Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-08
MyMarriage
Problems
Adele GsFrisss's Nee Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife"
ieepYslsht 1881


lew minutes oil my return 10 the
house with Jerry after putting up the
car, watched them go with re-
luetant little iremof OF appfension a.
l remembered Lillian's words con.
corning Smith, and was not par
tieulariy treasured by the prepara-
lions she made for the night.
Allah be praised for small iayors.'
she said. as she moved swiftly
through the lower rooms with me-,
attending TO the fastening OF the win
dows and doors. your mother.in-
laws windows have bars-you re.
member she had them pu, up after
Junior was taken last TALL. I'm GO
ing TO ask her ii may put Marion
IN her bed for tonight. and when
they get soundly. to sleep III lock
them in Tor a spell. After I've III
leryiewed Katie I'm gong TO take
the liberty OF putting her on cot
IN my room-she'll be so frightened
by the time ! get through with her
that she'll be glad to be locked in
and you know that window ID my
room couldn't be reached unless by
a ladder. Besides. il is on the road.
Then you and are going on little
excursion. suppose all these pre-
cautions are the rankest ioolishness,
but I'd rather be ridiculous one hun
dred times than sorry once
A Little Excursion"
II should think So | replied ban
ally enough. but indeed ] was in 10
state TO choose my words. Was II
possible that with the man. Smith.
at large in the countryside-even Il
he were shadowod-Lillian meant me
TO leave the house with her! Yet
what else could the phrase little en-
cursion,' mean,
Ny loyalty to Lillian and the cause
in which we were working took a
sickcning slump at this point. Not
for anything in the world. ! told my
self. would ! leave my little lad in a
locked room with only his feeble
grandmother and little Marion to
stand between him and any danger,
real or fancicd My determination
must have shown in my face, for Lii
liam laughed lightly as she turned to
me from the last window fastening
upon the ground floor.
81 really don't need a padded cell.
much as you may think it" she said.
Our little excursion will be per-
fcctly safe one-it's only to Katie's
room after she Is settled Tor inc
night; Now II you don mihd play.
ing chainberma'd and hx'ng up COZ
tor Katie III my roonl-incidenta',y'
you and ! wlli share my pea 'on'sn.;
when We ilhaily seek q oeaLi VIII
60 TO Name and Try my luck at
little applied psyeho'ogy,.
l busted myself as she mad sug-
gested; and did even more-for ! car
RED Marion. Slight inquire Tor ner
age, to my mother-in-iaw pea VIII
OUT awakening inc ch'l9' aha cM
planned that Lillian wished Marion 20
steep with her' ana wou'd explain
why m the morning.
An right, MoIher Oranam inu,-
INJURED sieep'ly. Fut her on the sac
away IRON my arm. Luckily II 5 q
wide bed. !,
She was asleep again before ! nad
lett the room, with reassur'hg stop
at Juniors cribside, and 1t was NOT
many minutes afterward that LII
Ian came to her room.
"You So Goot-"
"Fvervth;np set I see" she COM
mented. looking around the room,
and then. when had explained what
I had done. did Marion wake I'D. or
vour mother-in-law object? MOP" at
NV negative shake of the head.
"Tb,t.s eood I wish I'd been as
successful"
I n,,de ~ reo,v for T tnew az old
that nuest;ons annoved her and that
a,,est;on;,,g annoved her and that
Che would tell me whatever She
w;sb.d me- ~ trow
sTha+ o;ri + Certainly thousand
niece n;cture nnzzle" she said after
: fcw seronds' r,use "Sbe 'swears
h.r swear that she tool nothing
frar, va,,. s,ther,s room ~ .nv.
th;na eise and I'm almost constra;n-
od = hs,;.vs her yct tIere,s some
th;nu shout hsr.I DOM Lnow-~
cL. 1901 10 Isnd. ~ h.,,.
e . sp,au , m fnre;gr - T f.
~. ~ s'I s,,, th.+ shs ,,,s ;ndeed
~. .i ~ "a =" trn,,hisa rancsrn;n .
w. pu1 "a ~. anss;h;i;tv e her hav.
a'. shs anu .n to-, ,,,y {,th.r,s room
~. ~ sus .'...r;o,,s oh;ec. which Smith
.rd t.. .nJ the neonIe behind them
anu Jos anu NY = p GA
"e az ~ anA,Iui ,ott h"r a,or. 60 tbat
puLpI Id ~, ~. .,,;sa & shs ..nted
sne Iou nia ' har S s"u 4soght sbe had
~ to v,a, IA NJ dorht trv within The