The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
REVELATIONS
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What Madge Read in Katherine's
Troubled Eyes.
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GIXVJHAI'S the row, Lil;" DlCky
K w asked larily, as Jack and
katherine went out OF the
1lbrary door on their way TO the DIM
lirg room, where Lillian nd sent them
i'm search OF army wool and knitting
theedles.
i What do you mean" Lillian coun-
tered
Z "CsmouilaRc not quite good enough
dear old lii, Knocked Dicky Section,
OF the tanks showing. la fact, 1t you
ask me, It's pretty coarse work Why
didn't you Just get up and say ladi",
and gentlemen, our friends, Jack ana
Katherine, have an awful mad oL, and
we will now send them down to anothe'
room, so that they may kiss and make
iup in peace 1t would have been much
lkmpler and saved lot of mental effort
lNour brain cells must be tagged after
thinking up such an elaborate excuse "
You'll never need TO worry about
fatigue affecting your brain cells" Lii
.iian returned caustically
Meaning, ! suppose, that | haye mono
10 fatigue. You dear, sweet tempered
ange! But You haven't told me yet
what the rows all about
And | don't intend to tell you Hold
that yam straighter, How do ysu think
&iadge can wind It with you trailing 1t
around like that"
"lsnt our temper sweet tonight"
Dichy Knocked, but noticed thS he
needed Lillian's Injunction concerning
the army wool he was holding for me
as he invariably obcyed her I'm bet
you a cooky l'can tell YOU whats the
matter, anyway he went on "Old
Jack probably wants her to marry him
right away and stay in this country,
where she belongs, and she's got some
.highfamtin notion about going hack to
her duty in that nursing game over
there, It's no place for a woman like
ther. She's too delicate"
y Does Lillian wondet2
Il Fortunately, my lad Lillian said.
Hand her voice had the cutting edge
(which she only uses when her wrath rs
'tstlrred, mot only the women OF
IKatherne's profession but hosts Of
lotBer women have 'highiau,ln notions
Heoncerning their duty They will need
Ito have them IN the Crisis that's con-
Ifronting this nation Il would be 4
beood thing If some ot the mcn--"
She broke of her sentence hastily an.
IbcRan again with manner as nearly
lIconiuscd as I'd ever seen Lillian cN.
lhibit
"But you may calm your ,cu,lly,
soul Ac said lightly Katherine is :,
be transferred to the nursing scrvic,
here when she IS strong enough to q
back TO such strenuous work She is 1'
the verge OF a breakdown and for th
nprcscnt she will stay here With me
Ihehng me with the care OF old Mrs
Morton, comparatively light du
uthat will give her a rhincc to rrpdi
her strength As for marrying li.l
that wouldn't Interfere much with what
ever work she " shed 10 take up n
Is going back to the trenches as sou
as he gets a chance. and ha, been viii
10 go ever since the United State
entered the var
The Only Flaw
She shot an apparen'ly careless plany
at him as she finished, but / caught TN
learnest searching IN tie look and wit
sinking heart read It's meaning as
had read her c. Infusion little earlier
Lillian, as well as !, W builcd i
III pickys apparent apathv IN the face Z
This country's great need OF him N
wouldn't say anything which he coul
construe as reproach but knew th'
bet apparently innocnous remark abol
Y lack was made purpossiy In order