The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-18
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
Why Mother Graham Advised Madge to
Leave at once.
BY ADELE GARRISON

| why Mocher SrSham ADVISED Mad9e tc
/ Leave at Once.
My mother-in laws manner was tru-
! culent, militant, as she eiucdated hel
theory of the character of the men next
door But as her eyes fell upon my
trace. her mien abruptly changed
What is it. child?'' she asked anxi-
ously, and then 1 saw plying compre-
henston creep into her eyes even before
II answered her.
But, mother" I altered, ''if these
men are not representing my father,
then he must be dead or they would
never have had in their possession the
bracelet from which this coin was
taken"
/ Don't tell me you're one of those
people who give up as easily as that,
| Margaret" she retorted, and there was
! that in her voice which pricked my
self-respect.
What Tortures Madge.
at don't believe in giving up hope
until YOU see your friends embalmed or
cremated," she went on. That's plen-
ty Of time And even then l Wouldn' t
be sure unless I'd seen them die myself.
Now, in your fathers case ITS utter
nonsense to argue that he must be dead
simply because this coin from a brace
let he had comes to you in this queer
manner There are a dozen ways in
which the thing might have fallen into
the hands of his enemies. Some trust
ed associate who knew about it, may
have been in reality spy upon him.
What an easy thing it would nave peeh
for such man to steal the trinket
I wondered duly If she believed her
own theory or was simply trying to
bolster nv courage I rather inclined
to the latter theory, for never before
had l noticed such determined optimism
in my mother-in-law.
But I could not share her hopefulness.
II / accepted her theory that the men
next door were enemies who were try
ing to mislead me, then I could not get
away from the conviction that my IA
Their was no more numbered among the
living.
But did l accept her theory? rms
was the question which confronted me
torturingIy Upon one side of the ar
gument was my conviction that had
known somewhere without his diSeuls-
ing beard and foreign dress the younger
of the men who had rented the mouse
next door. The memory OF ms eyes
with startled recognition in them as
had seen them in the taXcao heAt -
mine. Joined with my belief that hao
.ann before the left-hand chirography
~ the letter the Japanese servant had
handed to me.
"What DO You Adviser"
T-ron the other side was my mother
;r.1aw,s thoroughly logical argument
tt,+ the men for some purpose OF their
-,,', wished me to stay closely at nome
fa,. a week or two, and purposed trlght-
n,';rg me into needing their conmAno'
TIar comment upon the meioofaThatlc
l,,orrer Of their communicating Win
' a1so hoIstered her theory that they
me -. M wav representative OF my
father. ,,,,+;,g voica
within me protested that ousn ',.iit,,
- set aside so ruthlessly the posslo,i.sS
of INV fathers love for me proEiulle
inst the safeguards which THESE men
cI.iyped had been thrown afouiu ~
Srnroea after all the man on nora "e'c .
vas in reality some friend OF my l"'"e'
doing his bidding? s,.,o,,a ~
ran over in my mind every friend OF
my, fathers whom l had met casu'lis
~ the DAYS before / knew he was my
ro+ba, Rut not one Of the very le"
men I remembered answered III any we"
the description of the man OH "o'
back. $1,000. 4,,<, last
And then into my mind came tue '''s
,,,a rpipg words which Allen Drake "a
The secret service had SOUNDED III my
aars before leaving Craigie Manor
"Don't run any foolish risks, he hao |
said. and above ALL inspect carer uilS
any messages you may receive pun
porting to come from your husoaho Oh