The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-15

And as long ~ the mischief IL done
wc might az well fInish them here.
| I'll get another nut t-Crncker and the
folding sewing table from my room.
You get the nut-cracker and III
produce the table. said Dlcky grandlN
and ~ "A few minutes we were seated
opposite each other amicanly cracking
the nuts, while Dicky talked Of every
thing and nothing. and I half listened
10 what he was saying, and half won
lcred what the evening nigh, bring
me IN tho way " experiences.
Amazing Bsss Marsdsr.
To me whose existence had been tho
monotonOus one Of school teacher,
| NE with Dicky was like revolving
with n Kaleidoscope. every DAY seemed
TO bring something unexpected to mo
you're not hair listening to what
am saying Diclty said accuslngly.
| "and ! want YOU particularly to hear
, tins Noull have lo hear It some time.
No YOU might as Wei before YOU meet
4 her"
Meet whom p" ! was curious at once
'Bess Marsden' Dicty stopped ana
/ flushed bii He appeared a' a loss
FOR words. DIcky ~ all people
Wcll'' tried to make my voice
encouraging.
= never realized until recently. ."
/ pirky went on In IN embarrassed
fashion how different Won look at
/ things from the way my friends and
/ | do Now BcsE Ia one of tho most
| brilliant women | know. She has writ
7 ton 'Nu nr thr-s novels that hosinr.
selling woll enough 10 give her good
. Income independent ~ other work
I'M 4.
notice. She is n leader In tho fcminis,
movement. too, and some ~ her mng-
a2lnr articles upon the new pIacc "
women IN the world. nr whatever the
rot Is that the femnists spout are
considered classics In their line. But
- interrupted him hreathessl
You don't mean Elizabeth Faulkner
Marsdcn ."
The same" said Dlckv dramatically.
You don't know her.
No but I have road many things
she has written. She r tcrrlhl, eS.
trcmc. and cannot agree with an she
SAYS but her st'lc IL wonderful and
many Of her arguments are sound I
shall be- So glad 10 meet hcr
"Nill YOU wonder muttcrrd
, Dlcky Then h" spoke rapidly. boldly
liess not only has terribly extreme
views. hut she puts ihcm into prlr
tlce she believes that n man and
woman have married and find ihov nu
longer love each other. laws cannot
bind them and they nrc free 10 form
ties elsewhere
Hard TO Comprehend.
You mean felt hrcHthIcss. ~ II
were running
Well. among people who do not
know her she observes The opuy'n-
tions Hut among ~ II ~ generally
understood that She aud Paul Atwood
arc something denrcr than friends"
"Nhv don't they marry '" colt ls
Iif knew, vet dreaded tho answer
Because, unfortunately. Paul has y
wife who viii neither make No hear
able ~ home nor give him divorce
that hc may find happiness elsewhere
The htwoods have cluid too. which
cumpllcatcs matters
o. All m, ropugnanrc 10 tho
whole affair was contained IN the liulc
exclamation
picky looked at mo rrflo impa
ticnily
Look here. Madgc. hc said HYm
have led a life almost ,luistcrod iu il,
real ignorance NJ tho world would
not have told you ~ this, only I want.
I'd tu prepare Won -o that 10 you heard
~ n cls"W here VOu would mot ,hink
hhd purposcN kept Nou In ignorance
Just FORGET that YOU know auvIhup
, about II that's the attitude the rest oi
us take
y frlt stfcd ! wanted lp ho alone
! got up blindN
Please pardon me fcv minutes
said ! VIII be- right back
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