New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1925, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1925, Wife’s Confessional % REVELATIONS OF A WIFE i o NP T VRIS e — ey g “You mean” said Nan, “that he The monotonous whir-whir of | kept at bay so determinedly was| “Here!" has been well enough to. write to Y TR T RO [ STl L persistent, 1t seemed to be| All the blood in Naw's body |me = for some time Madge Finds Iee Hidden In Tm"kfl‘. The driver “Bill" is coming back the only sound in the little room hovering all about her, walting for | scemed to rush in un. overwhelm- All the time,” said Arnott. He here in a few minutes to watch for | an unguarded moment In which to | ing flood to her heart; she caught | realized that It was betler to tell T'do not know that the govern- | , = oo "0 iho Chinese. Do not | stopped suddenly, and Nan Mar-|envelop her with its stifling em- at a chair back to steady herself. [her the truth, “He was only slights ment operative, Eldridge. Was con- |, i yyap | have been here und ' raby leaned her elbows on the | brace. | Here — in Loudon! Peter! This, [ly wounded in the arm. But for the vincea by Lillan's sasertion that she | 0 iy o Chinese does come back, table before her and ran her fin-| “Let's go out. T believe I'm tired |then, was why he had seemed so |shock, and loss of memory, he nad'known Lee Chow and would | oo oo™ o oo i st and toll gors through her rough hair with|of the house — let's go to a pi¢- | near to her all day —— why she|would have been about again In a vough for him, but be certainly Was| "o o gy anything until he 4 weary gesture, ture palac and laugh . . .” She had felt in some mysterlous fash- |few days.” He made a little gesture ‘put lu bie place.” s Mrs. Tlcer| o oy gorwood “I‘ed up, fed up, fed up!" she|broke off suddenly. Tners was a lon that she was soon to see him. |of despair. "I did my best—I know would term it, by her trosty rebuke | "o Bl ok hend sagely. | sald flerceyl. Then all at once she|knock at the outer door of the| “Oh!" she said softly. that he thought the world of you of bis suggeation that the Chintee | ;% pgersiang,” she said, “that Jaughed, looking across at the girl |little unpretentious flat which the| Arnott frowned. before — 1 told him that he wight, '"‘.: ."’"‘““' crossed RIS | iver won't get anything out of me who sat in a low chalr by the fire, [{wo girls shared togcther. “I'm afraid I'm a rotten hand at |surely must remember that he was S Yoo know best. he |11l tell you what. I'll just put an with a newspaper spread on her| Nan dared not look at Joan. She oxplaining things” he said jerkily. |an engaged man, and — and he aid stoiidly. other pumpkin pie in front of him. Kknees, | dared not raise her eyes from the o syl TE (orwlla i rd (hn P #Ri6 MG 81 Madge Instructs Lee Chow | Nan watched her for a moment | glowing heart of the fire. | what I'm going to say hurts you,| ‘“Ves'' eaid Nan, as he stopped. “1 know Lae Chow,” Lillian 1 = | ' T e e e i hel inalive | “That surely olghL {0 absorb his | in silence, a little frown bending| 1t seemed an eternity till the but — he's changed a great | “He said,”” Arnoft answered in & he' will be back in his usual haunts |attention” 1 said, smilng as 1 hur- [ her level brow then she said | |ittle mald servant went down the deal since you saw him Miss Mar- | low voice, “that I was talking rub- this afterucon. There are several |'1€d awa IfitooiciRabuC K ORUBLY) gently i narrow paseage from the kitchen raby. He — he—" He =Tpped and | bish — that he had never met a litle things which I must go over S48 Harbor, Ihat ] "f]_"’ff Ly ave that old casualty 1ist|to the front door — a lifetime un- a hand nervously over his|woman in all his life that he could with vou concerning this case, that |2!Y CRanec ¢ “‘"""“‘* I and Jilgne dear. What is the good of | (il they heard the door open, ye cropped head. “The fact 18 — he |care for — let alone — marry!' you may be able to make a complete ‘I"i ":'}"‘ Y “‘"!’ "““”‘v"(" o worrying yourself, when you know i of torture till she came back a can't remember anything that has| A litile gray tinge secmed te HabARL A EM e RDrake SpuLeTatean |8 BE SHEN il Nok SRk G TR | avite well that Tim is all right. I'| *Nun was on her feet then—she happencd tn the past. ~Its wiped fswe s face; she turned talk but a ilttle while at a time ‘f”,‘ LA e no use crossing an ““"S"”q”lh;\d crossed the room and flung out — clean forgotten.” away and walked to the fireplace; Whvatorailiamigologito sk youitojuaundrye Rroprslossfon b imato com bridge before you come to it.” She |tha door wide — she felt as if she Nan did not answer. She stared put both hands on the edge of lrectly to the farm as soon as he pughed back her chair, and, rising. | were suffocating. at him, not understanding. Joan | the painted. mantelshelf as if ta stay here while Mrs. Graham takes ('™ ) a8 ACon 8 i o7 akr and logks up Les [Chow, [arrived. I drove back alang tre back; went over to her friend and, stoop- | “Yes, who is 1t?" yaised herself a little in the big | steady hereelf, and for a moment Bring him back with you Madge :""’l""“,‘_" fame topile ‘I‘v”“';'!‘lf‘} ing, drew the newspaper gently| “Jf you please, miss — a gentle- chair and leaned forward. | there was a {ragie silence, then she when you find him. As you go """, 'i,"' e yl ] < ‘away from her, man . . . his card, if you please,| “You don't mean that he's -—|said without moving down, tell the driver to stay in the BDyone "_”‘~I oD ACS BT NON A large number of small words| 9 Central cylinder in plant stems 1 don't believe in meeting trou- | migs,” mad?" she asked in a horrified And you say he is in London— O ady for action if this man |t0 ours, where Lec ChOW SPent s0 esure the puzzle fan of a not-too- | 10 Seventh note in scale ble more than half-way,” she sald | Nan grahbed the card. ! whisper. now " Dackett should happen to come back |much of his time, diffcult solution. To press briskly. “Heavens! what a sight I| “john Anrolt, Licutenant, —th “Good heavens, no!” Arnott an-| “Yes — we stayed at the Gros to Tice [0 usk yuisTore jthejrontl feniieg Juthe T One who joins in making a de- 100K Middlesex.” swered. “To all appearance — to | venor last night — 1 left him thers Her volce was faint, but there was/|onWard progress of my: car X 1 eolbled 2 cision She had caught a glimpse of her| ghe read the name aloud — the anyone who did not know him, he | this evening to come here." b faltering in_ her/commands, andj|eTectuatly blockea by “a_ slanding T Rt iaa ol soroun R ation A plant shoot reflection in a glass over the man-| jjood hammered at her temples. would seem the same as any other| “Will you fake me to him? 1 ItRTA Yot emnta 4l go b once, it capaniict Jerecognlaed s the wedany) je, Al e Is consumed by time and fric. | (c1-€helf. and she laughed. cyeing| “Ivs John Arnott — the man man, hut he fen't — everything [ must go—just once she said TRIFRINA Ol a0 the room and idowns (10 which slesichanianc his pomerdl Jie CRRESH tion A her rough hair ruefully. | who wrote to me when Peter was that happened in his life before he | “Perhaps I may bring Peter with wikiFato my oar BllliEHoging!| (Ulenchman hid esccrled Elave o/l S 8.8 S It 0s 23 Made happy (p. p.) “Why in the world didn't a kind | wounded—" she said breathlessly. was wounded he has forgotten. me:” She looked at Arnott with des BYEnin awa i motor, laoked n alertiy bEeeaOmy SRV iRrclieveotmings 7 el Aol s s SRR s iy Providence present me with @, She passed the girl and went out Physically he's as fit as ever—the |fiant eyes. “Doctors are not always as T climbed into the seat ANERNE outyofimypcaruand Gatigtha) o gl e Declines sleek head like yours?' she de- | into the narrow hall. A man stood actual wound was nothing: it's the as clever as they think” she told Aryhing Ticanthalniu S natine | satie i RthenEadl ot thall Biees) ooy Prophet who (rained Samuel | manded. She lanced down at the in the open doorway — a man in shock that has had such bad con-|him. She held her head high as quired okel thtoush fhs shivhek: il B Yours cont Trea ot foush! wood smooth, fair hair of the girl beside | khaki: he turned rather stifily us sequences—" He