Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-12
MyMarriage
Problems
Adsls dssyissas Nsv Phase ss
Revelations Of q Wife"
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The conisssioa Katis Made Before
Them All.

Them AL.
Al Katie's ssssverations that she
would tell the truth. ! saw a cynical
little smile quirk the corners OF Allen
brakes mouth. and ] felt 4 sudden
impulse to change that expression
with . well-directed slap. But my
father was speaking again. and I
turned to listen, forgetting every
thing else in my pride OF him and the
revelation he had just made.
That is what we want. Katie" my
father said kindly. yet there was
more than . hint Of iron beneath the
softness OF his manner. "You say
you didn't wish to listen but to be
sure that we were not in our rooms.
Why did you wish to be sure OF that?
Did you wish to find out il there
was another book like this some
where!"
Katie Il Defiant.
With q quick movement he took
from the table the book he had
shown US from which the nemoran-
dunn had been taken, opened it. and
spread il before Katie's astonished
eyes. She .gazed at it blankly for an
instant, then she looked at my father
with an odd, tense gaze, which held
in il q touch OF something inscrut-
able, something which ! decided with
a sudden quickening Of my pulses
was not guilt.
'.Den - you = know" she said
slowly.
"Yes, we know that you took q
paper from this book" my father
returned as measuredly. "But we do
not know why you did it or what
you have done with the paper"
With . dramatic movement Katie
swept the circle of faces in front OF
her with; searching eyes. Then she
crept closer to my side and covered
my hand timidly with her own.
Only vun who believe poor
Katie" she said sorrowfully, and
again ! saw the amused little quirk
of Allen brakes lips.
Katie saw it, too,i and her quick
temper flared.
"You, Meester Drake" she sput-
tered, "you think yourself all de stew
but you nothing but de soup greens,
I'll bet you nefer can find dot pa
per eef I-no. tell YOU"
Though l secretly enjoyed Katie's
outburst, / conscientiously tried to
stop it. But she finished her de-
fiance triumphantly then at sight Of
my fathers stern face she wilted
miserably.
Ohl.Oh! I forgetl so ashamedr'
she, walled contritely.'
go On, Katie"
Don't distress yourself on my ac-
count, Katie" Allen Drake drawled,
and saw that he really enjoyed the
girls attack and respected her for
il. ITS refreshing to hear the
truth occasionally. And l grant your
assertion = ! have no idea where
your simian mind has concealed the
'poipers.' But that the climax Of
the third act is imminent, can see
without the aid Of spkctacles. So I
await your disclosure with intense
interest,". al
That Katie did not understand his
words, |, OF course. knew, and was
incensed at Allen Drake for the sly
fun he was poking at the girl. But
his tone evidently pointed his mean
ing to her quick perceptions, for she
turned away from him with a gesture
really superb IN its disdainful de-
rance, and addressed herself to Lii
lian. :, .,A
"Meesis Underwood, you remem-
Der vot tell you dot man say, all
dot stuff ! tell you not to tell?"
Yes, Katie. .y >
Il tell you all but Won ting. lie
tell me dot must get paper for
heem, say eet leet1e paper NIT all
kinds funny marks. He tell me dot
! must look in efery book, efery ting
IN room. I have awful times getting
chance to look, for dot old vomans,
and Meesis Harrison dey always
suooping around after me, and ven
get eet, shoost sit me down und
howl, for no want to geev eet to dot
man, und I not know how to keep
Get away from heem. Eef l couldn't
find eet, he COON und hunt heem-
sell, und he keel me. He know e.
eryting you tink, dot MANI
She paused as if in reflection at
the diabolical powers of the man
Anton, and I wished whimsically
that my mother-in-law could have
heard the girls reference to herself
and her daughter, Elizabeth. I re-
membcred most distinctly the let
ter MorhSh Graham had written to
me. saying that Katie was "snoop-
ing" all over the house. reciting the
girls activities in cleaning my
fathers room, and saying that when
Katie had finished, she had sat
down and "howled." Mother Gra-
ham had attributed the girls emo
ton to her failure to find some.
thing she wished to appropriate to
her own use, but my partisanship
and my common sense as well
preferred katies story to my mother
in-law's theory.
go on, Katie" Lillian said en-
coufagingly. did you give the pa-
per to the mani"
Katie swept US with a triumphant
glance.