New Britain herald., 1922-12-26
MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS
 Garrlson's REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
What Troubled Madgc As She Watched Claire and Dicky

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 What Troubled Madgc As She
 Watched Claire and Dioky
 Long before we had finished Mir
 Barker's delicious supper l had sat
 isfied myself upon two points of tn
 problem which the escapade of Dick
 and Claire Poster had presented
 me. Claire Foster was not in lov
 with my husband, and there had bee
 no tender passages between them.
 was sure. also. that the girl
 headstrong. self-centered, careless o other peoples rights as she was. ye had not deliberately attracted Dieky' attention as had Bess Dean, for in stance. Dicky had taken tho initia tive. had sought her company an, had urged the air excursions upon hor would have staked great deal upoI the truth of my convictions.
 But there was another question tha was vital to me, which puzzled m, greatly, and set my pulses throbbinl with an emotion holding both feal and anger in 1t.
 What was Dicky's feeling for Claire Foster?
 Whether because of my own vanit, or from my years of experience witt my Peter Pan, it had not occurred to me to doubt my husbands essen. tial loyalty of spirit l had been bit. terly angry with him for subjecting me to such performance as this which l had just been compelled tc experience, but had felt no fear of losing his love such as had come to me twice before, once in the first year of my marriage when Grace Draper had caused me so much mental an. guish by Dicky's apparent infatua- tion for her, and later when I had felt that Edith Fairfax's deep and ap- parently hopeless love for him was at last meeting response.
 Madge is Perturbed
 But there was something in the way Dickys eyes kept going back to the girls face. as though the act were something outside his volition. which troubled me. I knew that her type Of beauty was one that he greatly ad- mired-we had both remarked her resemblance to Grace Draper, and as long as life is left to me shall re- member that once he called Grace Draper's beauty practically fault less.'
 Of course, I knew that never more would Grace Draper have power to stir his pulses with anything save aversion and horror--her attempt to oV V but here was girl of the same type, the type he admired so much, and who possessed in addition youth glorious youth--and qualities of heart and brain which Grace Draper never had known. Had association with her led him?
 "I Shall Stay With Miss Foster"
 l cut myself short right there, and forced myself to stop watching my husband. even in the unobtrusive manner in whichI had yelled my sur. veillance. Either he cared for her or he didn't, I said to myself with a frantic attempt to set my common sense in the saddle. If he did, must face the music. If he did not, there was no reason for me to be perturbed.
 ---iad, indeed, was to see Miss Car- gill appear at the dining room door Action of any kind was relief from t the torturing thoughts which pos
 "Is this the audience we're to stand on our hind legs for?" Dicky de- manded in whisper as he caught sight of her. I had explained to him that Miss Cargill would come to us for a minute or two by agreement with me.
 nodded assent, and despite my anger at him and the secret tremors which his glances at Claire Foster had given me, the laugh I gave at his ex- aggerated gesture of preparation for an interview was no pretended one.
 He sprang to his feet as Miss Car gill reached our table, murmured a | courtly acknowledgment to the in l and seated her at chair next himself with great irapressment.
 How about that, Madge? ?" he de- of me with mischief written all over his face. Did I do that light according to the chapter on in reductions in that etiquette book we have at home? And what do I do next, offer the lady some cold chicken ,r bean her with a cup? You see, Miss Cargill," he turned to her smil- ng. the book, comprehensive as it is, lives me absolutely no hint as to what s expected of one when interviewed"
 I'm not going to stay long enough Q make it worth your while to rec nember," Miss Cargill said brightly. And l need not ask whether or not Mss Foster has recovered" She miled at the girl But may I ask when you leave here?"
 Tomorrow" I struck in promptly. I shall stay here with Miss Poser onight and tomorrow we shall join dr. Graham in Baldwin in time for he first train to New York.
 I was watching Dicky furtively as spoke, for I had not yet told him # this plan. and was viciously glad if the piqued astonishment which for .n instant flashed into his eyes. The Reason Madge Knew She Was
 "Playing" Correctly.
 That Miss Cargili realized some- hing of the suppressed emotions which were surging beneath my mask of pleasant fiippancy found ut when, after surprising Dicky with