Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-26
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations
of a Wife
How Madge Raised Alice Holeomb's
Spirits.
ha, do yor think !?


not penetrate farther than my sub
conscious hearing. In another sec
ond or two, however, realized that
she had spoke 10 me, realized also
that she was in an agony OF 1Inpa-
tience 10 know my verdict
No use longer 10 pretend that the
enclosures in the envelopes might be
simply innocuous advertisements. 1t
had been the t1imiest sort OF subter-
fuge at best, ] must tell Alice hol-
combt ny honest conviction con-
cerning tie missives / held IN my
hand, and / dreaded the TASK.
What 90 ] think" repeated
slowly. Il think they are a part OF
the +endish scheme OF that man
Bridgeham or Ha1nbridge or what
ever he calls himself 10 entrap US
| into some adnlis sion damaging to
| Mr.. Stockbridge. He is trying rrst
one and then the other OF US, and Is
utterly unscrupulous, Of course, in
| his methods.
How determined they are 10 con.
yict Kenneth" she said with little
shiver.
They are quite mad On the Sub
ject- II seems TO me, | returned, and
their very desperation makes me ieel
more encouraged over MI. Stock
bridges prospects than any other
thing. They must feel that theg
haven't strong case when they are
employing such far-fstched means as
this"
"Oh. do YOU really think so?" Her
ewes lighted with such joyous relief
that | was glad / had uttered the
lwords, in which, ! am afraid, l did
mot have much faith myself. But II
lis awful TO feel that there IS sorne
one watching yor all the time, she
added despondently.
/ Grateful Permission
| "Of course it is, but | am confident
Il it won't be long" ] responded, with
liar more CONVICTION than ] ielt.
"And now" briskly, suppose we
| bundle these things up and get out
OF here, as Dicky would say, while
! the gettings good
4 / purposely put IN the banal little
quotation. feeling that anything was
: worthy OF use if IL took her mind
Ifrorn the subject that was obsesslng
her. and was rewarded by heetng
little smile, dead almost before II was
born.
You are right about this place.
she said. glanclng around nerpously
There hasn't been q soul within ear
shot since We came.
-'.All the more reason Tor getting
away before anyone else comes. Now
then. here is the packet had beer
putting the enclosures n the envel.
opes and wrapping both up while
was speaking. Ii you have no spe'
cial reason for keeping Il ] would
like to take these things home and
study them.
IF YOU only knew how glad ] an
TO get rid OF the loathsome things!
she exclaimed.
j put the packet into the inside
pocket OF my motor coat and but
toned the flap over II
"Therer / said gaily as ] slippe;
lon the coat 'Nobody'll get thes
things exoep, over my dead body"
Startled Into Calmness.
But why in the world she per
sisted after we had summoned Mrs
Wynne, paid our check and wer
walking down the path, would tina
man want 10 send me tea advertise
: neuts with which to trighten me
! suppose he's gotten hold OF III
J fact that We all had tea togethe
that day-oh! my dear, do you SUP
pose
She began to treuble SO yiolentl
that ! slipped my arm around he,
i suppose nothing? ] said sharp
ly, for did not wish to put int
words the thing ] knew was treu
bling on her lips. II was suppos
j ton SO horrible that once voiced
would always remain a horrid men
CRY with both OF US no matter no
things turned out And d advIs
vou 70 stop exercising your Irlai
! nation any further. Ihis man
\ simply trying TO frlghten Us
every way he can. You can be pr
pared for his setting all kinds {
traps for us. II you'll brace up /
reward you after We get into Il
car by relating TO you a thrilllf
tale how ! found out the gentl
mans real narne while ] was O.
j at the east end oi the island"
4. What do you mean" she e,
Il claimed, and ] saw with relief tn
had startled her out OF her pan.
SO thoroughly diverted her mil
that she in all probability Won
not refer again TO the horrible i'd
winch bad flashed into her bra
few minutes before.
She should not even think OF
again until after ] had deposited b
al her door, ! promised mys.
gri1niy. So all the way home Ike
up . running description OF the c
counters | had had with the m
whom Alice knew as Hambridl
] as Bridgehar. but whose n
name / had found out from M
Ticer is Jake Wilsey.
OF course, l suppressed all me
ton of Harry Underwood, toned I
recital down n TO the menaci
aspect OF the man, and dweit lari
iy upon the iudicrous aspects
Mrs. Iicer's recognition Of hi
And ] felt as ! left Alice and Orc
toward home and Liilian-fe whit
II was anxious 10 show the contel