Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-06
MY MARRIAGE
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
What Madge Did to Save Dicky in His
Mothers Ewes

, biuHL query i Sat slstIlhS a
the expensive photograph of Claire
Foster with the bizarre inscription t.
DIcky scrawled across it's face. In m,
ears were echoing her question viii
emphasis. What, indeed, was the pie
ture doing in my husbands room?
The thing was a startling confirma'
ton OF DR.. Pettit's hints, and of my
own uneasiness concerning Dicky's 81
lence. Was it possible shook the
thought from me hastily, and my mem.
DRY galloped back over our brief ae-
quaintance with the beautiful western
| girl whose face looked out insouciant-
ly at me.
We had met her with DIR. Petit
whose devotion to her was patent, and
who had later told us of his engage
meht to her. Dicky and l both had
wondered-not at the physicians
choice, because he had abundant cause
for his i~nfatuation, but at hers-and
| had not been astonished when L had
heard of their estrangement.
Madge is Diplomatic
But / never had thought that Dicky
was especially interested in her or at
tracted by her. He had noted her I'M
deniahle resemblance to Grace Drap-
er-although the dashing western girl
would never possess the taultiess
beauty which was Grace Diapers for
tune and after Miss Diapers escape
from the consequences of her kldnap-
ing of Junior, Hiss Foster had posed
for the unfinished illustrations which
the other girls departure left.
But / had heard my husband make
cararnl ~, e. srn ~ N Ale col nnpnT2 com
corning her extreme modern ideas, and
her militant feminism. These are two
things which inconsistent Dicky-him-
self a devotee of every fad which
comes ~along-abhors in u N And
though ! had known that Miss Foster
was much impressed by Dicky's good
looks and fascinating manner new
er have seen the women who liz not
sit up and take notice when he enter
ed a room-I had never entertained
the slightest notion that she ever gave
him a really serious thought.
My mother-in-law brought me oack
to the present with a jerk.
WELT" she demanded. "Wha nave
you got to say?'
Her tone placed the blame for the
possession of the picture on my shonl-
ders, as if | had placed it In Ilcky $
room myself. / knew Valat L had TO
do. and that quickly.
No matter what my own thoughts,
no matter what my mother-ln-law said,
| must betray no suspicion OF my nus
band. In her present anger against
him she would, no doubt. agree to any
thing I said, but-she was his mother.
She would remember the things /
might say long after she had forgotten
@Lat bo, con ha1 viynn any H3Tsn for
the utterance.
An Infuriating Taunt
So l compelled the whirlpool OF my
thoughts to calm, and answered my
mother-in-law's question with a non-
chalance which, though forced, / flat
ter myself sounded genuine.
why, mother, l don't think this
needs any comment, do you? If you
you'd probably find dozens of signed
photographs from girls. / don't think
this means anything at all, except that
Miss Foster gave Dicky her photo
graph as a pleasant memento of her
posing for him.
Look at that inscription" My
mother-in-law grimly pointed to the
words: yours till the last apple falls.
Claire"
] laughted with really creditab'e
gayety.
"Oh! Mother dear. It's evident you
don't know the modern girl. That in
scription means a great deal less than
Cordially yours would have meant IN
your day or mine
My mother-in-law folded her arms
and gave me- IL long. steady
You're either a bigger fool or n lot
deeper than l have thought you. Mar
garrett" she said. 'Of course. | have
nothing more to say except this
let me catch you taking this tor
excuse to hand that young jacka--
napes of a Tom Chester any signed
photographs
She swept out of the room. leaving
SO angry at the infuriating little
twist she had given the incident that
for a salutary five minutes | did not
myself back to the realization of
what this evidence of Dicky's dalliance
meant to me.
Next-The Invitation Jerry Tlcer
Brought Madge.