New Britain herald., 1923-02-19
The News Lillian Telephoned
 Aiadge

There was hahn for all the wounds
 Dieky had given my vanity in the
 look Of ahashed eonsternaiion which
 came into his face as he saw in his
 hands the telegram so strangely mis-
 sing for the last two hours,
 He had been so positive that l had
 been responsible for it's disappear
 anee. and so ehurlsh in his refusal to
 search more thoroughly the very
 pocket from which 1t had just aR-
 peared. that l could not help a mali cious joy in his discontinue, Rnt
 knew better than 10 start anything, :" as Diclly himself would have phrased it So. after my first furtiye look at his face. cast my eyes demurely on the floor and kept them there,
 There was a long silence after his first astonished exclamation, then lie jerked out palpably reluctaRi'
 This is sure one on nc Sorry for inyidious insinuations, NaG can crow over this the rest of your life, bur I'll be darned fl I can sec bow it got there, I'll bet you slipped it inside there yourself"
 iDFDnff ib EftIllIu ilil hNhi iii had been wearing tho coat whenever l had seen him since the arrival of the telegram. But Claire Foster was not so considerate. Indeed, if she had been planning to erritate him she could not have chosen words more calculated to raise blistcrs upon mas- culine vanity.
 "Of all the welshcrs :" she ex. claimed disdainfully. Honestly | Dicky-bird, I'm thoroughly disap- pointed in you. I've adored you in | spite Of your many faults, but I never thought you'd fail to take your medi- i cine when the spoon was held out to you"
 Dicky Controls His Temper.
 I waited tensely for his answer to this speech. 1 knew from long ex- perience of his moods that his temper was almost at the breaking point. If l had spoken to him in the words Claire Foster had just used, there would have been an exciting pyrotech- nic-eXhibition, but she being neither wife nor other feminine relative Dicky controlled himself admirably.
 I'm not taking my medicine, but licking the spoon," he retorted. with a grin which I knew bad cost him then he rose to his feet and put the telegram carefully back into his pocket.
 Perhaps I'll be able to get some out of those morons now.' he said, taking up his hat. '1'l try {. anyway"
 I made no protest at his going. al- hough with the remembrance of the llarming incidents of the afternoon, l cit extremely nervous concerning both his safety and my own. I knew, however, that it was no time for in- erference of any kind, but was genuinely glad when he returned in a short time. with the air If being at peace with the world.
 "Perfectly Sure"
 There. that's off my mind," he aid. taking off his hat and overcoat nd gngery seating himself in one of Irs. Bliss antique chairs. T sent tire to Woodward, explaining Bob's = bsence and forwarded the telegram t Q Bob. III bet the old fellow will n e walking on air for the next day or wo. It would have been criminal if s he thing had fallen through because b f us"
 "tts :" I repeated scornfully to my b elf Characteristically he still was " linging to the belief that in some g 'ay I shared the blame of his idiotic erformance anent the telegram. But either then nor afterward did I call z is attention to the slur. l long ago fl earned the futility of trying to re- love an idea from Dicky's mind, once H had become lodged there. II The injustice ranked in my mina, II owever, and added another count to le rather long list of grievances I ii ad against my husband. l tried to \ eep my displeased mood under cover lring the next few days with Claire, icky and I spent monotonously in