looked again at |they 1oft the little ‘lat: Arnott lonk= “No, thank vou' 'I replied Al MisseaiGeanam Flio saldigly SR ROHIE D Billiard rod her with envy. “T don’t believe | he fheard her step; he saluted “He and 1 were great friends, ed flushed and disturbed; outside % M thought you be here pretty soon |21 Nay ' HHAEGEO! | ‘re paying the least attention,” haicio my awitchihev i ME You want Lee Chow?" 22 Home of a spider Correlative of naither YOUnehpAYy nEREh el R IenHion: derwood wishes you to stay E g 7 | she complained aggrievedly. e, Underwood dor safd, | 24 T A departure [ while she s talking to Mr. Eld-| “Mrs. Underwood does,” I said, .,: L?‘ hem Sonin Joan Endicott raised her ridge.” but before you come .up to thej 7 Born It was perfectly evident that [ house ; 25 To open (as an abhcess) To sprout T fancied that his interested eyes | N0USE I wish you to be very sure of C had not been listening. ; | hativon sial waineiitote il el (G50 foth Tty To crack a whip A were upon me as I drove out of the | ye oin) o i 5 [ 45 Inclinations of the head There are only three casualtics | vard but I had no. time either to|Man from New York is waiting at Iiition glisicriogly in the — the Middlesex today ! look back or to let my mind dwell |the farmhouse to hear where you 'I') disentangle l;!Fh she sald, “Two wounded and one| upon his probable curiosity. All my |!oft the man who rode away with Hogysntilaie 2 _‘r“"‘:" NeRne missing. Oh, Nan—" | faculties were focused upo B S LR 0 A SO e aTee s | I absolutely decline to discuss pecessity of getting to Mrs, Ticer's [SLOFY he will start in pursuit of (he Silk_worm ™ D A e HaGandl Rt and away again, before Lillian|Man. 1 ought to warn you that he Perched R4 SEaond Gnote e (haukh her eicn wars very dendsr.| Should send "Bl there, to wait for |18 Suspicious of you and thinks that Similar to a donkey Point of compass e fizavet’s Bake 108 proteud bo | Les Chow. To this she and I had|{0U helped the man escape. ~ But |43 Subsists be cheerful, even if we nm]l agreed, in order to insure our crtain | M'S: Underwood, who is' his su- (45 Twice Stand up, and let me try on your | knowledge of just what the driver |Perior officer, told him that she Variant of blouse -— it's almost finished.” | would vouch for you, so he’will act [ 43 Upon G ook Joanrd Taral dravsing her to her fect. was doing. “Do Not Tell Hin only upon what you tell him. Now 49 An additional on “l1 should never smile at all it wasn't for you,” Joan said Mps. Ticer's face betrayed her sur- | !0 the first place, your story must Jumbled type { i | then she added: reluctantly. “I did all 1 could—but it only upset him and made him N 5 ST - . .~ angry, and the doctors and nurss both insisted that 1 should let him aloae, T told him he ought to write \ to you == I said that when a girl was engaged to a fellow, she nat- = & R~ ES D WESEEI S 2>{Z M= >EHO|Z|C im| o m[—o>Ho mi<|>| i p3(e} plunged at once into my explanation, | 148 told them. She said that you |85 Gets up a8 soon as 1 had learned from her |C2Me there to sell some embroldery |67 Hurries that Lee Chow had not yet returned, | 204 that Mr. Dackett sald he would To abhor ; Mrs. Ticer.” I said, trying to make |RiVe you two dollars for an automo- VERTICAL my voice careless, “there is some- |l ride. and that then he went Extensions thing about this case—I do not |?WAY in vour car.” e (0 know just what—which Mrs. Under- | (Copyright, 1 by Newepther Neuter pronoun wood wishes to attend to herself Ieature Service, Ine.) A recess in a wall Age 6 Writing table 7 Portion of a necklace 8 To finish SuE BE =rloli= o> . agrec at Mre, Ticer al y Opposite of bro Drise at my quick return, and 1|?8re¢ With what Mra. Ticer already )pposite of broad “From all aceounts Peter must be a wonderful man!" n laughed. He tsn’t — not a little bit! 1 don't suppose vou'd even call him good looking. He's big — if you like a big man! I remember the first things that struck me hont him were his eyes and the size of | his hoots." s laughed again, a | tender Iittle laugh of reminiscence, as she thought of the day when 