Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-22
MY MARRIAGE
Al PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVEAL TIONS
OF A WIFE
WHY is SMITH so EAGER?

iuiIlll MS pfedlCtl0n OF making trouble,
and it was but few minutes before we
we're back in front of the inn where
the wounded trooper lay.
But the grounds presented Il far diff
ferent appearance than when we left.
A number of saddled horses were tied
to the trees in the yard, and a trooper
was patrolling in front of the inn, while
his comrades were gathered around the
tables upon which the wounded boy
had been laid.
The scene revealed by the windows
was so dramatic, SO cinema-like, that
| almost pinched myself to be sure that
l was not dreaming my own part in the
affair. AS the physicians motor and
our car turned into the driveway the
patrol dashed to the door. and shouted
something, evidently an announcement
of the physicians coming, and the men
around the table came toward us.
The tall figure of the man Smith was
in the lead with trooper who evident
ly was an officer of the detachment
and be was talking earnestly to him.
Suddenly ! felt that / must hear what
he was saying, and / slipped my motor
key into my pocket, felt of the precious
little badge Lillian had given me, and
spoke crisply to Bess Dean.
Please let me pass you, Bess.
why! Are you going in there?"
she asked, but she obeyed me. never
theless, and walked by my side as
went up the path. Dicky was close
behind us, and heard single word
from his lips, muttered in so low a
tone that ] almost missed it.
STEADY"
you want to be careful of this
physician" / heard Smith mutter, as
n cd To Se, ~
while the man from Kingston is. Bet
ter wait, / think
THAT Proves Nothing"
'He viii be dead by the time the
Kingston man gets here" the officer
returned obstinately. "And DR.. Moss
is very good. everybody says. Wen
see what he thinks. BY the way, those
folks came back. / told you they
would"
There was triumph in the young Off
GERS voice, and / realized that while
he might agree with Smith that ap-
pearances were against US, he was not
apt to adopt the implacable prejudice
which the tall man of mystery was
palpably cherishing. l have seen Smiths
type in action many times-let man
Of that sort get an idea or prejudice
into his mind and he is as tenacious
VI 1t dS UuiidcS va kSoA hNSh
grip. He appears to count it virtue
never to change his mind or to be
affected by argument.
THAT proves nothing" Smith re-
piled, and then he saw me for the
first time. Taking advantage Of his
conversation with the young officer /
had moved swiftly and noiselessly to a
spot within foot of him.
He gave q start as he saw me,
very slight movement, it is true, but
Enthusiastically a start, drew his heavy
eyebrows together in a portentous
frown as he followed the young offic-
err to the table where DR.. Moss was
bending over the trooper. The room
was suddenly and ahnormally quiet.
Everything in it was under the spell
Of medical authority.
DR.. Moss Decides
The face of the physician was, of
course, unreliable, but | gathered
something of the exigency of the
moment from his haste with which he
barred the young troopers arm, bathed
it with an antiseptic solution, and gave
him a hypodermic. There was not
sound save tense. hurried breathing
in the room as the physician waited
with his hand upon the pulse of the
youth, his eyes upon the pallid face,
for the result.
"Just in time" he commented at
last, stepping back. But he must be
removed to a hospital ut once"
i think mine were the only eyes in
the room that were not watching the
physicians $. The same subconscious re-
pulsion against the man named Smith.
which ] had felt from the moment I
saw him. now kept my eyes fixed upon
his face. And | wondered if my imagi-
nation were playing tricks with me-
/ fancied that in his face alone Of all
the room there was not relief at the
announcement that he had
been IN time. that instead, disappoint.