The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-01
Revelations
Of a Wife
BEING the Confessions Of an Aver
age Married Woman.
BY Adele Garrison.

lVVyHEN my mother:in- law demand |
w ed that DR. Petit, be brought to
w her at once, | did not think the
nurse understood the real significance
OF the request
| realized at once that the first thing
the elder Mrs. Graham would do upon
seeing the physician would be to- de
mand that the nurse be sent fWay and
another one engaged Although | real
| lied that the woman would have
brought the unpeaSantncsS upon her
own head by her arbitrary manner and
her ill-brccdlng, yet | could not help
| feeling sorry tor her
Either she had no mixing of my
mother IN laws meaning or she was
what Dicky would call game Tor She
bent over the bed again with a sugary
smile.
Eyes, yes, we will send for the doc
tor as soon as he comes in. lie Is not
at his office now
Margaret" /" My mother-in-lawS
voice held its old arbitrary ring, al
though it was so weak as that true ''
avertcd my eyes from the nurses
flushed face as ! answered To my
mind there was little choice between
her ill-brcedng and that OF her pa
tient.
"Dr Petit is out on his rtundS
now" | said quietly 81 will call his
Office and ask that he come here as
soon as he gets IN
,t,,t 1 80 ,,,.,thpv ~, la
responded ungracIouNly, and closed her
eyes again.
The nurse followed me from the room
and touched my arm
1T will not be necessary to telephone
the doctor she said. "She will have
! forgotten all about it by the time she
d wakes up
You don't know her" responded
, aycrting my eyes from the real unea>l.
mes, read IN hers. III ! do not dc
p what she wishes she will not only be
% very angry, but will become undull
/ excited something Dr. Petit warneJ
us against on account OF her heart
:, oh she is one of those patients whC
have to be humored on account OF ,
weak heart, is she?" The nurses toni
was unpleasant 81 wish had know
!, that when took the case"
A Slight Request
! was on the point OF curt re
, mlndcr that she did not need to re
main on the case If she wished to leave
" but two considerations closed my lips
{ | realized that She was not at lbcrt
to leave unless released by the phySl
!. clan IN charge OF the case, or dis
d charged by the family, but above all
wished to have no part IN any contro
yerSy concerning her. Dicky's mothc
& had demanded a trained nurse, thrust
ing aside my services Dlcky had Sc
cured this woman wanted to keep a
ID far as possible from the complication
! toreSaw coming
barometer falling BETTER max
. everything snug, Captain whlSpere
Dlcky miSchlcvouSly IN my car as IN
'e nurse disappeared in his mothers room
IL wondered that he could lest Will
his mother was so III, but Dicky ha
n the most buoyant spirits OF anyone
" know.
] "Oh, Dlcky | believe your moth,
" means TO discharge her | whispere,
e she asked me to call up DR.. Pett
ce right away"
You're getting your pronouns
il people mixed my husband retortc
al but | gather II is mother who wish
dd the physician summoned. Gee. that
er too bad Likely 10 be awkward, to
Ne However spread his hands e
in travagantly-"Nou know mother
,ld guess you'd better call the doctor"
ith II did not appear to enter his he
that he might call the physician hll
self. did not suggest 1t to him
- was fast learning that Dicky shirk
- responsibility OF any kind and that
was a genius at avoiding unpleasa
duties
DR. Petit was not in his office.
the office girl promised to deliver I
message as soon as he should come
The hour OF waiting that follow
was strenuous one With the ta
lcSneS, which seemed TO be charac,,
iStic of the woman, my mother in Ia,
nurse proceeded at once with her pl
OF rearranging the furniture in the ST
room, so that a couch might be put
for her comfort
"Oh, Mr., Graham" She approach
my husband with her flashing SIN
/ Wont YOU please help me move ,
dresser out in the living room2 RI
we can put the couch in the bedroo
where is Margaret"
II Dicky rose with alacrity ana wen,
her aid reflected grimly that in
lent D,cky would hardly have respo
ed to any similar request of mine v
I the same apparent willingness ] kl
that he had no relish for the task,
1t annoyed me 10 think he felt il I
eSSary to beStow upon an abso
stranger the courteous service he We
withhold from M,
did not follow them into the !
room, hut from where stood | c,
= hear the nurse stripping the dreSSc
=, IL, belongings. and then her low
quest TO Dioky:
"Now, Mr. Graham, II YOU will
q liit this end
Then the interruption came.
which made me smile involunta
although | was much worried as to