealed
20 me her attitude toward my hus-
band she evidently considered her.
seff my rival The knowledge both
Inundated and Infatuated me
With feminine intldtion I. knew that
she mean % take some catfish re-
veEEe. ! resolved 20 be on my guard
that I might parry easily any thrust
che might give me.
But IL was with rsal satisfaction &n
the progress or my little campaign
that 7 turned 20 answer Dicky's qaes-
ton
= say yes, thank you very kindly"