Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-08
MI MARRIAGE
Adele Carrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE VII
LACE STORE

sometimes a temperamental object,
proved to be entirely tractable. 50
directly after breakfast, with Mother
Graham and Junior enFcOnced IN the
%tonneau. and e~cstatic Marion beside me,
we started for EasthamDton.
My mother-in-law's mood had not
improved even with the delicious break
fast Katie had given us. and | fore
saw a day before me in which Mother
Graham. as Dicky's comment ran.
dared anybody to please her" How
ever. l did my best in the way of occa-
sional remarks. for ] knew she hated
to ride in silence.
How bracing the air is" l began
banally. afraid to choose any but the
tritest topics. a.,
ITS good enough" she returned
caustically. but if you tell me that it's
like wine l shall get right out of this
car"
I flushed at the bull's-eye. for |
have been guilty of using the overwork-
ed old simile frequently. But to me 1t
is always especially appropriate. There
is something about the autumn air
which exhilarates.
Mother Graham Complains
Its too warm for wine" I re-
turned with a mighty effort to make
my voice good-natured.
Warm! Warm" sh repeated with
an effect of sowing exclamation points
broadcast like seed. We'll. if this is
what you call warm. I'm glad had
sense enough to put on this heavy
coat. I'd been freezing to death # !
hadn't. As it is. I'm shivering. AND
you'll have your death of cold with
just that sweater. But then you never
will take a%nybody'S advice
had heard this TRADE many times
before. but ] never cease being alarmed
by one feature Of it. When Mother
Graham speaks of feeling chilly we all
come to heel. She has had too many
narrow escapes from pneumonia for us
to take any chances. / was fairly sure
that she was exaggerating when she
to find out. So l swerved the car to
the side of the road and stopped it.
What in tnnket has happened now !
Something gone wrong with this car:
knew if I started
"Nothing is wrong with the car,
Mother" I interrupted. "but you spoke
of shivering. and ] thought perhaps if
! put the rear curtains on they would
keep the breeze away. You mustn't
get chilled -.
She had the grace to look a bit
ashamed OF HPTSe1. Out HNf Noi'c foSt
none Of its sharpness.
The Man of Mystery
When | want the curtains on I'll
tell YOU" she snapped. IF I want to
shut myself up inside curtains can
stay at home. I'm not going to get
any hurt. You drive along and get
there some time.
/ accordingly drove along the wind
ing road through stretches of primeval
forest to the lovcIiest of all Long
Island villages. J never drive through
it's ancient Common with its pond. in
which dropping willows are mirrored.
with It's churchyard sloping to the pool,
with the stately ancient houses set in
exquisite c~onturv-old gardens on either
side. that ! do not feel that a motor
car is an a~nachronism. Surely there
should be no vehicle here more recent
than colorfrl chaises. And powdered
wigs. ruffled shirts and silken skirts
should reign instead of tennis flannels
and golf knickers.
But there is a very modern side 10
the old village. neertheless and we
presently reached it and parked before
q most attractive looking store. which
to nv eyes seemed most metropolitan.
Once inside. Mother Graham. with
~lorgnette held before her eyes. swept
I'D one aisle ana nOWn dnotner WIN
the s%tateliness and Miniature of a cross
old swan. A patient. courteous sales
woman who had often waited on me
TO my entire satisfaction. tried in vain
to please her. while the proprietor and
the other clerks. m~omentarily idle
looked on. creditably concealing their
amusement or annoyance-probably
hoth-at her caustic comments. and
! felt my cheeks getting hotter. and
more crimson with every succeeding
outburst upon her part.
We had reached the rear Of the
store. and 7 with Junior had taken
shelter behind a rack Of draperies.
when there was a flurry-no other
word describes tin the front Of the
store. As proprietors and salespeople
stepped forward to greet several per
sons who bad Just entered together.
And when I saw the foremost figure
/ drew back still further.
For it was Enthusiastically the mvs-
ferrous. aristocratic. fo~reign-looking
man who had frightened. yet befriended
me. when nv train was stopped for