The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-11-25
Revelations
of Wife
What Dleky Said When Ne Discover
ed That Grace Draper Had un-
aHpectedlv Returned
~ ADELE GARRISON.

What pleky said When Ne Discover.
ed That Grace Draper Had In
sspeetedly Returned.
n say. Madge what a ripping day
Tor a tramp! suppose we go down "a
the harbor and either walk or row
aroand the slips I'll put some fish
lines r. my pocket. 50 II YOU get a mad
desire O. hang over the side Of the
boat YOU may. We can get = cor<ing
fish dinner AZ Skaters that little dump
near the oyster houses. II we stop on
our way and tell them we want Il.
What do YOU say"
Y should like II very much" re.
piled, trying hard 20 make my voice
enthusiastic. but do sou think we
ought 20 leave your mother alone 50
oftenq We haven't taken her with as
FOR several trips"
picky looked az me shrewdly.
Why the sudden R0licltudo for
MOTHER" he asked Ironically. Then.
So he saw my face flush. he added
hastily; 'Don't be offended. sweet
heart, realize that you are always
thoughtful - her. but Il struck me
that you were not particularly keen
for this trip yourself. and mother
made a good excuse"
Please don't be absufd. Dicly."
retorted lightly, "Of course. ! want 20
80. How som do you want TO start"
ANY time you're ready"
III he down in fifteen minutes" I
promised
II took me less than that 20 set into
the simple tramping costume ! had. a
light weight short skirt. a silk sport
waist. 4 strong walking shoes with
common sense heels. 1 picked up the
elk sweater which I invariably took
on these trips Of ours and went slowly
down stairs
Msdss's Earliest Memory.
I could not under stand sos own re-
luctanee 20 50 with Dicky But the
zcst with which I had enjoyed the
earlier outings OF the summer seemed
70 have left me. As I looked back. I
could see that the incident OF the
stolen puppy which Dicky had brought
me had marked the end ~ the care. /
free happy days which had been mine /
since Grace Draper had taken her de- I
parture
one of the most rigid tenets % my /
life ia my hatred Of anything savoring I
n dishonesty. The earliest rcmem-
brancc I have 81 my mother Is the \
memory 81 her face when she found 4
out thar I had picked a blackberry /
fror nclghbors bush I can see her
row as she took me by the hand and 4
led me over O. the owner - the bush, 4
a dear old woman. who smiled down I
reassuriugly az me.
Why. Mrs. Spencer, the chlid can \
have at the berries she wishes, she 4
cried
NJ mother s,,ts t,,, A. k.ra 49,,
Mrs. hiilman. don't say that" she said 4
soiemuly When you can her and 4
give them - her. yes bur she has
stolen this berry and she wishes 20 ten
fou she q sorry"
An unsspecssd MEETING.
The humiliation az that moment -
resh q my memory. and ! SHAH never
0fget INV mothers tsar-vet face art
srWara a. she explained before an alb
Iurdly mild slippering how sorry she
vas Co have - punish me- how terri
sie a crime theft was
According - the child training ldea's
{ these days ! suppose her discipline
sAs unnecessarily severe. hut DO
.ot think fFom that day - this / have
yer take nanrthing that was not my !
'wn. And when I see children breaking
- flowers which they have not been
aHen permission 70 pick. and bother 4
- tfadesmen hy shstTacfSng fruit and
hackers and anything they see loose.
Wlsn their mothers had been a. strict I
= mine
But the incident - the stolen puppy +,
as proved Ia me that the rfKaditY Il
ay training has made Il most diff
alt Tor me 20 live o. harmony wlfh l
licky ideas. Il - 3 haEe Joke 10