Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-28
MY MARRIAGE
XxPROBLEMS
Adele Garrison'S
New Phase Off,
VELATIO
OF WIFE
The Arrangements Lillian Made With
Tom Chester.

d~erogatOry comparison OF
Tom Chester's age to mine was the
thing (which bothered me most"
Thankful, indeed. was | a second
later, when she removed the kindly
hand. that | had not uttered the dis
claimer. for another turning of my
phycho-analytical flashlight into my
statement was true. Even through the
mental ~flagellation which had followed
my mother-in-law's accusations had run
the panic-stricken muttering of my van
ity:
1T isn't true. | am not much older.
And-I look the same as when / mar
ried Dicky. / do, l do"
AS if l had really spoken the words.
Lillian pulled me to my feet and held
me facing her while she spoke briskly,
decisively:
Did you ever know me to salve any
body's feelings with an untrue compli-
mentI" she demanded.
Never" l answered truthfully.
Then you'll believe me when / tell
you something's as Katie would put it.
You haven't begun to break yet. In
fact, | believe you're better looking in
some ways than you were when | first
saw you that evening at the theater,
and | thought that night you were
about the prettiest bit of flesh and
blood l had ever seen"
She drew "A sibilant breath and bent
a suddenly-keen look upon me.
You have a number of years yet be-
fore you come to a beautiful woman's
Gethsemane-the first ravages of time
in her face. But unless you want to let
that time spoil all your after-life, you'd
better get yourself into a different
mental attitude toward it. There's only
one way TO face that time. Amputate
your vanity beforehand with a sharp,
swift stroke, then, when the wound has
healed, you can grow old gracefully, al
most c~ontentedly. Come along now.
the sermon is over, and | have impor-
tant things to say to you and younger
Mr.. Chester
What Madge Regretted.
| followed her with gratitude and hui
nifty, pushing out of sight the vanity
which she had Just appeased-grati-
tude for her timely succor of my
wounded spirit. humility before the san
ity, the greatness of spirit, with which
she, a woman who had possessed rare
beauty, had seen her youth pass, and
welcomed with banners the silvering
hair and etching facial lines of middle
age.
Mr.. Chester sprang to his feet as we
came across the lawn, and / caught in
his eyes the same look of boyish ad-
miration which l had seen in them be-
fore. l quickly averted my own with q
fine little rage at my mother-in-law in
my heart. By her outburst she had eff
~fectually prevented me from ever again
regarding young Mr.. Chester with i'm
personal friendliness. | should always
be se~lf-conscious when in his presence.
always be wondering how much of what
she had said concerning his thought of
me was true.
Lillian gave me no time for foolish
i~ntrospectlon, however. She was speak
ing briskly almost before we reached
Tom Chester's side.
"Now, Madge, Mr.. Chester has only
a few minutes before he must leave to
meet those operatives, and we have TO
arrange Il way of getting the reports
from the men to me. | have a very
definite reason for not having them by
mail. Until Smith leaves this neigh
borhood he mustn't know of any un-
usual activity on the party of any mem
Der of this household. Katherine. at
the hospital, won't come back here even
for five minutes until he is safely out
of the way. If we see her. it will be in
DIR. Pettit's office. And while Mr..
Chester will receive the reports of the
operatives, he must not come here
again with them. I found ont TODAY
that Smith went with his employer into
the next county to look at some horses.
so he is out of the way for n few hours
but we must not risk another confer
ence here. And you mustn't be seen
speaking to Mr.. Chester, yet he must
manage to see you whenever the men
have anything to report to me. There
fore, L nave arranged this"
held my breath, wondering what
she meant me to do.
"The First Rendezvous"
Mr.. Chester will ask a friend of his
another Legion boy, whose people oc-
casionally sell milk-to call us I'M
whenever he has news for us. and say
that We can have two quarts of milk If
we wish to call for it. His friend does
not know the reason for the call. but
obliges Mr.. Chester, is discreet, and
will be silent. Now, here is where Won
come in. You drive along one of these
roads until you come to the place we
shall designate, stop your car and ster
into the woods as if gathering autumn
leaves-every n who has ever seen
you knows what a bug you are on that.
anyway. MIR. Chester will be near. and
will deliver you the messages. which
you will remember exactly. He will
give you also the mex rendezvous on q
different road, and will then vamoose
while you cut enough autumn leaves to
give an ostensible reason for your stop.
pile them in the car and drive home.
The first rendezvous I'll give you now.
1T is the big oak on that winding
road to the Noyack Bay beach. You're
to drive there whenever we receive the
telephone message"
Next--The News That Came From
Or. Petit.