Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-05
The News That Awaited Madge At
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To my own surprise, and to the
iatense qualification Of my father
whose inordinate parental pride il.
Inc had. | think, been touched by
my failure in my first driving expe-
rience, learned TO drive quite rap
idly and surely under the tutelage Of
the quiet, efficient, middle-aged gat--
age man, Doran, who, I suspected.
had more than the ordinary in
etniive for teaching success in his
Scket.
Doran, who | ain sure had been
schooled by my father, added to his
unusual gift for imparting instruc-
ton, and his thorough knowledge of
his subject, an almost uncanny UNI
derstanding of my best and worst
points, viz, my retentive and az
curate memory, as we'll as my lack
of perception of mechanics.
Unobtrusive, careful, patient, he
had put me at my ease before | hal
been under his instruction frye min
rtcs. At the end of the first lessoA
had acquired not only the ability
70 steer the car fairly. well. but some
knowledge of starting and stopping
it, and abcve all confidence that
in time | would soon be able to
master it.
My father did not accompany Inc
during the lesson-Doran advised
against it-but he waited at the~gar-
age until it was over, and then,
bcaming at the garage mans few
words OF quiet commentator, he
walked home with me, talking
animatedly Of the pleasure j would
be able to take with my new az
QUESTION.
Hope Unexpressed.
Il thought it would be especially
fine for your stay out at the east
end of the island with Mrs. Under
wood and Marion" he said. The
driving will not be nearly so diih
cult out there, for there are so few
cross roads on the long thorough
fares, and comparatively few cars
And with your own car you Will be
so independent. You can jump Ill
it at any time you wish and start
in any direction your vagrant fancy
d:rects-there are so many delight
full excursions out there. 1t is a
wonderful section I spent some
weeks there years ago, and | have
never forgotten the beauty of the
places l visited"
His voice was wistful My newly
awakened conscience had sudden
1, ,,,,,ct, ~ 1rn,tlH
to him il he could accompany me
upon this sojourn. impulslvely
opened my lips to ask him to come
with me, then closed them again a.
abruptly.
For had remembered my
mother-in.law! | knew that if my |
father should be invited to accom-
pany us she would be highly insult
ed # the invitation were not extend
cd TO he's. And that would meaH
the transferring of our whole NEIL
age. something which could not be
done. because we had planned tor
10 such wholesale outing.
The original Plan had been that
| lillian, Marion and ] should go 70
A delightful shack upon the shores
of one of the idyllic bays which are
a part Of the Great Peconic, that
sheet of water at the east
end OF the island. We were to live
a primitive sort 81 existence, getting
our own meals if we wished. taking !
them at an old-fas hioned farm house
inn five minutes walk through the
woods, if we were dislnclined 70
cook DR.. Gibson had strongly ad-
used against taking Junior with US
Doctors Orders.
"You never can let well enough
alone, YOU wome,a" he had said
GROSSLY when | had preached the
subject. Here the baby is at the
md OF what is practically his second
summer, and you and / together
nave brought him through without
any trouble with his teeth, or any
from excessive heat