The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-13
REVELATIONS
0tRWlFE
How Madge Scored the Second Point
bV Hdelp GorrisOn~

AAN' NAHhkN SNS'Nb AA'N ~ NN'N N'-N'
TllE ,up by trollc, with my hu,
band and Grace Draper through
the beautiful country lyuR be
tween lamlaca and Hampstead viii al
WAYS remain in my memory as turn
ing point m my idea, ot matrlmony
and rs problems
Lillian UNdcrwood's talk with me in
the dining room OF the carleton whcr,
she had invited me To lunch tor the
purpose Of putting me ON my guard
! against MIS- Draper. had destroyed all
my prc,iou, conceptions ot dgmtlcd
Wilely behavior IN the face OF a prob
lem like nine
All my ltc I had felt nothing but
contempt for the woman who would
try TO hold her husband, love when she
saw It slipping from her When the
suspicion rha, Dicky was becoming un-
usually interested m his beautiful
model, and protcgc became almost
certainty IN my mind, | had resolved 10
hide my misery as best | could until
va, absolutely sure that my husbands
love was mine no longer, and then quiet
" 10 leave him giving him every op-
porunity for legal freedom il it could
be arranged
But LILLIAN had changed all that She
had pictured Dl,ky a, beng influenced
only b an cyauc,Jcut fancy. and had
given nc courage 10 fight trace DD.
pgr, Vaccinations with all the few
iu'uc weapon, which | possessed OF She
could furnish me
he SucCr,S of NV tr>' encounter
only hour before had thrilled me My
rcmark to Miss Draper that Dlcky and
were staid old married people with
, all the romance tucked safely away had
puzzled Miss Draper and disturbed
DlCky With lcapng pulses. saw that
he did not like the idea OF romance be
ing over for us. felt that had dis
covered the keynote of my campaign
So all during the journey home
through the fragrant September arr, |
paid as much attention to my role OF
calm tuendllncNS as any actress would
to iirSt night appearance Remember
ing Lillian Underwood, advice tomakc
the transition gradual from the lrgid
courtesy OF my former meetings with
Grace Draper TO the friendly warmth
, We had planned for our campaign,
adopted the manner ono would use 10
casual bu' interesting ACQUAINTANCE
Grace Diapers Attitude,
t kept the conversational ball rolling
- on almost every topic under the sun
u But ! found that the burden of the talk
- tcll ON my shoulders. The grl vas
plainly uneasy and puzzled a, my man
/ ner DickyN thoughts could not
; iathom | caught his eyes fixed ON me
}. once or twice with admiration and a
touch of bcwlldcrmcut in them, but he
s said very little
!. Aren't YOU girls getting hungry 80
Dicky demanded at last as We got OF
There's bully old place to eat down
here, about mile or two. What do
YOU say, Madgc5"
saw a faint glmmcr OF resentment
come into Grace Drapcr's wonderful
brown eyes I knew that she was
II plqued because Dicky had turned to
me with his question instead ui To- her
Nothing could have so revealed to me
her attitude toward my husband to me
She evidently considered herself m,
rival The knowledge both Inundated
and iniurlatcd me.
With feminine intuition ! knew that
she meant 10 take some catfish revenge
| resolved to be ON my guard that !
might parry ca''b any thrust she mgm
But 1t was with real satisfaction in
the progress ot my little campaign tina,
| turned to answer Dicky's question
= say yes, thank YOU very kindly
! SAID gaylN Il have hcru waiting 70
. hear You say that ior at least live
miles. But ! didn't want you to con
% sldcr me the only material mrmbcr oi
the party II YOU two were willing t,
let goldcn-rod and autumn hrcczes tax,
, the place oi food | hope YOU are read,
for some real food. too, M,,, Draper
Three at Dinner
"Oh, ycs, indeed" he returned me
chancally Dicky glanced 4, her quick
w. a puzzled glance knew that h,
> had expected gaycty from her, cowtc.
Z" sy well trapped IRON me Ihc rcycr,,
10 situation bcwldercd him.
VI At the next ,rollcv stop We algh,cd
III Dicky helped me down first, thcr
N turned to assist her Ny back wa,
y turned toward them. but | heard
~ quick murmurcd question from her. AZ
'c answering murmur from Dicky | knew
lt without hearing the words that sh,
II had asked him what my attitude mean
and that he had made some uon-com
" initial answer felt all the cNri,cmen
OF PLAYER whose game j, gong hi
m way
" We walked a little way down a coun
IL try road. and came to a wide norchet
,e old inn bordering a little lake TIN
IS. porch was screened and few table
NJ overlooked the lake. Fortunately vi
at were able IN secure ono and Dick