Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-11
KEY MARRIAGE
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
OF WIFE
HOW ALLEN DRAKE HELPED
MADGE PASS THROUGH
HER ORDEAL

The kitchen door opened and from
it came a little procession. The sight
of an unconscious person always upsets
me %nervously, try as / will to control
myself, but there was something about
the limp figure of Tom Chester which
made my pulses contract with fear and
pity.
The stalwart operative, Munson. had
the bulk of young Chester's weight in
his arms. He gave the impression of
being able to carry the young man BY
himself, but | knew that Allen Drake
had wished the minimum Of jar, and
accordingly had made it a three-man
job instead. Ny father was at the
young soldiers feet, Munson's stalwart
arms were beneath the torso and hips
while Allen Drake supported the shout
ders and head.
/ started forward as they emerged
from the kitchen, and Allen Drake,
who anne last, put his foot back, and
with a deft movement kicked the kitch-
en- door shut. | remembered what he
had said about the kitchen.
Madge Overcomes Her Fear
Put your hands underneath his head,
Mrs. Graham" Allen Drake directed
crisply as ! came up to them. Here,
where this one of mine is. That
right. Now | can manage him better.
Are you surefooted? Can you go up
stairs Backward"
Yes" | was forced to make my
answer laconic. My throat was so stiff
that | could not have brought another
syllable out.
Good Mr.. Drake rejoined. Il
want to keep his head higher than his
body. There will hardly be any weight
upon you. Your job will be keeping
steady. that's all"
But | found that keeping steady was
a man's-size job in itself, while Mr..
Drake certainly underestimated the
weight which would come upon me. AT
every step | felt as if the whole weight
of the unconscious man had settled into
my hands cupped beneath his head, and
when | finally reached the top of the
stairs | could have described my mental
and physical condition only in Mrs.
TIGERS homely phrase, Ready to drop
II Don't Mind You"
I walked steadily down the hall with
the rest, however, but | was glad in
deed when-as we settled the limp,
pathetic figure of young Mr.. Chester
upon the bed-Allen Drake dismissed
me.
"You came through that splendidly,
Mrs. Graham" he said perfunctorily'
his eyes upon Tom Chester's uncon-
scious face. And now o car get
away TO Katie if she needs you. We
must get this boy undressed and into
bed. Let me see. Is there anything
we need here?"
He ran a practiced eye over the
room, lingering a second upon the table
drawn up by the bed.
Il must congratulate you and Mrs
Underwood he said. Everything is
complete"
He stepped to the door, held it open
for me, end | sped down the hall to
Katie's room, with the guilty conscious.
ness that / had not one thought of my
poor little maid since | had left her.
! listened at her door for a second
heard nothing but the girls heavy
breathing, modified by a curious whist
ling sound which I judged TO be the
result of the choking she had received
at the hands of Smith. | turned the
key in the door we had locked behind
us TO keep her from nervous fears, anC
opening it softly, peeped in.
I WAS surprised to see that Katie
with the trace of frightened tears
| upon her face, was fast asleep. Her
mouth was open and she was breathing
with some difficulty, but l saw thai
because of her utter exhaustion she il
all probability would not waken foi
hours. I was free to go to the place
Of all others / wished to be, at Lillian's
side in the contest of wits and wills she
was staging with the man who called
| himself Smith.
/ stopped we Katie, assured myself
again that she was all right until tn,
doctor came. then left the room al
noiselessly as | had entered it, agar
locking the door, and made my way
quickly down the stairs to the library
Outside the door l hesitated, fearing
lest Lillian might resent my coming
And then | remembered that she hat
said. II don't mind you folks" and
resoIutely turned the knob and entered
the room.
Next-The Way Smith Called LII
lian's Bluff and She Called Him.
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