The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-10
Vcrn Talks viii Kclth's Mother.

AN|hN Q NHlN TO - n
! was fu,k,d with indccisiOn.
/ Mother Snudorson was coming
home ln faw days. should ! ap.
] peal Go bier. not HIuu. ErI'h'H In
/ tmaCy with Ali.r lJc tIslH. but 20
/ beg hng 20 uHn hog Influence once
! again 90 got mn q npur 81 my own,
I huvrtcr e.upIr7 or should ! make
I krfh Jealous aud H1 work on his
/ feelings fIll hp would b." willing iu
promise moo huW"' Then caWo
/ 'uu Ulrtuug Thought suppose in
stead ~ making him iruipur. /
! 7huult simply br making ~ poauhlo
| for him Co ria himsolf ~ mr and
many Mrs Bo Ilsir' or Of giving
Z M1rrtrot chance 20 make him
% .1 un uWuy'
! decided 90 gp 10 Mothcr sander
eou.
rom roncdIct was my devoted ad
mirpf lly had not boon able io hide
perhaps hH hpd not tried that he
was becoming very fond OF me- Not
tu1' th"ru was % thought OF wrong
iu olih,r or uH, but Wo wcro both
young ,ruvpd ruWpauiuuship. and
happiness and wo found DO when
together
! decided TO have talk with
mother before | said word moro
iO Keith H. had wid ! might yiHt
hD.. zoo I would have ,yury oppor.
tuu'y tur q good long ttlk with her
Nhilr koIth hod boon away Tom
Benedict had often dropped lu tp
toa. aud twice ! had played cards
with him ut ErmaH Margaret
RucCrod o. what she called his "ctlf
lpyo' and threatened 10 tell Keith
DO. n viii surely worry him
because ! have written him evory
time anyone called, ana who" Mar
Hnrrt looked furious I had swept
the ground from under her foet ap|
far as telling ~ Tom was concerned.
Al first / had thought / would let
Margaret carry out hor threat ~
that Kcith would be Jealous. but tho
more ! thought of it, tho less likely
ala ! think u would affect him that
way. loved him | wanted no
ono else So why risk putting into his
and Margaret hands anything they
could uHr against me-"
Two daysc after Keith came home
ana four, days after ! had overheard
him tcA Margaret that II wns her
fault he had not married Alice DO
Lislu, I tnok Juno and went down
to Mother Sandorsun's for a week
Keith took us dOwn--he was to fS-
main over night---thon ho would J
come at The end of tho woek ana
take va home. lie had matters at /.
the factory to attend TO each time.
aside from his desire to see his
mother.
I never shall forget how delighted |
I was when mother first saw juno. /
and tho way she russcd over her. /
Margaret paid my baby no attention |
whatever. unlors Il was to complain /
of something she dId or the way SHE .
was dressed But mother ooOcd over
her. petted and loved her 50 that |
almost cried, / was 30 happy
I put OFF my talk until the day /
Keith was 10 come for me. II had I
been such happy time I hated to
even speak OF anything that might |
bring argument. But at last l ven. |
turcd to gay:
Mother viii you try TO put your |
Aelt IN my place IL l talk TO YOU
OF something3 l am not finding fault
with Keith. think you know I
love him moro than over now that
have baby. But ! must talk TO
someone"
90 on. dear child. will trp TO
remember that was once young"l
She smiled 20 sweotly at me that my
eyes filled,
! started from tho beginning 4
told her Of many episodes. tried 10
be fair 10 Margaret. and often 1
stopped my story TO insert some
thing she did that was done bottsP
than | possibly couid have done ~
But I told or my feeling that / was
an absolute nonehity IN the house
although Keith paid over half OF the
expenses. | told OF Martha being
taken from me, and that was not
TO call upon the maids fpr
| confessed the hurt |