Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-30
MY MARRIAGE
U1
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
OF A WIFE
WHY THE EYES OF SMITH
SWIFTLY BETRAYED HIM

L me- ~
me. my father and Lillian made a
Simultaneous movement toward me,
while Allen Drake STROBE menacingly
toward Smith. :,
"Another word like that" he said
with slow venom, land your mouth
win be stopped with something less
pleasant than a cigar"
The bound man glared at him, but
obeyed. while /, with what patience i
could muster, listened to the reassur-
ing words my father and Lillian were
uttering.
Remember, | am right beside you
daughter dear" he murmured, as II
were again a frightened child In need
of his fatherly protection. ;,
Hes absolutely harmless-noW,
Lillian whispered significantly. I'VE
have him at last by the short hair
"a Don't Believe"
7 threw my head back with a gesture
which came perilously near being an
angry one. |, knew that, had Smith s
threat beer made against Lillian, nc
one would have had the temerity to
whisper encouraging words to her. she
would have been too busy attending &c
the man herself. But Allen Drake had
voiced the very threat | meant tt
utter. and it was with a thwarted little
| feeling that / stepped forward, looked
coolIy. scrutinizingly at the man
wrath distorted face, and his bount
| figure. as if my only thought were the
| Identification Lillian had asked OF me
He is the same man l saw IN TN
restaurant neal the reservoir. l SAT-
| positively, "and his voice is the one
| heard near the dying state trooper.
could swear to it in any court
Smith uttered no syllable as l I'm
! ished, but if his look could have peer
! clothed with an action, L you'd nav
been writing in torture at ms 1eet' j,
Thank you, Madge," Lllllan said
Have you got it'll" She addressed m.
father and Allen Drake. 1here soe'
! another coffin nail.
"If | may be permitted 10 remint
Won" Smith addressed Mr.. Drake dl
rectly, and his tones were siiklly sub
missiye, that it is useless TO preten'
TO me that the young state trooper l
dead. | know to the contrary. l nav.
nv own means of communication VIII
that section"
"Refresh Your Memory"
we are perfectly aware of that Int
tie fact" Allen Drake assured hun
But what you do not know-yet-bu
which / will now generously lnforn
YOU, and charge you nothing Tor IN
kindness-is that your channei Ma
been discovered =,
Il don't believe it" The word
came slowly from Smiths twisted hpS
"What discourtesy." Allen Drak
Knocked. Mrs. Underwood, Will 20
! ohIipe me by exhibiting to this gifte
gentleman before us the list OF peopi
we discovered on his payroll IN tn
Catskill mountains, every one OF whoI
is being shadowed."
Lillian extracted a folded pape
from a packet which she held loosel
in her hands, and handed it silently t
Mr. Drake. The government agen
unfoIded it and held it where the boun
man could see every scrap OF wrltln
upon it. ~,
Just refresh your memory VIII
that. nv dear sir" he drawled.
I saw he was watching Smiths lac
with an intent scrutiny while tn
bound man perused the list of names
and I knew that he caught, as L dc
the despairing look which flashed int
Smiths ewes as he came to n par
ticular name heavily underscored, an
marked in Lillian's whimsical phrase
ology:
Chief of underground railway"
But the training in %self-contrC
which was Smiths heritage from hi
former exalted position, and whlc
only his arrogant temper ever dis
turbed. came to his rescue now, an
when he lifted his eyes to ALE
brakes face there was no trace /
them of the look which we had caugh
You are pleased to dream, my goo
man." he said. with superb Arrogance
And / am growing very weary OF a
this nonsense. If you mean to Kill IN
or imprison me, please hasten to you
task"
You are too inpatient ALE
Drake admonished him gravely. "Yo
probably will have both little formal
ties attended to later. But just no
we have another trifling little cert
mony on hand.
"Chief," turning deferentially to m
father. would you mind u%npinnlng tn
very d%isreputable bandage from IN
gentleman's brow? / would be glad I
valet him, but | fancy he may turn
bit FESTIVE under the process. and
wish to stand ready right in front {
him." a.,
/ Next-What the Removal of tn
Bandage Disclosed.