Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-02
Dinner for Three
BY Idah
|. McGlone Gibson

O1uer IOr Tme0
AS Marie was dressing me for
dinner my thoughts were all of
Sheila. L determined to CLEAN from
my friend and DR.. Thornton what
information l could Of her immed-
lately,
If my brother had really fallen
in love with Sheila certainly we
ought to know something about her.
This old democratic idea of at
does not matter about your ances-
tors or your immediate family. or
even what you yourself have done
in the past, it is what you are to-
day." looks very well in school
books mad adds to the glory of fic-
tion writer's, but when man and
girl fall in love and get ready
to marry. and rear family them
selves, they should at least be a
little concerned about the history
of the family that is to be carried
on.
1t seemed to me that the home
coming of my brother and his i'm
mediate infatuation with Sheila had
complicated matters very much
One does not realize how quick
ly the outlook of life may be chang
ed, Although my brother was still
young, l had always looked upon
him as the kind of man who would
marry late in life if at all. l must
confess, too, that there was lit
tie hurt that l should not come
first with him; that on his visit
to me, after such long and momen-
tous absence, his thoughts should be
turned toward an entire stranger
to such an extent that L was al
most forgotten.
told myself honestly that Sheila
was a woman whom any man might
want to marry. And if Phil succeed
ed in breaking down the barriers
of her reserve and she would not
only let him love her but would
return his love, we could all be
very happy
When. had finished dressing /
sent Marie for SheiIa and was sur
prised to find, when she came in af-
ter quite a few moments, that she
was wearing her nurses uniform.
Although l told myself that she
had never looked better, | was
little disappointed
81 had not intended coming down
to dinner, Mrs. Wilmington, she
explained, "and as the doctor told
me your leg would be helped ma
terially If it were massaged every
night l put on my uniform to do
this"
why were you not coming down,
my dearf" l asked the question
casually but burned with eager
ness for the answer.
1T is the first night yonr brother
is home and I felt that you would
not care to have a stranger with
YOU at that time"
Nonsense, Sheila, You mast not
call yourself a strangerl You GER
tainly know me better than auv
of my friends. If two people do
ed in the "MTOAK," of the Mysti-
cal Insignia Of a Klansman, which
is cheap little celluloid button
that is supposed OF be the real in
secret Of Ku Kuxisnn. The
NIoAK is red in color, aud contains
the letters KOTOP. with a square.
and an extended open hand, and
the emblem OF the Klan.
Ne explanation Of the real mean
ng Of the mystic words has ever
been given, although the Kleagles
generally tell their victims thar it
stands for knights Of the Open
Palm" designation arising no
ioubt from the eagerness with
which the asen palm Of the Kleagle !
S extended to receive the ten dollar
donations" 50 necessary IN the man
fracture Of "eitizens' y from the
allen" raw material. The word Ko-
op IS also used as a hailiRgiword. its
.nswer being "Potok. a reversal /
Il the previous word. this IS follow
j By the presentation Of "imperal