New Britain herald., 1921-07-26
HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of
 Revelations Of q Wife

At the rear of the house, strung an interminable inc of chicken Goops, woodsheds and pig pens, all of which were in my minds eye marked TOT immediate destruction. I visualized a wonderful perennial garden in thelr place, in which I should have every old-fashioned flower I ever heard Of. In my minds eye I had already built the latticed fence which should surround it, and the gate of archlng, climbin roses, through which should enter it. Dicky had agreed enthusia stically to the garden plan, but had made one stipulation. A Picturesque Plan.
 "That corn crib back there must | mot be destroyed" he had said dra maticallv. "Me for that for "a summer studio. Just look how that |apple tree casts it's shadows on 1t ]! You can have your garden i'll front, behind and on both sides, but you must spare me that there corn crib" ..It is just the thing" I had agreed enthusiastically, with visions of vines trailing over the mellowed brown timbers, and rustic seats built in front. "It's far enough back, so it won't interfere with the gar den, and it will really be very pie Ituresque."
 l It was this conversation which smilingly recalled when Dicky an nounced his intention of finding draperies for his corn crib. but as entered the shop and the obligins lclerk spread before us some really wonderful designs and colorings il curtain fabrics, it was something fal different which came painfully to m. recollection.
 Again I saw the studio bedroom in the old Brennan shouse whiel Dicky had so artistical1y arranged and for which Grace Draper : hal painstakingly embroidered the drap cries Dicky had insisted that l shoul not see the room until it was com |pletely finished, and I hated thos furnishings ever since because of tn |draperies fashioned by those fal fingers.
 And now he was planning some thing different I hoped intensely. a watched his interest in the fabric
 he was handling with all an artist love of color, that he would choos something far removed from tn Chinese motifs which Grace. Drape had wrought so cleverly.
 Entirely Forgotten.
 'Just look at this !'' He displaye ! a shimmering length of Fsilvery gra drapery, with faint figurings of oliv green and wood browns indistincu
 marking it. 9Did you ever see any
 thing so restful, and cool-looking lyour life?" E [, "It is really very good.'' I assente cordially.
 Do you suppose you or mother { Katie can find time to sew these fe me if I tell you how I want them he went on, holding the stuff at arm length with speculative air. Zee how glad I'll be to get away fro Ii the Chinese junk I've had so lon | I've been too busy or too lazy | change it myself, and I've alwa! been secretly hoping you Or moth would do over my studio for Chris mas or birthday or something, b ! you never did, hope r never see tn | stuff again, I'm so dead tired | it. Give it to Katie, aor perhaI / Jerry Ticer'd like to fix up h - chicken coop with it.'' 5 aw This speech was so characteristics " inconsistent tHdL l dlIlOSL COJ
 rnitted the crime of laughing ->u
 right at the notion of our doi1
 over a studio for Dicky without J
 consent Neither his mother nor
 ever interfere with his room in n
 way, being wise from long experien
 of Dicky's crochets concerning it..
 "Id like to know what ever ma
 me get that stuff, anyway. Whe
 did I pick it up? Do you remember
 He had forgotten everything abo
 it! As I hugged this. assurance
 my breast, sedately answering tn
 did not remember anything co
 corning his. choice of the old dra
 cries, the shadow of Grace NDrap'
 which has newer quite ceased
 menace me, seemed to slip aws
 There is no woman so devoid
 danger the one who is complete
 forgotten.