Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-30
MY MARRIAGE R
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Adele GarrisOn's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OLA WIFE
THE REASON MADE FELT THE
JOYS OF TRIUMPH.

For the first time in our long assoc
citation. | heartily wished Lillian any
where but in my room.
was wild to start working on the
queer characters which had baffled AL
len Drake, and | could do nothing until
locked against interruption. But un-
conscious of my dilemma or my irrita-
ton, she stood chatting for several
minutes after her return from Dicky's
room with the crayons, while l forced
myself to which. despite my
best efforts, sounded mechanical
You're lsleep5," Lillian remarked
suddenly at last. and / have work to
do. so I'll run along. Better get to
bed right away. You look tired to
death"
II am tired" I admitted. land I think
! shall follow your advice"
See that you do" she retorted as
she went down the corridor.
looked after her dismayed. for |
had said that was going to sleep. Sup
nose that later in the evening she
saw the CLEAN of my light. Would she
not suspect me of the very deceit /
was practicing?
There was but one thing to do, and
! did it, feeling like the third act of a
cheap melodrama the while. / hung a
piece of cloth over the keyhole, rolled
up a small rug and laid it against the
lower part of the door and arranged
two tall screens around the table where
stood my reading lamp, Then pushing
the folded rug softly to one side. l
opened my door. stepped into the cor
ridor with a hasty glance around, closed
the door and to my great satisfaction
detected no glimmer of light
Entering my room again and locking
the door, I changed to my most com
Portable dressing gown and slippers,
ard with swiftly beating pulses, and
checks flushing as though | were go
ing to a tryst, I opened my trunk. UNI
packed the notebooks upon early cunei-
frlm inscriptions which had treasured
for So long, and set to work.
Time. space, recollection of anything
in the world save those puZzling char
acters vanished from me. and when at
last. after hours of labor. l wrote into
Allen brakes second list the names
which | was sure had been meant by
the cryptic signs, and with a queer
choking sensation. went to the window
for air, | found when I had thrust
aside the curtain that dawn had come.
A Problem Solved
| had worked through the whole
night without stopping.
Yet | was not conscious of physical
or mental lassitude. Indeed. I was in
such a state Of excited exaltation that |
felt as though | would never need to
sleep again.
! had solved the problem which had
baffled Allen Drake. For a pulsing
second or two, ] reveled in the joy Of
the thought. Then a sober second
thought told me that. though had
achieved a really creditable feat. vet
my triumph over him rested only upon
my peculiar knowledge of Sumerian
and other inscriptions. and upon nv
peculiar power Of memory which had
enabled me to recall the appearance
of those Inscriptions after so long a
period of absence from them.
knew full well that. armed with the
same knowledge Allen Darke would
nave solved in 10 minutes the secret
OF the code which it had taken me hours
OF painstaking, perspiring plodding "a
accomplish -
\ The maker of the code was familiar
with the Sumerian syllable writing
That was very clear. and he had hi,
u Ipon the clever device Of dividing the
haracters In halves. BY dnhg this. the
lines upon his paper vsuld appea,
meaningless scrawls to any one not nm.