The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-23
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
eY ADELE oARRlsolt.
How Mrs. AIIis Appeared Upon the

How Mrs. Aiiis appeared Upon kne
Scene.
Dicky's childish getting even"
Swallowed the rest Of the day for me.
But / don't think my husband would
have been much gratified If he had
known just why was depressed.
The personality of the unknown wo-
man telephoning me at Dicly's behest
did not annoy me at all. Neither did
the message she relayed to me with
such evident malicious enjoyment, for
Dicky had already threatened to cut
Lillian's dinner, and I was very sure
that a wholesome fear of Lillian's
wrath would keep him from carrying
out his threat.
The thing which stung me, however,
carrying its barbed dart into the secret
recesses of my soul, was the fact that
Dicky could do so caddish a thing as
to take some other woman into his
confidence, regarding his plan to tease
me.
The malicious enjoyment in the
girls voice as she relayed the message
showed me only too plainly that Dicky
must have confided in her. and the
realization that he had done SO made
me fairly i'll.
SThere came into my mind again, as
it had come many times before Jer-
ONES famous adjuration to women,
Heaven help you. madam. Il your
husband does not love you because Of
your foibles instead of in spite of
them" /, paraphrasing 1t, felt that
indeed needed heavens help, for this
wasn't the first time, that I had been
compelled to assure myself that loved
my husband sin spite" of some re-
vealed defect in his character My
comon sense told me, however, that
there was no use brooding over ne
matter, and I put it out of my mind
as soon as could.
Robert Savarin went directly to his
room when we came back from our
walk, pleading fatigue. At luncheon he
was pale and distract. and l saw that
his highly organized nervous system
had been affected by the strain of
the past few days. I knew that his
revived love for Lillian. which he con-
sidered hopeless, had caused him
poignant misery, and / wondered if he
inight not still be worrying over he
reap pearance of Mrs. Allis, the woman
who had once called herself his wife.
ard while doing so had wrecked his
life.
My question was answered by one
from him. just before we aross from
the luncheon table he asked IL villa.
he ovedinetly meant to be a ea~ies
tone. iut which my ear recognized IS
tense strained.
How are you going to the station
tsafs afternoon when when yoJ ga IN to
Mrs.. III derwood's dinner?"
why, / hadn't thought about it,
answered. The Durkees are going
also YOU know. We shall probably get
taxi and all four go to the station
together
He hesitated perceptibly and then
asked slowly:
Isn't there some station on some
other line that we could reach by
taxi without too much inconvenience?
/ considered. trying to keep my face
from expressing the surprise I felt.
Hampstead. on the main line, is
only three miles from here" I an
swered at last.
THE two lines don't join until they
get to Jamaica-is that right?"
you are correct"
"Then may / ask that we go to
Hempstead?" he said earnestly. II
don't wish to alarm you unduly, but
feel a bit uneasy about your going to
the places you are accustomed to. 60
for the next few days"
You don't accept the theory of the
others, then, that the shot the other
night was fired by the escaped lunatic
who roamed through the village?" II
asked quietly, although I was in real
ity much upset at this recurrence of
the fears under which I had labored
Il don't know what to think" Rob-
ert Savarin returned gravely, 'but I
know that the woman who once bore
my name is a very vindictive person,
and that she will stop at nothing to
be revenged upon any one she fan
cies has thwarted her. If Mrs. Under
woods theory be true that she has
added the use Of drugs to her other
vices, she is indeed desperate and q
dangerous person, and you cannot take
too many precautions"
Il will do exactly as you request,
returned, thoroughly frightened.
The matter was easily arranged al
though I had to quiet Mrs. Durkee's
curiosity rather peremptorily, and the
journey to the city had no incident out
of the ordinary. But when we reached
the taxi stand Of the Pennsylvania
station a slender, yelled figure appear
ed at my elbow as I was stepping into
car, and voice murmured hooking
ly.
It's no use trying to fool me- you
see You're only wasting your time
trying"