The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garfson's New Phase Of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE"

Copyright 1870

treasured for 50 long. and yet lC
work
Time, space, recollection Of any
thing in the world save those puItilnp
Characters vanished from me, and
WHEN at last. after hours 81 labor.
wrote into Alien brakes second lls'
the names which was sure had been
meant by the cryptic signs. and "itt
queer choking sensation, went 70
the window Tor air, found when
had thrust aside the curtain that
dawn had come
A Problem Solved.
had worked through the whole
night without stopping.
Yct was no, conscious oil
physical or mental las,itudc, Indeed,
| was IN such a state OF excited ex.
altatior that felt as though ! would
never need to sleep again,
had solved the problem which
had bahlcd Alien Drake. For a
pulSing second or two, revelcd III
the Joy Of the thought, Then \
sober second though, told me that
though had achieved a really
crcditablc feat yet my triumph over
him rested only upon my peculiar
knowledge OF Sumerian and other
inscriptions, and upon my peculiar
power OF memory which had Ell
ablcd me 10 recall the appearance
OF those inscriptions after so long a
period OF absence from them. |
knew full well that armed with the
same knowledge. Allen Drake would
have solved in 10 minutes the secret
OF the code which it had taken me
hours OF painstaking. perspirlng
Flooding TO accomplish.
The maker OF the code was la
miliar with the Sumerian syllable
writing. That was very clear, and
he had hit upon the clever device OF
dividing the characters in halves. BY
doing this. the lines upon his paper
would appear meaningless scrawls
to any one not unusually familiar
with the cuneiform writing That
was the only reason why Allen
Drake had not been able to solve
the problem. Had the whole char
actcrs been used, his own scholar
ship would have placed them nearly
enough for him to have sought the
aid OF some student OF the old rec
ords, and no one would ever have
known that he had had any diff
Guilty with them.
Madge Is Fatigued.
That my success would be bitter
blow TO his vanity, was afraid, and
| knew that his chagrin would be
when he realized how
simple a thing the code in reality
was. Even my inexperience could
tell that its designer had rested con-
tent when he had divided the char
acters, and had with characteristic
egotism decided that because there
were so few people in the world
with knowledge approaching his
own, there was no chance OF his
ruse being discovered.
For at least 10 minutes | stood
at the window, drawing in deep
breaths OF the crisp autumn air.
Then the reaction came and | was
OF deep fatigue, sharp
hunger. The WEAKNESS so fa- over
balanced the hunger, however, that
| would have fallen upon my bed
lust as | was and have gone to sleep
Immediately, but for the fact that |
must make my daylight slumber
plausible to the other members of
the household and especially to Lii
Ian.
| looked at my watch, saw that it
was an hour before Katie would be
astir, and after secreting all the
papers, and locking my door, went
to the kitchen, heated
some milk and made some sand
xiches of the roast chicken lett
rom dinner.
Then, after clearing everything
away, l went to my fathers room
and tapped softly. He is an un-
Usually light sleeper, and his hear
ng has not yet been affected by
age. 1t was but few seconds be-
ore his door opened to me.