New Britain herald., 1921-04-20

in tho outdoors. You may call if
 hunting homes. but for me it's going 10 be reversiop to savagery. don't care what hard work our set
 Hing involves. at least it's change from the city. And I've warned everybody that they needn't expect drawing or m advertising jingle from mo for a solid month."
 ,"Oh. Lillian! I am glad'!' | said
 enthusiastically. Now thereIl be some chance Of getting you back to your old self again. But I think I ought to begin by ordering you 10 take n nap. too.''
 You won't have 10 order" she returned. I'm simply going to look
 m Marion, then I'm coming back and jump into bed until dinner time. fancy il won't be anfespeciaI-
 ly carly affair. Edith and Leila came
 back with mo on tho train, but they said Alfred and Dicky were in the midst of u big conference, and didn't Just know when they could get away"
 Distracting Problems.
 Abaurdly enough my heart was singing as | went upstairs. all be-
 cause of the news she had given mo
 of Edith Fairfax's return from tho
 city with her. My jealousy of her
 was becoming almost an obsession
 with mo I knew subcousciously that
 it was wrong. silly and unjustiflcd
 feeling which I must fight and con-
 quer. But l felt that I lacked tho
 strength Of either mind or body to
 fight anything until | should havo
 recovered from the shock Of Grace
 Draper's resppearance in my life, and
 have settled tho immediate problem
 before me. that Of finding n home. Another problem kept sleep from mo when l had loosened my cloth- ing. darkened tho room and settled down again for the nap which my
 fatiEucd body and tangled nerves de- manded. What should I tell Dicky' Of my interview with Grace Draper? The question kept puZzing in my brain. worried me. because although Lillian had said nothing about it. was practically sure that she would
 rather I did not discuss Grace Ora per with Dicky. But in the read .Justment Of my attitude toward my husband which had come to mo upon that memorable day among the long-leaf pines of North Carolina, I
 had resolved never again 10 keep | from him anything which he was entitled as my husband to know. For haif-hour I tossed, weigh | ing tho pros and cons of the matter. Lillian's wishes against Dicky's rights. And only when with a sort of I desperation I decided upon telling
 my husband everything as soon as I ] had the opportunity, did sleep come | 10 me.
 But the opportunity for such | confidence seemed thing impossible
 of achievement. oven though I tried
 faithfully to make one. Dicky and | Alfred did not get home until after s | o'clock, and as n consequence the dinner-the last one of the three | families together neighbors-was \ as nearly spoiled us anything en- | gineered by Mrs. DurISco and Katie | could be.
 I knew that my little neighbor had | spent much time and thought upon | the meal SO was not surprised that \ she was "huffy". almost fearful, at the spelling of her plans. Her mood struck the keynote for the evening, | and soon after dinner, quiet and I jaded. we separated and went to II our rooms. In order to get as many things | packed as possible, we had planned | that Dicky should share my room on his last night in the old house. | made several tentative attempts while he was rushing through his prep | nrntions for bed. to speak of the thing II 50 heavily on my mind. But Dicky | was distinctly unresponsive to any talk. | "For the love Of Mike !'' he blurt- ad ont nj last. .'wont whatever you've rot to say keep until tomor- ' rwn s~r s4wnA Ia hraafha i.s