Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-14
MY MARRIAGE
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Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE WAY MADGE AVOIDED
OBEYING ALLEN BRAKES
COMMAND

! wasted no time on questions, put
rushed out of the room and the house
at Lillian's behest.
Forgetting all my usual terror OF
the big barn, pitch black inside, L
climbed into Dicky's car-the opera
tive who went for DIR. Petit had taken
my smaller one, | found-and was
| back in front of the house again with
but the loss of a minute or two. L
left the engine running, and, coming
through the hall, s%natched a warm
motor coat and a close.fiting hat, and
| put them on as I made my way back
to the library. Lillian looked at me
| with approval as | entered, fully clad
for the journey.
Nifty footwork," she commented,
and l flushed with pleasure at the
characteristic commentator. l opened
the desk, took out my purse, looke
inside to be sure that money and my
! auto license were there, and turned TO
Lillian, who was speaking rapidly
crisply:
the county at this hour, OF course,
| she said. "And Smith says it's doubt
| full if they have it anyway. I'm IN
clined to believe him, so that leaves
Just one place-the hospital. Better
rout Briggs out and telephone from
| there. II they're not tied up at the
hospital, perhaps they'll send some
body out to meet you whit. II they
can't, you'll have to 60 all the way.
Good hunting
Her lips compressed tightly, though
her eyes smiled at me, and l knew
that she keenly regretted the necessity
for sending me out on the lonely rae
at that hour of the night. But she did
me the Justice to know that | would
have resented any open expression OF
sympathy, and / went away more
heartened with her simple phrase than
l would have been with a whole para
graph of nervous solicltude.
"You're Not Needed Here"
As I climbed into the ear a window
above me opened identified it as
Ione from my fathers room-and Allen
brakes voice spoke authoritatiyeiy:
Where are you going!"
It was one thing to bow to Lillian s
authority: it was another TO accept
meekly the dictatOrial attitude OF TINS
man who alternately fascinated ana
repealed me. My answer was curt:
ITO the hospital
Why g,
"To get the antidote for the poison
80 she managed it," he said in a
tone which registered disappointment,
and I knew that he savagely regretted
the lost chance to punish Smith with
a dose of what Tom Chester had sui
fered. His next words alarmed me.
You're not going alone at this hour
I'll send Munson. No, wait. III GO
with you myself. I'm not needed here
for a little while"
You're not needed here, either ]
said audaciously, as he lowered the
window. He threw it up again In
stantly. i,
What did you say?" he demanded
I repeated the words, and knew by tht
change in his tone that l had offended
him mortally.
A Lonely Drive
you are not a good judge OF that
he said Jelly, land l insist upon coming
with you"
You'll have to run fairly fast
then" / retorted. as | threw in the
clutch and sent the car purrlng along
the driveway.
The window slammed down vicious
", and / laughed lightly TO myself a
the sheer joy of outwitting the self
satisfied Mr.. Drake.
But before l had gone many rod
the uNASN' 49,
every tree and bush a menacing shad
ow-seemed to press down upon me
and to my own chagrined astonishmen
I found myself regretting that ! ha(
not accepted Mr.. brakes offer.
1t was too late TO turn back, how
ever. and as / went along the road m.
lamps picked out at a lively clip. Whel
+ 7 turned into the Briggs driveway,
was with a feeling that for a few min
> utes at least ! had a temporary haven
sounded my horn, and soon Mr.
3 Briggs, in bathrobe and slippers. lean
| ing upon a cane and holding a lanterl
4 in the other hand, appeared at tn
door. >,
"Bless my SOUL" he said in his bluff
r hearty way. It's Mrs. Graham. L
: everything all right up there! haven.
% heard anything, of course, and TIL
e pesky leg of mine is troubling me so
couldn't get over, even If they nat
needed me-"
l explained briefly, punctuated wit
+. expressions of dismay from Mr.. Briggs
{ and at my request for a telephone h
= led the way to his sitting room an
{ rang the connection for me with
= fussy nervousness which betrayed nov
:, real was his concern for Tom Chester
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