The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-05
REVELATIONS
OF "A WIFE
5Y ADELE GARRISON.
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Mrs. AIlis.
/ All the terrible stories of acid
/ Throwing of which I had ever read or
heard rushed into my brain as 1 heard
Mrs. Allis' threat that MY husband
wouldn't want to spend much time
! looking at my face when she got
! through with me-" and saw her draw
a small bottle from a pocket in her
dress. If she had acted with her usual
j cat-like quickness she would have ac-
feomplished her purpose, for I was too
+! paralyzed with fear to move.
But she was evidently possessed of
an insane inclination to taunt me with
her purpose. She held the bottle a1oft
before uncorking it and laughed into
my color1ess face.
I don't wonder you're pale, my dear.
she Knocked. but your face will have
color enough in a few moments. This
is the most effective rouge known"
She was SO absorbed in her gloating
that she didn't hear what did, the
/ faintest grating as of a key turning in
the lock of my door, the door from
(which she had removed the key. The
lsound reused me, made me tense,
Iready to act, gave my paralyzed mus
cles strength to move.
/ Without taking my eyes from the
Ibottle which she held. / could see that
behind her the door was slowly, noise
llessly opening, and in the opening
/ stood Katherine Sonnet, her eyes black
with excitement, her face white. but
her whole figure poised, ready for ac-
ton. In one hand she held something
which to my frightened eyes looked
like a pistol
Drop that" she commanded, and
her voice was such as I never had
heard from Katherine's daintily curved
Hips before. 1t was the voice of
woman used to deal with any kind of
emergency, and even through the hor-
ror of the moment remembered hear /
ing Katherine say once that she had
spent six months in the dope flend'
ward of a hospital.
"oh, katherinel"
Mrs. Allis whiled, and even as she
did, so / saw her fingers uncork the
bottle she held in her hand. Then
fear for Katherine gave me strength
ito spring. seize the hand with the bot
tie, and to force it downward, even as
she drew her hand back to hurI it at
Katherine
The next moment Mrs. Alhs
.wrenched her hand free, put both
hands to her eyes with gasping cry
and staggered to the bed, falling upon
it and clawing it with her hands. Be
fore she could Shrek again Katherine
had stuffed portion of a sheet in her
mouth, and cody sat down beside her.
holding her down with fingers OF. steel. |
In another moment shudder ran
through the PROSTATE woman's figure |
and she relaxed, her fingers unclasp- |
ing and resting quietly upon the cover
let while her face grew colorless. |
Katherine bent over her. listened to
her breathing, tested her pulse and |
then Strengthened her contorted figure
in the bed. A pungent odor filled the |
air, making me cough.
ooh, Katherinel" I walled. rs she |
dead? You didn't kill her?'
For into my mind had leaped the |
thought that the weapon Katherine had |
held in her hands must be a "silencer''
pistol
xiii her? MOI" Katherine said ex-
plosively "she's simply tainted with |
the pain. She'll come around again in I
a few minutes then I'll have to tie her I
up to keep her from screeching. Shall I
I call Mr.. Graham"
ooh, no, no. I protested, and won |
dered at myself at the dread which |
rose in my heart at the thought of /
having Dicky a witness of the terrible |
experience through which we were
passing. Don't do anything he win
hear. Do you suppose he heard her
cry out?"
'It Won't Hurt You.
Judging from the way he was snor-
ing when l was getting into your room.
| should imagine it would take more
than one shrek to rouse him." Kath-
crime returned dryly. His door was
closed, but his sIumber was audible
through it."
What made her shielx and faint
Katherine?" I persisted. did she spill
that stuff she had on herself or did 4
you shoot her %
Il suppose you might call it shoot
ing. yes" Katherine returned, holding Z
out to me the object l had thought
was a pistol. Take tit won't hurt
YOU
looked wonderingly at the thing
she put in my hand, shaped like a pis-
toll with a rubber bulb for handle
and then with puzzled face handed it
back to Katherine
An ammonia gun" she explained.
4 always carry one, habit of my |,
days when I was called out at
night It holds weak solution Of Il
and is very efficacious with
dogs, both four and two-footed. 1t
certainly settled this one
Her voice was grim. devoid Of the
slightest hint Of pity for the inert
figure on the bed. There was a con-
tempt in it which / couldn't under
stand until her next words enlight-
ened me-
This and the dope she had already
taken. She's, so full of cocaine the