Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
MY MARRIAGE
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
TIONS
OF WIFE
HOW LILLIAN WRUNG HIDDEN
FACTS FROM MADGE AND WHAT
MOTHER GRAHAM DID

IiIl;an's query SO a~stonished me that
for a second or two / could only cape
ludicrously at her. But it galvanized
nv mother-in-law into rapid speech
and effectually halted her trip to
katie's room. -,
What do you mean?' she demanded
imperiously of Lillian, and 1 sup
pressed a little smile at her cavaner
attitude. To my doughty mother-ln-
law. all men and women are alike ]
believe she would bully Lloyd George
or President Harding with equal
aplomb.
Lillian rarely fails in courtesy to the
older woman, but she evidently was
too tensely wrought up for the amenl-
ties of life. Mother Graham might nor
have spoken for any attention wnicn
Lillian paid to her. Instead, my friend
came over to me, grasped me by che
shoulder and shook me IN oVlng ex-
ASPIRATION.
lyon were in some awful danger on
that ride to the hospital" b said
with a positive infection. You
needn't deny it, for l know a good
deal. But / want you to spill every
thing you know"
vildered, for / had spoken no WORD:
even to Lillian, of my wild ride and
narrow escape from the carload OF
drunken men.
For one thing, Allen suspected
something from the way your car came
m the drive-he was watching out fof
YOU: indeed, he was just about ready
to go out and hunt for yu."
Lillian Is Insistent
l.-.I 80 urot;fiad vanity NJ
which l was instantly ashamed, ral
through the ANNOYANCE which | felt a
this information. j was sure that Mr.
brakes w%atchfulness had its roots II
his love for bossing things and his dis
like OF being thwarted. He had prac'
tically forbidden me to go to the hos
pital, and / had driven away quickly u
avoid his on the expedition
the offer of which he had urged upol
me. But l couldn't help being pleased
at the knowledge that beneath his ar
rogance there lay a very real concern
for my safety.
| did not care to have Lillian's keei
perceptions or my mother-ln-laW $ I'm
canny instinct discover my folly, how
ever, so l TOOL refuge in an annoye'
stiffness of manner
Mr.. Drake is pleased to dream,
said pettishly. There IS nothing Tn
matter with the car
'Oh. YOU anointed little-tarradid
dler!" Lillian exclaimed. She was stu
holding my shoulders, and she sWaye
me back and forth as she spoke. "
went out just now and looked at IN
car myself. But that isn't all. On
OF Tom Chester's men came IN Jus
now and told of a carlad OF drunke
men on the other road, who were try
ing to get into the hospital with tw
of their number who were hurt. The
were telling a wild tale of a woma,
who ran them down, and as he ha
seen you pass him tonight, he came u
to see if you were all right.
Margaret, Margaret
II q | was the only woma.
driving tonight | said with at feebl
attempt at sarcasm which Lila
promptly sq%ueiched.
of course you were-the only won
an driving alone" she retorted. Don
parry any longer, come clean with i
Were you hurt in any way, and Wha
did happen"
"Oughtn't you to be with Mr.. Ches
ter?" | made a last feeble attempt t
block her insistence, for | felt a pos
tive physical 1repulsion against relatin
TO any one the tale of that wild ride.
No.. she said explosively. M
Chester has DIR. Petit and your Il
Their. And we haven't but a minute 9
two. for Allen is bringing Smith dow
to the library, and We want 10 b
there. So talk quickly"
There is no use resisting Lllna
when she makes up her mind to an!
thing. So reluctantly | pictured tn
chase of my car by the drunken me
nv GLIDING Of them their blocking
the road and my crash through an
escape home.
II wonder how badly those men al
hurt" | said worriedly.
Il hope you killed them Illha
said with a vicious little click of h'
teeth, while her hands frightened on n
shoulders. You brave, resourcet
girl. I'm proud of you! But, oh, II
dear, you might have been killed!'
There was the suspicion of a quav'
in her voice, and 1 knew that she WI
deeply moved. But Mother Grahai
her old face working with emotio
swept her away and took me in h
arms.
Margaret, Margaret" she Groom
over and again, while my hea
leaped anew to the knowledge that, d
spite my mother-in-law's crankines
she really loved me.
Next-Why Madge Suddenly r
membered Or. Pettit's Question Abo
Dickv