The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-31
Revelations
of Wife
mApeE SURPRISES THE DOCTOR.
sv ADELE GARRISON.

mApeE SURPRISES THE DOCTOR.
Tie stonned flushed and stanmered
| bit as he went on.
"Please do not take offense at what !
am about to say" he said, put II y
necessary that you should hear 1t. II
| this publicity comes it will not hurt YOU
| except for the unpleasantness OF having
your name associated with such an oc-
cYrence. = 80 l,now what your
attitude may be in regard to this thing,
he went on. flushing painfully, but !
must point out to you that the puohca-
| ton of these facts would be very
| effective weapon If, because of this sad
affair. you should wish to free yourself
| from your martial ties.
For a moment / was too dumb with
an1azement to answer him. I had count
ed on his wishing to suppress the facts
| in order to save me the pain of pub
rcity. And here he was virtually urg-
| ing me to allow the terrible thing to
! he hlazoned to the world that / might
have an excuse to free myself from
| Dfcky.'
May I ask. DR. Petit" l inquired
| frigidly, why you should imagine tnat
wish to free myself from my marital
ties?''
.swhy." he stammered, 81 thought the
discovery of your husbands perfidy
might
7 think some hidden emotion had run
away with his discretion, that these last
words would not have been spoken II
he had taken a sober second Thought
But | gave him time to retract
them. / sprang to my feet and faced
him, alternately flushing and paiing
with the intensity of my emotion.
my husbands perfidy'" ] exclaimed
passionately You surely do not I'M
| derstand, DR.. Petit My husband has
| not been untrue to me. Indeed, he was
| shot because he would not be. He mas
been foolish, careless and has hurt me
cruelty this summer. but there has been
nothing in his action which would give
me any reason for leaving him. In fact,
all our differences We're Strengthened out
the day I came so near drowning at
| the beach. We were fully reconclied
to each other at that time"
saw him vince. but he accepted the
rebuff without making any retort save
that of a cynical disbelieving little CLEARS
in his eyes. 7 felt resentfully that he
believed the worst of DielSy and had a
contemptuous pity for what he consid-
cred my creduiity
.tTken / may infer that you do not
wish any report made of this occur
renee" he inquired gravely.
.Oh. it seems as if I could not bear
publicity concerning IT. SdAas anu
| I could not keep my voice from trem-
bling with the terror I felt at the pros
pect
The cynical CLEAN left DR.. Pettits
eyes J,to them erept the look of
tender sympathy which | had seen in
those eyes often before. He advanced
a step, gathered my hands in his, and
his grasp was reassuring.
There win be no publicity unless Miss
Draper dies" he said gently, and not
then If it is humanity possible for me to
prevent it."
He pressed my hands tightly. dropped
them and abruptly left the room, with
out making any reference to any risk
he himself would run in neglecting to
report Grace Diapers act
The remnants of my Puritan conscience
told me that / had no right to accept
such a sacrifice, especially from a man
as interested in me as DIR. Petit semeed
to be.
But when / faced the alternative of
Dicky.s name being dragged through
the newspapers my Puritan conscience
fled.
.Lillian's advice was good enough for
me. / told myself grimly. II would
let things GO