Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-30
MY MARRIAGE
A1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
The Problem the Fog Created and
Then Solved

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w%innowing over the things DIR. Petit
had limited, although / despised myself
for the petty suspicious / could not
control. Katie. still hoarse and pal
pably nervous, brought up my meals;
Junior and Marion ran in and out at
will; my father left Tom Chester's
bedside long enough to sit with me a
bit and assure me that the boy who
had risked so much was practically
out of danger, and Lillian kept a lose
but unobtrusive watch upon my wei
fare.
My mother-in-law / did not see, and
had not seen since her outrageous
outburst Of the night before concern
ing our giving shelter to Tom Ches-
ter. That Lillian eventually would
placate her l was sure, but every fibre
of independence in me rebelled at the
idea that it was necessary to molllfy
her. I was glad. indeed, that she did
not come near me. for my nerves we're
still raw and quivering from the har-
rowing experience of the night before,
and I knew I would need all my com
posure for the coming interview with
Katherine.
To say good-by TO my little friend,
with the possibility of danger to her
menacing s~hadowily beside her. would
be an experience which L knew would
tax me greatly. To face my mother-
in-law's temper beforehand wolfd DE
uncomfortable.
It was after eight in the evening
when Lillian came for me.
..y1-4 -a~, nfIt,p warm - she in
structed. The night is chilly"
What Madge Feared
obeved her, and found that she had
snoken the truth when | left he warm
| house and took Dicky's car from the
big barn. To my relief. the garage
man had found it but slightly damaged
by my wild ride from the hospital, ano
the arrangement of its curtains mace a
much better screen for the tonneau
than I was able to effect upon my OWL
car. -,
"South on the Scuttlehole road until
vou are within a few rods of the turn
in the Head-of-the-Pond road Leading
down into Watermill.' she directed
DIR. Petit. who knows every inch OF
all the territory. selected the spot
| You remember it. don't you!'
Perfectly" / rejoined. for ] hao
| driven several times over the lonely
| but charming road in the daytime. !
found it anything but charming when
r had turned into it, however. for one
Of the damp. heavy fogs-almost 8
! London "Particular-whieh character
! ize the east end of the island, begar
! rolling up from the hollows before WE
had gone a mile from home.
This is simply peaches and cream
for our stunt" Lillian said enthuslas'
| ticaTly. but" he voice abruptly sound
ing a worried intonation, will you 81
able to see the roady'
Lillian Directs DR.. Petit
"Ill have to- | returned shortly, fol
had driven in fogs before. though
never at night, and | realized that
was in for a bad time. .'Fasten youl
coat more tightly around your throa'
and get into the front seat with me
I'll have to put up the windshield ane
| you'll have to watch the right side Of
the road while | watch the left. so thai
we don't stray into the bitches. It's
abominably easy to get off the road
when these come particularly thick"
She did as I asked her promptly. ant
| without comment. as it always he
wont, and for the next half-hour "
fairly crawled along the road, Will,
| successive waves of fog rolled over us
at times completely shutting off an,
sight of the road.
I'VE won't be there at the hour 20,
named" / said once ~worriedly.
Don't let that worry YOU Lillian
| rejoined. Dear little Herbie is al
anointed idiot about some things,
grant you, but he is a pretty able Cit
zen when it zones TO emergencies. Ht
knew the minute we were to start an
the minute we expected to meet him
Depend upon it, he will discount thi:
fog. and time himself accordingly"
That she had judged the physician
correctly I realized when. as W
neared the appointed place. the head
lights of another car turned into OH
| road. and in another minute halted a;
we did with just enough room between
us to open both tonneau doors.
And then Katherine. shrouded ii
mourning garments, leaped from tn
! other car into ours, and Lillian salt
! ahthoritatively:
No use driving further in this. DR.
Petit, Just find a place where you cal
get so far to the side of the road tina
no possible passing car will ram you
and then turn off your lights. We hav'
a good spot right beside us here, ant
Madge can do the same thing. And i
a car does pass by and spots us, ten t,
one We'll be taken for a petting part.
or a hooch distribution"
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