Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-11
MY
X1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
OF A WIFE
THOUGHT THAT ASSAiLED
MADGE AS SHE DRESSED
E0R HER PART


There was a peremptoriness in Lii
lian's tone which spelled finality, and
though Tom Chester's lips set in a thin
line of obstinacy, and his Eyes flashed
an appeal to me, he yet uttered no fur
Their word of protest against my max
ing one of the motor car expeditions
which was to insure the young mans
presence at Smiths expected getaway.
Don't daily, Madge," Lillian admon-
ished sharply. IF you have any spare
time after dressing, you'd better get one
of Smiths guards-Bevins preferably
to look at Dicky's car and see If
| there's anything that must be done to
it after that wild ride of yours tonight.
| Remember. all we want is to bolster it
ND so it will function for those few
miles tonight. 1t doesn't matter If it
falls to pieces as soon as Smith IS
| safely travelling nor by nor'west in.
| that big limousine with Allen on his
trail. DIR. Petit and your father can
bring you people home again, and the
garage men can 20 out q savage the
| car In the morning"
Il know all about repairing cars,
| Young Mr.. Chester ventured hopefully.
$50 does Bevins." Lillian retorted
CURLY. "and he doesn't have to saw his
strength. as YOU must. Oh, Madge!'
Her exclamation halted me on my
way to the door.
"Yes?"
Pour yourself a cup of coffee before
you go out, and eat something, II it's
only a roll.
/ nodded a grateful assent for her
thoughtfulness, and went directly TO my
room. where / changed quickly into the
knickerbocker suit with trim boots
which I had worn in the mountains.
Then with a queer little feeling of re
luctance | went down the hall to Dickys
room, lighted the lamp, and closing the
door behind me stood for a long min
ute looking over my husbands room.
A Love Test
I was to wear d coat and soft hat of
Dicky's Lillian had said, n after the
| minute of survey / went TO his closet
and took the articles she had meg
toned.
Ny economical soul rejoiced that they
were comparatively shabby, for / would
not have liked to take his good things,
but as l took them down | realized how
completely Dicky had stripped his clos
ct of his presentable clothing. Either
he had expected TO change his attire
several times a day at the Adirondack
camp, ! reflected, or he had planned a
longer s~ojourn than he had told me.
I moved to his mirror, took up his
coat and thrust one arm into it. Then
l stopped short with a sudden rush of
poignant loneliness as from the folds
Of the coat came the odor of the to-
bacco which hangs around all his pos
sessions.
Sometimes | think it is an infallible
test of wifely affection, this reaction
of loneliness to the smell of tobacco
upon an absent husbands belongings.
At any rate. when Dicky is gone for
anv period of time | cannot handle his
tobacco redolent clothing without a
thrill of longing for his presence.
"Where Is Your Husband7"
I caught the coat up a little f~iercely
and buried my face in it for an instant
as if it had been Dieky's living shout
der. Then with a sudden cynical re-
with which he had left us, | gave u bit
ter little laugh, put on the coat and
fastened it with no more emotion than
| would have had at putting on a part
Jerry TIGERS wardrobe.
| shook down my hair as Lillian had
requested, then drew it away from
nv face and wound it at the top of my
head into a mass which would keep
Dicky's hat from blowing off. Then
as / crammed the hat low down over
my forehead, I looked critically at my
self in the morror. No one in the
world looking at me closely in the light
would mistake me for a man, but | was
sure that bent over a motOr wheel and
shielded by the darkness of the road l
would pass muster.
/ had turned to the door when l
seemed to hear again DR.. Pettit's
boarse question. Where is your hus-
band?" and again, in answer to my
assurance that he was in the Adiron-
dacks, Are you sure?'
For an instant it seemed to me that
I could not wait to determine the an
swers to those questions. that no task
for Lillian. even if it were for my oun
try. mattered beside the determining
of the reason for the physicians
strange manner.
But the next second the reaction
came, and ~smothering my rebellious
thoughts. I closed my husbands door
and returned to the library.
Next-The fear that troubled Madgs
upon the road.