Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-14
MY MARRIAGE
III
Adele Garrison's
New Phase Off,
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE WILD CHANCE MADGE
WAS COMPELLED TO TAKE

rave myself no time to think as L
wheeled Tom Chester's bicycle out OF
the little glade into the open road. Ii
/ had stopped to vision in detail the
task which the young mans collapse
had thrust upon me l do not believe L
would have had the courage to under
take it.
Fortunately, I knew almost every
inch both of the road ] was on and
of the winding woodland trail where
we were sure the limousine was con-
cealed. But a few steps from me
there was a narrow path connecting
the road / was OF with the wood
road.
1t was a path so overgrown with
vines and underbrush that L was sure
no one but Dicky and /, who had
discovered it and spent a happy fore
noon clearing it out, knew it was
there. Enthusiastically, we had left both
entrances a mass of tangled growth, so
that no one else should discover
it. and it was with a feeling of thank
fulness that I reached it, thrust aside
the vines and dragged the bicycle into
its shelter.
Don't Waste Breath"
One problem was solved, that of the
disposal of the bicycle which | did not
know how to ride, and yet must not
leave upon the open road. l pushed
It vet further into the bushes, and
then, with infinite pains, taking but
q few steps at a time, and accom-
modating the little noise / made to
the sounds of the wild life with which
the woods %abounded, l made my way
along the path to my goal. the place
where it Joined the winding wood
land road. and with shaking fingers
pulled aside the screen of vines which
masked it. Not five feet from me,
imperfectly visible because of the in
tense darkness, doomed the shadowy
outline of a big limousine.
did you hear anything"
A gutteral voice sounded close to
me, and my eyes, straining through
the darkness, glimpsed two men sit
ting on the running board of the
limousine.
swer came promptly. Probably a
rabbit or a squirrel, but"
One of the figures sprang up, came
quickly toward the spot where / stood
and suddenly began to thrust some
Ion gobject, which l guessed to be
a cant into the bushes beside me.
Again and again he thrust, sometimes
above my head, sometimes beside me,
while l stood numb with terror, con-
scious of but one thing that l must
make no sound.
Once he missed me only by the frac-
ton of an inch, and when he finally
turned back to his companion, saying
in a satisfied tone. II thought it was
under me, and if / had not been hold
ing tightly to the branch of a small
tree l am afraid + would have tumbled
ANONYMOUSLY to the ground. But my
clutch on the branch saved me, and /
gradually fought myself back to calm
ness again, and was able to listen at
tentively to the few words which the
men uttered.
"If we could smoke" one said with
a longing infection.
Don't waste breath the other ad-
vised briefly. Against orders"
How long must We wait, do you
Think"
No Time to Lose
Till just before daybreak,' came
the impatient answer. IF he does not
come before then we must go back
and come tomorrow night"
We'll, he must admit everything is
in readiness! The car is in the best
condition, is she not?'
Everything Overhauled to the last
bolt. And it needs to be. Well have
to crawl on this road, but when once
we strike the open road to New York
will burn beneath us. But talking is
bad business. Quiet is better"
The minutes which followed dragged
Unfortunately. Afraid to stir, schooling
ever my breath, / waited with the
silence and the darkness seeming to
grow heavier and more oppressive with
each passing second. And then a loon
gave its unearthiy call, and the men
sprang to their feet.
st is the signal" one said. HE