Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-27
MY
PROBLEMS
Adele GarriSOn'S
New Phase off,.
OF WIFE
WHAT HARRY UNDERWOOD
ASKED MADGE TO Do
Tn AID HIM

The idea Of Harry Underwood acting
like a father to any girl was so ludicrous
that | nearly choked in the effort to
suppress a laugh, and stole a look at
him to see if by my possibility he ex-
pected me to take seriously the balder-
dash he had been uttering. But as l
caught his eyes he exploded into a
loud laugh which sent the r%esentful
blush to my cheeks.
Very nearly put one over on you
that time. Lady Fair he chuckled.
For a second or two l had you groggy.
Howeyer'-his voice lost it's mirth-
don't get me wrong on this. I'm using
that family, I'll admit it. Yes, l expect
to use them some more. But the old
nonyun father deserves anything that
can be done to him, including a nice
boiling oil bath. Every dollar ne mas
made cheating the government IN the
war. But | haven't been trlfilng WIN
the py-r--rs affections. Remember
that, with these"-he touched the
snowy-white mustachios and Van Dyke
beard.-"Tm a grandfather.
| smothered the retort on my ups TO
Tho effect that he had carefully ex-
II, mod to fine romantic Miss Helen an
annealing reason for his white wills
kers. II was evident that he honestly
acquitted himself of philandering with
he Young daughter of his host. but l
remembered a remark of Dickys to
he effect that "old Harry would 90
tho IMPRESSIVE to a department store
lav-fignre if there were no other lem
nine nerson on his horizon and real
;zed the futility of making him see any
ntbar viewpoint but his own distorted
and fantastic one
Resides. | told myself GROSSLY. 1t was
none of nv business anyway. ANA !
onpeased my conscience with the
tbnurht that the romantic Miss Heien
would have the opportunity to get over
her %infatuation if its object were
really going away.
A Roundabout Route
where do you wish me 10 take YOU:
| asked, glad of a chance to switch 'he
subject, ITO the railroad station!
Not the first thing he returned,
dronninc at once into the matter-of,
fact tone | had adopted. l guessed
that he was glad to avoid any further
discussion of Miss Helen. II want to
90 TO the Smythe-Hopkins' house 1lrst
and throw a few things together;
Would you mind waiting for me there:
7 won't be gone more than a few MIN
uteS. and can put a STEAMER 'i"hh
in the tonneau. can't /!
..Of course" i said quietly. although
T did not exactly relish the prospect OF
driving through the streets or south
ampton with a trunk in the tonheau.
and so striking and bizarre a Inquire as
tbe nseudo Don Ramon AlmlreZ slttihs
beside me. ; -
II know it's a miserable thlng 10
ask YOU to do" he said contrlteiy' ou'
7 can't afford to let any OF those uIps
get a line on where I'm gong
aafra;d TN have to trouble you an awtui
Int hut your father seems to think IL
nacesary. | don't want to take the tram
from this station. Could you get me
n the shelter Island ferry to Green
noint without attracting too much at
t~ention" ,.o
I considered his question a minu'e'
| answered slowly:
yes there is n wood road from
Southampton to Sag Harbor. n 1
can drive YOU around the back streets
tbere TO North Haven. and from there
70 Shelter Island. Many of the sum
mer people have gone anyway.
Or. Petit Passes by
Yes. | know" he remarked with II
90 rdonic grin. My hosts would have
been gone long ago only persuaded
them that the real aristocracy fingered
late in the autumn. Well, that S set
fled then. But what about TINS saw
bones YOU are supposed to SEN back TO
the paIpitating Mr.. Hopkins
| u it's dear old Herbie Petit.
If so. YOU don't catch this child near
the telephone. It's my private DeIel
that bird could spot me over II without
uttering q word.
I i~nyoluntarily broke my rule OF keep
my eyes fixed on the road aheao
and gave him a quick, astonished glance.
There's nothing clalrvoyant ABOUT
he said. "Herbie, dear. is your
family physician, and ! know hes down
here Ergo saw him the other day
in his car. and shivered behind my
glasses. but he was looking the other
way. BY the way. there a car
away down the road. I'll just put the
things on again. Never can teI, VINO
might be travelling this way. Ponce:
How I hate these things. / haven't
'em off so long before in weeks.
"Will Won tell me-" I said, volclng a
which had been in my mind
since the accident. how the glasses es-
raped breaking in that collisions!
'.Thev didn't" he answered. The
glass is strewn over the floor of the
car. But | always carry an emergency.
pair with me. ! say, Lady Far. talk OF
The devil. If that wasn't Herbie who
went past us then I'm a rlng-nosed
.,
I had swerved my car to avoid the
car which had flashed past us at a ter
rifle speed. But it is very seldom that 1
am able 70 see the driver of an ap-
proaching car. to say nothing of recog-
nizing him.
The next instant we heard an auto
horn signalling furiously behind us.