South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-20
HOW DICKY AND MADGE
STARTED OFF TO \ GREAT
POLITICAL MEETING.

1
speak? asked Dicky. throwing a
I card in my lap.
"Of course do" / answered
! eagerly. I never yet heard a
president or saw one at close range.
Where is he going to TALK"
I M olson Square Garden" re-
turned Dicky, and, indeed, I already
/ had seen the words on the card in
my lap. "Of course you've been
there?"
I Il suppose 1 ought to be ashamed
/ 10 confess it, as it is so old a land
mark" returned, "but I never have
been inside the place"
Well, you ought to go then just
for that if nothing else" he said.
I wouldn't miss going for any
thing" I said. "A big political meet
ing is another thing Of which 1 am
ignorant. and l have always wanted
to attend one"
The crowd at this won't be any
pink tea" warned Dicly They'll
/ be packed in like sardines, and
there's Likely to be fights and riots
all over the place"
! II don't care" I asseVerated
( stoutly. II think / need and would
enjoy an exciting time like that. 1t
ought TO be an evening Of thrills"
/ "Oh. youu get the thrills all
right" commented Dicky dryly and
and there the matter rested.
I had spoken only the truth.
did crave something more exciting
than the humdrum days I was
] en- 1frr IL. al 10
with my mother-in-law and Katie a.
my sole daytime companions. / was
undeniably restless. And this rest
Ilessncss had increased since the day
when in the little sitting room Of
my old friend, Mrs. Stewart / had
read the last letters 10 her Of my
brother cousin, Jack Beckett. of
whose death on a battlefield some
where In France she had just been
notified.
Dicky's Mother Objects.
The revelation contained in the
last three letters or his romantic
meeting with and interest i'm Kath-
crime sonnet. the little nurse whom
I I so admired and liked, had upset
all my preconceived ideas Of Jack.
/
I taken away from life just as happi-
ness seemed coming 10 him sadden-
ed me fneNpressi bly,. I was glad. in
deed, OF anything which would di-
vert my thoughts.
Ny mother-in-la shifted audibly
when Dicky informed her that he
was going TO take me to the meet
{ ing.
You certainly have the queerest
ideas of enjoyment" she comment
ed causticauy. Il can understand
( Richards wanting to go. but why
any woman, gently bred as you pre-
tend to have been, Margaret, should
want to get into a rough political
meeting with a crowd such as Rich
ard says will be there I cannot i'm
aginei"
Dicky frowned blackly at the COW
ert insult in her little speech. He
had opened his mouth to rebuke her
when 1 kicked his foot under cover
of the table and stopped him.
It understand the meetings now
are not as rough as they used TO be
years ago" I returned gOod-natured-
". and then changed the subject as
adroitly as I could.
n I have often observed a curious
/ little phenomenon in my own emo
\ tions when my mother-in-law in
\ dulges in the hateful pin pricks
which she understands how to ad-
minister so effectively. If l see that
J DicRy resents them for me, that he
is ION my side" they do not annoy
l y al
with his mother in any controversy
III "see red" at once. I wonder
whether any other women have the
same experience.
You Look Ripping.
What shall I wear?" I asked
Dicky when the night of the meet
ing had arrived and we were get
ting ready for the early evening
train going into the city.
The oldest and strongest buds
YOU have" returned my husband. 81
warned you that you weren't goine
TO any pink tea. Put on good
strong. serviceable boots-we have
reserved seats, it is true, but we will
probably have 10 stand a long time
"a plain street suit and a small
hat. And for heavens sake don't
take q purse. You're always lug
ging that bag Of yours around wher
YOU go with me anywhere II gives
me the shivers, looks as If I didnt
have money enough for an emer.
gency Of any kind"
I obeyed Dicky in every detail
But when it came TO the purse
hesitated Ny years Of self-depend
ence. of going about alone. had
taught me that I must never g
ANYWHERE with anyone else without
money for an emergency. Finally
solved the difficulty by pinning ;
five dollar bill inside my waist. and
= tucking a small coin in each glove.
Dicky gave an approving glance
at me when I was finally ready.
That's the stuff" he said "bl