'she had first met Peter Lyster; of | | the queer feeling that had seemed ip | hrough every vein of her Little Two Eyes Gossip’s Corner | : D] 1> Ol O|M| 0D Z|0) o/Dmo| ol>mZ M m|r >l (o] = ) L r> —|HOEOCRM| Z| >0 [ull =M= TZ/o[0/ZI0 % oR|m[T] i | INEESR EEE HECOR DERFEER =R L 0 T R E| E S) £l L ] T DR mzm =2 mir (M Z| = o 2 3 ) @y /" COLOR CUT-QUTS ~==——" bod of the way that — for no [ sarthly reason at all — she had The most beautiful dinner dance felt the color rising in her face as over given in Hollywood was that : | she met the whimsical smile in his ofiinstiinight fati (e homenor s fic oo Rilesolnenatbevawilishestrue | Crumbs of brown bread and corn- | gray eyes. Paula Perrier in honor of Mr. Mcl. 0 “1¢h othe meal bread may be converted into| She had known then, in a sud- ville Sartorls, who Is en route to| ‘\lthe dinner Miss Perrier raised ! | Indian pudding by substituting them | gen flash of illumination, that this the Orlent on a mysterions mission, | # (ucstion which produced much | for the meal the recipe calls for. | was the man for her, and he had in which he hopes to find a long | CUriosily ~and some laughter, as — - {told her afterwards that something lost Chinesa god. o ‘, 'W‘,_”‘,"’”' q;“"”‘f;m"\.’l:" e To Keep Cereals Fresh of the same thought had crossed | There were only twelve of the drvhaaieple i d R It ;vm. m[n‘ j(thmnH;M,\ ‘d.v_\ al-ihis own mind ; mosphere cercals and meals will | “This is the woman for me — these little statues made almost in | cinema's most brilliant woman <t alrl Gecoris o \ c keep for a long time, | this is the woman I have becn stars, with their escorts. bidden t0 ' \holesale, as it were, will have the | e AL e the dinner, but about two hundred . FTE A R Cugen | N CEL 1k o i i bt et DGR B B AT (R Buy For Cash It was nmot often Nan allowed | i T e et b el AR IDRCH In o (LD ryan IR IR d el You will find that by buying Your | her thoughts to stray like this | houschold products for cash you will [ she realized how neccssary it we account of the distinguished trav- 1 1 f OUrS e v SRt Eih CUNOnon N ndn ol yea e RTEkloua Y save 10 per cent of your bill, at the [to keep a firm hand on her | end of the mont} | during these days, for her own e hate to think they would do all the decorations were Chinese i1 character, some of the most ¢ IIEULIRel som e C sake and also for the girl with | whom she was sharing homes — ledly mixed romances. B > wouldn't be particularly . : ; A in Los Angeles being brought in 10 ;i or place in Hollywood, accord New ernkle tae poor little wife of two happy From the Hollywood Lapress as the legend attached to these | twin biblots is that as long as a man wears one of them, and a Bread Crumbs famous Chinese savants and artists SWhieh FH O Pl R coieniie e i tsret years, who was wearing hersell to| P R e R S a shadow for the sake of a man | The women wore the costumics of Perricr, however, said that | \ nittiagiollyflavehiiandiatheart 13g | “wy, 29 Chinese ladies, and the men were he favors had not been matched | 2 aflion Svho Snastfaciis datifhilng : You mean to go on?” he asked, curtly . dreds of times a day out in France. But for Nan, Joan Endicott vely, |Perhaps he spoke to you of me. At|he called a tasicab; when they would have broken down under| “Miss Marraby " [ anyiratenetottentsnokalloimetol weredsealadi Nak said. dliconnecteds the strain of it months ago. It had fes.” Nan felt as if all her you, and that is why I am hcre. iy been kind Providence indeed br had gone out in that little Miss Marraby, he — he doesn't re “I suppose it's uscless fo ofer | that had sent Nan across her path- | monosyllabic answer; something member you — he doesn’t know advice to any woman, but 1 beg | way just when Tim Ikndicott was was the matter — he had come to that he is cnzaged to you — or of you, Miss M by W called to face war with all its at-|tell her .o tell her . . . she that he ever was “Dop't.” said Nan with a pale tendant horrors swayed forward with momentary | He broke off distressfully, andsmile. “It's no use And it had been to Nan that'loss of self-control, gripping his for a moment there was utter si-| He left her alone and they drove trouble had come first arm lence in the room. the rest of the way in silence. Peter Lyster had been wounded.