Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-29
MY MARRIAGE
V1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE NEWS THAT CAME FROM
DR., PETIT

'DThe big oak on the winding road"
I repeated mechanically after Lillian.
And, indeed, I felt as if ! were an
automaton, and a rundown one at that.
NY mother-in-law's attack on what
she had termed my .'flirty fooishness,"
followed by my acknowledgment be-
fore the bar of my Puritan conscience,
had well-nigh exhausted me mentally
and physically. There was within me
a distaste Of the work Lillian was
planning for me, a %repulSion against
the part l was to play. It was a role
that in my normal moments would
have filled me with adventurous joy,
but the zest of living and working
seemed to have departed from me.
With her usual tact, Lillian saw this
So that / was able to escape any part
of it. And then young Mr.. Chester
took his departure, leaving Lillian and
me facing each other on the garden
bench. My friend eyed me keenly.
LIIIian's Prescription
I'll give you a prescription she
said, tightly. Find the most absorb
ing novel you cana rafting detective
story by ~preference-go to your room.
get into something loose and read
yourself to sleep. I'll stand guard to
see that nothing happens to cheeld or
home while you are off watch, also
I'll keep any ravening wolves of moth
ers-in-law from coming in and devour-
ing you. Don't hesitate or hedge now.
There's method in this. I'm selfish
about it. / need you very much on
your toes for the next few days. and
just now you're about as resilient as
n punctured tire. So prithee get thee
TO the mental garage I'm recommend
ing"
] took her prescription, although I
had grave doubts about being able to
sleep. And. indeed, it was hours be-
fore finally did close my eyes. I
must have been more worn out than ]
though, however, for when / next
opened them it was the early dawn of
another day. ] had more thar Slept
the clock round and / felt as if I were
a new woman. ready with %eauanimity
to face any task Lillian might have
for me.
But to my surprise-I think a little
to Lillian's, also-there was no need
for either of us to do anything save
loaf and invite our souls for several
days. DIR. Petit reported that the
man in the hospital was running a
temperature and that he would permit
no one to see him for several days.
This news practically eliminated Smith
as an element of worry. for it was his
expected meeting with the wounded
man which was the center of Lillian's
interest.
at Last"
We made the most of our respite.
with a wonderfully restful and enjoy
able camp in a little shack on Noyac
bay, which we We're able to obtain
through the TIGERS. The owners of If
had Onnn honI 70 A. a.k. - r
three days we-Lillian, Katie, Marion,
Junior and 1-slept on hunks in its
screened interior at night, and all day
rested upon the sand, roamed the
woods or rowed upon the placid
waters.
We had salved our conscicnces to-
ward Mother Graham by leaving Mrs.
TIGERS daughter, Celia, with her. Ce-
liza. who had been in service in South
ampton during u stay with her moth
er. had already found favor in my
mother-in-law's sight by her quiet. delft
ways. and / rather suspected that
Dicky's doughty parent was glad to
get us all out of the house in order
to have Celia rearrange things accord
ing to Mother Graham's own liking.
We had one memorable day of fish
ing. when Mrs. TIGER, tightly corseted
and seemingly impervious to fatigue
duu dlSCoLuIoTt, EOWeu a neHVy 1lSllOg
boat to the beach in front of our shack
and invited us to go with her to a spot
in the bay where she assured us the
bottlefish and kingfish were biting.
Even Junior. wild with delight. held
a line with baited hook over the side
in the two hours that followed. and
when, as ] held tightly to his romper,
he pulled up a small bottlefish, Mari
on's pride and joy were unbounded.
your very first fish, darling!" she
exclaimed, squeezing him ecstatically.
"Oh, isn't it a shame that Uncle Dicky
couldn't have been here for his first
fish" she added Loyalty. II don't
think second times are ever as good
as first, do you, Auntie Madge?'
mo, dear, l don't" / returned
promptly, shade too promptly. /
think, to deceive Lillian, for 1 caught
a swift, quickly averted glance from
her sympathetic eyes which told me
that she comprehended my bewildered