Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-17
MY MARRIAGE
AL
Adele Carrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE NEWS LILLIAN GAVE TO
MADGE

THE NEWS LILLIAN GAVE tt
Hello. lady! / see you still have tn
usual complement of arms and legs
Our respected mother-in-law didn'
quite dismember you
Lillian came into my room with he,
usual breeziness of manner and stoppe,
short at the sight of me.
What's the matter?' she asked Will
quick concern. You look as if you't
just received a communication from
one Of Flammarion's unintelligen
spirits"
Nothing so interesting l returned
forcing a smile. fearful that in som
manner l would betray to her keer
eyes the shock I had received at thu
sight of the handkerchief bearing Grace
Diapers embroidery Upon it. But
have a miserable headache, and-Moth.
er Graham hasn't been exactly the bes'
tonic for it."
Lillian Is EIated
l felt as if | were a particularly poor
specimen of sport as I made the littl.
speech. but l wanted to get as far a:
possible from the truth. and my moth
er-in-law's reputation for nagging was
a convenient outlet.
II have a better medicine" she re.
piled, and / guessed that she had de
tected my subterfuge and would no
embarrass me with any further solici.
tude. Il have just come from your
fathers room where he. Allen and ]
have been going over that code you de
ciphered-"
THE code I deciphered." | returned
protestingly. What utter nonsense,
Mr.. Drake solved all of the code except
that ONE
Except that one necessary ingredi-
ent without which the cake would have
fallen" she flashed back. Nay, nay.
my dear. Modesty is all right, but the
truth is something else again. Besides,
you are i~nterrupting me- this with
an assumption of severity which | saw
was not all mockery. That she was
elated. triumphant ABOUT something,
/ who know every line of her features
every expression, could tell. although
one less used to her would have sup
posed her carelessly free from emotion.
"Tll be good" l promised laughingly.
You'd BETTER she threatened. In
deed. you really don't deserve to be told
indt BECAUSE VI that UT oI "tih YOU
sat up all night to do you've given us
a strange hold on a dangerous cobra.
And it's a serpent which otherwise babe
fair to plant some mighty effective
venom in the body polite"
'Oh. Lillian" My pulses bounded
with tumultuous pride. Really
II Have a Hunch'
Very much really. also certainly"
she returned. Not that our journey
is over by any means, indeed, there
are several mighty bumpy and devious
detours along the route. and the car
will probably spend a good many anxi-
Gus hours in repair garages. but We've
got the mainroute maps charted very
well, If anybody should happen to ask
you. When those people back of Joe
come out into the open, and Anton.
alias Smith. alias a string of unpro-
nouncable names, gives Allen the OPP
p~ortunity to put the fear of wrath
INTO his we'll be able to sit back for
awhile and permit the whole Shiny
crew to wind themselves up ready for
hanging in their own ropes
She was the incarnation OF swift,
ruthless. pursuing justice as she stood
erect with brilliantly g~linting eyes,
summing up her case in metallic, close
" clipped. business-iike accents. | re-
Elected, not for the first time. that |
would much prefer her as an ally than
as an antagonist.
You've heard nothing from Rather
ine?" | asked, with her reference IL
the man Joe in my mind.
No. but when we do hear. il will
be a mighty interesting. though short
session. | imagine. However. Joe
isn't my chief worry. He's only evil.
sanity. he has brooded over his devil
cious. but | wish you'd keep close to
the Dicky-bird is perched in another
forest. Smith owes you both a dis
tinct grudge for that Catskill business
and I'm afraid he'll try to pay it off
he leaves. l shall be mighty
glad when Allen gets through with
nIm. | have a bunch the gentleman
will be so thoroughly cowed that even
his half-crazed brain will realize the
necessity of going away from this Wei
nifty and never. never coming back.
Your still planning to let him go
| tried to keep out of my voice
the fear of the man. Smitc. which is
Not free she corrected. He will
be under surveillance. hut he
will not know It.. On the contrary. he
will imagine that he has managed very
to escape from Aliens custody
and he will give this section Il wide
Yes" she went on in answer to my
unspoken thought, lit is a risky thing.
but he happens 10 be the best clue we
have to the big Drained. powerful per
behind this whole thing whose
we have not yet discovered. SO
must pay out the line with this
chap and let him run for awhile. But
he'll be gated at the last, and the king
fish with him. So don't worry. Just
be careful. You'd better lie down if
have a headache. don't you think?