South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-10
Revelations of a Wife
Ny Heart and My Husband

By Adele Garrison

tally thanked her for tho p--,au-
ton. looked over anxiously at Dicky.
and saw with relief that he had put
a light sweater over his pajamas.
1 had left frosty air and the
noting with gladness that though
still weak there was no return of
the deadly faintness which had char
acterlzed my nervous collapse Of the
day beforehand drank in thirstily
the beauty framed by the window
space.
/ had left fronsty air and the
snow and ice OF late spring in my
northern home Here the air, while
cool and braciug. still had the hint
OF spring I'm 70. And down i'm tine
sand at a little distance beneath
my window I saw crocuses and Eng
llsh viOlets in blossom ] almost
awakened Dicky 90 share my joy at
the mere sight of the flowers. L be-
thought myself just I'm time that,
man-lilte. he would no doubt prefer
"a continuation OF his nap 90 the sight
OF any flower on earth. and con-
tented myself with feasting my own
eyes upon the blossoms.
The two sides OF the room looked
out upon wonderful grove of tine
tall. lOng-leafed pines. some of them
towering 10 a height had never
seen before. ] judged that the
house I was in must be situated ON
I a small hill. for the grove SEEMED
TO dip abruptly away 10 a lower
level, and I caught a charming vista
through the trees-a stately aisle of
q pines with the glimmer of water at
the end Of il. / chafed with i'm
patience at the weakness which
knew would keep me i'm my room
/ for a day or two. / was wild TO eX-
plore this queer. new landscape out
side my window.
/ There was no grass to he seen in
/ the groves of pines. and I surmised
I that the little on the lawns had been
carefully planted there. Sand COW
cred everything. and the effect of
I the trees and flowers growing di-
rectly from it was bewHderinE at
| first. although / admitted its peculiar
charm.
one thing disappointed me. The
winter had been so long and bleak
that 1 had Unfortunately longed to
see the first tender green Of the
maple ana oak trees. 1t is "a sight
I i'm which 1 revel each spring, and
I in my ignorance I had thought
should see the first leadng out of
| the trees when J arrived iu the
southland. But although there were
a large number of trees besides the
towering pines they were as stark
and bare as those 1 had left behind
IN Marvin.
81 thought they'd surely be i'm
leaf" 1 said mournfully To myself
and was startled to hear Dickys
voice answer me.
THAT gave me a jolt. too, old
dear he said. and looking quickly
over AT him L saw that ne was sit
ting up in bed. his hands clasped
/ around his knees, while his gaze was
roaming over the scene I had been
admiring. 'T sure thought that I'd
find the trees in leaf down here.
| I'm SO fed up on snow and ice and
! brown wood that I'd like never to
! see another northern winter.
/ "But come to think of it," he went
I on brightly, 1--WE couldn't expect
much of a change in zoo miles.
/ Guess it's much like our own cIi-
mate only spring comes earlier and
winter later They have very little
snow, and 10 seldom gets very cold.
/ I'm told they play golf on the
+ Cedar Croft links almost The year
round. AT least that's the dope
| Maize was handing out Guess he's
I been down here a lot"
The nickname ne persisted i'm
( bestowing on Mai Grantland grated
.unacCOuntably. Without thinking of
+ Dickys possible displeasure I spoke
f hastily.
/ II wish YOU wouldn't call him that
ridiculous name" I said pettshly.
. 1T sounds exactly as if YOU We're
/ speaking of a dog