New Britain herald., 1921-10-24
MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS = Garris NewP Phaseo
 REVELATIONS OF A WIFE

''WiTl you go fishing with us?"
 T think I'll manage to struggle along tonight without going" she re- joined bit tartly.
 Then that makes six of us,'' her husband went on seemingly undis- mayed. flor the twins and me will sure be on the job. Now remember you want to put on something old and warm, wooden stockings and sneak CTS, and take a sweater apiece along for it gets mighty cool down there on those stones toward morning." Are you permitted to fish from the dam at night?" Lillian asked T thought" MT. Cosgrove put his finger to his lips and drew down his left eyelid in a prodigious wink.
 A Tactical Error. "H-ssh '" he said Don't ask any questions, then you won't know any thing if any inquisitive person should ask you anything. But don't any of you worry. I'll take all the responsi- bility."
 sI shall have to go somewhere and buy some sneakers Bess Dean said calmly ignoring the fact that I, be- cause she had ruined mine, would have the same errand. Who's going to volunteer to chauff me to the near est shoe store, and to tell me where it is?' Why, Madge has" Dicky began with usual masculine blindness. but happened to be sitting hear enough to him to enable me to plant wife ly kick upon his ankle, and with a vince he dropped the dangerous sub- ject. I knew that for him to blurt out as I feared he would that I had a pair of sneakers too large for me in my trunk which she could have would pitch so much fat into the fire that the ensuing blaze might not be subduable.
 why can't you run Bess over to Phoenicia, Dicky?" I asked sweet | ly. There's a shoe store there And you can get me pair while you're about it. I'll give you the | size before you go."
 Delighted, I'm sure," Dicky said perfunctor'ly But I caught a vindic tive glance out of the corner of his eye, and knew that he was anything | but pleased with his assignment. | DlCkyS StOFJs | wondered if I had hit upon an in | fal1fb1e recipe for preventing Dick, tfrom philandering with attractive girls. Was it only necessary for m' to urge his attention to any woman whom I subt1y disliked or feared, il sorder to have him find her societ, irksome?
 The day drifted lazily by as autumn | days in the mountains do, and in tn afternoon Dicky <dutifully escorte, Bess, Dean on the shoe hunting tri]
 to Phoenicia, coming back with paper-covered parcel in his hand, an'
 a suppressed grin on his face, whicl lcontrasted with a vindictive sparkl in Bess Deans eyes. When we wer
 alone. he tossed me the parcel am explained the grin.
 'That damsel is certainly foxy" h said. When she buys her sneakers
 she says carelessly to me, says she
 "'Just give me Madge's size an I'll get them with mine. owe he
 g. pair she says.
 | |" Couldn't think of it, says I, c
 course. She insisted. I protested
 And finally she gave in.
 All right she says. I'll let yo
 pay for 'em, but there's no need C lyour staying around shops. I'll ge
 'em, and you can smoke comfortabl
 outside.'
 i All right I says, but when sh
 comes out with the sneakers a
 wrapped up, I smells a mouse, and
 takes 'em and carelessly unwraps Zen
 By your leave I says. Tt jul
 struck me that I gave you the wror
 size for Madge's sneakers Yes, I
 love, I thought so. We'll have lchange 'em. Hers are two sig
 smaller than these'
 "She was boiling inside, but sl
 had to smile sweetly, and let n
 change 'em. You see the point dor
 lyou?"
 Fl That sne herself-' queried.
 Exactly" he interrupted "I ga,
 her the right size, but she switch,
 to the bigger size. But she'll have
 get up earlier than daylight-savil time before she puts anything ov on your Uncle Dudley