Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-01-08

presses one as simply radlatlng e1iiclen-
cy and common sense.
She is much the same type woman
as Lillian Underwood, with the one great
exception that Lillian's powers are spent
for her friends and the public good as
well as for her family, while Harriet
Braithwaite has had but one object be-
fore her eyes all the years OF her mar
ried life, the conserving Of the comfort
Of her famous surgeon husband.
lie had not been famous when she
married him. Mother Graham many
times has recounted the saga of her
daughters devotion and it's results in
the swift rise of the gifted young sur
geon to The dizzest heights of his pro-
fession.
Phrases from Memory.
Edwin is as helpless as baby" l
have many times heard Mother Graham
say. He wouldn't know which cravat
or Waistcoat to put on, or whether he
was shaven or had a handkerchief in his
pocket if it were not for Harriet. He is
as dependent on her as a baby is on
it's mother She has always kept track
of his appointments, social and profess
sional, while his house has been run like
clock work. I don't know what would
become Of him if anything happened to
Harriet
But as it chanced. I knew what had
become Of him when something had
happened to Harriet" From the lips Of
Katherine Sonnet l had hear the story
Of Harriet Braithwaite illness at the
same time her husband was stricken
dependence upon the faithful. efficient
~ iy, nj tal
oganization | had been able to secure.
'Richard Second Wins.
That Edwin Braithwaite in the stress
of that time and the awful conditions
surrounding him had nearly lost his
head. had been saved from making ship
wreck of his happiness only by Rather
ines common sense and his wife's rare
vision and comprehension of him, knew,
as I did of the jealousy of my brother
cousin. Jack Dickett. which had com
plcated matters so badly. And although
l knew these things were all COM
paratively ancient history now. yet had
feminine curiosity enough to study the
faces of both my sisterin-law and her
husband to ascertain whether all was
still wei with them.
It did not take me long to make up
my mind regretfully in the negative.
There was haunted look in both pairs
Of fine eyes that affected me as a strain
of mournful music would have done.
Outwardly they were the same iovial
affectionate couple as of old, and in
deed. l do not think there was any per-
ciptible change in their relations when
there were no observers Of their ac-
tons present. Whatever barrier was
between them. and / felt sure there
was one. must be an impalpable. elusive
sort of thing. One far more hopeless Of
elimination than if it had been some
thing material. One, perhaps. which they
did not themselves realize.
Both husband and wife took the short
est possible cut TO my affections in their
outspoken alteration of the baby. From
their actions one would have supposed it
was the first child either of them had
ever been permitted to handle. The
great surgeon would play horse" by
the hour with the baby. steadied by
Marion. pulling his grizzled hair and
pounding his broad shoulders. while his
wife appeared to count it a distinct
privilege to sit and rock my small son
until he went to sleep.
Il know it's against all the rules"
she said one day. but if you could
know what this means to me, Mar
garet. you wouldn't object
Her face as she bent over the sleeping