Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-03
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations
of q Wife
How Madge Managed Lillian's
Imagination.'

" hat is It, dear!' | cried. Arc
you i'll? Is Marion worse"
She put out her hand to nc with
a reassuring little smile as brave as
II was heart breaking.
Neither" she SAID quietly. then
tenSely. with a strained look in her
eyes which | have seen there only
on occasions Of great mental stress.
"Tell re, Madge. did YOU notice a
runahout pass little while ago: it
must have passed YOU only a few
minutes back, a dark blue car, going
like the Wind;'
With a prcsentinCnt OF what was
TO come and yet with a wariness
born Of my ignorance of what she
really knew ! answered truthfully:
"Ncs. | saw it. The driver never
even blew a horn when he passed
me"
"Oh! DID YOU notice the drivcr?"
There was a hint OF relief in the
strained tones now, and took my
cue.
"Why! I didn't see anything of
him TO notice except that he wore
all automobile cap ja,nmed down
over his face. and had himself
doubled up over the wheel like a
lack knife That seems to be the
modish posture among the mas
culiue drivers OF this section
A still moro perceptible lessening
OF the tension now. But the pallor
Of shock was still in her face as she
put her hands on my shoulders.
Playing For Time.
Did it occur to you that he look
ed like any one YOU and | knew
we'll once" she asked
"No, it didn't" ] returned, with
assumed impatiencc, for feared
that Harry Underwood, hearing the
signalled three blasts OF my auto
horn would conclude that the coast
was clear and come shooting back |
over the road. But III think him
over when I've had some tea down |
at the shack. I'm simply starved, |
and YOU look as il you'd been drag !
gcd through knothole. Jump in |
here and We'll be down at the shack
i'll a jiify.'
was in reality not hungry al all,
but ! knew that the surest way to
appeal to Lillian was through an
others necessity.
You poor child" she SAID con-
tritely getting in beside me.
She did rot refer to the questions
she had asked me until we had
reached the shack. had been faptur-
ously greeted by Marion, and were
costly enscorccd on the veranda
overlooking the bay with the tea she
had breNcd before US. Marion, IN
high glec at being once more al
loNcd outdoors, had scampered back
to the beach after greeting us, and
| noticed that her mother clasped
ner 50 corvulsivelv just before she
left rs that the child cried out in
A Swift Decision.
What makes you hug me so hard,
Mumsic:" she carollcd. and Lillian
looked down at her with a look tina:
held tragedy in it.
Because | love YOU 80, darling"
7he had replied, and the child had
responded with the sentence that
She had kept for her mother ever
since she was restored TO her.
YOU can't love ne better than
ovc YOU" she murmured so low
hat | could scarcely hear it, al
hough | was sitting SO near them.
Can t-can' t--can't because | love
you better than | do anybody else
n the world
L,lian's look followed her ten
,ely, broodingly. nor did it return
o NE until l challenged her worried
"You are not drinking your tea"
protested, making anything the ex-
use TO get her to talk.
Il don't want it, she returned, |
hen as she saw that had finished
nine she pushed the tea cquipagc to
,ne side.
DO you know Madgc," she said
enscix realize it is the most out
andish of notions, but ! could al
nost take my oath ! saw Harry in
hat runabout just now
If | had had any compuuctions
bout keeping the temperance Of
Ter husband from her they vanished .
as saw the face she
urnel TO me. For. as ii the very |
mention OF his name had withered
cr, blighted hcr spirit, her eyes
we're pools which mirrored stark
e,- ,,I Lo-ror