New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-25
NC A HUSBAND
dele GarrisOn's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife

echoed the girls shrewd comment
foresaw difficult quarter OF an hour
for mo when Diaty should arrive up
on the scene.
''Cnn you leave this conveniently for
n few minutes. Katio?" I asked quiet
ly Il want to go upstairs with you
and show you what has to be done in
tho rooms there. We shall sleep here
tonight. Mr.. Graham and 1, and We
will also have with us Mrs. Under
wood and Marion"
sure. | COON right away" she an
awored cheerily, followed me to the
upper rooms cumming a Polish FOLK
sscng beneath her breath. while /
thanked my particular little star for
tho volatile good-nRturo OF my little
maid. What n dilemma l would have
faced II | had to contend with the
average sullen domestic helper in this
emergency.
During the seconds of our journey
upstairs 7 formulated n plan, vague
enough. but tho best ! could conceive,
which / hoped would enable me TO
keep from Dicky the peculiar features
OF the wrecked trunk I'm my own room,
tho contents OF which Lillian was so
insistent upon examining before they
had beon disturbed ny other hands.
III furthcrancc OF this plan / took
Katie into my fathers room first.
4 Plan for Dicky.
You sec. Katie" I said. indicating
the sheet covering the heap OF things
from my fathers trunk. "in every
bedroom the robbers pitched every
thing from the trunks to the floor, and
we simply threw sheets over the things
to keep them from the dust"
You want me feex dem?" Katie's
eyes cleaned with interest. and I re-
rnembered perhaps her most irritating
fault-her propensity for investigat-
ing things which she has no business
touching.
"Oh. no." said decidedly. IT will
attend TO all that. But you may help
me move them now TO the corner of
tho room where they will not be in
, your way. Get the vacuum cleaner
| and the waxed mop. and remove the
dust from that corner OF the room
| FIRST. Then you can clean the rest at
your leisure. I think. perhaps. you
would better leave the work down
stairs until this afternoon. when !
cannot be with you. I can help you
! for an hour now here, and we can get
the rooms ready for tonight. You
won't have to prepare any meals to-
/ day except for you and Jim. for am
going TO have luncheon at Mrs. Dud-
KEGS and Mr.. Graham and will dine
| thcro tonight"
"All right. fetch dem qveeck.'
she said. and vanished down the
stairs. while I mentally congratulate
cd myself upon arranging matters IN
such fashion that I could lock the
bedroom doors when left the house
and thus prevent Katie's certain med
ding with the contents OF the trunks
She Is too much n child to be able &c
resist such n temptation. although ]
know that she would not appropriate
even n pin to her own use.
ran over my plan carefully.
would hurry with Katie through tho
cleaaing Of all the rooms--a regular
lick and n PROMISE affair-but ir
my own room would leave the sheet.
covered heap just where II was. n!
Lillian had requested. Then / woult
telephone Dicky about tho damage
done by the marauders. and when III
CamC--
thoaght II kept my head I might
bc able to show Dicky the rooms up
stairs without his paying any specia
attention TO tho heap of papers Will
their queer evidence beneath tho shce