Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-10
MY MARRIAGE
WI
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE EFFORT LILLIAN AND
MADGE MADE TO CATCH
THE INTRUDER,
What is it, Madge? Ah-hi"

WnaC is 1t, MaUge! Ann.
Lillian's quick brain did not need my
gasp Of fright in answer to her ques-
ton. She had seen the look of terri
fled amazement On my face as l stared
past her toward the window, and even
as she spoke she had whirled, leaped
to the window and was pulling fran
tically at the adjustable screen.
Quick, Madge," she commended,
and putting down my terror with an
iron hand, ! rushed to her side just
as she tore the screen from it's place,
threw it out of the window, grasped
with both hands at a queer-looking
continuance of knotted rope which
hung taut just outside the window.
/ noticed that as she did so she sank
to her knees inside the window.
your knees. Grab it with me-" she
commanded, and | obeyed her, feeling
my arms almost drawn out of my
sockets as / did so, with the unseen
weight which depended from the rope.
'Shake it-hard. That's right. Can
you keep it up if l take off one
hand?"
"I-I-yes." l said determinedly be-
tween my set teeth.
l had not the slightest idea of her
reason for the request, but | realized
that upon that rope beneath me there
was something human, evil, which
Lillian wished to capture If possible.
She withdrew her hand, gradually,
so that there should be no sudden
strain on mine, fumbled in her blouse,
a gesture which chilled me. / knew,
of course, that Lillian, IN time of
stress, is never without a tiny re-
v%olver, but the prospect Of her using
it was terrifying.
1T isn't smith, I gasped hastily.
THE face looked like a boy"
I'm not going TO shoot him. she
said impatiently, then she thrust the
revolver through the window and fired
three shots toward the peaceful sky
above us.
"Going That Way"
There was a violent shaking of the
rope, which did not come from our
muscles, then a thud upon the earth
below, followed by an involuntary
groan. quickly smothered.
Put cut the light"-Lillian wills
pered the words close to my ear, and
i FASTENED to obey her. noticing that
she drew back to the side of the win
dow as she spoke.
Keep back there she commanded.
still in a whisper, as | started toward
her. lie may take a notion to an
swer that last message of mine, and
there's no need of giving him a tar
get"
For answer. l dropped to my hands
and knees and crawled to her.
When you leave the window. /
SHALL" / said firmly.
I'm not quite an idiot she re-
torted. I'm not exposed to his fire.
But you can help, at that. Get up the
other side of the window, so you can
watch that direction. He'll have to
crawl across one of our lines of vision,
or else he'll be going toward the open
road"
| initiated her strategy. shielded my
self at the side of the window, and
peered out into the darkness.
There was a hasty scrambling mo-
ton on the, ground beneath the win
then a rustling movement in the
grass. / strained my eyes, of course,
unable to distinguish form or color,
saw a grayish, formless shape moving
swiftly along the ground, melting into
the darkness.
Going that way" / whispered,
nudging Lillian.
IAN right" she whispered back.
Now, let's pull up this contrivance.
] thought that would be the
text thing"
From the other side of the house
a sound as of kicking, and a long.
hysterical wall. Katie's voice, mingled
with p~eremptory cries from my
mother-in-law. shrill little cries from
Junior, and one scream, short, quickly
off, from Marion.
"Nobody's Hurt"
1t was not necessary for me to see
them to know that Katie was hysteri-
with fright, Mother Graham, more
angry than alarmed. that Junior was
because he had been suddenly
awakened, and that Marion-true
daughter of her mother-had choked
back her own terror and would remain
quiet until some one came.
Go to them, quickly Lillian said.
I'll manage this. Tell them we
W. heard somebody trying to
steal the chickens, and that ] fired the