Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-29
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations
of a Wife
Why Madge Was Forced to Delay
Her Cake Baking.

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Missis Graham, you plees coon
| now qveeck for dot cake. I go
ovens joost right for you, and OLE
vomans she joost turn corner,
Katie's voice outside my dool
held an imperative note. / had de
layed going to the kitchen after my
naother-in-law's departure for hel
usual morning walk with Richard
Second, in his perambulator, =
,, triumphal progress through the vii
lage which she would not have
missed for worlds. There were
other fond grandmothers abroad al
the same hour, with some Of whom
she had designed TO sEape al
acquaintance. But she defantly
announced at almost every re-
turn home that there was not a
child in the village could hold a
candle to Richard, Second"
The departure of the two. how
ever, always left my room wreck
for the doting grandmother usually
inspected half the baby's wardrobe
before she selected the garments
she wished to put on him. 1t was
the replacing Of the little clothes
and the setting of my room to rights
which had delayed my going to the
kitchen as soon as my mother in
law left the house. the original plan
| had made with Katie.
The Secret.
"All right, Katie, I'll be there in
one minute" l called cheerily, and
made good my promise with a
second or two to spare, to Katie S
manifest delight.
"Set, I got everytings all ready
for you" She pointed gleefully to
the mixing table, where flour,
sugar, butter, flavoring, eggs, tins,
mixing bowl, everything to the last
spoon was laid out in readiness for
my hands.
II know You won't have every
ting out of way ven grandmother
gets back she said, lowering her
voice as If Mother Graham could
hear her. sand I hide dot cake
for you we're she no find heem. Den
ven she gets cold you put dot FROST
ing on, and l hide heem again.
Den ven you want heem, she all
readyp
I kept my face straight with an
effort though this weird jumbling
prououns, thanked Katie warmly,
and proceeded to the building of
the cake about which I had dreamed
so much even in those never-to-be-
forgotten-days before the baby was
born. Then, l think, in common
with most prospective mothers.
| lived in anticipation every moment
of his life from his first cuddling in
my arms to the time when he should
be graybeard with grandchildren.
At last it was finished and depos-
tied safely in the oven. l started to
clear up the work table, but Katie
stopped me promptly.
"You know how you help me
more dan dis?" she demanded, tax
ing the -four sitter from my hand.
II feex dis in vun-vot you call
heem, shake of vun cows tall
A Strange Call
But was not destined to know
then what she wanted me to do, for
ever as l murmured Sleeps tail,
Katie" in laughing correction of her
idiom, the front door bell rang an
imperative peal, and Katie, slipping
out of her Bingham apron and into
the white one in which she always
answers the doorbell, turned to me
inquiringly.
"You see anybody?
Bring the card to me first" l said
resignedly, desparing of ever sue
ceeding in my painstaking effort to
teach Katie the proper lore of the
doorbell. II will slip up the back
stairs, and you can bring the card
tray up the front stairs to my room.
Don't forget the tray"
II no forget" she returned ear
nestly. "But sometimes dey no
have card"
Then ask the persons name and
bring me that" l said patiently.
The bell rang again, this time a
longer peal, and felt swift preju-
dice against the impatient person on
the other side of the front door. As
l sped up the back stairs and swiftly
rearranged my dress before the
mirror in my room l resolved to
deny myself to the caller if it were
a possible thing to do so.
Accordingly, when Katie hurriedly
mounted the stairs and announced
breathlessly:
Its a man who says he no geev
hee's name, but he got to see you"
l rejoined quickly:
go down and tell him that Mrs.
Graham is engaged and cannot see
her"
Katie's face reflected her approval.
Il no like hec's looks" she whis-
pered. "He wun great, beeg stiff,
und I leave heem stand on doorstep
vile COON oop stairs"
"You did just right, Katie" l
said. admit no one to the house
who refuses to give his name"
She went downstairs again, this
time with evident zest in her errand,
while renewed the task of straight
ening my room.
To my surprise the man did not
90 away. I heard the parley of
voices, although could not distin-
grish the words. Then Katie came
slowly upstairs again. her face
aAame with indignation.