South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-17
REGULATIONS
Ola Wife
Ny Heart and Ny Husband
BY ADELE GARRISON


They were a little older. their hair
held more OF silver than before, there
we're lines craven IN both faces
which had not been there when they
sailed away-but the last few
months had been IN the nature Of
a rest for them. and both showed the
beneficial effects OF q DicSy's sister
retained her fresh. rather high col
bring. while her husband vas slowly
regAining the flesh which had been
his. and which ne needed 70 make
MS big, powerful frame appear other
than emacfated.
have always felt unaccountably
drawn 20 this sister OF Dickys. al
though the hours when I have seen
her can be counted on my fingers.
do not caro- so much for Elizabeth.
my mOthcr-in-law's other daughter.
with her brood Of ch!ldren-ill- bred
cubs. II tho truth must be told
over whom the mother constantly
fuses and 70 whose whims she tries
% make everything else suoserient.
Elizabeth Is an inefficient, querulous.
touchy woman, while her sister,
Harriec, fmpresses one as simply
radiating efficiency and common
sense
She Is much the same type Of
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 before her
eyes all the years OF her married
life. the conse wing Of the comfort
Of her famous surEeon-husband
he had not been famous when she
married him Mother Graham many
times mas recOuuted the saga OF her
daughters devotion and its results
n the swift rise OF the gifted young
surgeon 20 the dizziest heights Of his
profession.
Edwin Is as helpless as baby"
have many times heard Mother
Graham say. He wouldn't know
which cravat or waistcoat 20 put on
or whether he was shaver or had a
handkerchief IN his pocket II IL were
not for Harriet He is as dependent
on her as n baby IS on his mother.
She has always keLt track OF his
appointments, social and profession
ID. while his house has been run
like clock work I don't know what
would become OF him II anything
happened 70 Harriet"
But as 70 CHANGED. I knew what
had become OF him when some
thing had happened 10 Harriet"
From the lips Of Katherine Sonnet
7 had heard the story OF Harriet
Braithwaite's illness at the same
time her husband was stricken. and
az the famous surgeons growing de
pendence upon the faithful. efficient
little nurse. whose place in his hos
pital organization had been able
20 secure.
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 shfp-wreCk Of his hap
piness only by Katherine's common
sense and his wifes rare vision and
comprehension OF him. 7 knew. rs
did OF the Jealousy OF my brother
cousin. Jack Beckett, which had
complicated matters 20 badly. And
although I knew these things were
all conIara lively ancient history
now. vet 7 had feminine curiosity
enough 10 study the faces OF both
my sister-fn-law and her husband 20
ascertain whether all was still well
with them.
II ala not take me- long 70 make
up my mind regretfully in the mega
tive There was a haunted look in
both pairs OF fine ewes that affected
me ms a strain OF mournfuI music
would have done. OutWardly they
were the same jovial afrecionate
couple as OF old. and. indeed. I do
not think there wBs any perceptble
change 70 their relations when there
were no Observers OF their actions
present. Whatever barrier was be-
tween them. and 7 felt sure there
was one. must he an impalpable.
elusive sort Of thing One far more
hopeless OF elimination than II IL
had been something material One.
~
selves realize.
Both husband and wife took the
shortest possible cut 10 my affections
IN their outspoken alteration OF the
baby. From their actions one would
have supposed IL was the first child
either Of them had ever been per
mitted 20 handle. The great surgeon
would play horse by the hour with
the baby. steadied by Marion, Ruling
his grizzIed hair and pounding his
broad shoulders while his wife ap-
peared 20 count q a distinct privilege
20 81 and rock my small son until
he went 20 sleep.
7 know it's against al ne rules
she said one DAY. but II you could
know what this means &c me. Mar
Caret. you wouldn't object
Her face as she bent over the
sleeping child was TRANSPORTED with
which I think no one else had ever
seen IL Harriet Braithwaite face.
All AT once the varue haunting look
in her face AZ least was translated
for me- She had sacrificed all
thought OF motherhood IN order 90
make an absolute certainty Of the
brilliant career OF her husband.
Had % been worth while
I found nyse.t actually reluctant
20 leave home for my projected trip
SO fascinated had I become with
both the personality OF Harriet
Israithwaite and the problem she
subtly suggested 90 my mind
But al our plans had been made
and 30 effectively had we AL work
al under the spell OF getting ready
FOR cur guests that only the most
necessary last things remained 20 be
done. and I had plenty OF leisure 90
spend with the sister-in-law had
learned 20 ike immensely.
Dicky had proposed 20 take LII
Ian. Marion, my father and me out
I'm the big car Jointly owned by
p5c<v ana Alfred Durkee. But his
mother had effectually squelched