The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-11
New Revelations of
a Wife
What LilIian's Apology Brought to
BY ADELE GARRISON

against the dusky back ground of tn
+ taxi. Her eyes We're no longer angry
but thoughtful, appraisng. Then thu
, ghost of a twinkle crept into them.
I'm glad you've come to your senses
Madge.' she said while I stared at hel
in open-mouthed establishment. Lillar
always does the unexpected thing, anc
never in my life will I get used to her.
"Of course, l owe you an apology
she went on. II went simply Berserl
at the thought of IIarry's playing me &
trick like that. And then to have you
do the sympathetic stunt"
! She stopped as if in ability to express
hers own anger.
But all this is beside the main
point" she went on, dismissing her hus-
tiband and his errors abruptly. you've
/ realized at last what I've been hoping
you'd see for months. I knew I'd have
| to give you a jolt of some kind, but
truly I didn't mean to do it this way.
DO forgive me for speaking TO you
| in the way / did, but-do you realize
that your own mental attitude has been
! at fault? That for instance, if Kath-
crime had been in your place tonight 1
should never have dared to speak to
her in the tone and manner I used to
you?"
! "keep That Up"
She was turning the knife in the
wound. I realized the probe was nee
essary, but L made up my mind that
| never in my life again would it be
necessary for me to undergo a similar
| operation in mental surgery.
II don't think you will ever have rea-
son to complain of that particular men,
tai attitude again." I said dryly, and at
my tone Lillian laughed outright.
That's the trick" she said approx
ingly. Keep that UP and you'll find
half your troubles doing the regular
dew before the morning sun stunt"
Thank YOU" l returned. and the same
lack of enthusiasm sounded in my
voice.
I knew that what Lillian had said was
perfectly justified, knew also that the
affection l had for her would stand
much stronger strain than the words of
caustic criticism she had given me. But
the mental whipping had been too recent
for me to smile sweetly as yet upon the
administrator.
Yet I didn't wish Lillian to think me
resentful. I racked my brains to find
some subject of conversation which
would avert her thoughts from my per-
sonal emotions. ] found it ready to
hand, and with it the opportunity to
prove to her that I was ready to defend
my own theories
Tell me- 1 said. why are you so
sure that Mr.. Underwood forged that
note? l surely would have been the
height of stupidity for him to come
there after the ruse had succeeded"
= "You Forget"
<How often will I have to tell you
that xHarry{is daffy about you?" Lillian
obliged M write the note. for no one
else evdddEhad an opportunity to get the
But ,lle no DOUBT beat it over
there, ass soon aasfe. l1ad done his part
ctuld: The d1f8srsst assa ss..spn't know
easht other, YOU knowa~>Sos:Rs s.probably
Thought he could pull the .1st6nt unde
tected He always was~ aars-deviI.
} But tell you" he was INTOXICATED
when he came into the station andbney-
er noticed me until I spoke to him."
persisted. Besides. when the chauf-
feur showed a badge and said he was a
service agent, Mr.. Underwood promptly
displayed a similar one, and thus made
the chauffeur give up his claim
whats that?" Lillian interposed
sharply,
I related the incident of the two badges
dent enmity which the displaying of Mr.. |
Cnderwood's badge aroused in the |
breast of the chauffeur.
That does put a different aspect |
upon the matter" Lillian admitted, and |
there was that in her voice which told |
me how cruelty her own suspicion had !
hurt her.
But, Madge," she went on hopeless |
ly, mo one else could have gotten that |
notepaper. 1t was a special kind, made
to order, and the plates destroyed by !
paper manufa cturer. a friend of Harry's,
lust to crafty a within of his one Christ
mas to give me something unique. I
always kept it in little locked desk
which had been made specially to hold
t. with the key on my key ring. Harry
had a duplicate key"
mo matter what he had I returned
II don't believe he. forged
hat note He is bad enough, but that
sn't like him. And as for there being L
10 chance of any one else-you forget
-our friend, Miss Berg, the pretended
nurse" II
Lillian started perceptibly, and after
, long. silent moment put her hand over
nine. II
Child" she said. Il believe you're
light. She was clever enough to turn
he trick. Of course, she didn't forge II
he note. she's safely behind the bars.
nut she could have passed the paper
md her knowledge of our family on to
ome one else.
She slipped her arm around me, drew
ne close to her. and I felt her cheek
gainst my hair.
Don't brood over what I said a little
While ago, dear child she said But
Ion't, don't drop back into the sort of
mental doormat moony attitude in
which you have been indulging for some
in1e. Your brain was made for better
hings"
And while ostensibly she spoke Of my
sck Of initiative and decision. yet I
new that she also meant me to recog-
ize a reference to Capt. Hugh Grant
and.
in dollars and II