South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16
HOW KATIE SAID GOODBYE"
MOTHER GRAHAM DEPART
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"Goot-bye, goot-b bye, my dear, goot
AIRS. Graham never. never can
tank you for AN YOU do for me and
Jim. 1 never forget never. Ven i
COON back I Wait on you jOOst as ~
you Won baby all day long
Katie stood on the veranda steps.
attred i'm her white wedding dress
and floating VEIL Jim. in "a brand
new suit OF clothes freshly barDered
and his honest face aglow with en-
barrassed JOY was on the path below
waiting for her
a grinning taxi driver also waited
holding open the door of the ma
chine which was 10 bear Katie and
jim 20 the little church in the Wiz
lage where they were TO be married
Whether from embarrassmegt or
for some other reason neither Katie
nor Jim had appeared especially TO
desire our presence at the ceremony.
am attitude which much relieved
Dicky and me.
They We're 10 go straight from
the church 10 the home of Jim's
mother and father yllere wedding
feast was 20 Doe served 10 Jim's
cronies. Jim had already carefully
taken over 20 his mothers home
Kaue's travelling suit and hat while
the suitcase with the things she
wished to take with her on their
little trip he had deposited proudly
in the taxi
knew that Dicky was grinning in
ecstatc enjoyment of my embar-
rassment as Katie poured out the
walls OF her emotional gratitude
upon me
Katie was making a distinct drama
Of leaving us to be married, and was
enjoying herself immensely. al
though I feared that the tears which
stood i'm her eyes might become the
torrent of sobs in which Katie some
times INDUCES.
There. there. Katie" 1 said try
ing TO calm her 10y the az ct of my
own manner. you'll only bee gone
week. after all. so YOU really
shouldn': say good bye at all. Now
run along with Jim, my dear, and
take my very best wishes for your
wedding" kissed her lightly on
the cheek as 1 spokeN
IL did not need the snort that l
heard from my mother-in-law stand
ing in the door of the dining room
to tell me that she utterly disap-
proved Of so familiar an action to-
ward my maid, but 20 me it seemed
unutterably pitiful that Katie should
go to her wedding with no woman
relative near TO kiss her and wish
her Godspeed. would not have
omitted that good bye kiss if a hum
dred mothers in-law had made me
feel the weight of their disapprOval
for doing il.
At my words and kiss T-atie threw
her arms around me, regardless Of
the way she was crushing her
pretty wedding dress, Rugged me
convulsively. returned my kiss with
a hearty smack that must have sent
shivers of horror down my mother
in-law's back. and dashed down the
steps to the waiting Jim.
Come now, Jim" she said brisk
~. ct ready now. We go queeelS be
fore I cry"
She sprang into the taxicab before
Jim had a chance TO help her. and
in another minute they were whirl-
ed out of sight
I'm glad that's over Mother
Graham commented grimly zone
would think. Margaret. that Katie
was your dearest friend TO see the
farewell you gave her
My mother-in-law's tone was even
more caustic than her words
knew that she was simply spelling
for a good old-fashioned row. but I
did not intend TO give her the chance
TO begin a quarrel
ct do not know that 7 have a more
faithful friend than Katie" ! said
quietly. and then more briskly. us
there anything I can do for YOU.
Mother Graham before YOU go?'
ooh, no. thank YOU" she return
ed. with the crushing dignity which
she affects when she is displeased.
Il have everything ready and can
start at any moment"
Very we'll then" returned.
"Dicky and YOU can easily make the