The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
REVELATIONS
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What Happened When Dicky Me
MaAge With Doctor Petit.
BY &pfe Gorrison~


MaAge With Doctor Petit.
n ~ first emotion upon seeing D"E'
vi standing ey the gate guard a.
Va the Long Island station was one .
Of stark fright | knew his uueon
tiollablc temper so well thai ] wa, .
afraid hc was still raging because .
was IN Doctor Perit'S company
OF course | knew that 1t was only .
a matter Of time when he would come .
10 himself and realize how unrcaS'n .
able he WaS For he himself no ot1er .
was to blame Tor my being with Doc
tor Pettlt II he had not gone 10 M,
rescuceoi the glfl artists whom he ha1i
seen struggling in the crowd around
Madison Square garden on the nigh'
Of the presidents speech there ne
wpuh not have become separated iron
inc. and / would not have been cast
upon the tender mercies OF the young
physician
Nv feeling Of fear. however, soon
gave way 10 righteous anger against
Dicky | iel' 'ha, | could nv soon
forgive him for the childish eNhibluSn
OF temper he had given when. alter
losing me in the crush outside the gar
den, through his own negligence he
had been so ilcrccly rcscn''ul at lind
ing me seated safely beside Doctor
Petit inside the big auditorium
But underneath the lear and the an
ger which grlpped me lay another
feeling which startled me. 80 strong
and. in a measure, unexpected II was,
/, was a feeling OF relIct Alter all
was not to g home without my huS-
band and with the fear Of village gos-
sip before my ewes Angry or not
Dickv. my man was waiting for me
An unaccountablc little glow warmed
my heart even through my anger.
Dicky Is Light Hearted.
One glance at Dicky's face however
told me that he had had time 10 rcpco,
of his child',hnesS. that he was not
angry any longer but, on the contrary,
was bitterly ashamed OF his actions IN
the garden
BUT Dicky-lke. my husband gave no
indication in his speech OF either en-
harrhSment or rcmorSe On the con
trarv. when he caught sight OF Us he
allowed Just the right expression OF re.
lief TO appear on his face and hailed
US iovially
Hello there" he called out adyanc-
ing toward us and stretching out a cor.
dial hand to Doctor Pet,it 81 was
beginning to think had the original
hoy on the burning deck beaten four
blocks
Gee. I'm relieved about YOU Madge
had visions oi YOU in every morgue
IN the city | thought | would stand
here until the las, train went Tor |
knew YOU would make your way here
/ If YOU could How lucky 1t was YOU
me, the doctor Where did YOU ever
run on To him"
stared at Dicky in blank amaze
ment Was it possible he was going 10
ignore that moment in Madison Square
/ Garden when, after wildly looking
around the balconies Tor me he had
discovered me seated with DR. Petit,
and had angrly disappeared into the
/ crowd without speaking to us
DR.. Pc,titS face reflected my sur
prise. but he was quick TO take D,oky''
cue
Il was fortunate enough to see Mrs
/ Graham in the crowd Just alter YOU
had become separated Nom her h,
| said gfavely Otherwise ! fear sh,
nigh, have been badly hurt The crush
was really dangerous at the door,
Eyes. know" Dicky nodded And
I'm e,ernallS grateful 10 YOU old mar
for taking care OF her Won't YOU com,
on down with us for day or two
We can put YOU up comfortably, can
We, Madgc"
"Oi course" returned convention
ally. And We shall be very glad tC
have YOU come
| wondered Il DR. Petit guessed how
my fingers i,ched to slap Dicky for hl'
,mpudent. nonchalant treatment OF IN,
situation which had been so painful tC
MS all 4 grim little smile playeC
around his lips as he replied 10 Dicky''
invitation, which he must have know
was the metcSt moCkcty oi hospitality
Thank YOU" he said courteouSk
but could not possibly go Som,
ether time | should he most charme'
to accept your invitation And nov
that have delivered Mrs Graham
safely into YOUR care will bid yo,
good cyerng He lifted his hat viii
formal bow which included both o.
Us. and turning walked swiftly away
AS You Please"
! guessed that he was putting re
siraint upon himself and cast a swift
glance at Dicky to ascertain whether
~ not he also detected the Young ply
siran's hidden emotion.
Your sawbones friend didn't seen
over and above pleased to see me,
Dicky said unpleaSantlNlas he wake,
hy my side down the steps toward IN,
train "Nha, was the matter, did h,
feel himself cheated out Of a pleasan
Journey down to Marvin"
The covert sneer IN his voice act m,
Wild II was the spark needed to iir,
the powder magazine oi my resent,