The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-15
Revelations of
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Mei6&e Mafried Woman
What Dioky Told Madae That Sunday
Morning.

What Dicky Told Madae That Sunday
Morning.
What are YOU going to do. Madge >
Why the pniform 80 Dlcky looked
lazily up from the Sunday newspapers.
which were strewn around the couch
In the living room whore he lay
stretched nj case II WAS sunday
morning, Dickys lazy timce' ~ the
week The SUNDAY morning before
this had sat near him IN the big
chair. also reading and We had prom
lsed ourselves that this would be our
weekly custom neither Of MS having
much inclination for church
But this morning. with the expecta-
tIon of guests In tho evening. I knew
that there was work Whiting for me,
40 as soon Hs Dickv was thoroughly
absorbed In his papers, ! had slipped
into my room aud put on ono OF my
kitchen aprons. A sense Of unfa'
mlliari,y came to me az huttoncd ~,
FOR ! had not worn II since Katie had
taken the helm ~ the kitchen, I had
hoped that picky would not notice my
absence but he saw and called 20 me
as ! passed through tho living room
on my wa, tn the Kitchen
y must prepare those saltcd al
moudg FOR tonight Dicky.' | replied
Bother the snltcd almonds I told
YOU 10 get those TINT were nll ready
Can't Katie do them
Katie has all she ran do" | eN-
planned patiently She has tho din
nor 10 prepare. and then ihls after
noon she viii polish Jp tho furniture
n bit
Dicky gave groan of pretended
dlsmay.
Don't tell me. Madge, that YOU 70
one of the women who start 10 clean
ine house every time they expect
Guests.' he began 4 used to vow
never. never would marry one of that
stripe II takes all the comfort ~
having anybody come 20 tho house "a
have everything no stlff'
I wanted 10 remind Diclty of his d'a
tribe OF few days before when hs
had hurt me lmmcasurnbly by his
c1ticism ~ tho disordcrcd living room
Rut ] had learned that inconslstency
~ speech was one OF Dicky. chieI
charactcrlstics The opinion he cx.
pressed one day ho was likcly to con,
tradict the ncNt 50 ! sklrted tho topic
carefully.
Tets A. Tsts.
were not going 10 clean house
Dlck' nothing that VIII disturb vor
q hit Hut I must prepare the al,
monds myself II liz y tedious ioh. and
I want the time after dinner free foi
the sandwiches and the table Your
run out this morning and get mo q
few flowers. won't y0u''
sure. agreed pickv hut there,
no hurry, IN there
None AZ ALL" assured him
AN right then. IN so after while
He resumed his reading and I went
10 the kitchen
Please Pci mc the nut cracker and
the almonds vuu brought home last
night I told Katie. 4 will crnci
them hero on the end of the kitrhcr
table BE sure that won have plenty o
boiling water In the teukettle by IN,
time I finish them
AN right Nlssls Graham. I feeN
Katie vas hustling around the Kitchen
getting the breakfast dishes out ~ IN.
vaN Wlth more than oven her usuR
apidIi, NJ movement. I -at down q
The table and began cracking the nuts
n vav slow inh aud I hpd Finished
nul, about fourth ~ ,hcm wu-i
Dick, appeared NJ the door
'lvc come to help. he announced
hut I SOW kgticH hook " tisrnN ~
the tim, kitchen. where she must Ec
dinner
Go hncl, 90 YOUR rendinE" com
mandcd gnyly I don't need you Hc
sdes. there isn't room for three NJ NJ
here. kntic hasn't room 10 turI
around ns " l.
That's easily rcmedied pirkl
caught NJ the dish NJ nutfn.at.. IN,
hsE " unrrncked nuts and the papct
s,rcwn with shells where WI. work
INK aid carried them into the Twins
room. trailing along behind him NJ.
t"rinr futile protests. As h. rca,he,
the table the paper slipped from M,
rinsu md the shells flew iu ever,
direction
blukN I gAsped "Nh, nm curtl
ia won bring ull this stuff In here
kNiio cleaned this room thornughl'
'esietdr'. and with the exception a.
little Strengthening and polishing n
some ot the furniture II was NJ
ready fcr tonight NpV u viii have I,
y" swept again. and that viii mean IN,
dusllng ana POLISHING nll over rtpiu
Nuu don't suppose meant tn druI
the blasted stuff DO Nou'' drmnnd.,
Intht. 1ud his vote" hold r hint o
rrs'r ihDi I promptly h,ripd \, al
'nHiH ] wanted tu avoid tu, unploaz
hn'ness before tho coming " uul
quests The r,cuiur promised in N,
enough NJ trial FOO mr without Ilt.
INK m, nerves disturbed ~, IN, dts
agreement beforehand
ar course NOT nirkf snutncl