| “What s it? . iUs Peter —| Then Nan laughed — a sharp | But when they got to the hotel seriously. Afterwards better news tell me . . . tell me.” ttle laugh of contempt. Nan had to force herself to follow followed, and drew a breath he man answered hastily. Yot remember me! Why, how Lim; she seemed to be walking in of relicf and the strained look left No, no—I'm sorry if 1 startled absurd!" she said. and the silence a dream. her eyes a little, till now when she | you; it's nothing — nothing like fell again. | Ouce he turned to her— | knew that he was out of dar that. Please don’t be afraid, T don't understand,” she said,{ “You mean to go on?” he asked writing of | Howe good wishes {and coming home promise you that Peter is all right clearly. “You say that Peter doc 5 > A i s . - o | 3 | “If it had been me I should have he Is quite well not remember me. Ol, but that is nodded; she could not One of these stat vas ut. | Of every promise of an LITTLE TWO EYES | gone to France if 1 had | Nan forced a shaky laugh. [not possible! At least — 1 Nl hearil (e abrer walk every step of the way and! “I'm sorry — I'm not often such | only got to sco me, surcly. . . “Please wait a moment, then, about the woman who | e | swim the Channel,” Joan said after a fool. Won't you come in?" He looked away from the strain | whi him.” e i aTa ot o la moment, her thoughts still with| *Joan. this is Lieutenant Arnott in her eyes He her standing in the cllow | — Mrs. Endicott.” She pulled for-| “I hate to hurt you” he said lounge; there were a good many as called One Eye. The e T e { but in emelope had been put into Nan's| ward chair. “Won't you sit gruffly it Peter saw you ' people about — mos) of them men eyes just like o Pt s e Ler o back in | han: down now, at this moment, he would |in uniform s callediTwo Eveatl i na e nec b nT ke of the| Nan made a grimace. | But John Arnott shook his probubly treal you as if you had' It secracd a lifetime to Nan til cr had three eves | oveliesi pins for this purpose are| “AN. but then youre Tim's head: he was a square-built. rather never met in all your lives." Te returncd; he avoided looking at vas called Three Fyes. |studded with real diamonds {wife” she said ruefully. “And the | clumsy-looking young man. with a For an instant Nan stood (ke a her. Little o ¥ | war office don't recognize a sweet- | freckled face and reddish hair statue, then she cried out. “I don't er is in the reading-room," = S heart in the same way. 1 suppose cropped close to his head. He believe it — it's a cruel joke — he said; he paused. “Miss Marra- e Mothariann sidlerm ol - o {it's all right, but She | seemed i1l at ease you're just saying this to hurt me Ly z of you o e ot 1 er. Al day long they | FflLl“)D_flx R FANNY S&YS | chrugsed hor shoulders. “Anyway,| Nan watched him closely. Deep . . . to . She controlled her-' A wave of crimson ran into her treated her most cruelly: they gave | if —— &M | shall see him soon’ she added|down in her heart was the convic- self with an effort. 1 beg your B BBy ClolTiea fo weRr T heerfully tion that this man’s visit was in pardon.” she went on. “But — but| *T helieve you are keeping somee A1l the food that she had was what She and Nan wcre a great con- [some way connected with Peter. oh, 1 can’t believe it's true! | thing back from me,” she said, i el roala trast, for Nan was tall and straight | After a moment she said: Why —why we were only engaged | chokin 1 believe there 1s somee P s Taee - 3 s a willow, with blue eyes that| “Oh, do please sit down the day he went away . . . we thing you are afraid to tell me—I e e looked fearlessly at the world from | Arnott started. "Oh—er, thanks."" were hoth counting the hours till oh, 1 don't know what 1 am e Hee beneath level brows, and a firm | He went on: “I — er I'm a he would come back—" Her voice ! saying.” she added, piteously 1 <hining gold : mouth with a whimsical line at|friend