Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
MNY MARRIAGE
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Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
The Way Smith Called LiIIian's Bluff
and She Called His

The lamps in the library had been
lighted. whether by Lillian or some
one else / do not know, but they
threw q cheerful CLEAN over the room.
The man, Smith, trussed like a
roasting fowl. lay upon his side against
the wall where he had been thrust
when the men had finished binding
him. and in an easy chair draw up
confronting him. sat Lillian, an auto
matte revolver resting carelessly in her
lap, conversing in as pleasant tones
as if she were at an afternoon tea.
| have seen my friend in many queer
situations, but never one more bizarre
than this. | stopped n moment in the
shadows to enjoy her picturesque
domination of it, before making myself
known.
DO you know" Lillian was saying
pleasantly. Il never have met "A man
before with so large a vocabulary of
invective. Really, some of your cpl
tionary. Are you sure you've used
them all? Because when you're quite
sure you're through | have a little
business to transact with you. But
Id hate to miss any part of your rep
ertOire."
The bound man lifted his head ex-
actly as q snake might do and flung
at her a string of curses which made
me culver with horror. But Lillian
only laughed lightly.
Lillian Threatens Smith
Come over here. Madge.' she said,
and / wondered how in the world she
had known that | was in the room.
She had not turned her head, and |
had flattered myself that my entrance
had been noiseless.
You've missed the time Of your
young life she went on. This gifted
gentleman has cursed me in eight diff
ferent languages. He is some ~linguist,
this-slimy, crawling gutter-rat."
She fairly spat out the last words,
as if the limit of her control had been
reached. ! knew, however, that they
were no emotional ebullition, but had
their part in the scheme she had
evolved since Smiths capture. Lillian
always knows exactly what she is do
ing every second of the time, and |
have noticed that she is never more
keenly on the job than when she APP
pears to have lost control of her emo
tons.
She rose as she spoke and showed
Munson's revolver so that it was
pointed directly at the bound man.
Il think Id better shoot you and get
a nasty job over WITH she snarled
~viciously, while Smith, his eyes wide
with amaZement at the sudden change
in her demeanor-patently tried to
flatten himself against the wall. Il
have the legal right. I'm an officer of
the government, and you have broken
into the house and are guilty of muir
der. 1t would only be a righteous ex-
ecution."
Take Your Medicine"
At this bloodthirsty proposal, Smith.
who, while no match for Lillian. is still
a man of great cunning and high in
telligence, relaxed from his first
frightened reaction to her apparent
fury and grinned broadly at her.
"Oh, no, you won't shoot me- he
said confidently. You'd have the legal
right, no doubt, but you would not like
the publicity, the questions or indeed !
ensue right here in your home. You'd
better think of something else, my
dear"
II have" Lillian retorted grimly,
and l saw Smith look narrowly at her,
I've only been waiting for Mrs. Ora
ham to come down here. Here, Madge,
take this'-she handed me the big
service revolver-"and keep it trained
on him while | talk to him. It's all
the better that you don't know much
about a revolver, you'll be sure to hit |
some part of him if you close your
eyes and blaze away. And that's just
what you're to do if he gets funny.
Wen call his little bluff right now.
And in the meantime
She walked to the mantel. gingerly
took down the poisoned s~tiletto, re-
turned and bent over Smith.
Wen get down to cases right now,"
she said grimly. You brought this
thing with you tonight and wounded as
fine a young chap as ever breathed. But
it's incredible that you shouldn't have
a few scratches yourself, SO I'll just
mark you up a bit, to make things |