Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-09
MY MARRIAGE
X1
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
WHAT ALLEN DRAKE DID AS
HIS FAREWELL

For a long minute after Lillian's ex-
PLANTATION, Allen Drake stood silent; his
long, thick eyelashes-the oddly effem-
mate note about him-concealing the
angry frown which | was sure was in
his eyes. But when he finally threw
up his head with a characteristic GEES
ture, there was nothing but his usual
lndolent, bored expression to be seen
IN either face or eyes.
Il will go at once, them" he said de-
cisively. "The chief is with Smith
now, and, of course, will attend to all
details of his being left to himself when
the time comes"
He paused, and Lillian struck in
promptly:
Which. of course, will not be until
your driver returns with the news that
you are II the car at the other end of
that road in which the limousine is
hidden"
Naturally" he returned lac~onically.
do you know how many miles it is?"
Tom Chester's Reply
He adressed Lillian directly. although
he must have known that only young
Mr.. Chester knew the answer to his
question. She turned to Mr.. Chester
with a gesture, and the tone in which
his answer was voiced showed the hurt
the boy was suffering at Allen brakes
unaccountable rudeness.
Nineteen and a half" he said with
precision. "If the driver could go
through the wood road where the car is
hidden, the distance would be half that,
but he. of course, cannot do that"
"~Thirty-nine miles," Mr.. Drake
unused, as if he had not heard the
others explanation. 'The chief can
count on over an hour of Smiths com
pany. Very well. If you'll have my
driver ready at the side entrance" he
bowed to Lillian, "I1n just step up and
get my suitcase, and then across for a
final word with you at the usual place.
GOODBYE"
He crossed to her and held out his
hand. She took it. and looked at him
closely, with anxiety inexplicable to me
in her eyes.
you're sure you're fit ~ she asked.
absolutely" he returned.
Her next question was meant to be
inaudible, but l am able to read lips
to some extent, and I was sure l saw
hers frame the significant word
"Heeled?"
He tapped his coat with a careless.
asserting gesture, and | felt myself
grow cold with a sudden apprehension
of the danger into which he was going
so debonairly. / had forgotten that
Smith and the men associated with him
were desperate and would stop at moth
ing. To set about the tracking of
them as Allen Drake was about TO do,
was a more dangerous undertaking
than hunting a man-eating tiger in
the jungle.
i had been so annoyed at his captious
rudeness that I do not think I would
have spoken to him a word besides the
conventional adieus. but the sudden
revelation of his danger and of the fine,
brave spirit with which he was going
into it. made me start TO my feet
abruptly. go over to him and hold out
my hand.
Il did not know you were going away
for more than a few hours" I said
breathlessly. II am so sorry"
Sorry for What7"
Into his eyes flashed the old i~ronical
look-the look which has always puz-
zled. annoyed and fascinated me. EN-
pered as it is with something inscrut-
able, unfathomable, at least to me.
Sorry for what-your cruelty to
me?" he said in low-toned r%aillery.
Surely. not at the prospect of my
absence"
L tried nerVduSly TO draw away the
hand I had held out to him. and which
he still held. But instead of releasing
it he covered it with his other hand.
and smiled down at me tantalizingly.
Don't be so niggardly." he said. and
/ n~ervously realized that whether pur-
posely or not, his words must be per-
fectly audible both to Lillian and Tom
Chester. You may never be con
PEELED to endure my handclasp again"
I acquitted him of any desire to
trade on my sympathy-he was patent
" burlesquing-but his words brought
back the terror which had come TO me.
1T is-awful-to have you go on