The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-11
REVELATIONS
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Played Lady's Maid for Her.
T APPLIED the liquid preparation
| which Lillian Underwood had LETT
1 in my chiiionler drawer to the
faint patches OF flame color Just be
low my throat, reminders OF the burns
| had received at Dicky's birthday
dinner, and which | was afraid would
spoil the effect Of the dinner gown |
had put on IN honor OF the guest my
husband was bringing home.
Then ! stepped nearer 10 the mirror
to view the effect II certainly dis
guised the faint scars. but to my dis
may ! saw there was such a difference
between the color OF the preparation
and the natural tint ot my skin that |
must either remove what | had put on
or cover my entire throat, shoulders
and arms with the stuff
looked at my watch and saw that
the minutes had slipped away more
rapidly than | supposed. ! must de
! eide az once what | was gong to do
With feeling that might as well
die the death OF sheep as OF lamb,
! seired a cloth and began to apply
the stuff to my throa, and arms But
/ 1t was slow work and ! was mos, un-
/ skilled IN this task became more
nervous with every passing minute
and when | heard the roll Of a tax,
below, having come upon a tram M
teen minutes earlier than the one
! Dlcky had mentioned over the tee-
phone, ! ga,ed at the ghaStly imag,
OF myself in the mirror with a feeling
/ OF horror.
For the love Of Mike, Madsc, wha,
the devil does this mean"
Dicky burst into the room, his face
| like a thundercloud | knew, Of course
that he must he angry and diSappoint.
ed at my failure TO meet and greet
his guest below stairs, hut the absolute
aversion on his face as he looked al
me made me shiver.
Censpte and Praise.
Have YOU gone out oi your mind p
he demanded "Do YOU think I'm coins
to le, YOU come downstairs looking
like lhap Wha, IN thunder ever pos
SeS'ed you' Here Drake is coolinl
his heels downstairs A pretty tecep
ton iot stranger isn't it, Luck,
! thought OF telling him | had mis-
taken the train and had brought hin
out on an earlier one Now tell m,
quick how TO get this blasted stuff
/ of"
"Oh, Dicky, II YOU only could"
said brokeny Il was afraid the scar
Of my burns would show above thi
gown, and then when had begun
had to fix i, all over alike
think D,oky heatl the tears in M,
voice. and realized that il | could no
keep from weeping he would have
rsd.eyed wife tn introduce TO his new
acquaintance A, any rate he change,
hl, manner instantly.
Goose he said ,enderly. "thoy
scars are hardly noticeable Your,
ioolishly sensitive abou, them Here
tuck these towels IN abou, your gov,
and give me some cold cream I'll ge
this stuff Of 10 jiiiy"
And then Dick,, ,mllingly ,endsrl,
removed the horrld gha,tly mess will
cold cream. wiped the flesh cateiull
and then busted rice powder over tn
exposed surfaces a. sklllmlly as
lady' maid could have done
There he said. stepping back an,
surveying -ns. "yuu haven't trace o
scar And my eve. what ,ctump
tuou' gown Come give me kiss io
reward and let, 70 downs,ait, to on
guest rucS, ynu won't put HI, eve
out, he finished eN,rayasan,ly. and
knew that Dioky was doing HI, leve
hest ~ restore my equilibrium
! w, kiss Wa' hurried. though tender
and then s,iziup m, hand hr uartcO
for the d'lf Bu, stopped him
noticing TOT the it,t time that tw.