The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-05

was tense, and | recognized the
note OF jealous anger which
generally preceded his scenes, arc
YOU going to have that old goat take
YOU out to dinner Because il you
arc--"
lie broke off abruptly. as il hc
| thought an unspokcn threat would be
! more terrifying than one put into
words knew to what he referred. As
hostess. !, OF course, should be es-
corted into dinner BY the stranger in
our almost family party, Robcr, Cor
don, who was also the oldest man pres
ent Ordinarily, Dicky would have
realized that his demand 10 have me
change this conventional arrangement
was a most ill.bred and inconsiderabe
thing. But Dloky sane and Dicky jcal-
Gus, however. were two different men
Always before this day Dicky had
| regarded with tolerant amusement the
strange interest shown in me by the
elderly man of mystery who had
| known my mother But the magnlii-
cent chrySan,hemumS which Mr. Cor
don had brought me. dozens OF them,
costing much more money than the
ordinary conventional floral gift to
ones hostess ought TO cost, had reused
his always Smoudering jealousy TO an
unrcaSonlng pitch.
My first emotion was one OF unadul-
terated irritation. How wished
were Dicky'S mother for about five
minutes. His ears ough, 10 have beer
red with mental boxing ! gave then
as reviewed my dinner table arC
pondered the fresh complication
Dicks demand would make in an al
ready sufficiently perpleSing problem
Madge Quickly Decides.
Ny mother laws prejudices mad,
it impossible for me to give her either
Robert Gordon or Harry Underwood
for a dinner partner do not think
she herself knew which man she de,
tested more, so that there was but one
possible companion for her, Alfred
Durkee The Durkecs lived so neat
us and ran in" so frequently that ",
did not consider them as iorma
guests. 50 had planned to Senc
Dicky in with Lillian. Mrs. Durke,
with Harry Underwood. and TO tax,
care OF Mr. Gordon myself As | real
ized that Welding to Dicky'S deman,
woulkmean my going into dinner will
Harry Underwood y had hard work I,
keep myself from returning storm
refusal to Dicky's order.
Fear OF hurting Robert Gordon
, feelings was the ono consideration tha
/, held me back from deiying Dicky'
mandate. The Underwoods and IN
% DurkecS knew Dieky well, were hi
friends long before they were min,
! II he chose to exhibit his temper be
I fore them il was not my affair. Bu
Rober, Gordon, an elderly man.
friend of my mothers, was guest I
our home for the frs, time re
solved to do anything could to kee
, him from guessing Dicky's state q
mind
Experience had taught me the be-
course to pursue with Dicky.
Hes Ny Pal"
"1f as | suppose, YOU are referrin
% to Mr.. Gordon, i, may interest you
. know that | have not the faintest IL
n ten,on of going in to dinner with him
| retor,ed coolly Lillian wants ,
talk TO him abou, South America, an
, ! shall have your friend, Mr. Unde'
+. wood. as my escort
Gee. how happy you'll be- sneerc
+. Dicky. but | could see that he was n
= lieved at my information You're ,
y fond Of dear old Harry, aren't YOU"
;, ITO tell you the truth, have to figl
= all the time againS, becoming too for
" OF him. | returned mockingly III
II can he dangerously fascinating, yc
=" know"
. Dicky laughed in way ,ha, show,
me his brainstorm over Robert GordC
: had been checked But there was
Y startled look in his ewes which chang,
H. to n more speculative scrutiny before
moved away.
. "Oh. ola Hatrys all right he sai
\ "lk's my pal. and he never means an
thing, anyway But | noticed tha,
N said II as u he were trying To convin
d himself OF the truth OF his assertion,
N His manner gave me an idea WI
~ not divert Dicky's attention from b
Ne idio,ic jealousy OF Robert Gordon's i
he tetest in me, an interest which | W
Il sure had its roots only IN his love I
he my mother, by pretending to he a
,d tracted. even fascinated by Harry Y
10 detwood's wilesl Except iot nome
he tary careless flashes, my husband h
re never appeared to notice his irien,
OF btaren attempts TO ilirt with me-
M though could recall scene after see
owing to his frantic, absolutely sen'
less jealousy ot the most innocent ca
ven,ional attentions other men had p'
y me
The Fate, ann,,tsd :, have rnnsnit