Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-12
MY MARRIAGE
1v1 PROBLEMS
Adele GarT'ison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF a WIFE
LILLIAN SAVES THE DAY-AND
THE PEACHES

THE PEACHES
It was with much misgiving ]
well knew my husbands little ways
that ! waited to see what his "own
way" of transporting the peaches !
our acrid little colloquy the farmer
who had sold me the peaches appeared
at the corner Of the house and walked
toward us with slow gait and madden
| ing deliberation.
Look at that pallbearer," Dicky
growled under his breath. 'If the
| peaches are as mossy as he looks you d
better leave them and make him a
present of the kale."
| | walked quickly toward the man for
| fear that he would hear the gibe.
Il came ior the peaches | said
quickly.
"0h, yes. I'll get them he assent
ed, and with the same deliberation
few minutes later with a younger man
and woman, each bearing basket
of the most misunderstanding peaches
/ ever have seen in my life. But the
baskets had no covering whatever. and
] quaked at the vision which arose be-
fore my housewifely mind as to the ap-
pearance Of the peaches when our jour
ney's end should have been reached.
But they're not covered" | ex-
postulated.
They don't have to be- Dicky in
terrupted. There's no room for those
baskets. I'll have to carry them
loose"
Loose My exclamation was al
most shrek.
"Of course. Now don't stage any
Mysteries. | said loose and | mean
farmer. IN pile these suitcases on
peaches on the bottom of the car
Them suitcases won't bounce off
and smash the peaches, will they?"
The old man voiced the frantic thought
which was in my own mind.
| had a panic c-stricken vision of the
appearance of the peaches and the
suitcases at the end of our journey if
Dickey persisted in his plan. The only
CLEAN Of light in the whole situation
was the malicious reflection that the
only really good luggage Lillian and l
oWn-our travelling bags-was in the
car with US. Our suitcases are old,
almost at the point where they must
reach the lowest social level for all
luggage-that Of parcel-post carriers
but Dicky's luggage is all new and
good. and he is quite fussy about it.
No. the seat slants" Dicky's voice
was curt as he answered the farmers
query, and the old man promptly took
the hint and came forward with the
peaches. prepared to pour them from
the basket into the bottom of the car.
The woman with him. after a compre-
hending feminine smile at the vagaries
Of men, turned toward the house after
setting down her basket, and as she
did SO, Lillian slipped out Of the tom
neau door
Say. l want to see some jars of
JAM" she whispered as she turned to-
ward the farmhouse, and | knew that
she had some scheme in her mind for
minimizing the effects Of Dicky's OBJ
stinacy.
Are you ready to start:" Dicky de-
manded when the last of the peaches
had been dumped into the tonneau.
Where's Liz"
| explained sedatcly.
Can you beat it," He gestured des-
pairngiy to the distant mountains. Il
ask again. can you beat it? Hunting
for jam when the ears are already load
ed to the guards and we're wasting
SO much time that we probably won't
get home for three days
He strode up and down the road,
fuming, until Lillian appeared, two
small glasses of jam in her hands. the
farmer woman following her with
bulky bundle.
4'This lady suggests Lillian said in
a good thing to protect the peaches
from the dust with these sacks. so
she's giving them to u.s.
The farmer looked in astonished
fashion at his wife, and | saw a conju-
gal signal for silence in her eyes, and
realized she had not given. but sold,
the sacks to Lillian. But Dicky paid
no attention to the little bypluy. He
was sulkily examining the tires Of the
car, and Lillian took the bundle from
the farm woman. unrolled it, and with
deft quickness spread the empty sacks
over the peaches in the bottom of the
ear. Then she came over to the car /
was driving and climbed into it.
'.All set she called gaily to Dicky.
"Shall we start"
"For the love of Mike, yes" Dicky |
and | lost no time in obeying
his suggestion.
Those bags will protect the suit
cases d little" Lillian said, "and if
there should happen to be any delay |
on the road, you and / could rearrange
things while the Dickybird struggled !
with the repairs"
Il hope your words won't be d
/ laughed, but when we
were within two miles Of Kingston an |
loud report told me that
one of the tires had blown out.
Next-The Drama Dicky Staged in
The Road.
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money