Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-02
RNY MARRIAGE
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Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,
EVELATTO
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OF A WIFE
WHAT HARRY ID e r w o o d
SWIFTLY EXPLAINED, THEN
A MET

alter all. Ills was lily ihoI
thought rs his flippant and stereotyped
salutation. Lady Fair" assalled my
ears.
As l slowly turned and faced him,
the words seemed so homogeneous with
his appearance as q venerable, white
bearded foreigner, that for a bewilder-
ed second. even as when | had first
seen Kim in this role, | could not be-
lieve that it was indeed Lillian S
recreant husband who stood before me
But with a quick, furtiye glance
around. evidently to assure himself that
no one was observing him, he snatched
off his Disgusting, thick-lensed glasses
and grinned ~impudently at me, his bril-
liant black eyes dancing with merrl-
ment-eyes which no one who had ever
seen them could mistake for any others
than Harry U~nderwood's.
Convinced, now?' he asked. You
cure are the original Missouri baby |
naid no attention TO his nonsense. L
mt out nv hand sedately as if he
wore indeed the Don Ramon Alvarez
whom he was i~mpersonat1ng SO
cleverly.
at is indeed a pleasant surprise to
meet YOU here" / said conventlonaliy,
pitching my voice higher than usual.
my father will be so sorry to nave
missed you"
"is That AEl2"
He took the cue instantly, bent over
nv hand with foreign Difference.
at is | who have all the-how do
Won saw it in American-luck! he
answered in as distinct a tone as my
own, then muttered: WHATS the
row." o4
sThere were some reporters on that
Long Island train" | murmured PACK.
rs that ALL" in a tone OF relle1.
you mean Rickett and the bunch WIN
him. | saw them, and they beat 1t to
the tnhes. 7 thought some of them
would be down there to see you, ana
was on the watch for them.
"But they're not movie reporters, my
dear" he grinned impishly.,. NIhey Re
not sleuthing around, tr-r-raillng your-r
every footprint, even though they are
strictly in the job, and don't you ever
forget it. But having once convinced
themselves that you're on your way 70
the Dieky-bird, they'll take the quick
est route up there, without worrying
themselves over what you're DONG
every second of the way.
He stopped, put on his thlck-lensed
yIasses, and looked all around US.
An insistent Question
"Safer thar q church," he decided.
There are very few people on the boat
todav. anyway. and they're strictly
stolid commuters. Before we get &c
the other side, you can go INSIDE aho
TN dodge around so nobody Will con-
nect Won and me at all. Now, tell me
what more is there to this perform
ance of the Dicky-bird than is IN the
morning papers? Have you heard iron
him."
There was in his voice q note OF au
thority which | resented. yet i dld no'
know exactly how to voice my feeling
and took refuge in an evasion.
"How did you know | would p'
here?" ] asked.
He whipped off the glasses again
and 7 felt as if the brilliant black eyes
were laying bare every reservation O.
All right, all right" he said. I'll
answer your question first, but ina
isn't going to get you anything, for IT
here TO learn the whole history Of TN
little fluttering of the Dicky-blrds
However. I always believe in humorrnl
the ladies. especially the pretty ones-
Again he flashed the old impuden
grin at me.
saw the account of the Dicky-bird an
the beauteOuS MISS i 0slef al TN
mornings papers, I knew that a GER
tain diyineiy-foolish and forgiying lit
tie girl would be hot-footing It towar'
her erring spouse as fast as train
could carry her. So, I accordingl
looked up train routes, found out tn
first one in from old Sag, aud statione
myself at the head of the stairs t
watch for you. 49,, q
30 you anow,' he chuckled, :"
thought I could dodge without your see
ing me. but your eyes were too sharT
and when you wheeled and darted u
those stairs, well, I haven't made
study of your agile brain as well a
your other charming attributes TO
nothing. 7 was as sure that you mean
to dodge through the Pennsylvania wo
mems room to the Eighth avenue en-
trance and thence to the ferry by taxi
cab. as I was when from another tax
T saw you hail one and beat it dow
here. ..
have answered meekly and fully you
question, and / am ready to hear You
answer to mine. Have you heard frof
the Dicky-birdT
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