Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
MY MARRIAGE
X1
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
REVELATIONS
OF WIFE
THE LUCK THAT OVERLOOK
MAnGE ON The ROAD

"Now Mr.. Briggs" ] rose from the
telephone after receiving the Bridge
hampton physicians assurance that ne
would have the coveted prescription
ready for me-"if you'll give me the
directions for finding DIR. Austin's
house I'll hurry along"
"Of course" He gave me most mi
mite instructions, the while l walked
toward the outer door, he stumping
along with his zane and his lanterns, a
picture of kindly, worried perplexity.:
"It's a shame for you to go alone
he said, as he held up the lantern for
me to walk down the step.
Say! / don't care il this rheumatic
knee does bother me-Im going to
wrap up and come along with !. c
thing I said. but with a far different
intonation than / had used to Allen
Drake. There was no arrogance in
this warm hearted, neighborly solicitude
and | was grateful for it. I'm the first
place, ] wouldn't let you risk your
health, and in the second place, / can't
wait another second. But I'm very
grateful for the offer nevertheless;
Don't worry, / shall be perfectly all
right. G~ood-by."
A Terrifying Drive
flung the last words over my shout,
der from half way down the drive, and
as | turned into the long stretch OF
dark brush bordered roadway that led
to Bridgehampton 1 wished fervently
that my heart was as stout as my voice
had sounded.
For | was afraid, ready so. l was
ashamed of my fear, but l was COM
PEELED to admit its existence: Never be-
" IL 49, 70 ~h-afan1Iu fImnrOnl
as I was upon this drive. -,
I gripped the wheel of the car until
my hands ached. although usually ! am
proud of driving in the approved fash
ion with my fingers lightly resting upon
the steering wheel. And / sent the car
along at a rate / would have deemed
speedy in the daytime, simply because
was so terrified of the long shadows
across the road.
| have driven alone before at night,
and / never have experience n fear
at all. Indeed, l have enjoyed swoop-
ing through the scented darkness of the
countryside. But tonight my nerves
and my nerve were so shattered by the
events eliminating in this wild night
ride that ] acquitted myself of coward
ice. even while l tried by every device
in my power to flog my failing spirits
back to normally.
Madge's Dilemma
The streets of Bridgehampton were
less terrifying, and my sanity came back
to me for a short interval during my
brief c~olloquy with DR.. Austin-a tall,
massive, old physician, with the white
beard of the older generation. But
when | had left the village behind and
was sweeping along the state road to
Southampton, with it's long stretches OF
unimproyed meadow and woodland, my
fears returned.
They proved g~roundless, however.
during the journey to the hospital, and
/ reached it without incident, presented
my note from DR.. Austin, and received
a carefully-wrapped package in return,
which / wrapped again in an old scarf,
and deposited in one of the pockets.
A glance at the illuminated dial of
my wrist-watch told me that ] had
made most creditable time, indeed, and
with a feeling that the road had been
robbed of half its terror by my travel
over il. | turned my car homeward with
spirits much lightened.
But Fate, having frightened me
causelessly on the journey down, evl-
IDENTITY determined to see what further
mischief she could do. At any rate, l
had reached what seemed to my imag-
nation the very loneliest part of the
state highway between the two Hamp-
tons when the car began to slow up, at
first imperceptibly. With a gasping
little realization of what was the mat
ter. | guided the car to the side OF the
road just before the engine stopped en-
tirely. l had run out of gas.
With a heartfelt anathema upon the
carelessness which had let the supply
run low, / turned off the switch key,
skipped out of the car and turned on
the reserve. But as | climbed back
into the car again, and after several
trials got Ii to be ample for the dis
lance between, started. | remembered
with a little chill at my heart that upon
two separate occasions the reserve
which was supposed Southampton and
the farmhouse, had failed to get us
there.
made a mental calculation. | had
an extra gallon of gas in a container
in the car. But | had not the courage
to wait to put il in my tank in that
deserted part Of the wood. At Water
mill there were street lamps. ] would
wait until | reached n of them and
there put the extra gallon in the tank.
But when l alighted under the Wa
termill street light and bent over the
gas tank I heard the sound of lond,
raucous song and laughter from down
the road behind me.
Strengthening up, ! saw coming
around n curve a big open car filled
with men patiently intoxicated, and the
car itself lurchirg from side to side
of the road as IL it, too, had been In
dulging in contraband liquor.
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