The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-24
Revelations of a Wife
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

i II
!, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"D6Ht you think Nsa.a Graham
I inte1puseIi slefersntiaAy.~' that we has
fbetAer pmtpoue this svisitssuntil iseme
other time. The daylight does not
| lastsvery long Mt, this af1nn epf' fhesyesE.
|, and the trip toathAsDh1fsec otNew
| York,wfl take nn agood deah OF time.
NY mother-in-iaw frowmed quickly.
She evidently was .aboutsto make an
impatient answer. Then suddenly her
bruw cleaEed.- :,
+ Eyes, ssuppoae 7woemisht assweA
lthurry on. "rshe ssaid.i Il shall want a
gomh ID cal ofstime ftoige thnMghathia
house properiy.g We sw3ll comeedoSn
some morning and say we are looking
| forIroume, then we swill have a chance
|. to: look sover everyt1ins thoroughH.
triet to keep the dismayv fet out
ofsny. faoe., The Adeazof, preteHdfflgs "a
search fofr Eoums,s which we shadAnot
! the slightest, intention of taking, was
most sIlistastetaff to NEE butsI kept ISL
Elent, resolving ito avoid the proposed
trip df It'll were possible afdr me to- do
ESQ Mrss &C rahan made no moro STOPS
and iweresoon q came atoc tho Twenty
eighth street subway entrance
F "Oh, tlrft,iis ilideDus,"" .. she said with
| the quick decision which tcharacterMes
I all her remarks. 81 have seen ptcanres
Fof- these;s and Il thought, when Il Ssaw
them THAT it was q spity to spoil the
fstreets with such structures but the
REALTY fsimucxl worse than Ina gmed.
| Whatever possesselh theu4s
| ! Then, as I remained silent, t"You
tagree with ma OF 'courEeR"
F Il am lsorry to SAY i do motS'1 said
Firmly. for her a beolute eair of\fnaHty
| irritated me- "Of1 courses IT. ishunfor-
tunate that the Sentrances had 3toe be
abdve ground, q but as slong gas sthere
ilhas to be SONS esoTtt toffan entrance
| way,yI think theseST urktsh skiosk6 are
ttte best things possible l have heard
kmany ypeople. aof> good taste say that
they thought they added p1ctur esque
touch tot the streets"
\ "Theyyought to go tosrschpol,' twas
my mothersin-laws acid retdrt asNwe
enteretf the subway.
\ A Unfortunate gMeetiAs..
+ There ewere but few people inpth
local train n of the subway and my
I mother.tnlaw and I found seats at
once
( waited miscfievously for iler>com-
r
thing more uncomfortable than those
seats in the New " Dirk subj way IShAse
yet to- find 1T! ..
| What abominable seats!" she said
! In moment.t nodded IAN iuntqus ,if,ed
assent. The roar Of the train prevent
Fed a verbal answer unless Il isEed
to shrek, something i never do.
( we did not need to scomplAins OF the
I seats on the express; there wens none
| to be had, the car was crowded. Rows
Of men, white and coiored, young and
foltl, sat hidden behind their nawFpa-
( persg There were "a few woms a who
had iseats, but most Of the sfe minine
passengers were standing, gcliu ging TO
| the straps
+ knewVmy mother-in-law's hatred of
| assistance, but I knew also that un-
accustomed to the subway ass she was,
she would probably fail! 50 Il ttook.xher
4 arm firmly, 81 will hold OIL to this
strap said "and you Can lean on
me-"
I MRS. Graham looked with contempt-
1 nous sindignationt at tthe sseax ed men.
"In Detroit" she said, and h er voice
CARRIED almost to the lend ]offthescar,
| II ldonot think'you could find ia man
so rude cas- to remain seated stwhflee an
1 old woman -stnod.f !.
| flushed hotly. The man who heard
| her only grinned impudently and went
on reading their newspapers Some
of the younger women giggled. others
commented audibly, that's right"
eye in the car
AT this Juncture man Hstandfn ebet
side me, also 7holding "a strap, whose
| I he'd :, Ot a a a -v,,x,
! "Isn't this Miss Margaret Spencer
/ am sure I amnot mistaken
/ "very Much Mistaken"
I turned, surprised, and looked into
/ the genial face of the middle-aged
I man. recognized him at once as a
former instructor in the school, in
which had taught, who, with hisswife
had boarded at Mrs. Stewards for a
1 year when my mother yandsI werezliv-
ing there. They had been pleasant ac-
quaintances, but when Mr.. Lawrence
had taken position in another city
four years before: l had lost sight of
Them
] why. Mr., Lawrencen I exclaimed.
/ "how do youudo?e This is indeed a
pleasure"
I Then, mindful of my motlaer-ir-law
at my elbow, added, but 1 am not
Miss Spencer any longer"
"Oh. yes!" Mr. Lawrence interrupt
ed beamingly. Il remember now.
i was sure you would be married soon
when we left the city. l suppose you
3 are Mrs. Beckett. How-is Mr.. Beckett
and your mother?'
i had a horrible premonitAon- of
what was coming from the look in his
face when-I told him that / was mar
! rfed. Mr.. Lawrence is the kind of a
4 man whose chief delight lies in inno-
cent, kindfy-meant teasing of friends
a and acquantancess Many of his friends
4 enjoy it. but even the" recollection, of
4 his we'll meant jests makes me SILVER.
a Hes had made life burden for Jack
i and me sinnthe older days.
j MIS-. Lawrence sw1n bee pleased to
hear this news. She used to say that
she never had seen two people more
a thoroughly suited to each other than
Il Nfr