Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-22
MY MARRIAGE
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Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
WHY MADGE HAD CONFLICTING
THOUGHTS ABOUT ALLEN
DRAKE

| literally held my breath at thu
end of my little speech to see if m!
ruse would succeed with Katie. But
l did not have to hold it long. With
howl-it could be called nothing else
from my tempestuous little maid, she
dropped her hands from her face, made
a dash for me, and chung to me con-
vulsively.
ooh, | no mean dot she walled
You always so goot to me, always
stand oop for me. und den you tink ]
let you work. feex tings for dot poor
feesh. Meester Drake. Eet shoost dot
old devil inside me. oop some
times in my troat und make me say
sooch tings. l know vot I tink OF
Meester Drake shoost same, dough.
He shoost something cat brought in, but
eef you fader ant heem like king
nit all meals oopstairs, l feex, und ]
feex right, you know dot"
II am sure of that. Katie" l said
warmly. struggling between a desire to
laugh at her potpourri of foreign dia-
lect and new world slang, and the i'm
pulse to reprove her for her disrespect.
full reference to our guest. But !
wisely did neither. I had accomplished
my object, and it behooved me to re-
tire gracefully.
Il don't think it will be very long
anyway" l said. as l moved TOWARD
the door.
II no care how long," Katie replied
magnificently-her concessions are al
ways thorough. But ] tell you, l got
to pray me hard not to put red pepper
in hees coffee"
One Problem Solved
She giggled ~joyously at the fancy
laughter and tears are SO near together
with Katie. that / never quite know
where the dividing line is-and | went
from the kitchen with the assurance
that the domestic problem connected
with Allen Drake was solved. In this
moment l felt hat I could dismiss our
fascinating but troublesome guest from
my mind until such time as he should
emerge from his room with the codes
mastered.
But. perversely enough. / found that
instead of mentally dismissing him. my
thoughts were flying to that upper
room as if drawn to a magnet. My
imagination was stirred by the picture
my fathers requirements had drawn.
the picture of the brilliant scorer serv-
ice agent, working feverishly at the
battling codes in the silent hours OF
the night. taking sleep or food only
when exhausted. battling on doggedly
no matter what the obstacles in his
path.
Because of his arrogance. his pat
roniZing loftiness. his tormenting of
Katie. I mentally had echoed the wish
had phrased crudely. and which | knew
Lillian had shared because of Mr..
brakes conceit. But ] found my
self weakening in my censorious atti-
tude toward himf indulging instead in
the secret hope that he would be able
after all to emerge triumphant from
his ordeal.
Il Don't Think"
there was no sign from the upper room
in which Mr.. Drake was housed. there
came to me the remembrance of the
times when Allen Drake had come 10
my aid. Never had need of mine failed
to bring him. | realized with n little
thrill of my pulses that beneath the
mask of Allen brakes indolent. pos
ished ANN lay an indefinable some
thing which had ono or twice cleaned
out at me, but at which | never had
dared a probing glance.
He did not deserve my wish for his
failure. | told myself shamefacedly. and
as there is no standing still for me in
any emotion. I found myself progress
ing from that attitude to an intense
| desire for his triumph.
( The second day of his stay had
waned into the third night. when my
father tapped at the door of my room.
and at my summons. entered. giving a
relieved glance at finding me alone.
Daughter. dear" he said, after he
had closed the door and come over to
my chair. II am going to ask some
thing strange of YOU
His manner was h%esitant and | put
up my hands and drew his face down to
mine.
II don't think there is anything in
the world you could ask of me that I
wouldn't try gladly to do I replied.
II know that" he returned fondly.
But I know you don't care particu-
larlv to be brought into contact with
Allen. but-he is %exhausting himself
over that one battling feature of the
code-you know he has been i'll. 7 am
afraid his strength will give out-and
i think may be mistaken-there is
something about it in which you could
HELM him. May l tell him you are
willing"
To Stop Coughing at k'qht
A summer bronchial cough keeps not
only the sufferer hut other memhers