The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-21
: THE REVOLT OF
VERA SANDERSON
THE OLD HoUsEKEEpER GossrPs
CEr DUsU.D On
BY JANE PHELPS

THE OLD HOUSEKEEPER GOSSIPS
CHAPTER SO.
/ For two days nothing dimmed my
| happiness-the long lazy days in
which I followed my own sweet will.
the happy evenings when Keith and
read or I played and sang to him. He
was so very busy that he was weary
when night came and we retired very
early. 1t was a healthy, happy time.
and I felt closer to Keith than had
since l married him-rather, since we
returned from our wedding trip to
live with his sister.
The telephone shrilIed.
/ "Hello"-it was Keith's voice. at
have to run to town, Vera. Shall be
back tomorrow"
DO you want me to go with you?''
asked.
not to be too lonely with only Mrs.
Brown for company
"Oh, shall be all right. Goodbye,
dear I replied. The infection of his
voice betrayed, anxiety for me, rather
than his words.
| 1 wondered idly why he had to go
back to town SO unexpectedly. But
decided some business matter had
LARSEN which needed his attention,
and gave it no further thought. But
was lonely without him, and wan
dered around after dinner like a
lost SOUL SO Mrs. Brown said.
do play the piano for awhile.
dearie,' she suggested. Il love to
hear you
1t was nice to have anyone tell me
they loved anything did, SO while she
tidied up the house I played snatches
, of old things for her, then sang can
Summer
She thanked me tearfully.
II always cry when I hear them old
pieces" she said, ''but love to hear
~ ~-s,,~ 49,
Your mother-in-law used to sing a
good deal when she was younger.
You know have been here 20 years"
{ Tell me about her when she was
, and I would love to know all about
her. She is SO sweet"
!. That's just the word for her, sweet.
. She always was just that-sweet-'
: Then she told me of many interesting
things Mother Sanderson did when
, she was young; of how father adored
her, and never spoke harsh word to
. her.
Mr.. Keith is more like his father
than her. And Miss Margaret she
always spoke of Margaret as Miss
Margaret just as If she were a young
y girl-"she was never like either of
; them. Took after her Grandfather
Sanderson- But she was always crazy
over Mr.. Keith. She seemed to love
him better than she did anyone else,
, even her father and mother. Then
, when she had that trouble with her
s husband, Mr.. Keith took her part and
;, ever. I never was so surprised by
2 anything as when heard he was mar
ried. Married to you. my dear.
i never thought she would let him
/ marry anybody"
! But it would be ridiculous for a
' sister to try to prevent a brother from
: marrying" I said, more to keep her
2 talking than for any other reason.
a Ridiculous or not, it was what ]
a expected she'd do. Why. he never
l. showed any girl attentions when he
1 was real young that she didn't have a
: tantrum. 1t was strange" she went
t on reminiscently, how she used to run
i Ito him and make him do whatever she
o WANTED him to. Even when they were
just tiny tots she would coax or drive
e him. Then she would hug and kiss
t him.
n 1T seemed that all the love she had
i to give she gave to him. She was
y lcold-and I used to think hard, with
: her father and mother. I expect shell
: never let Mr.. Keith live anywhere
v but with her. Once after he married
t you and come down to see his father.
;, heard him tell that she had made him
J. promise never to leave her. And Mr.
d Keith amt the kind to break a prom
n Use. His father was telling him Il
: wasn't right to live there. He said yor
IOQShl " nave d lIOtHO VI yOuE OWA.
e Tell me some more I urged a.
y she stopped.
: when I get talkin' I do run OIL
something dreadful. But it all come.
" back to mellow once he brought {
J, handsome widow down here. Mis-
= Margaret was here stayin' awhile will
the two little girls. After that widow
a went to bed, Miss Margaret com,
h tsneakin' down the stairs, and into tn,
q library where Mr.. Keith was smokin'
r They talked and talked, and final,
n Miss Margaret had awful hysteric.
e and cried and took on dreadful
! couldn't help but hear because I wa
re sleepin on this floor then.
n 1.-The next day he took the widow
% away, and Miss Margaret was all swee
t and nice to him again. 1 heard he
father say she had broken up a match
guess Mr.. Keith was mighty fond o
her, and don't know as blame him
She was g. pretty creature
do you recall her Manner asket
as carelessly as I could.
Not was queer name, hard t.
q remember
was it by any chance a Mrs. D
LisIe?''
/ That's it! expect he's told 20,
all about her"
| (Tomorrow-a reason for Keith's
! |