The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-29
My Heart and
My Husband
BY Adele Garrison.
Who Is This Person Who Startled
Madge's Fathet2

NNo-CN ANIL lutllcu my
h.a. to see what /, wa that had so
shocked my father
| hadn't far to look At the table
just back OF us were seated man AMI
n woman, both frankly and inSolently
staring at us. Upon the face Of the
man. a leek-haired, shifty-eyed indi-
vidusl. there was written only curioS-
i,y. hut N. facc OF his woman com
ranion slowed m'levolen, recogni-
'ion in the gaze she ben, upon my
father.
She was tall, maguiiicen,ly built
woman, whose age il WIS hard 20 de
termine hrcausc Of tie elaborate
m .keun with which her face was Gov
cred. II was makcun which remind
ed me rrpIe7 sanity ~ the atrociou>
marx with which Lillian Underwood
u,rd to disguise her = ph-hred 'houoh
fadin" beauty, in order - "p'1v the
gar'r." as she rxr-"'Scd It. w''h h"r
selfish hush'nd Put r~vcr did Lii
'an's fac. show tie oy'' that lurke |
~ every l'""amcn, OF the woman a.
Nh" next table.
They must have been seated at the
table hut shor, time i1r remer-
bercd looking around only a few mo-
ments before when their table was &C
cunied ny a youn", nre,tv and ciddy
girl with a devoted. also youthful cav
slier. Because my hack was ',ward
them the woman evidently hadn't had
, good look at me. ! was startled 10
zee a look lean into her ewes that fo~
+, moment blo'tcd ort tie Snecrirg evil
~ the gaze she had river my father
II was a look which h-'I involuntary
horrsr and also re 'ofni,ion. swift and
.ertair. Ard We, ! was ccrtlin that
lever in mv life hNd seen her.
Eye, That St1re. o.
Her expression was 90 comoe'linr
.hlt for long 1o~ert her cv-s held
nine, almost as y hers had some
,vrno,ic powcr Then the hardcned
'eli-eon,rol-ev violently acquired from
ears OF cyrcrr-ce. which was almost
he first thing | noticed ahou, her
.amc to her rescue. and she wincd
10Th horror and recognition from h"-
:oun,ernrce as easily as sNr woui
1--we rubbed chall; from a blackboard
But into her eyes there crcrt another
expression Shrewd calculating
sinister look which made rle sh.vcr
Abruptly, size took her ewes from mine
spoke TO, her connaninn in a low
voice. evidently giving him some ad-
rontion concerning us.
The moment which seemed so long
TO me, was, in reality but few sec
pnds. turned back TO my father. TO
lind him in the same numbcd attitude.
although his ewes were fixed uron his
plate as il he dreaded TO rails, them.
Father, DEAR"
spoke his name in a low tone al
most in a whisper. but the sound, faint
as II was. aroused him He lifted his
head. looked at me- with eyes which
mad altered irag c1llv from the hnnny
ones that had looked into nine hut =
lew short minutes before. noticed
, that he carefully avoided glanring
, even in tie general direction Of the
people at the next table.
Only a Ghost.
Have ] frightened you, child" he
said mournfully Il am so sorry.
but"
The man and woman At the next
4 table were rising with hasty expla.
nation to the waiter didn't turn my
head but ! could hear the woman'S
voice in a high-pitched excuse for
their impulsivc departure My fathers
lace set in determined lines,
III they come owe, to this table he
whispered tensely, do you &c, up n,
once and go down to the women's
waiting room. Have the maid call a
taxi for you, and go directly to Mrs
Underwood's. | will meet you there :"
My brain whirled in conjecture At
the bizarre request. Who could this
woman be, the very sight OF whom Sc,
my father poised man OF the world
81 he was, in such a panic' But his
fears Of their disturbing US further
were unfounded. They left without
word TO us, although ] could tell from
the sudden. swift repulsion sweeping
across my fathers face that the wom-
Ian had given him another insoient,
Recognizing. meaning look before she
left the room.
] knew when al trace OF them was
-nnoe nv The ~,v NV f.th~x st,.;vht.