The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-25
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Why Major Grsntland Said "P.ease
Don't Be Angry At Ny
Officiousness"
DO Garrison


n TAJOR GRANTLAND listened
Nl attenilycly 10 my description
OF Harry undctwOod, com.
pleS personality His b.ndage, eyes
were turned toward my face. and the
sight OF thc' made me intensely nct.
yous. fell, almos, as II those sight.
less eyes had some weird power 70
pierce through the words ! wa. re-.
peaing 10 him, down 10 the thought
beneath, some OF which | found dii.
icult 10 put nto words.
For found that / couldn't tell him
the humiliating fact Of Harry Under.
woods unwelcome caring for ne II
abaScd NE even TO think Of il. much
less 10 put It into words. And ye,
knew that the keynote to the man,
behavior lay in the .nia,uation which
Lillian calmly admitted, and which
Mr.. Underwood himself insis,ently
proclaimed. As | finished my de.
scrip'ion OF the man and awaited the
blinded officers reply, knew iha,
either ] should have kept silen, Al.
together or should have included IN
my story this significant, II not sin.
istef element.
For several minutes after ! had fin.
i'hed there was no sound save the
pufrlng ot the engine beneath
Adams capable hands Major Grant.
land evidently was turning over. men
tally digesting. wha, ! had told him,
and ] turned my eyes toward the for
NAL Beauties OF the magnificent,
country estates past which we were
speeding
Something Missing In the Story.
1T isn't all here" Major Grant
land spoke softly. musingiy. re-
Alfred that he was thinking ou,
loud" that he neither expected nor
desired a reply from me.
A momen, later he spoke again
There must be something underlying
all this" he said. still in the same
musing tone Then he raised his
voice, and now his word, were s,ac-
cato. metallic. Mrs Graham, I'm
sorry to ask you this. but must I'M
derstand this thing from all angle.
Wasn't Mr.. Underwood-let US speak
love with your"
| wa, miserably silent for 4 long
minute Then, with the realization
that this was no time 10 act like an
embarrassed, self.oonsciou, girl, /
forced my stiff, unwilling lips TO an.
swer him.
"l-suppose-he was" I said slow
ly. If such a trave,,y Of feeling could
he called love. Mrs. Underwood, who
is my dearest friend. insists that he
is, and the man himself has alluded to
Il once or twice"
Il thought so" The blinded off
GER, lips closed grimly after the
short. clipped-off words. opened
again shortly I say reassuringly:
'It Isn't Easy for Ne"
Don't let this worry you. Mrs
Graham. We probably have no rea-
sol to be alarmed. bu, | shall lay
wires at once to have this man re-
moved from Lieutenant Graham's sec
ton. shall do nothing to injurs his
status. for | don't wish. OF course, to
interfere with Mrs. Underwood, In any
way. Besides. | agree with her that
as far as treachey TO the country goes
there is no danger. fact, ! have no
doubt tina, = personal motive lay un-
dernea,h the whole thing. and tina,
Underwood Is trying in his own way
to atone for his crime. But 1t is
trusting human natufe-especially q
weak, undiseriplined specimen such a.
he is--too much TO leave him near a
man whose wife he--oares for. And
shall see that the arrangement is
changed.
so put the whole thing out Of
your mind and let US return 20 the
subject OF your new position. Surely
you can find something else than this
instructorship where conditions prom
ise to be so disagreesble. II you have
no other choice-I know-of q num-
bcrb--pf employers--easer-to secure
women Of your ability"
Feminine human nature Il dis.
tinc,ly perverse. Al least mine is.
During our encounter with Kenneth |
Stockbridse, my new principal, and
his unpleasant wife, | had wished al
most passionately that | could avoid |