New Britain herald., 1917-01-29
Why D1cky Decided Not to "Humor
Mother"

well! Is mother there?''
Dicky's voice sounded a staccato
note as 1 turned from the telephone
in our room at the Hotel Sydenham,
from which I had just talked to Katie
in our Marvin house.
Yes,' l returned laconically, to re-
lieve his evident anxiety. We had
come back from our autumn outing in
the Catskill mountains to find that
Dicky's mother had checked out from
her rooms in the hotel where we had
left her and had left no address be-
hind.
! What's up? Did Katie tell you q"
Dicky demanded.
katie is evidently as much at sea as
we are 1 returned, smiling demurely
'tShe implored me to COON home
dvick, as de old voman's was so mad
she joost raise one hell all time.'''
Z Dlcky reared his appreciation of
Katies dilemma, then his face
clouded.
Mothers getting these tantrums a
bit too often,' he said. cts as bad
as living in sail, this never knowing
when you're going to have fit of the
sullzs shot at you. I'm going to have
it out with her some time soon.'
I made no reply to this speech, al
though I secretly sympathized with
Dicky's words. After frowning a
minute he spoke again:
well it's after 9 o'clock! Would
you like to drop in at one of the ca
barets for little while, or are you
tired enough to go straight to bed p"
"Why! aren't we going out to Mar
vim tonight?" I asked.
mot on your golden wedding day."
Dicky returned emphatically "Plenty
of time tomorrow to get into that
scrape."
"But Katie expects us home" I
protested weakly.
"Ill alter little Katie's expectations.
then" he retorted, taking down the
telephone receiver.
NIadge Masks Concern.
katie, this is Mr.. Graham" he
said when he had secured our lumber
Tell my mother that Mrs. Graham
and L will be out tomorrow morning
after breakfast. What's that? Oh, all
right. Goodbye"
He turned back to me grinning
broadly.
The mater must be on the ram
page he said. Katie confided to me
that she was asleep, and dot not for
tree tousand dollar in her hand would
she wake her up
II do wonder what can have hap
pened to upset her sou I worried
perhaps she has found out your
secret past and is going to free me
from your clutches Dicky said
lightly. NN-
The words SO lightly spoken affected
me curiously. OF course I had no
past" my life had always been an
open book, but the conviction came
to me suddenly that. my mother-in-
laws anger had something to do with
Robert Gordon, the mysterious South
American millionaire, who had made
me so uncomfortable by trying to find
out my identity, and who-after hav-
ing at last obtained an Introduction
to Dicky, and through him to me
had told me that he had known my
mother and father ..t ~
knew that Robert Gordon was also
staying at the Sydenham. How, or in
what manner, he had angered my
mother-in-law I could not imagine, but
I was sure that in some unexplained
manner he would be found to be the
reason for her wrath.
But it would never do for me to let
Dicky guess my thoughts I knew, al
though he had said nothing, only
looked at me curiously, that he had
resented my asking Mr.. Gordon to our
home that he might tell me Of my
mother, and I did not wish to turn his
thoughts in the direction of the mys-
terious millionaire.
So. masking my very real concern
with a smile I turned to him and said
lightly: