Show DILLyS DREAM i = By MABEL GIFFORD = = Copyright each great great troubles grow 11I such small small offenses That Jlhc way flY trouble grew When lj get Into a little bit of a temper i hail bettor watch out for you D never tell that a little hit of tern I r will I not grow Into n furious tern st l before It clears off Lt t home they called mo Dllly a ant1 after I was DIxon it was DillY Dear just the same So It snt matter what comes after the st l name for Its always Dllly tear But that little bit of a temper ill tell you about It First you auld lit Informed flint I live In n tie country town Its pretty enough d pleasant enougli but you know ale a-le country town Is about tho same TI Ilho 1 year nround This town Is sd sometimes you know you wish Bcllilng would happen One day a theater troupe came Into ifn Such n thing never had como i pass In this town before to my nOWIldgo I rushed lit Donald when ho came aine to dinner and told him about It Pshaw was what ho said Now such u lash of cold water over se after one las been dancing all le morning In happy anticipation Is tremendous shock to ones nervous I rstcni Kspeclally one Is not used 3 shocks Dllly Dear you dont care any Ing about illit affaIr ho put his rm about luo inU was leading me to ie table as It l there was nothing In he world of any consequence but din tr m Dy this time I was feeling the reac Ion of the shock and tho hot blood ishlng fast to my head set fire to my It of a temper and I answered Don U sharply But I do care I am going to the toyOh Oh no Dilly Dear you will not II Ito such a low place as that ho II aid marching me right along to the U able I ableLow Low It Isnt low Its nice green crass and a nice big white tent and eautlful music and elegant people Vothlng over came hero before I ever saw anything anyway and I am ust wild to go I have been thinking it I It all the morning I couldnt wait or you to come home I leaned my head against Donalds shoulder I did not expect It would be ecessary to say anything more Dilly Dear I am sorry you care so much but you must not go It Is not fit place for you lust not gal Just think of that must not Who ever had said such ords to me before I must go In eed II must I could not bear to bet be-t ileappolntcd I had promised my dead Mrs Chase I would go with her Ie Dilly Dear then ho put his hands ia my shoulders and looked very kind t y into my eyes then I shall have to i ortild your going Forbid Indeed I shook his hands I rom my shoulders He made up his Bind that I was an obstinate child id dealt with mo accordingly If you cross that threshold tonight to-night you do not come buck Do you or understand All yes I understood lie meant to Tighten me Partly because I did not believe ho meant It and partly be ause I was so nervous and partly I t believe to tease him I laughed i Mrs Dixon ho said with such a ace as I never had seen before I cnn exactly what I said B Then ho went out ahd I listened ffltll he was out of hearing When I sot to Mrn Chases I was out of breath When we got to the tent It was half Jed with people mostly men and O Js and tho womenthere were several I had seen In the street but lipy were not my acquaintances and the rest weite not like any women I ad ever seau In our little country own I was mot pleased with the audience Hut the playi I will not try to describe It I hnd expected to be harmed to be carried way by ex Itement to laugh antI cry and forgot hat It was not real Instead of all hat It Boomed uffectoll and disgust Jng The characters made coarse louts and leered and frowned and threatened and fainted and raved and I tried to forget that It wasH ting and ouldnt From the Chases I went home aJoU1 Tho house was dark I The hall lamp Is left for mo I thought and I ran up the stops and an tho door a good pusti for I Wished to got In out of the ruin as ocm us possible The door did not open 1 turiifcd tlie key again and again but in vain Donald is so used to bolting It lie has forgotten I said nnd rang the bell vigorously All was silent It was ho most deaolato moment or my life I knew that Donald should have kept the house lighted and been waiting for me This lockout was ominous I ran back to Mrs Chases Donald Is BO used to bolting the door ho hat forgotten and bolted me out and I cant make him hear without with-out rousing the neighborhood Of course they cordially ushered DIe in and made me comfortable for ho night but I saw them exchange stances and I know they tumpectcd all lus not right It was a bItter night for me nnd I couldnt Bleep for thinking think-ing Morulns came at last and with dif ficulty I made my way to my home It awnied as If 1 must die then anti theie I when I found tho t house closed I shades drawn door locked and no sign or sqund of a huiimn being about the vlnca Hut pride and Indignation came swiftly u the rescue I feared some imp would neo mo trying In vain to enter my own homo nnd turned quickly away and walked thinking as I walked what my next step should be I was very Indignant with Donald for punishing me BO severely for bravo ing his displeasure Now I would frighten him a little Probably he had gono to my sisters or his brothers Ho knew I could find him easy enough Ho had been too severe cruel Now I would take my turn I had a roll of bills in my pui so that Donald had given me tho day before I would go out of town for a day or two and lot him find mo If he could And all tho time something kept adding If he would I had often heard people say that these mlldtempcicd people are terrl H t II iM I Mrs Dixon I Mean Exactly What I Say I ble when onco aroused and now I began be-gan to understand something of It I had not believed anything like this of Donald I recalled every possible acquaintance acquaint-ance I had ever had that lived in tho city I decided upon an old school friend whom I had not seen since she married and went to the city and ol whom Donald know nothing I hunted her up found her living humbly but comfortably and quite delighted to see me I told her I was taking a little outing and would like to engage a room for several days she was so convenient I venient to an artexhibit that I wished to visit Llttlo she dreamed of the tragedy I lived during those days I 1 bought tho dally papers nnd scanned their columns hoping for some word meant for nono of the thousands 01 readers but myself All In vain My courage failed me so that I was afraid to go homo Then I began to scheme again but over scheme failed Little by little my pride and anger oozed away and al last I was ready to go down on my knees before tho whole world and beg my husband to take me back I Then I went to my friend and bade her goodby and set out on my unhappy un-happy journey homeward Tho thought of my husband now filled me with terror ter-ror he had grown Into a sort of ogre during the last few days I was In such a fever of suspense as I neared the house that I could hardly breathe If it should bo closed still I did not know what happened after that until I heard some ono saying In the tcnderest of voices Dllly Dear what Is It Are you frightened Are you ill I opened my eyes to tImid myself in my own room timid Donald bending over me with the most anxious concern con-cern In his face I Just put my arm around his nopk and cried so violently I could not speak Ho smoothed my hair and said Dllly Dear Dllly Dear until I was quieter What would you say to me Donald If I went to the play I asked as 80on as I could speak Do you care so much about It la It Unit has sent you Into hysterics Just supposing I go what wlllyou do I persisted Why do WhI shall have to gc with you I suppose And If you are going to take It to heart like this we had better go Hut Dllly Dear I am surprised at you And then 1 began to laugh and laughed so long that Donald begged me to toll him what I WAS laughing tor Because you aro tho dearest luis baud In the world I answered him Of course ho was puzzled over that You wouldnt let mo go oft alone would you You wouldnt call tao Mrs Dixon would ou1 Yuu wouldnt forbid my going and tell mi I novw should como back again if I went would you Having received a satisfactory answer an-swer to these questions I told him my dream And ho smoothed my hair all the time I wns relating and when I finished he mild DIlly Dear |