Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-19
MY MARRIAGE
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
ORA WIFE
How Madge Received a Happy Assur.
ance From Katie

l went directly to Katie's room af-
ter parting with Lillian, and this time
! Katie admitted me promptly. But il
needed only a glance to tell me that
the girl had been weeping tempestu-
ously.
guessed that the composure enforc-
ed by her loyalty to me ever in the
face of Mother Graham's slurring ref
erence to her, had broken the moment
she was alone. And as l saw her
quivering lips. her flushed, swollen face
and her tear-filled eyes, l drew her
quickly into my arms and held her
close.
I am not an emotional person. and l
detest the casual caressing which so
many ome bestow upon their femin-
inc friends, but Katie is like a fright
ened grief stricken child sometimes,
and it is as such that / treat her.
ooh! Missis Graham. MY dear Missis
smothered in my shoulder, as l patted
her brown head comfortably.
"a Can Do Dot"
Don't think about it any more,
Katie" l said. Then, with a sure
knowledge of the quickest way to divert
her attention. / added: Il want you to
do something very important for me.
Katie. something my father wants by
tomorrow. Can you control yourself
enough to listen to me?"
She drew herself erect from my arms.
Wait shust Won leedle minnit,' she
commanded, walked to a stand in the
corner, poured some cold water from
a pitcher into a bowl. dashed the water
over her face and then rubbed her face
with a towel until l thought she surely
would remoye the skin from it.
''Dere," she exclaimed. when she had
finished. turning to me with a funny
little air of triumph. Il all feexed oop.
Now tell me what it is you want by me-"
This" l returned, taking from my
dress the paper she had secreted in
my mother-in-law's hat. My father
wants you to reproduce" | stopped
short at Katie's blank look. and CROPPED
for words which she would understand
wants o to fix another p
just like the one you gave Joe. Every
figure and letter and bit of drawing
must be the same. Can you do that?"
Katie held the paper I had given her
close to her eyes and scrutinized it with
a worried little frown. Then her face
cleared and she spoke confidently.
"Sure ting. | can do dot. Ne. | re-
member me now we're | put dose leetle
foony lines, und dose l%ettersi | shoost
take. one more each time. und figures
one not SO mooch. | feex dot all right.
Ven you want eet. tonight"
Madge Comforts Katie
NO indeed" I returned. go to sleep
at once. And we will have breakfast
an hour later in the morning. No one
will be up, l am sure, we are so late
tonight"
Dots all right to say Katie re-
torted. You. Meesis Underwood. Mar
ion und your fader, maybe dey not
COON down for anoder hour. Und dot
lazy Meester Drake. he probably not
show oop till nearly noon. But dot
blessed babee he wake early. unit dot
old vomans. you know she COON down
like Wild woman eef breakfast not
ready for heem."
Junior is in my ROOM I returned.
land I'm trying to train him not to
waken so early. He'll go to sleep again
if I'm with him. and I'm sure Mother
Graham will sleep if she is not awak-
ened. So you may have an extra hour
l am sure. Did you put the vacuum