The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-05
Beth, the Girl Who Went Righ.
An Autobiography
Recorded by Ethel LLOYD Patterson.
by arl Downing )

had grown up together We came
from the same little town lu the west.
Before | had seen the world. before
J had any chance Of comparison, /
oh, II sounds like such caddlsh thing
To say-but | realized the poor child
cared for me did not dream vhat
love with true cumpaulOn-hlp might
mean, aud So there seemed only one.
thing to do To bring happiness into
the life Of this little one. who wns SO
devoted to me We were married
need not 10 through the first few
Years of my struggles need only tell
YOU that IN two or three years success,
began To come my way passed from
musical company to musical com
pnuy, each time under u little better
management and iu Il mrger produc
ton began To meet people OF cul
/ turc aud true artistic Instincts"
By this time Ia Mr. Burluwr'S mar.
rhtlyc, he had begun really tu enjoy
himself His words were coming
round aud full. aud I think he was
on the verge uf believing the story
himself But he continued. aud there
were almost tears In his eyes.
What was the loneliness NJ my
whole life The little girl from my
home town remained exactly the lit
Tie girl she had been when first | mar
rled her our every instinct. our
every Interest was opposed She could
not understand my aspirations: I
could not understand her lack Of
then"
The tenor let his face fnl In his
hands, his elbows resting ON the Ia
bic.
on he sighed To me- how | have
suffered IN my loneliness l. II any
wonder when ! meet somebody who
cun understand Os YOU run, that II Is
bitter for me TO have to give her upf"
My hands were twltchlng with "a
delightful NERVOUSNESS felt like
the heroine Ia a play II had spoken
the truth | would have cried out that
'llir was just as horrible ~ / hoped
I 1t would be" For u year pust | had
feared my days were to be- spent In
humdrum peace aud happiness. | did
not know exactly what tu say tu the
men bent In sorrow before me. Uut |
finally managed:
'lt must be terrible To be- as lonely
as that l'
llr raised his face and looked at me
lie permitted his eyes TO nh with
tears
D.. "rrrribler he murmured 1t is
hcuw
| fairly hopped In my chair and
thrills went down my back surely
i, ! was living today II was the first
time any man had used that word IL
me 10 describe his emotions II made
me feel altogether gruwnup. n,
+ stretched his claspcd hnnds across IA,
tuhle toward me
"ieth, he begged, his voice culver
Ing 'licth, tell me you do understand
little girl. Tell me YOU will not takt
the sweet sunshine " your glrlisl
friendship from me"
Touched beyond expression. my owl
eyes filled with tears or genuine emo
, lion
p "uf course, IN be friends with you.
| answered
was too confused To use any Judg
ment concerning what Il was all about
Apparently We were both suffering ter
nbly.
Beth pleaded MIR Barlowe again
put your dear little hands In min,
as a token Of our compact"
In spite ~ the people around us
. who were beginning to be- intereste,
l In our evident absorption In each other
| put ont my hands. put them ou
|, aud permitted Perciyal Barlowe. m,
popular tenor who had just confldc,
= to me he was married to clasp M
a fingers In d long aud tender embrncp