Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Holding a Husband
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations of . Wife"
What Grace DrapeG Wrote to
Madgc.


from shaking only by putting forth
all my will power, Had she accept.
ed or refused the offer | had made
her on Dicky's account And what
would be my own reaction to either
decision on her part? At the mo-
ment so conflicting were the enc
tons which swept me that had no
answer for my own last query.
Dicky strolcd up behind me laz'
lily and looked over my shoulder as
| read. His pose of indolcnt, cas-
ual interest was too perfect, too
studied thing to deceive me.
knew that his nerves were as tense
as mine ever this communication.
1t opened abruptly, with no date
line or salutation, even as had the
other letter. the plea Tor pardon,
which she had sent to me when
was in the south. ! wondered anew
the reason for this, whether under
meath her profcred repentance there
was not bitterness which would
not let her prefix even the conven-
tional dear" to letter, although
considering the abasement and re-
morse which her letter aud de-
meanor had shown. my theory ap-
pcared most fantastic.
Il have just received your kindly
letter through the usual channel,
tie page began, and | noticed the
caution which avoided any mention
of Linda Shelford's name. "and
YOU can never know how much JOY
and relief it brought me. The
knowledge that you have really Tor
given me, as you must have before
taking me into your life again, is as
wonderful to me as the prospect OF
once more getting to work at some
thing outside the routine of the last
wear. 1t will be like being trans
| ierred from hell to heaven. And
thank YOU so much for the money
you so thoughtfully enclosed Tor my
| fare. 1t was too generous, but you
cannot know how sorely needed II.
| | have enough left to pay my iafe
to the place you mention, but only
triAe more, so you can imagine how,
wonderful to me is the prospect OF
remunerative work.
Trunks Are Embarrassing.
az will meet you at the place you
name. on Saturday morning, the
first trai nthat reaches there. have
never visited that section, which IS
an advantage at present. 1 am
bringing only what effects | can put
Into a suitcase and bag. Trunks arc
embarrassing things"
The letter closed with that SEN
|tence, abruptly, and l looked tor the
signature in vain. Dicky reached
over nv shoulder for the letter and
studied it carefully.
You've got to slip it to her." he
said at last. "She don't name no
names, does Oracle, and she's had
this posted a dozen miles from
Hampstead. I tell you the KID $
clever. Poor devil. Well, we'd better
call up and reserve room tor her
at that hotel!
"By the way, old dear, this thing Is
going to run into money. Did you
notice how delicately she intlmated
; that she is strapped? However, can
! afford to throw away a little cash
on this dealt means so mucn 10
me. But if little Oracle imaglnes
she's going to have meal ticket
,, for any considerable length OF time
! she has another guess coming.
E Someway feel sort Of queer about
her coming back this way. hope
: we won't regret it..
! Making Arrangements.
Curiously enough his words and
manner. instead OF confirming my,
. own premonition OF evil connected
= with Grace Diapers return to our
r life lessencd it materially. l realized
that my greatest fear OF uface
DRAPER was sub-conseious ieSl ca
= connected with the influence she
formerly had welded over Dicky.
lad tried to convince myself many
times from overweening evidence tina
T had nothing to fear from her on
,b;s score, but the feeling persisted
e and my spirits leaped at this new M
evidence that it was based upon no
Foundation whatever. -.
"I am sure we won't" l sad with
l. more sincerity than / ever had
= thought I could bring to such al,
r ,,.torsnce "And when will you cal
|up?" y. ho.ter rim
I down tonight, even it 1t is iate, s y.
answered. THAT ice cream parlo'
| viii be open. They have phone
10 YOU suppose we can hx 1t sc
!. mother won't kick?
u "Well explain after we get back
II said, lowering my voice. nho s"'
|. NAV never know we're gone. .,
We stole out Of the house l'kt
lconspirators, got the car out an sne
sosd down the road toward oae
Hsrbor Most OF the places OF ousi
ness were closed, but the ice cream
; parlor, which boasts pos 1oo,n ardore, ..,.
4 phone, was open. 50 DicKy ofoe,., ,
y frappes for himself and me, any
arp .hep went into the booth, emergins
: few minutes later flushed and pei
spring. ,a ;,s worth youl
,;,c to Get a distance connec
,i,v t;or when it's only 20 miles away; away;
he said. There isn't hall the m ,louo,' a.
getting New York: Wen, wasI la .i,' u,
s sou tnow about this! They had IN,
go u not to serve the drinks unni
came came out. Hello! There's peti,t .hsrs sn' u
that that pretty Miss Foster over Traasp sne@e h :
.hat . corner table. say, Madges n
in'.red ina, his voice to whisper, PIP
ID tbst tI girls profile. Dye know IT tna ,;l
: nose rns. she looks an awful lot lik
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