The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-07
REVELATIONS
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How Msdge Championed Lillian
Against Ma Durkce.
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"A impact OF the bullet Tired by some
4 Aunknown marauder, Dioky reached
up quickly, switched off the electric
Iigh, which had betrayed our position
10 the person outside, and with his
other arm swept me into the Living
room where the curtains were so heavy
that i, was impossible for anyone out
side to locate the position of those with
IN the room
Are you hurt. Madge'" he demand
ed anxiously, looking me over careful
ly, while Robert Savarin and the Dur !
KEGS rushed anSiously over to- US From /
the stairs came the sound OF footsteps, |
lillian's, cropping her way hurrledly |.
down, guided only by the dim light |
FROM the hall above And Katic's shrlll
scream. mingled with inns deeper ex
clamation from the kitchen, Signalled
their excited rush into the living room
Not a Bit" gasped. Are your"
had hard work getting the words
out, for my lips were stiff My knees
were trembling also, SO that ! sat down
as quickly as could in the nearest
chair. But fortunately | was able to
disguise my nervousness so that IN the
confusion no one noticed IT
Me, oh, sure I'm mortslly wound
ed" Dicky returned trying to laugh
but making rather dlSmal failure ol
it.
"Dickyl Stop that, and tell me ex
actly what happened" demanded Lii
Ian. who had come into the room !
saw with little thrill Of pleasure that
il was the old Lillian back again, the
imperious, brainy woman, who, when
ever there was need for her, dominated
the situation.
Don't know, exactly" returned
Dicky, who, have learned. generally
masks intense nervousness or appre-
hension with ilippsncy Here is the
scenario. Wife and talking peace
fully in hall Shadows silhouetted on
glass Of hall door Suddenly crash OF
glass, pistol shot, bullet goes behind
Madgc into wall Person outside prob
ably bad shot"
"How Do You KnowT
IL wouldn't be too sureaei that re-
turned Lillian quietly TITS rather
difficult matter to fire at shadows, But
don't you think you men would better
slip out the back door and make sure
that the woman isn't still lurking
somewhere about I'm pretty sure she
isn't she probably beat it as soon as
she fired the pistol, but it won't do
any harm to satisfy yourselves"
Tho four men, Robert Savarin. Alfred
Durkee, my husband and Jim looked
rather sheepishly at each other and then
FASTENED out to search the grounds, !
knew that they were all bit chagrincd
that they had waited to have the way
to action pointed out by a woman, and
| suspected that Dicky was at least a
bit irritated also, and wondered secretly
il Lillian, forceful and brilliant as she
was might not at times carry her pro.
pensity for managing things a bit toc
far. 1t was certainty that one Of tn,
men would have thought of the neces
sity of searching the grounds bcfor,
very long, and il appeared to me fol
the moment that il would have been
better If Lillian had waited for their
suggestion.
think Mrs. Durkee shared my feel.
ing to an even greater degree, for there
was a touch of asperity in her manner
as she turned to Lillian. a.
How do you know it was a woman
who fired the shoti" she demanded
A wave OF conjunction for my crit
ical thought OF my friend rolled over
me as | saw Lillian start and flush In
embarrassment at Mrs. Durkee's tone
With her quick perception she saw a,
once the reason for the other woman /,
dsapproval. and | knew her we'll
enough to recognize the humiliation that
came to her with the suspicion that she
had been too officious in sending the
men outdoors After all, said to my
self, there is but one LILLIAN Under
wood in the world. and there have beer
so many situations which she wa,
forced to dominate because there wa,
no one else to do il, that she might
surely be forgiven for a little exces,
of authority under the stress Of excite
ment
Robert Savarin Speaks.
She was standing by the lounge wher,
| sat, and put up my hand and drew
her down beside me a, ! answered Mrs
Durkee for her.
at was a womans face that littl
Marion saw looking in upon her, ant
there Is a woman who ha, a grievanc
against me and has threatened me will
revenge
Lillian tightened her grasp upon m,
hand, and knew she understood m
unexpreued championship
"A woman threatened you How per
iectly thrilling When2 Where1 lo
mus, tell me about III"
7 was in a quandary, did not fer
like relating Mr.. Savarin's private al
fairs to Mrs. Durkee, and yet this thin
had happened while she was my gues
and | had TO give her some explanation
) was cattishly feminine enough TO wis
to tell her just as little as possible, 70
while ! had mentally criticised Lila
- myself J was inconsistent enough TO rc
81 sent Mrs. Durkees antagonistic att
Z tude toward her.
: while we were in the Catskill,,"
- compromised, "a woman who was sta,
ing at the Cosgrove farmhouse with y
tried to steal the collection OF Mr.. Sa
E varin's paintings owned by hi, si,,e
e Mrs Cosgrove happened TO over
/ hear her plan and was able to thwa
e her in her design So she natural
. felt very bitter toward me, and ,hrea
n ened revenge"