The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-10
REVELATIONS
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How Dicky Gave Madge a Lovely
Surprise.
6V Aele Garrison~

How Dicky Gave Madge a Lovely
Surprise.
7 TRUST that never again in my life
shall be compelled to mdcfgo
such i night Of terror, such weird,
dclirIouS dreams aS icll to my lot in the
- hours Immediately succeeding the ac-
cldcnt through which | was so painfully
burned.
The kindly old physician from Crest
haven had lett a Scdatyc with Lillian
to he given TO me, but might as well
have swallowed swcctencd water for
any effect it had on me.
The location OF my visions was al
wayS the same, a dark, drcary forest,
with parasite vines twining around the
massive tree trunks, trailing from the
limbs, with green scummcd pools gilt
tcfing oyilly whenever stray sunbeamS.
rare enough in that dark place struck
them Never in my life have seen any
thing like the place that haunted my
visions, but 1t will live in my memory
forcvef,>--
And in the dreams that came to me
that night widely divcrging as they
were, was always conscious that some
where ahead OF me Dicky fled, hiding
from me. And |, following was calling
ylinly TO him, pleading pitlfully that
something | could not understand my
sell what was not my fault. But all the
answer ! received was his mocking
laugh
Dicky-Always Dicky.
Dlcky's flight and my pursuit oi him
was the thorough bass OF the compost
ton. Above it thrummed varying
strains, IN which the people had known
and loved or feared figured fantastic
alk
Once ! saw myself as tiny child,
walking between two Shadowy figures,
ono ot whom recognized as my moth
cr Bu, not the little mother OF my
womanhood the mother lost jus, before
| met Dicky This was the Young,
happy mother oi whom dim, ilecting re
membranes come to me from time TO
time, the mother had lnlown as a
child
With the uncanny prcsClcnCc OF
dreams | knew that the other figure was
that oi tho father ! had never known.
the father who had broken my moth
ct'S heart And yct-thetc was some
thing strangely familiar abou, him,
something strongly reminiscent OF some
one else ! knew In my dream Strug
glcd for remembrance Of the man Of
whom the dream father reminded me,
but no recollection came
And then the figures shifted. changed
and, close beside me was the mother
ut my later years. silver haired, worn
with suffering. In her shadow, 50 close
as to have tho effect Of clinging to her,
vet shrinking from me, was the same
masculine figure had seen before, only
older, gtayhaired, hut with the elusive.
haunting aspect ot one known to me
Ny mother held out her arm, to me
and with a ioyiul cv oi Mother
mother" ! stumbled into them. Bu,
even as they closed around me ! awokc
with q departing little cry to find Iii.
haus face bent close to mine, to feel
her strong, firm hand, soothing me.
Where did my mother go" | de.
mandcd wildly "Shc came back. YOU
know, Just now in the forest
ives. dear know" Lillian answered
'Rut where is she"
"Nhe will come again shortly Drink
this now. and go to sleep until she
comes
A Fantastic Ring
Before my lips had fairly touched
the dtaupht she ptoiiered me | was
back again in the dismal forest I had
seen before This time had no vision
felt no want of my mother All around
me were fantastic shape, which terrified
me aud constantly hndcrcd me in the
pursuit of Dickv
Ihattefine laughing. they surround
ed me. and recognized the face, oi
many people | had known. But high