The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10

Il GT4S #OI4AOA tAASAA xa14SA LOU
tie came, too, when she liked, and
/ Sadie But one carried the book
home, that one might not be parted
i from it. saas &. 45a
To-day it was with Emmy Lou. It
/ had certain treasures between It's
leaves. One expects to find faint
i sweet rose leaves between the pages
of the green and gold book, and the
4 scrap Of tinsel recalls the CLEAN and
4 simmer Of the goose girls ball dress
Of woven moon beams. 81
{. To-day the book was in Jimmy Lou
Il desk.
Emmy Lou was at the board. It
4 book. Miss Lizzie dictated when one
Z was at the board. Emmy Lou was
4 poor at problems and Miss Lizzie was
Z cross about tt.
Sadie, at her desk, needed a book,
q She had forgotten her arithmetic, and
q asked permission to borrow Emmy
i Lou s..
y She went up to get it. She pulled
it out Sadie had a way Of being
unfortunate. She also pulled an
s. other book out, which fell open on
the floor, shedding rose leaves and
tinsel.
The green and gold glitter Of the
i book caught Miss Lizzie's eye.
Her fingers had been tearing al
4 DIS OF paper al LlOFI1IlS uul1A AASA
desk was streWn.
Bring it to me-" she said.
Miss Lizzie took the book from
Sadie and looked at it.
Emmy Lou had failed quite niser.
ably at problems. Miss Lizzie's face
changed. It was as if a white rage
passed over it. She stepped up to the
stove and cast the book in.
The very flames turned green and
gold.
It was gone-the work of glamor
Of glory, Of dreams-the world OF
Emmy Lou and Resale, Of Alice anc
Amanthus. ~
It was not Emmy Lou. It was {
\ cry thru Emmy Lou. Emmy Lou wa:
just beginning to grow tall, jus
4 losing the round-eyed faith of baby
\ hood. t-A -t~-
\ you hadn't any right"
Il 1t was TERRIBLE The fourth reade!
Il class failed to breathe. H.
\ Emmy Lou must say she was sorry
Emmy Lou would not. .uzG
\ The hours Of school dragged on
/ Emmy Lou sat silent. ..o 80. =.,...
\ Rosalie looked at her. Laughte
4 had died in Rosalie's cheek. Rosali
Y pressed her fingers tight in misery TO-
4 Emmy Lou. Tx f.
n Sadie looked at Emmy Lou. sadi
II wept. 5s. ~. 49,
} Hattie looked at Emmy Lou. Haiti
Strengthened her straight little bacl
I and ground her little teeth. Hat
| tie was of that blood which ha
4 risen UP and slain for affection
4 sake. r. .,.&. g.
This was an Emmy Lou nobod
Y kneW-white-ch brooding, de
Il fiant. There are strange potential
n ties in every Emmy Lou. a
" The last bell rang. " r~-.@ ~
Il Emmy Lou must say she was sorry
n Emmy Lou would not. - =
Y Every one went-every one bu
\ Emmy Lou and Miss Lizzie-castin
/ backward looks of awe and commits
/ Grafton. %
4 To be left alone in that nearnes
solitude entails meant torture, tn
/ torture of loathing, of shrinking, Q
n revulsion. ~ sg-. :.-: -,e. ...
\ She was to say she was sorry. EN-
VI my Lou was not sorry. s,+. r.
H She sat dry eyed. The tears woul
v come later. More than once this yea
N they had come after home and Aur
II COrdelia's arms were reached. An
y Aunt Cordelia had thought it was be
cause one was growing too fast. An
\ Aunt Cordelia had rocked and pate
l and sung about 1.-THE Frog Who Woul
Y |A-Wooing Co.. p @
4 <AIO sLASA1 IA1A4Ay 11AO0 A4c1u A0uSAC
! because Aunt Cordelia did not kno
that the frog and Jenny Wren and tn
little wee bear were gone into the pas
K and the green and gold book come t
take their place. s.s -.,.t .s~
The bell had rung at 2 o'clock. A
| 3 Tom came. Tom was the house DO.
He was suave and saddle-colored an
Z smiling. He had come for Emmy Lo1
z Miss Lizzie looked at Emmy Lo1
Emmy Lou looked straight ahead:
Then Miss Lizzie looked at Ton
Miss Lizzie could do a good deal wit
a look. Tom became uneasy, apollo
i getic, guilty. Then he went. It too
] a good deal to wilt Tom.
At $3.50 he knocked at the doc
again. He gave his message fro1
outside the threshold this time. Emnl
Lou must come home. Miss Cordel
said so. Emmy Louis papa had com
Emmy Lou heard papa, who cam
hundred miles once a month to Sc
her. sg..4.e.. .,-- ..
Would Emmy Lou say she VIZ
sorry? Emmy Lou was not sorry, ST
d could not.
e Miss Lizzie shut the, door in Tom
/ face. e. 10, +. .-5s@E
e Later Aunt Cordelia, bonnet on, r.
n turning from the school, explained
y her brother-in-law. -
!, Her brother-in-law regarded HI
- thOughtfully thru MS eyeglasses. r.
4 was an editor and had a mental hab
- of classifying people while they talke
n and putting them away in pigeon
holes. While Aunt Cordelia talked
q a was putting her in q pigeon-ho
= marked ..Guileless.''
D. 'Shef stood on the outside of tt
- door, Brother Richard" said Au
"a Cordelia, quite flushed and breathles
~ with the door drawn to behind he
= = She's a terrifying woman, Richar
al She said it was a case for disciplin
She said she would allow no int
= ference. My precious baby! And
"a kept on giving her IRON" 4.
= Uncle Charlie had come out wi
a. the buggy to take his brother-in-la
20 driving. s
20 What did you come back witho
her for ?" demanded Uncle Charlie.
prs Aunt Cordelia turned on Unc
81 Charlie. you go and see why" sa
- - Aunt Cordelia.
: Truly Aunt Cordelia is the last o,
= to stand before a Miss Lizzie.
~ law in the buggy and they drove
= the school. Emmy LOUIS father we
=. in.
= Uncle Charlie sat in the buggy al
So waited. Uncle Charlie wondered if
9n was right Miss Lizzie was one Of thre
ae One was in an asylum. One was Ike
el at home. And Miss Lizzie, with
ne RACES, taught.
re But could one speak, and take wo
lie and bread from Miss Lizzie?