Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-29
MY MARRIAGE
WI PROBLEMS.
Adele Garrisons
New Phase off,
OF WIFE
WHAT THE MAN SMITH THREAT.
ENED TO DO TO MADGE

At the elf-revealing facial gesture
of the man who called himself Smith,
but whom Allen Drake evidently be-
lieved to be some formerly exalted
European parsonage, Lillian o a
swift, stealthy step forward unseen by
Smith, and with tense, narrowed eyes
scanned him closely.
Her face was masked, imperturb-
able as always, but I who knew her so
well, realized that it was she who had
first suspected Smiths identity, she
who in all probability had planned
Allen brakes campaign.
The reason for her leaving the man
agement of Smith TO Mr.. Drake when
she herself was so peculiarly equipped
for such a feat, was also clear to me.
Smiths race, position and training made
him look upon a woman as something
of inferior ability and station. To
convince him of Lillian's authority
would have been an almost insuper-
able task, and Lillian, always willing to
| submerge herself and her position, il
necessity called for it, had turned over
the handling of the man to her COL
league.
But now Mr.. Drake turned to her.
"A Thousand Pardons"
Are you satisfied on that point?"
he asked.
Absolutely" she returned. MY
compliments, Milford"
He made an airy little d~eprecating
gesture while I gazed with wonder at
the m%alevolent scowling fury incarnate
who called himself Smith.
Could it be possible that this un-
couth looking man, dressed in the at
tire of a farm laborer, with a s~craggy,
unbarbered growth of beard upon his
face. and wearing around his forehead
apparently the same dirty bandage
which had been there when lie first
came TO the ~neighborhood, was really
of royal blood? Then | remembered
the really magnificent stature and
bearing of the man when [ had seen
him in the Catskin mountains, remem-
bered also his arrogant air of com
mand. and the thing became more be-
lievable.
That the man himself was fully cog
infant of the meaning attached to the
little by-play between Lillian and Allen
Drake, | saw by the pallor which deep
ened on his face. and by a sudden lock
akin to fear in his eyes. Them he be-
gan to buster again.
This is what you call a free coun-
try, | suppose" he sneered, using in
QUESTION ortur upon helpless
people,"
Allen Drake laughed lightly.
"Oh, my lear SIR he said hooking
". what an absurd ideal But, of
course. | cannot blame you for shrink.
ing from the thought. Never in all your
experience. in your old home, or your
new, did you ever see or employ such,
methods, of course"
The gibe was unmistakable, and
Smiths eyes showed his reaction to it
in an angry flash. But he spoke only
two words. those in accents which
were a command instead of a request:
The cigar
"Oh, a thousand psrdons!" Allen
Drake replied. I'VE must not let it
go put. But. there must be only two
or three puffs this time, for this lady
is very interested in YOU, and it would
be unflattering to keep her waiting
He waved toward Lillian with one
hand and put the cigar again between
Smiths lips with the other, while the
bound man registered lofty contempt
of Lillian with an extremely mobile
set of facial muscles. But he did not
| neglect to take the two or three puffs
Mr.. Drake had promised him. and his
furious eyes held also a tortured, hun
CRY look when the government agent
as deity extracted the cigar again and
laid it carefully upon a smoking stand.
"If it goes out I'll light you anoth-
err. ne promised. tnen duuSu slgnl1l-
cautly after a seconds pause, shat Ia.
of course, provided o are reason
able"
A low snarling sound from Smith was
his only answer. but Mr.. Drake ig-
nored it and turned briskly TO Lillian.
Shall we valet him now?'
Lillian shook her head while i puz-
zled over the cryptic allusion.
II want Madge's positive Identifies
ton of him first" she said. turning
to me.
Can you swear" she asked. "even
disguised as he is now that he's the
man Smith you saw in that cafe near
the Ashokan reservoir, and whose
voice you heard in the reservoir
grounds after he had killed the young
state trooper"
Before / could answer, Smiths voice
rose in a furious yell.
You she-devil!' he shrieked. "If
you dare to say yes to that I'll tear
you in inch pieces when l get loose"
SNext-Why the Eyes cfs Smith
Swiftly Betrayed Him.