of Lyster's. We went out_to was hoarse, every vestige of color "I have told you all there is te and hrown. | \ one corner that gave it an odd, | France together last October.” He had left her face. ' Arnoft said. He felt horribly R VST . | crooked sort of appearance, and a | paused and cleared hir *hroat vio- T am more sorry than T can sorry for this girl: he made a last ontd he| [ | mass of thic brown ha th ently. “I — er — of contse, you sy, Arnoft stammered - 1 effort to detain her. T vou | {0 curled like a hoy's about her face, | know he's been wounded.” hated having to come and tell you “Lyster is not alone — the read- e AT {and was canght up in a knot of | “Yes” Nan's -fingers were but what could I do? It was 1 who ' Ing-room is public—" > artistic dishevelment at the back ' clenched, the nails cutting deep wrote to you, you remember But she scemed not to hear, an of her head into her soft paims, t I know. 1 know. It was very she shru his shoulders and | The colton overall she now wore | “But he's out of danger now.” Kkind of you — but I T saw Peter | the way across the lounge te | was as blue as her eyes, and the | she went on. “They told me tha if T spoke to him ' She | closed door . ; ) y rather severely cut blouse was|he was quite out of danger.” wrung her hands. “Oh, T could| Nan laid a shaking hand on his Uk, ecTer g Tt ) 4 = turned down at fhe .. showing | Arnott raised his troubled eyes soon make him remember, I know arm— Tar e ave a white firm throat, and the to her pale face for a moment. I could.” W wait just a moment.” thess qisacie ot <ita \ tensp nY e\ glimpse of a thin gold chain on| “Yes — that Is quite true” he| Arnott turned away She closed her eyes ‘apd bit her thith tioh | | which, as Joan knew, hung Peter|eaid: “but — byt he has had a bad | “I hope with all my heart.that lip to steady her shaken nerves, Lyster's big signet ring shock. 1 dare say you've heard of vou'll take my advice and not try then she passed Arnott and opened T =X Nan wondered wh he kept| such cases — and' 1 thought — I to see him for the present.”” he | the door for herself. e iR ioteht thinking of Peter he had been |thought before you see him—" added earnestly. “In a few months Please — let me go alone.” | }v"m, they parted, seeing that for Nan took a step forward he may be all right — *he doctgrs He answered with a note of re- {the past six weeks she knew he Before 1 see him! Where is he, have every hope lief in his voice Celery Stalks bad been in a base hospita then?" | Oh, is it as bad as that®" sald Very well — T will w oute tha auter She had tried so hard not to be| For an instant he seemed to Nan: her voice was wrung with|side” and she went on the pus vane 8ine a h s <12 our table | impatient — not to let the dresd | hesitate: then abruptly anguish room with her head held erect, 2 eviva, 4 tan e " 3 ) a ) . and use them h erajers oft slipina and longing overwhelm her, but He is here — in London — we 1 spoke to him of you as soon 1y sepocne four ¢ Cor 1925 NEA § your salad P hemselves this evening the shadow she had| crossed last night™ as he was better,” Arnoit answered | (Continued on Page 11) dressed as mandarins. The dress u probably the entire | worn by Miss Perrier was given her | s ¢ of things had been shat- by Mr. Sartoris. who obtained if from one of the prince's houschold the guests at the dinner, | on_his last isit to China th dic stay the The dinner favors were in the rty, was Mr. Richa shape of the little twin gods of Ro- ,wl wife so recently | mance and Love, represented as a | dicd and leit Miss Perrier her man and woman who are v . e jequest made | made and sold in pai lywood at the almost impossible to get authe tim not died down. as ones, thize ¢ t sty ¥y Miss 1% dec come the a Chinese me orker Y of t fla slating pens to be ly for Mis made by furnished efu ! i rtori e he Orient ched to a S n other fote wher should arrive | the men a s IR LT given to statuettes tn the wor t TOMORROW—Letter from Sally iy Atherion (o lic Prescott. ne eye and for this r For same time w been pin- | that fateful night when the y