The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-17
REVELATIONS
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How Mrs. Allis Suddenly Interrupted
Conference.
6Y MSls Gorrison


TT was a good five minutes before
either Katherine or | spoke Before
our eyes was the unconscious figure
oi Mrs Allls on my bed tied down by
katherine TO prevent her doing elther
harm to herself or 10 us when sh,
should finally awaken, while through
our brains tloated pictures Of the hor'
rible fate Katherine had averted from
me, when she crcpt into my room and
with her ammonia gun vanquishcd the
drug maddcncd woman who had tried
to dash acid into my face
How did YOU ever happen 10 hear
rs, and how did YOU unlock the door
when she had the key ?" asked at last
Ny overstralncd nerves felt that if our
silence, broken only by the stcrtorou,
breathing Of the figure on the bed
should last much longer ! should
scream aloud think Katherine realized
this, for she began to talk rapidly OF
her exploit
Why YOU see, couldn't sleep" she
said, and finally got up and went to
the bathroom. thinking If balhcd my
face and hands wlth7 cold water /,
would quiet mc-it does sometime,
when I'm nervous noticed the light
beneath your door and the murmur of
voices could hear your husbands )
snores from his room and knew tina,
Katie and Jim had gone to bed long
before Besides | hadn't been asleep
and knew that Katie could never
have gone TO your room without my
hearing her--she isn't exactly a gum
shoe slcuth, you know" her eyes
twlnkled at the thought of KatieS
usual noisy movements. so ] thought
matters would stand a little investigat-
ing on my part
Il first tried the door, noisclessly
and found il locked but with no key
IN it Without any further scruplc for
] have heard YOU say that YOU never
lock your door at night. knelt down
and looked through the keyhole What
| saw made me hurry 10 my room and
get my ammonia gun and a skeleton
key ! have and come back The rest
you know"
Where in the world did you get a
skeleton key" asked idly
Katherine Explains
Katherine laughed and hluShed
Once IN my hospital training days,
She said "a wounded burglar was one
OF my patients lie was taken from the
hospital to prison for a term Of years.
but before he left he gave me several
small articles he had IN a little bag and
which he had slipped to me, asking me
to keep them for him when he first was
brought into the ward. II was against
the rules, Of course. but my Sympathic,
weren't so well under control then
she looked quizzloally at me-, and | saw
that she still resented my unSpoker
criticism of her method of dealing with
Mrs. Allis--"and did as he asked
Among the things in the little bag wa'
this skeleton key and it has proved
useful 10 me two or three times since
then But never has il done such good
service as tonight
She rose and looked again at Mrs
Allis.
She'll he quiet for couple Of hour,
vet" she said go into my room and
get some sleep. don't need you at ali
now"
GO to sleep" | echoed Indignantly
DO impress ypu as being a phlcG
matte creature who could go to sleep
after all adventure OF this sort And
besides, YOU know, | wouldn't leave YOU
here alone So please say nothing more
about IT"
Very we'll" She accepted my ulti-
matum quietly but guessed that Sc
cretly she was glad to have my com
panv in her vigil Nov for the next
question. Shall vou or | go downstairs
get the electric grill and make pot
of strong Coffee shall need it for thi,
specimen on the bed when she wakes
and I'm sure cup OF good aeaminc
coffee would do us both good"
! knew karhcrne's weakness foL-rof.
fee OF old. and her words awakened my
own liking for the beverage.
9TH 60 down" ! said at once 81
know where things are. and besides |
should he mortally afraid to be left