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Revelations of a Wife
My Heart and My Husband

By Adele Garrison

Let me battle your face. and
eyes" I said practically. "YouTl
feel ever so much better"
she submitted quietly. and when
I had finished I brushed out and
braided her tangled hair. When /
returned from putting the things
away she was sitting bolt upright in
bed. her tear-swollen eyes tensely
fixed upon me.
ares true. Madge. isn't f.? Al
fred never oh. what a wicked fool
Two been!"
Granted. an OF that" smiled
at her But it's over now, and no
real harm done, except the nervous
shock you've received. I think I
could cheerfully wiring Rita Browns
neck for causing you such griet."
7 never want 20 see her face or
hear her name again" she said with
the savage ferceness which tender,
shrinking women sometimes dis
play when they are sorely wounded.
But bad as she is. lam. worse, ="
she went on dolefully. ''Oh. what
will be think Of me when / tell him
how I doubted him!"
Never in my life have I uttered
anything resembling what Dicky
calls a "cuss word" But for a min
ute I IonTed for the picturesque
vocabulary Of my husband or Harry
Underwood. Nothing else could have
done justice 10 my emotions upon
listening TO this declaration from
Leila's lips. Not being able 20 ex-
press myself adequately. however, I
did the next best thing COM
pressed my lips tightly until could
plan the wisest means Of bringing
my little friends 10 her senses.
'Wiu you tell me-" I asked dryly.
after a minute. why you deem it
necessary TO tell Alfred of your ridi-
culous action
why. Madgev Her eyes opened
10 their fullest extent. at wouldn't
be honest I would always feel as
il there were a horrid secret be-
tween us. If marry him, my every
thought belongs to him"
/ sat still n long, tense minute
and then made my voice sarcastic,
my W0IA6 lltA6u Gu " AAFAA EkDANNr
You have a most unselflsh, ideal
istic love for Aft. haven't yOu?" I
sibcd.
why What do YOU mean?" she
asked. while a resentful flush crept
into her cheeks.
Il mean just this''-I sat on the
side Of the bed. and emphasized my
words with a relentless forefnger
against her arm. Because you've
got some 18th century balderdash
floating around in that pretty head
Of yours shall add the word
empty If you persist in this folly
you're going TO wound one Of the
truest and tenderest hearts that ever
beat in a mans breast. Alfred loves
YOU deeply and sincerely, and I will
wager anything that he would never
think OF doubling you on any ones
word II simply isn't in him TO do
such a thing And just now he is
in such an exalted state. the knowl-
edge that you doubted him, would be
tragedy"
ct know" she said YEARLY. but I
can't go through life without his
knowing how nearly I failed him"
Promise me this" I said desper-
ately, wait till you are married two
years. Then tell him. Wal you take
my word that by that time you win
laugh in the telling Of the story, and
he in the hearing Of it?"
would like TO have added that by
that time Alfred would have lost his
romantic ideal of her and would be
loving her for the true. sweet heart
that beat beneath her immature
folly. and-"because Of her fOibies
instead OF in spite Of would
smile indulgently and understand
ingly at a story that now would
cause him bitterness which he could
never forget as long as he lived.