The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-14
REVELATIONS
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How Madge Scored Point Two.
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TIiE little episode Of the salad
| dressing put an clicCtual danpcr
on the ga,eiy of the dinner which
DiCky Grace Draper and were dis.
cu'Sing at the country inn. piqucd at
her failure 10 monopollze Ditky'S at.
tcnton, she had asked him 10 make a
certain iavoritc salad dressing OF his.
and thus revealed to me the fact that
she and my husband had lunchcd or
dincd together with sufficient ircQucn.
cy to make her familiar with histtastes
Remembering Lillian Underwood's
/ warning ! had been able 70 meet the
situation with smiling nunChaancc to
the discontinue OF the glrl, and TO the
bcwlldcrmcnt OF my husband But the
revelation of the extent 10 which the
friendship OF my artist husband and his
beautiful model had been carried
danntcd me remembered miscrably
that this very trolley trip home with
It's accompaniment OF dinner at the
country inn, had been planned by
Dlcky for Miss Draper. and that my
presence with them was due to an ac.
cident
forced myself to continue the care
less, friendly chatter with which had
cn,clOpcd the entire Journey, bu, the
1cSt of the conflict for which Lillian
Underwood had armed me wa, gone. II
II had not been for my promise 10 her
think ! would have given up the
fight against Grace Diapers machma
tiuns at the moment when she cooed
her request ipt Dicky's iavoriic dress.
ing
We were all thoroughly glad o. at
least | knew ! WaS-whcn the dessert
had been discussed, and wc found our
selves outside the inn once more.
Gee, It, peach OF a night" Dilky
J exclaimed As We walked back to the
trolley
| | murmurcd an assent but hardly
knew IN what words il was couched
Miss Draper did no, answer at all.
II was a wonderful night. warm
with the languor oi September, iragran,
/ with tho heavy odorS II ripcning iru,
aud the late autumn blossoms There
was no moon, but the long summer twi.
light had NOT Welded entirely TO the
/ darkness and the stars were espe
| cially bright
won, You Drop Mes,
\ night for lovers. for vows given
aud returned, It was this. ii ever a
night was What a wonderful journey
this would have been Tor me " only
tins other woman were not on the Other
side ol my husband Then with say.
age rcScnimcu, ! realized that she might
also be thinking What possibilities the
evening would have held ior her il |
had not been a third on the little lour
rcv
/ What plcky was thinking | dared
4 not guess. Whatever II was, vas
sure that hi, thoughts were not dan,
gcrou'lv charged with emotion a, were
mine and Grace Draper. was fierce
! ly glad OF hi' irre,pon,ibiliy for the
/ first time
Come ON, girl, Here, Creuhaven
! I've got a brilliant idea Wen get one
| w 'N'N' 'H'N N'dkNlNk IllNNtfe 'ltA
have at the station and motor 90 Mar
Vim luNuriousg Beats waiting ior a
train, all hollow"
/ opened my lips to protest apanS,
the extravaganza, then closed them
without speaking flushing hotl, a, the
danger had escaped Nothing would
have So embarrassed Dicky and delight.
cd Miss Draper as any display OF Il.
nancial prudence on my part
"Oh, Mr. Graham, how wonderful !"
Mi" Draper gave the impression Of
finding her voice mislaid somewhere
about her aud deciding suddenly TO use
it. This is Just the night Tor a motor
ride"
Her voice matched the night cooling
languorous, seductive knew II she
had voiced her real though, she would
have willed that be dropped anywhere