Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-21
MY MARRIAGE
'X1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF a WIFE
WHY is LILLIAN so ANXIOUS
TO lEAVE2

TO LEAVE7
/ had no words to answer Mrs. Cos
groves impassioned outburst con-
cerning her idolAed brother.
Putting Lllian's name in the artist
place. l almost could have echoed her
words.
Fortunately. however. she evidently
neither expected nor desired an an
swer. As if overcome by her own
emotion she abruptly turned toward the
door as she finished speaking, as
abruptly went out of the bungalow,
and I>saw her dash her hand against
her eyes as she crossed the lawn
That she had comprehended with the
eyes of sisterly love the incident of
Lillian's drive with Colonel Travers.
and its effect upon Robert Savarin, +.
of course, surmised. / guessed, also
, for Mrs. Cosgrove is usually a rather
silent, poised woman-that her conf
dence to me had been simply an emo
| tional explosion which she had found
it impossible to suppress. knew that
she would keenly regret having men
ton the matter to me when she had
regained her usual calmness.
For several minutes after Mrs. Cos
grove left me | sat still, going over
the incident of the morning, wondering
whether or not Robert Savarn would
betray to Lillian the absurd jealousy
and the disapproval of her work which
he had shown to me. Then / firmly
put aside all conjectures, and resumed
my sorting and packing. determined
that no matter what minute Dicky
should decide to start on the home
ward journey | would be as prepared
for the journey as it was humanity
possible to be.
A Difficult Task
But I quailed before the task which
found awaiting me in Dicky's room.
All through our stay / had taken care
of Dicky's room myself for I did not
wish Mrs. Cosgrove. or, indeed, any
one else to see the disorder in which
he persistenIy keeps his possessions.
Every morning I Strengthened up"
in housewifely parlance. | kept things
out of sight as much as I could without
arousing Dicky's wrath--a very pos
sible occurrence if he missed any of
his belongings from the corners where
he was accustomed to fling them. /
have often marvelled at Dicky's ability
to fish out his things from the seem
ingly hopeless confusion in which they
are usually piled And by dint of care
full study | have evolved plan by
which | reduce each heap to order
without misplacing any of the things.
Sorting the things, however, so that
they could be transferred to Dicky's
suitcase and bag without his demand
ing room in my own luggage recep-
tacles was something else altogether"
| smiled at the remembrance Of Lii
lian's old colored housekeeper, Betty.
as | mentally uttered her familiar
phase. For my husband had purchased
all sorts of articles during his stay,
souvenirs. books. magazines. every
one of which l knew must be carted
home. | heaved hopeless sigh as T
realized how much Dicky had collected.
There was but one thing to be done
of course, if we did not expect the two
cars to be so crowded with luggage
that there would be no comfort in the
motor trip home. | must make parcel
post packages of everything ! could.
knew better than to meddle with
Dicky's purchases. but some of his
clothing ! could manage to send ahead
of us without his knowing it, or l at
least hoped SO.
"When Can We Go2'
attacked the task with feverish
vigor, fearing that Dicky would return
and discover what ! was doing. To
lDItSlhit 50 uISGSlIOuS dH
to my plans / locked the doors and
pulled down the shades, hoping that
Dicky would believe me to be taking |
a nap.
My ruse was needless, however, for
neither Dicky nor any one else came
near the bungalow during an hour Of
the most strenuous activity | had given
myself for long time. And when |
had finished, ] bathed and dressed, and
came out on my little veranda to find
the premises apparently deserted. |
There was no one in sight.
From the bank Of the brook. how
ever, came the sound of Juniors pratt
tie, and Marion's laughter, mingled
with Dicky's lazy teasing. A clatter in
the kitchen told me that Mrs. Cosgrove
and even as with mind at ease
about my family-settled myself in
porch chair for rest before the meal
the door of Lillian's bungalow opened
and she stood framed in it for an un-
certain minute before crossing the
lawn to me.
"Madge," she said, in a low voice as
she took the chair I pulled forward for
her, ''have you named any definite day
do you know-when we can 60
home?'
1t took all my self-control to conceal
ny amazement at her hesitating man
ner as unlike her usual pose as was
he impetuous cry Of her last question
But even before she spoke. had seen
he gray look in her face, the pain in
1er eyes, and had known that she was
going through some emotional crisis |!
ind had nerved myself to appear as
unconscious as possible of her feeling
I bent to the blouse / was mending
is if a misplaced stitch would ruin it
md sent my casual answer from above
is folds.
'Tm packing now. Dicky wants to
20 almost at once. We're only wait
ng for Bess Dean to announce her
departure Then we'll start"
NExT-"The Way The Youngsters
Came Home"
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