Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-30
Holding a Husband
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations of q Wife"
How Madge's View and Dicky's
Agreed, Yet Clashed.

How Madge's View and Dicky's
Agreed, Yet Clashed.
"Whew! That was a narrow
squeak~ Dicky wiped his forehead
nervously as we walked down the
dooryard path of the old Dacey
farmstead, while Mother Graham
stood on the sagging porch, ready
to speed our footsteps with caustic
admonition should we show signs of
tagging.
".Wait till we get to the car" /
implored in whisper, for after the
revelation we had just had of my
mother-iniaw's listening powers, ]
was decidedly wary of saying any,
thing until we were safely sheltered
by the cars clatter.
II don't wonder you're leary,"
Dicky confded when we had climbed
into the car, and with no further
pretense of its being out of action
started down the road. II never
was SO fabbergasted in my life.
Who'd have thought the respected
mater had anything like that up her
sleeve?"
"The thing which puzzles me is
her good-nature over it," I returned.
1T would be only natural for her to
be furious, but instead"
"She's like 3-day-old lamb"
Dicky interrupted. Il think l can
explain that. First, she put one over
ON US, something she delights in
doing. Besides, | think that deep
in her heart she realized just what
we were up against in the housing
proposition, and was scared to death
for fear her cherished things would
have to be sent to the auction block
or freighted to one of the girls. And
TIL bet she was so relieved when she
found that we really had found this
old ruin that she was ready to swal-
low almost anything. At least, that's
the way l dope it out. Don't you?"
"It's very plausible and ingen-
ious solution at any rate" | return
ed bit absently, for with the cer-
tainty that our housing question was
settled amicably, my brain had
switched back to a coro1lary prob
lem, one that concerned me even
more deeply.
Madge Is Perplexed.
/ felt Dicky's eyes, curious, in
quiring upon mel always have
been able to sense his gaze, though
my eyes be turned away-so / pre-
pared for his sudden and slightly ir-
ritated query:
Whats eating you now? You're
a million miles away from here"
mo, only hundred" The words
were upon my lips, but | bit them
back, substituting an innocuous de-
NAL.
Indeed I'm not" l said earnestly.
"I'm simply wondering how we were
ever going to keep up with your
mother in this moving and settling
business. She expects us to bring
back carpenter and painter with
us. From all I've heard she might |
as we'll demand snow from the top
of the Andes within an hour"
Il know. It's fierce proposition"
he admitted, accepting the explana-
ton, while / drew long breath of
relief. How could | explain to him
that the final settling of our housing |
problem was in reality no settlement
at all to me when | faced the pros |
pect of his spending almost half his |
time in his New, York studio, with
the almost certain corcllary OF ire
quent meetings and more or less
close association with Edith Fairfax!
Of course, there was nothing else
to be done. / was glad to own the
lovely old place, and was already |
revelling in the prospect of rehab-
ilitating it. yet with the obsessing
dread Of the Virginia girls interest
in my husband upon me / would
have been glad to share any tene-
ment room with him in the city If
only could be always with him. |
I'm Worrying Over
The inner half Of my brain told me
how absurd my attitude was. Dicky
and l would be bored to death with
each other if we were never apart.
And | knew that the surest way to
disgust and weary him would be to
utter any objection to his sojourns in
the city, which, Of course, for the
most part would be necessary to his
work.
But my heart was heavy as we
went into the real estate office,
where the, wizened Mr.. Olcott and
the buxom Mrs. Burgess were al
ready waiting for us-Dicky had /