The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-21
REVELATIONS
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J. A'liN p'tU lllAluC ana outside lUC
touSc. After the first day Katie did not
return with me. as my mother in-law
needed her IN the apartment But | en-
gagged another woman with the one
| had tor the work IN the house and pu.
the grinning William IN charge of an
/ old man | had secured to clean up the
grounds and make the garden
soon found that t had treasure ~
MIR. Jones, who was a typical old Van
kee farmer. wiEened little man with
| chm whlSkerS. He could only give me 4
| day or two occasionally, as he was old
and contided to me that he was subject
/ 10 "rhcumaticS." But while | was there
he plowed and narrowed and planted
the garden, cleared the rubbish away.
and made me innumcrablc flower beds
keeping an iron hand over the irre>pon-
sible William, whose grm gradually
faded as he was forced to DO some real
work for his days wages
\ riotous and eNtrayagant hour in a
seed and bulb store resulted IN my get
| ting all the flower favoriteS had loved
in my childhood | also bought the seed,
| of all vegetables which Dicky and (
liked and a few more and put them in
Mr. Jones capable hands.
| II there was a variety of vegetable or
flower seeds which looked attractive IT.
/ the Scedman'S catalog. and which re-
mained unbought Vt was the fault OF
the salesman for ConScicntiousy tried
10 select every one MANNED the loca
tlon OF a few oi the beds, and then con
ilded to Mr. Jones the rest of the out
door work, knowing that he could finish
| II after my return to the CITY
! Mr BirdSall the agent, was very
practicable about the kitchen. sending
men the second day to paint II So AZ
the end oi the third dlv, whCu turnc I
the key in the lock oi the front door. I!
was conScl1u, that the house was a,
clean as soap and water and hard work
could make II, that the grounds were IN
Iordcr and the growing things ! loved or
! their way to greet me
Severe Cold Contracted.
| fancy 1t was high time things were
accomplished. for in some way had
caught severe cold At least that was
the way | diagnosed my complaint. My
throat Sccncd swollen my head ached
severely and each bone and muscle in
my body appeared to have its separate
pain. When | reached the apartment I
! ttlt so III that | undrcsSed and went to
bed at once
You must spray your throat i'm
medlately' my mother in law said in a
business like way, and | suppose we
might as well send for that jackanapes
of doctor"
Even through my suffering ! could
| not help but smile at my mother in
laws reference to- DR. Petit, who had
attended her in her illness She had
Summarily dismissed him because he
lad forbidden her to see to the unpack
ing of her trunks when she was barely
convalcScent. and we had not seen him
since.
I'm sure viii not need physician "
! said. trying 10 speak distinctly. al
though IT was an effort for me to ar,ic-
ulate Wait until Dicky comes, any
way"
For distinct IN my mind was a mental
picture OF the look | had surprised in
DR.. Pettit's eyes upon the day Of his last
visit TO my mother-in-law | rcmem-
bered the way he had clasped my hand
i'm parting. The feeling was undefinable
! scored myself as fanCiful and con.
Iceted%or imagining that there had
been anything special in his farewell 70
me or in the little courtesies he had ten
dered me during my mother n-l law 5
illness But | told myself again, as
had after closing the door upon his last
visit, that it were better all around il
he did not come again.
DR.. Petit Called.
I'll YOU wait for Richard you'll wait
a long time" his mother observed
grlmly "fie called up a while ago and
said he had been invited to an i'm
lpromptu party. that he couldn't get
away from, and that he would be home
in two or three hours But know
Richard. II he gets interested in any
thing like that, he won't be home until
midnight"
do not pretend either to analy1e OF
excuse the feeling OF reckless defiance
that seized me upon hearing of Dicky''
absence ! reflected bitterly that | has
taken all the burden OF seeing TO III,
new home. and was suffering from ill.,
ness contracted because OF that work
while Dicky was irolioking at a studio
Ipartv, with never a thought of me
] knew without being told that Grac,
Draper was a member OF the frolio. Th,
words of the Hoch boy at the house "
Marvin which we had rented came bacl
Ito me.
"Ma says she should think you'd b,
Jealous Of Grace Draper She's al
awful pretty girl"
And here | was suffering, yet refus
ing the services of a skilled physician
because ! fancicd there was something
in his manner the tolerance of whcl
would SAVIOR OF disloyal,y to Dickyl
turned to my mother in-law to tel
her she could summon the physician
hu, found that | could hardly speak N,
throat felt as il | were choking
The spray" gaspcd
Thoroughly alarmed, Mother Graham
assisted me in spraying my throat will
strong antiseptlc solution Then
gave her the number OF DR.. Petit,
office and she called him up. | hearC
her tell him to make haste. and then sh,
came back to me | saw that she wa
frightened about the condition of m,
throat, but the choking feeling gave m,
no time TO he frightened kcp, ,h'
spray gong almost constantly until th