The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-10
REVELATIONS
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6Y Gelp Garrison

only feeling that came to me Tor mo-
mtnt or two.
Eneryatcd by the unusual warmth
Of the first April days. Dicky had tx
pressed a wish tu move almost at once
20 the country lpon my protest tha,
IT would bc impossible to ind house
IN SO ,hor, time he had airlly re.
marked that there would be no bother
about a house a, Miss Draper had
found one near her sisters home.
"Wcll what, the reason for the aw-
tul a,touShmcnt?" demanded Dlcky
trucucu'y You look a, II bomb
had exploded IN your vicinity
He expressed my feeling exactly. |
Months before, when We had gone to
Marvin for a days outing Dlcky hal /
been much impressed by the beauty OF
Miss Draper, whom We saw ON the
train. secretly had been both angry
and uneasy when upon accidentally /
meeting her al her sisters tea room he .
had discovered her art aspirations, and .
had engaged her as a model prumiS
I ing to assist her with her art studies
! knew that Mis-, Draper had be
| come q fixture in his studio acting aN
! mi, secretary As well aS his model, and
pur ,wng her ar; Studlc, under his dl
rcctlun But his references to her were
always SO casual and indifferent that
| tor months had not thought uf her at
all Aud now found that Dicky had
progressed TO such a degree Of init
macy with her that he not only wished
to move TO the village which she called
home. but had allowed her to select the
house IN which We were to live
The bomb of which Dicky had
spoken could have done no more dam
age to a building OF brick and wool
than his words did to my peace OF
mind
might he foolish. o,crwrought, but
all at once | recognized IN Dlcky'>
beautiful rrotcgc a distinct menace to
my marital happiness knew | ought
TO he most guarded in my reply to my
husband hut ! am AFRAID the words OF
. my answer were tipped with the venom
OF my feeling toward the girl
Say You're Jealous
81 admit ! am auonlShcd," replied
coldly You see did not know II
was the custom N Your circle lor an
: artists model to select a house Tor his
/ wife and mother You must give me
time lo adjust myself to such bizarre
state oi things
| was So iurou, myself that I'D
no, realize how much my answer would
irrltate DIcky He sprang TO hi, feet
with an oath and turned ON me the old,
| black, angry look that | had not seen
for month,
That's about the mcancst slur ever
heard" he shouted lust because a
girl work, as model every other
woman thinks She has the right to cast
stone at her, and put on how dare
you-bruSh.l our >kirt.agaiuSt-mlnc sort
OF thing You worked Tor living
r yourself not So very long ago |
. should think YOU would have little
4 Christian charity IN your heart Tor any
other girl who worked
"lt strikes me that there /, q slight
, difference between the work Of a
. high school instructor IN history a
specialist in her subject. and the work
oi an artist, model returned clly
But, LAYING all that aside. should
h have considered myself guilty OF very
4 grave breach oi good taste ii had
4 venturcd 10 select house Tor the wife
OF my principal unaSkcd and unknown
to her
Gu, out the hcroi,,. and come down
TO brass tack>" Dicky ,uarlcd yul
garly why don't YOU be honest and
say you're JcaIou, oi the poor girl
III bet it the truth were known. it ism
only the house she selected you'd BAH
. a. TIL bet YOU wouldn't want TO z,
tu Marvin AZ all for the summer re-
gdrdlc,s that I've spent many com
'n Portable week IN that section and lik,
a It better than any other summer plac
nj ! know
e Through all my anger at Dicky, m,
ol disgust A. his coarScncSS. came tn
d, conviction that he had spoken tn
NJ truth was lealouS ot Grace Draper
" there wa, no Use DENYING the TACT t.
IN myself, however ,trCuuouSk I nigh
try to hllc the thing from Dlcky
told myself tina, ! hated Marvin be
cause 1t held this girl that instead %
" pending the summer there | wished
'V might never see 'hc place again
W The Door Slams.
'" | was angricr than ever when TN
w knowledge Of nv own emotion force
III itself upon me, angry with myself io
'h being So silly angry with Dickv tu
o' having brought such proyoration upo
me- le, my speech lash out blind
w. not caring What ! said
You are wrong IN one thing rlgl
, IN another am not Jealous oi Nj,
' Draper To tell YOU the truth | 4
'u not care enough about what YOU do /
- hc Jealous OF YOU But would No
nj like to live IN Marvin Tor this reason
rs. | never counted IN my list Of friends
~ woman who possesses neither goo
ne breeding nor common sense, and | d
ca not propose TO begin with Miss Ora
c' per
nioky stared at me Tor a moment hi
larc dark and distorted with pa>,lol
H., Then Nprlug,ug to his lcc,. he plckc
wv mp he collar and tie aud went into HI
't room Returning with fresh ones, i
", natrhed his hat aud stick and rushc
nu to the door, As he slammed it att,
oi him | heard another oath, one IN
hu time coupled with reference TO m
,o!n | sank back IN the big chair weak an
',M trembling
me Dicky Makes Amends.
'h well, YOU have made mes, oi 1t
eat Ny mother laws voice. cool al
the cynical, sounded behind me II w