Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
MY MARRIAGE
III
Adele CdrriSon'S
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
ORA WIFE
THE ADMITTING ADMISSION THAT
CAME FROM ALLEN DRAKE

o a swift resentful second a1ter
Allen brakes query l felt like pick
ing up the papers on which were the
cunieform characters-or, rather. por-
and flinging them at his head, with q
passionate refusal to do anything more
concerning the matter. Then. as l no.
ticed the expression of his tired eyes.
I realized that the emphasis which had
offended me was unintentiOnal.
WILL you tell me- he had asked.
how in the name of all that's wonder
full YOU are able to recognize them Z"
But though the words and emphasis
were slurring, l saw in his face and
eyes that he had no thought of BELT.
thing me. There was a very natural
establishment, Of course, but besides
that, / saw distinct admiration and
something more, a swift, reviving hope
which. it was plain, depended upon me.
There was something unusually pa
thetic. appealing in the aspect Of this
man whom l had never seen in any
other guise than that of a brilliant,
rather lordly. man-of-the.world. He
was now. I told myself, with a whimsi-
cal recollection of my teaching days,
very much like q child who faces failure
in his final examinations, and then sees
n Idlul AOIt VI tut cphC pCiuS
averted. And there was no %mistaking
the need in the eyes looking into mine.
Always. I had regarded Allen Drake
as a being 81 wrapped in his own self
esteem that most human contacts bored
him. But all at once / saw that be-
meath his blase. indolent mask, he was
like most other men, craving the aid,
the sympathy of a woman near to him
in kinship or affection when a crisis
came.
A Little Explanation
l believe if men would tell the truth,
the hardest of them never get over the
instructive longing figuratively TO run
to mother" when they are hurt. And
I I'M very certain that the surest way
to secure n wOman's interest is TO
arouse her maternal instinct. At any
rate, when l saw that appealing look
in Allen brakes eyes. ! reflected that
according to my fathers statement,
there was no woman alive of his blood,
non to whom he was linked by any ties
of affection. And l felt a thrill of pity
for his loneliness, a sudden fierce de-
sire to aid him. which surprised my
usually placid pulses.
My father saved me the necessity of
explanation.
III hCI j. iHoou, ne Sdlu. my
daughter took a great interest in the
study of these early inscriptions, and
she had the advantage of being asso-
ciated for a time with a man who was
q master in that line, Prof. Sever
ance-'
Severance" Allen Drake interrupt
ed. and | was feminine enough to en-
JOY the somewhat awed look he gave
me-. why, he was one of the big
sharks in the sea-
Madge Is Embarrassed
Exactly So nv father returned.
land he gave Margaret much valuable
aid. as well as bequeathed her some
of his notebooks and a part of his tech
nical library
Then" Mr.. Drake turned TO me.
eagerly, and before my eyes he was
a man transformed. his fatigue miracu-
lousy vanished. his eyes cleaning. the
grayish pallor of his face changingn TO
a healthy flush. you will be able to
straighten this out
than a question. and be laid his hand
confidently upon the pile of papers
holding the marks which had eluded
him.
That I cannot tell yet" / said eau
%tiously. IF what | conjecture be true,
and they have used half of these char
acters. the code is a very arbitrary
one. There will be great difficulties.
| shall want these to compare with my
notebooks. and-you say these unde-
ciphered characters probably apply
only TO name and figures, probably
dates?'
That is the inference I draw from
the words ] did decipher,' he answer
ed. still looking at me in a curious re-
spectful fasion. which much embar-
raised me.
Gould you, from your knowledge of
things in general ! spoke with sig
n~ificance. provide me with three lists
Of names, one of public officials. one
of unknown workers associated with
you. and one of names which you think
may be belong TO the wrong side of
this business?"
He stared at me frankly. the adj
miration in his eyes deepening until
I was compelled to look away, and was
furious with myself for the action.
by Jove, Chief he said enthusi-
estically. IF our gifted friend Smith
were around here, he would opine that
Kipling said a mouthful when he got
off that little spiel about the female
of the species