Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-04
MY MARRIAGE
PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
EVELATION
OF WIFE
THE DESCRIPTION HARRY UN.
DERWOOD GAVE OF HIMSELF

OCnVOOO aS ~
One crisp sentence of Harry Under
woods critism of Dicky stuck in my
consciousness like a barb all through
the rest of my drive with him TO
Greenport by way of the Shelter Island
ferry. Unconsciously. l think, il tinged
all the rest of the story | told him,
while he drove Dicky's car easily with
but one hand resting negligently upon
the wheel, apparently giving all his
attention to me and nOne to the car.
Yet felt u~naccountably secure that
auy emergency would find him ready
and capable Of meeting it.
The Dicky-b bird ought to know. bet
ter thar anybody else in the world.
what she is capable Of he had said,
referring TO Grace Draper, and yet
he opened the cage door and let her ID.
without knowing it, he had put into
words a vague resentment which l had.
almost subconsciously, cherished against
Dicky ever since we had suffered the
terrible consequences of permitting
Grace Draper to come back INTO our
family life. He should have protected
me against my own compassion, ana
against that more indefinable thing
which had lain at the root OF my De
cision to admit hcr-a fear hat he
might think me ungenerous.
There is nothing SO dangerous, so
corroding to ones spirit as self-plty:
BY the time | had reached the end or
Harry UnderwoOd's questioning con
corning Grace Draper ! had worked
NV Imagination to the point of consld-
ering myself n much abused and mis-
understood creature.
But the man beside me unconscious
" furnished me with a very effective
lancet for my swollen self compassion
when he said at the end of his long
questioning:
You poor little white mouse. You
didn't have II nance with that tiger cat.
Wish | had the Dicky-bird here! I'd
wiring his graceful neck for letting you
in for a time like that. III just give
him fair warning-if he cant take bet
ter care of you than that I'll come back
and run off with you.
If he had meant to give me a re-
action against himself and arouse my
championship of Dicky he could not
have chosen better words. The idea of
reckless, INSCRIPTIONS. utterly IRE
sponsible Harry Underwood cherishing
ana DTblptliuE any IA
faithful to her through the humdrnm OF
life was so absurd as to be ~laughabie.
Madge Keeps Silent
And while | had just been criticisins
Dirky myself, mentally, yet his second
v~oicing of my own thought upon Mr..
I~nderwood's part made me-lnconsis-
tently enough-furiously angry. Or
mercilessly probed the secret recesses
III. ,-,e mt N anppr nnTtly
due to my outraged vanity. stung by
the words white mouse" and tiger
cat" which he had used in comparing
me to Grace Draper!
He. no doubt. meant to be chlvalrons
and complimentary. but be was a gen
Grafton too late in gauging my reaction
70 his words. should like to see the
jzing herself AS n shrinking. inslgnlfl-
iizny herself as a shrinking, i%nsignltl-
cant white mouse beside a splendid.
1.-THE tiger cat. -
I did not answer him. for I feared
would betrav the childish rancor | felt.
But ! think he guessed my resentment,
without the reason for it. for he. too,
fell silent. and it was not until the ferry
ut the end Of picturesque Shelter Island
came into view that he spoke again.
The Lord alone Know whether or
not I'm ever going to see YOU again
Lady FAR" he said. and there was an
unsteaGiness in his deep voice unmis'
taxable in its sincerity Of emotion.
But ! want you 10 get me right on
what I'm doing. Your father may 81
NAV not give you any dope on me. so
I'm going to hand YOU a little on my
own account.
Zach Man Has His Niche"
He had slowed the car down To \
crawl. and be piloted II into the space
bv the ferry. deserted now until the
next boat, turned off the ignition
switch and shifted toward me, his eyes
feverishly brilliant.
Nobody knows better than ] do just
how many kinds of yellow mongrel ]
was upon a certain occasion. he SAID
But it's curious, just because Of that
connection with the slimiest gang OF
r%utthroats and traitors that ever
crawled. I'm able every little while to
give your father and one other person
q line that they find quite useful. I've
heen promoted since the old days. and
I'm now quite high in their councils
the white-haired boy when it comes II
handing out advice. And the devil only
knows the things I've kept en- from
bv showing them just where their little
necks would take the axe cleanest.
Every once in a while ! plan ON
thing extra luscious. just to show them
what . shark ! am. but its queer what
shrewd people they have under your
father-they always get wise and spoil
the gravy.
Each man has his niche. they say.
Well, mine is that of a high-claSs stool
pigeon, I'm making plenty Of graft
out of the thing. but it's a fine ending,
iSn'f i, for man uhp once had