Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-25
MY MARRIAGE
PROBLEMS
Adele Carrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
WHAT MADGE'S FATHER ASKED
For HARRY UNDERWOOD

Lillian is the least curious of women,
but as / backed Dicky's car of the
garage and drove it to the road in front
of our house, where the automobile ac-
cident had occurred, / kept a wary,
nervous eye upon doors and windows.
| feared she might catch a glimpse of
the man whom she had heard called
Don Ramon" but whom l had recog-
nized as her erstwhile husband, Harry
Underwood.
Luckily for my purpose the big linn
CUISINE in which Mr.. Underwood had
taken shelter upon the p%retense OF
being faint, was upon our side of the
road. So l decided to drive my car to
the far side of it in such a position that
he could step from one car to the other
without being seen from the house.
The scene neal the ear was very diff
ferent from the one l had left a few
minutes before. My fathers efficient
handiwork was evidenced by the neat
bandages which adorned the chauf-
feur's head, and also the cordial rela-
tons which were apparently restored
between him and the taxi driver. With
the aid of several farmhands drawn
to the scene by the collision they had
restored the overturned flivver to its
proper position, and both men were
busy with the mechanism of the small
car.
My father. as l had expected, was
seated in the big car with Harry In
derwood. | had known that the two
men would be together. and / knew
also that the interview had a poignant
personal interest for both of them en-
tirely apart from the secret, melo-
zxzo ,,a.,n.a ,rh;,h ~ halS,op
the other.
Two Tried Comrades
They had been tried comrades in a
South American wilderness through a
most stressful and painful experience.
and | knew my father considered that
upon one occasion at least he owned
life and reason to the younger mans
courage and resourcefulness.
Through all the obloquy which had
attached to Harry Underwood's name
in the awful time following the attempt
to murder Dicky by saving the wing
of his airplane. my father had insisted
that a drunken and perhaps drug
crazed spree was the sole reason for
the mans completely in Grace ORA
per's d~astardly scheme.
He bolstered his theory by the I'M
deniable fact that at the last minute
when Harry Underwood had come to
himself he had rushed to the aviation
field and had given the information
which enabled ambulances and sur
geons to be on hand in time to save
Dicky's life. almost by the traditional
hairs breadth. He had done this with
the knowledge that he faced almost
certain death as the penalty for his
crime.
That Harry Underwood later had
escaped his jailers by a clever >Use.
did not, in my fathers opinion. re
tract from the credit due his stoical
facing of consequences. Harry Tn
derwood's later brave record in the
ambulance service during the war.
when he had saved Dicky's life at the
risk of his own, and the additional pen
atty of tortured months in IN enemy
prison were always cited by my father
as proofs of the mans reformation.
A Momentous Interview
But no record in the world and no
! affection would weigh in my fathers
mind against the damning bit of evil
dence which the handkerchief embroid-
cred By Grace Draper presented. | had
recognized the needlework upon it as
hers beyond a doubt, and knew that
! before my father would suffer Harry
! Underwood to step into the car beside
me. or. indeed. to speak 10 me again.
the younger man would have to satisfy
him that the possession of the hand
kerchief did o mean association with
Grace Draper.
That my father had been given such
assurance | knew from the look on his
/ face when | drew Dicky's ear close
to the big limousine. 1t held no stern
ness. no doubt. but there was great
! sadness in it. and unmistakable affec-
ton. which showed itself also in the
c~omradely hand upon the younger
mans shoulder.
That the interview had been a mo-
mentous one for both men | could