The Omaha morning bee., 1922-11-06
MyMarriage
Problems
AdsI. Garrison. New Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife"
fgnn..l.h, ,aaak
What Msdge Dld 10 Save DicIsy In
His Mothers Eyes,
Copyright 1870


inlaw's blunt query sat staring at
the expensive photograph OF Claire
Foster with the bizarre inscription 10
Dicky serawled across It's face. In
my ears was echolng her question
with emphasis What. indeed, wns
mis- picture doing IN my husbands
ro0m2
The thing was startling oonnrmn.
ton OF DR.. Pcttits hints. and OF my
own uneasiness concerning Dicky's
silence. Was Il possibe-I shook the
thought from me hastily, and my
memory gnlloped back over our brief
acquaintance with the beautiful west.
ern girl whose face looked out insou.
ciantly nj me.
We had met her with Dr. Pettit,
whose devotion 10 her WAS patent, and
who had later told uH Of his engage.
ment 70 her. Dlcky and ! both had
wondered--not at the physlcian's
choice. because he had abundant cause
for his iHfatuatlon, but at hers.-and
j had not been astoniBhed when
had heard of their estrnngement.
uadge II Diplomatic.
But ! never had thought that Dicky
was especially Interested IN her or at.
tracted bw her He had noted her
lndeniable resemblance 10 Grace
Drapcr-altbough the dashing western
girl would never possess the fault.
lesa beauty which was Grace Drapcrs
fortune-a and after Miss Drapcrs
escape from the consequences of her
kidnapping of Junior, Miss Foster had
posed for the unfinished illustrations
which the other girls departure left.
But ! had heard my husband make
several unfavorabe comments con.
cerning her extreme modern IDEAS, and
her militant femlnlnn These are
two things which Inconsistent Dicky
himself devotee ~ every fad which
comes along abhors In woman.
And though | had known that Miss
Foster was much impressed by
Dlekys good looks and fascinating
manner-I never have seen the
woman who did not sit up and take
notice when he entered room--f
had never entertained the slightest
notion that she ever gave him really
Berious thought
Ny motherlnlaw brought me back
10 the present with Jerk.
Weir she demanded. what have |
you got to say?"
Her tone placed the blame for the |
possession Of the picture on my shoul. |
ders, as II ! had placed II in Dickys |
room myself. knew what | had |
to do, and that quickly.
No matter what my own thoughts. !
no matter what my mother.in law |
said, must betray no suspicion OF
my husband. In her present anger |
against him she would no doubt,
agree to anything | said, but---she
was his mother She would remem-
bel the things ! might say long after
she had forgotten that her son had
given any cause for the utterance.
An Infuriating Taunt
SO | compelled the whirlpool Of my
thoughts to calm. and answered my
mother.in-laws question with non
fiatter myself sounded genuine
Why. mother. / don't think this
needs any comment do you? II you
iummaged through Dicky's things
you'd probably find dozens of signed
photographs from girls. don't
think this means anything at all, ex-
cept that Miss Forest gave Dicky her
,Nha al. f..ert ss.Yah MIA ON N.
of her posing for him" .......
Look at that inscription" My
mother.in.law grmly pointed to the
words. Yours till the last apple 4
falls, Claire"
laughed with really creditable
gayety.
ON. mother dear it's evident you
con know the modern girl. That in
scription means great deal less than
Cordially yours would have meant
IN your day or mine"
My mothernlaw folded her arms
rrimly and gave me a long, steady
stare.
You're either bigger fool or lot
deeper than | have thought YOU Mar.
garrett" she said. "Of course | have
nothing more TO say, except this
don't let me catch you taking this for
an excuse TO hand that young jacka'
rapes OF Tom Chester any signed
photographs"
She swept out Of the room. leaving
ne SO angry at the infuriating little
twist she had given the incident that
for salutary five minutes ! did not
bring myself back 20 the realization of
what this evidence OF Diekys dal-
lmrce meant 10 ne.