New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-10-07
MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS
Adele New of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
The Plan Dicky Made to Entertain


The Plan Dicky Made to Entertain
Bess Dean
Within "a hours of her arrival Bess
Dean had fitted herself deftly, smooth
ly, into the scheme of our mountain
family life, and had gained apparent
cordially and liking from each men,
Der.
That jovial giant, PA" Cosgrove-
as I had learned he is called by half
the valley-was frankly delighted with
her. good nature, her buoyant spirits,
her raillery and her enthusiasm, ap
parently genuine, over his beloved
mountains. The twins, Ned and Fred
now grown to stalwart young man
hood, with the inches, though not the
girth, of their father-shared his ad-
miration of he girl. who, though
she must have taught their contem-
poraries in age but a few years ago,
treated them with exactly the same
half-fun- making, half-deferential air
she did the elder Cosgrove.
Playing a Game?
Marion, in the throeS of a little
girls uncomfortable idolizing of big
one, followed Bess Dean around like
an adoring shadow, with Junior al
ways tagging at her heels, and neither
Lillian nor 1. smiling to ourselves at
the boreom Miss Dean must he suf
ferinfr ctU any sign of an
noyance on her part. saw even the
grave face of Robert Saverin light up
In amusement at some of the girl
sallies, while Dicky-though making
q virtue of providing entertainment for
my friend-so far as 1 could observe,
did not appear to be especially bored
by his efforts
Contrary to her usual custom, when
men are on her social horizon, Bess
Dean took particular pains to be cor
dial and attentive to the women of our
family. Mrs. Cosgrove, Lillian and I
she was careful to neglect none of
US, but I think that with the clarity
of feminine vision toward members of
our own sex, not one of us failed to
understand her and her real feeling
of annoyed boredom at having to
waste her time upon us.
Like most strangers to mountain life
Bess Dean was anxious to do every
thing she had read about people do
ing when they sojourned among the
eternal hills And after the first five
days, Dick, L fancy, found himself at
his wits end to provide something
novel for her approval.
well, what's the program today,
people?" This was her invariable
greeting at the breakfast table.
"A Deliberate Hint
When she uttered it upon the sixth
day following her arrival, I saw Dicky's
eyebrows knit involuntarily, and, with
secret amusement, I realized that he
was beginning to be ennui-ridden. But
his maner when he answered con-
tanned no hint of his real feeling In
stead, it was filled apparently only
with an enthusiastic desire to serve
her.
How would you like to climb down
Rip Van Wrinkles hill. see the very
stone upon which. he silent and all'that
sort of thing?" he asked.
I'm afarid that would be" Pa
Cosgrove began, but a glance from his
wife's eyes stopped him, and he did
not finish his sentence, which I knew
contained a Thoughtful warning against
the difficulty IF +17o trip. And on the
other faces / saw only tiny, lily
suppressed smiles. Most of us had been
through the experience of descending
that noted hill and were perfectly will
ing to pass on the pleasure to some
other eager novce.
.'Td love it," Bess Deans eyes were
shining How many will go?''
'You, Madge and I, and either Ted
or Fred, will do it on foot" Dicky an
swered "The other twin can drive us
to the summit in Madge's car, leave
us there and bring it back here again
And Lii, if you feel equal to it, Robert
could take my car, drive you around
through Woodstock and Pa1enville and