South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-15
Revelations of a Wife
My Hear and My Husband
BY ADELE GARRISON
Isn't that tho train .,

Isn't that the train"
Leila Fairfax lifted her pretty
eyes from the sewing on her lap
as she spoke. then flushed crimson
at the teasing glance ! flung at her.
Il fancy II Is, / retorted cody.
. but / don't see why Il should inter-
est you. You'd far better put your
mind on that hem or your stitches
Will show through the crepe. and
then. what Will your future mother
in-law say"
What an ogress you are" she
pOuted saucily. But I'm not going
10 let even threat like that spoil
meeting All Come along You've
sat on a cushion and sewed a fine
seam long enough for one after
noon. And Dicky doesn't like to play
goose berry"
You mean you don't like TO have
him" 1 put away the blouse I was
mbroidering. and went to my closet
for my hat and coat. for the walk
10 the afternoon train TO meet Dicky
and Alfred DuTkee appealed 20 me.
We never went quite TO the station
unless we took the car and motored
down for them. but met them on the
beautiful old road leading from the
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Of Marvin.
Leila made a little moue at me
in the mirror before which she was
adjusting her hat with painstaking
care. / smiled amusedly at her
earnest reflection.
Il suppose II that chapeau were
one-sixteenth Of an inch out Of
plumb Alfred would break The en-
gagement. wouldn't he2" asked
solemnly.
She tied her veil hurriedly-she
is one OF the few girls to whom
wells are especially becoming, and
as she naturally is perfectly aware
Of the fact. she generally wears one
and turned 10 me with an ap-
pealing little smile.
Il suppose I am a fuss budget, q"
she said ruefully. But YOU know
how fastidious Alfred IS, and what a
careless fly away / am. If I'm not
going TO annoy him terribly after We
are married I shall have 10 begin
TO practise beforehand"
What particular foible is Alfred
pre- pairing to Danish so that he won't
annoy yOu?" asked slyly, then
mentally mathematical myself for
the words. ! have resolved SO many
tines since the preparations for
Leila Fairfaxs wedding began that
would keep from voicing to the
gentle Virginia girl my disapproval
of the attitude she is uncOnsciously
adopting toward the man she's to
marry.
Despite her gay sauciness and the
good common sense which L know
her TO possess I can see that she is
Iredestined from her very nature
and training To be the patient Grisel-
da type of wife. And though Alfred
Durkee ia one of the finest chaps
i'm the world. yet he is no different
from other men in the masculine
tendency to tread heavily upon a
dOOrmat when one is spread invit-
iugly before bis feet. However, !
have StTiven To- impress upon my
soul and tongue the fate OF medd-
lers, with, l am afraid, but indiffer-
ent success.
But l need not have worried as
10 the effect OF any words Of mine.
I Leila's face as she turned me wore
a look of astonished Incredibly
why, he hasn't any" she ex-
claimed 80 earnestly that I quickly
lodged out OF the door under pre-
tense Of haste in order 10 keep her
from seeing the amused smile
/ couldn't repress.
But she was quick enough Of per
ception to sense the smile she could