The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-22
they may stay right where they are.
llMaNS keen them IN that trunk"

lifted the corner of some OF the quilts
To- see ii any dampne,s had reached
them. As | did 50 a little cry of ad
mlra,ion escaped from my lips.
"Oh. Mother Graham for this was
the name by which had decided to ad
dress hcr-"how wonderful these are
Man | look AT one of them
4 little gratlticd smile PLAYED around
her lips ! saw tina, uuwlttmgN | had
uuud another path to my mother in
laws favor My pcrycrNc reserve, my
dread ol any form OF "toadylng, chilled
my enthusiasm, made me wish | had
never spoken OF the quilt,
But the elder Mr., Graham was pal
nahly pleased surely She said. Just
'it them out and BRING them here. Take
these things IN the living room, Mis-,
sonnet, please indicating the cloth
ing alrcad, piled ON the bed "Now
Margaret YOU can put the pile here
At the foot OF the bed and spread them
,ut one at time
lust minute please Miss Son.
uut'S soft voice was authoritative
When | gave permission ior YOU to
unpack your trunks, did not count on
any such long session as tins. am
afraid YOU will overtaN Your strength" ="
All Is Well
Nonsense" snapped my mother in
law When ! am over an illness. |
am over IT, And It would worry me
far more not to see these things than
it would to lie still and fret over
them
Nevertheless, ! must take Your pulse
and temperature and assure myself that
You are all right before let Yen taN
yourself further" Mis-, Sonnot returned
mpcrturbably
My mother in law submitted with a
bad grace, but made no verbal pro-
test A. the nurse Iotted down the re
suits OF her test the elder Mrs. era
ham broke out triumphantly;
Perfectly normal, are they not?"
TO my great astoniShment, they
are returned Miss Sonnot, smiling.
well, then, spread ont those quilts, "
Like most women who enjoy needle
work, have been much interested in
the revival OF the patchwork quilt,
Of an older time In one OF my trunks
were packed away two or three, made
sacred to me by the TACT that my moth
cr's hands had fashioned them But
had to admit that neither my mother :
hdndlwork nor any other that ! had
ever seen compared IN ilncncss, ingc
nully or design or colorlng with the
collection before me.
The old-fa,hloncd star. block" the
apple Leaf the double tulip, the
double Irish chain, the Rose with
all OF tMSc patterns | was familiar
My mothcr.in-law had all these. but it
wa, when She undid bundle contain
ing some pieces yellow with aye that
| acknowledged the unuSualncSS OF her
collection did not even know the
names OF the patterns she unioldcd
with their multiplicity OF tiny stitches
their tanciiul patterns carried out IN
tiny pieces OF cloth cut IN fantastic
form and panStaklngly hcmmcd down
on the highly colored blocks.
The elder MIS- Graham was in her
element She had all the appearance
OF curator explaining the objects
under hlS care to an admlrng audi
CnCc.
,el"ThcSc quilts were all made by my
mother, who lived in Kentucky in her
girhood,' she began. This quilt the
chariot-whccl pattern, she pieccd whcr
she was but 9 years old
| looked at the hundred, OF tiny
piece, which comprised the wheel, OF
the chariot, noticed the tlncncSS OF the
numbcrlc,S stitches, and waited >gl,
ol sympathy to the little gjrl OF long
ago who had been tied to so arduou,
task when she should have been
romplug out OF doors
The Quiet Voice.
This wreath OF roses pattern" con
tlnued my mother. IN law, was mad,
| entirely OF green and pink muslin
| from my grandmothcr's trouSscau
have heard my mother say that whc,
her mother cut up the dresses she crlcC
! like a baby
! had a sudden swift vision Of tha
I long dead Young mother. and wondrrc,
whether the tears were those n, b,,
tcrncsS for the lost illusions whcl
the trouSseau drc,Se, brought 10 mind
or simply ot regret that the thing, o
youth and ,prinprimc were far bchr,
her. | touched the ycllovrd fabri
rcycrcntk. How strange thai the hand,
work wa, so beautifully pre,eryed Will,
/ the slender finger. ,b,t fashioned /,
and the mother hand, ,ha, d,rccrrd ,b,
/ work had b,rp ca lorg dis,