Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-01
TOLDINCA A
llUS BAND .
Adele GarrisOn's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF a WIFE
THE "FEW WORDS" DIcKY HAD
TO SAY TO MADGE
"Turn down the wood road. !"

Turn down the wood road"
Dicky's phrasing was request, his
tone a command, and obeyed both as
swung the car into the wood road" 8
|thoroughfare beloved by all of us for its
winding curves, each displaying new
vista of forest beauty to our woodland
loving eyes. In midsummer one fre-
quently met motors upon it, but in the
late autumn it was almost deserted, the
natives" prefering the straighter roads
as the shortest distances between their
start and their destination.
I knew without Dicky telling me
where he wanted me to stop the car.
A half mile down the road there is an
opening in the woods always reminding
me irresistibly Of a cove in stream,
narrow road and avoid any danger of
some other motorist ramming ones car.
/ It is an ideal spot for confidential
talk, and during the summer months |
have seen many car parked there with
its occupants, almost always young
couples, absorbed in each others So
ciety. And when, as had often hap
pened since we came to the east end Of
the island. Dicky and | found ourselves
bit crowded out by the number of the
! people in our home, we had escaped to
this delightful spot and sat there talk
| ing until we had Strengthened out what
| ever domestic tangle needed our atten-
/! ton.
Zone hundred per cent intelligent" I"
Dicky commented, as l turned the car
into the little glade and stopped. "Now,
shut off your engine, for you and | are
instructed to admit nobody less than
the president of the United States
"Why all the high tragedy" l asked
saucily, as I stopped obediently to the
switch key.
Dicky grinned reluctantly.
You'll think it's battle, murder and
sudden death before / get through" be
said in pretended burlesque, but |
thought detected more than a trace of
seriousness beneath his raillery, and /
was correspondingly uneasy and warily
silent.
I'm the first place." Dicky began di
dactically. Just get one thing through
your bean. I'm not asking any ques
tions about this performance with
Katherine. but don't you and Lii think
for one little fraction of second that
you re putting anything over on me! l
probably rank in your lists of male in
telligentsia as twentieth or some such
rank, the high places being pre-empted
BY deah Majah Grantland and sweet AL
len Drake, the boy with the long eye
lashes. But limited as my intelligence
is. I'm still able to put two and two
together without making it over four
and one eighth
He paused for breath. and I drew
long one of decided apprehension as to
his reaction when he should learn that
Lillian had sent for Allen Drake. whom
he had so contemptuously characterized.
and who / knew, he detested whole
heartedly. That Dicky was determined
to keep me from aiding Lillian feared,
and / began to search wildly in my
mind for some expedient by which /
could compromise Lillians need of me
and Dicky's prejudices.
"Ill admit you did fool me for few
hours" he went on more slowly. ~
really did think Katherine was coming
on for rest and visit while Jack was
said that she would like to do some
nursing while she was here / was tick
led to death on account of mother
but the mater informs me a little
while ago." Dicky continued. that she
doesn't need or want nurse, and that
Mrs. Beckett is going over to the hos
pital on an important case. Of course,
I can't guess what case she's going on,
can't coordinate Katie's brain storms,
Jim's abrupt leave-taking. and the con-
fabs you and Lii and fossilzed old Pet
tit have been having. But that's neither
here nor there. Keep your little sec
rets if you want to, but just remember
this-no detecting, plain or fancy, or
any other stunts this time for you.
The season is closed for you, old top,
and you'll just get back nicely in your
little cave. for nothing d-ing-abso-
lutely!"
| spared for time.
'What-what do you mean?" I quav-
cred. II haven't been-"
mo. you can bet your sweet life you
haven't been doing anything worth men
tioning, or I'd have been on your trail
before this. I'm just telling you this
now, SO you can make up your mind to
keep out of the mess. It's joke, any
way-your getting mixed up in these
secret-service messes! OF course, old
Lii is different She really belongs to
the game, and she's valuable And
can see how, on account of Katherine's
profession, she could be useful to Lii
But you-outside of giving Lii moral
support, which the Lord knows she
doesn't need. and giving Allen Drake
Try Mrs. Van Duzee's Home