The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-05
What Mrs. Graham Wished.

What Mrs. Graham Wished.
As | bent over my husbands mother
she smiled up at me. Her illness had
done more to bridge the chasm be
tween us than years OF ordinary COM
panionship could have done One can
not cherish bitterness toward an old
woman helplcssly i'll aud dependent
upon one And | think that in her own
peculiar way she realized that was
giving her all had OF strength and
good will
What can | do for your" asked,
returning the smile
81 want something to eat, and after
that ! want to have a talk with Rich
ard Where is he ~
He Is asleep" | answered mechan-
icalv. In moment my thoughts had
flown back to the day my mother-in-
law and | had met Harry Underwood
in the Aquarium, and she had dlscov-
cred he was Lillian Gales husband.
When she had heard the name Lii
Ian Gale" she had experienced one OF
her heart attacks From her words
and manner, and the embarrassment OF
Harry Underwood | had realized tina,
,omcwhcre in the past of my husband
and that OF Lillian Gale Underwood
here was A secret. From their anxiety
10 keep me in the dark concerning It
| had made up my mind that It was a
objectionable secret -
What was IT Dicky's mother had said
that day IN the Aquarium rest ROOM
d ttrvr Il duty ~ yoti r. perform,
he had declared, "a very painful duty
which involves the rcyiying OF an old
controversy with my son beg that
/ you will not try to find out anything
concerning its nature. II is better Tar
/ hat YOU do not" o
She had wished to 90 home az once
and talk to Dicky had persuaded
her TO 20 first to- FrauuceS' Tavern Tor
| luncheon There she had been taken Ill
and IN the DAYS that interviewed between
/ that time and the moment | leaned over
! her bedside she and We around her ha.
been fighting for her lie There haC
been no opportunity for a confidential
talk between mother and son. And
was determined that there should I
none vet
In the first place, she was in no con
li,on 10 diScurBny subject, let alon'
one iraught with SO many poSsibllitle
NJ excitement. In the second place.
was determined that no ono should dis
cuSs that old secret with my huSban,
before had chance TO talk TO hin
concerning IT,
We'll. YOU needn't go 10 sleep jus
because Richard is"
MY mother in laws impatient voic
brought me back to myself, | apollo
glled eagerly.
A Change OF Heart
"l'm so sorry I am afraid ! am no
fully awake vet, slept so sound,
. What would YOU like to eat"
Something beside hroths and, milk
She spoke with energy
Suppose iix up poachcd egg an
some toast Then when DR. Pett
comes again we can ask him abot
/ having a little broied steak tomorrow
/ II don't need Doctor Petit I
, advise me every time take drin
OF water or bite to cat, she con
, mcnted tattly
, repressed smile with difficult
-, How about the egg and toaSt3"
asked Seda,ey
THAT will do nicely Bu, don't
long
hurried To the kitchen, and vii
\ Katic's aid prepared an appetring lool
/, iug tray in record-breaking time ! ha
K learned how to make the invalids I,
l. the way she liked it, and her tea ser
ir ice was borne proudly in by Kat
II while took in tho tray bearing a pla
y with nicely Drowned piece Of toa
II and a roached egg, which ilattct
&c myself was the last word in culina
IN delicacy The tray also held a SIN;
glass OF wine, something which /