Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-13
MY MARRIAGE
X1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF a WIFE
DOES DICKY HOLD THE KEY TO
THIS STRANGE SITUATION?

Dlcky turned from the telephone anu
came back to the chair where / sat
racking my bewildered brain for tho
solution of the problem his account Of
his mysterious summons had given me.
Now, there's simple query I'd like
to put to you, old DEAR" he said, sitting
on the arm of the chair and slipping
his arm around my shoulders. But
there was hint of sterness in his
voice that warned me something bit
unpleasant was coming, and | could
very well guess what it was.
"Will you kindly tell me why in
blazes you registered as Mrs. Black
at this hotel? Of all the fool stunts!
Of course. You never can tell what a
woman will do, but l did give you
credit for at least onefourth of an idea
rattling around in your beam"
/ drew away slightly, but decidedly
from his encircling arm.
Il infer then that under no circum-
stances does a man ever register under
a name not his own" Ny tone was
as frigid as my mental temperature.
Dicky tightened the grasp of his arm
and compelled my return to its shelter.
But Go On!"
AT least he has legitimate
illegitimate reason for so doing" he
said with a grin. "And nothing doing.
old DEAR in the high and mighty Of
Tended dignity pose. You've got us
both in devil Of mess. and Id
like to know how we're going to get
out Of it. But that can wait, although
not very long. for | can't linger around
here many minutes. So get busy. old
Il
your excuse. You couldn't have had
anything that could be dubbed a
reason.
Ny mental thermometer took a
bound from subnormal to typhoid fever
height.
You have no right to say anything
like that l sputtered. ''You have no
more idea what I have gone through
than the-than the"
Babe unborn" put in Dicky with a
provoking grin. That's good. time
honored simile. Amt l the nifty little
thesaurus? You never ought to travel
without me. But go on. This is just
what | want to know, what have you
gone through? Your tone hints at
things unrevealed by my mysterious
dulcet voiced woman telephone COR
respondent
dent was a" I began hotly.
Dicky put his hand over my mouth
in exaggerated burlesque.
Don't say it, he begged. Don't
| utter the awful swear words that are
trembling on your pure young lips.
Count five and twenty. Tattycoram.
A Surprising Question
The reference to the absurd little
ri coipI;pa On uiefuroSu1olv pnrfroyad hr
Dickens. and which Dicky and | often
had used as catch word. completed
the rout of my i'll temper. | giggled out
right. and he removed his hand from
my lips with an exaggerated sigh OF
relief
.'Now you're shouting" he said. Go
on, spill the beans and be quick about
il. Who were the friends that picked
you up and brought you here:"
| was malicious enough to wish to
mystify him just n little.
Il didn't see soul l knew from the
| time left Bridgehampton until you
walked into the room few minutes
ago | said emphatically.
Dicky dropped his arm and stared at
| well. I'll be ID" he said. II am
| sure that understood the woman per-
| fectly over the telephone"
mo doubt you did, / returned. "She
simply wasn't telling the tguth. And
am great deal more mystified than
you can possibly be. Now. if you'll
promise not to interrupt. nor to scold
until you've heard the whole story, Ill
tell you all about it,
| "A clam or an oyster would be 3
laxative guy beside me-" he promised
GO ahead
I settled myself more comfortably
against his arm. and related every Incl
dent of my journey with its irritating
delay upon the stalled train. and the ac-
cident which had made me lose con
scousness for a minute or two.
! omitted no detail in my description OF
the mysterious foreigner who hat
forced his attention upon me with the
story Of his being a friend Of my father
and wishing to find out his address
And ] laid particular stress upon the
pains | had taken to elude the mys
sterious stranger, including my regis
tration under the name of Mrs. Blacl
at the hotel At the end of the rccita
Dicky gazed at me with quizzical eyes
| And you pretend to have been some
!, thing Of government sleuth.' he said
and can't figure that out? That bump
on your bean must have been harder
than / thought"
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