Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21

~ Easter holiday at st. Ursula 8
school for girls. there was al
ready talk of commencement time, for
the little holiday at home had started
the girls to plan busly for the longer
one to come.
Mary MarCella had not been home for
the Easter holidays. Her papa was d
very busy person. lie had forgotten ali
about the Easter holidays and the fact
that all the other girls at St Ursula s
who lived within any possible distance
from home were given whole delight
full week of rest and fun before Easter
day.
And Mary Marcela's aunt had also
forgotten. or if she had remembered,
it had been only to remember also that
with her Lenten sewing class and her
preparation of Easter gifts and all her
many activities she was very busy, in
deed. Under the circumstances she de-
cided that Mary Marcela was far bet
ter off at school.
However, a week isn't SO very long,
even to a little girl in boarding
school from which all the other girls
have gone home for a weeks holiday.
Miss Fanthorne, the principal, said that
she wished more of the parents were
as sensible as Mary Marcella's papa.
Then Miss Fanthorne herself went
away to visit her brother. But Miss
Mum, the drawing teacher, was left in
charge, and she was very kind, and
whatever she thought of the superior
condition of being left in the boarding
school when the other people had gone
home, she certainly believed in the left
behind girls having as good a time as
possible. And so she and Mary Mar
so very far away that home wasn't
possible for so short time, enjoyed
all the pleasures of the season. They
colored eggs down in the big school
kitchen. They went for long walks
and runs thrugh the fresh spring woods
They made the first eXtravagant Easter
bonnets for Mary Marcela's dolls, and
in the evening Miss Mum gathered
them into her room and told them
stories.
After the first disappointment of not
being sent for to come home for Easter,
Mary Marcella had actually enjoyed the
holiday at school. When her most
intimate friends, Jennie Dearborn and
Mildred Alice got back from their visit
she was glad to be able to meet them
without any feeling of envy. But what
threatened her now was quite different.
She sat disconsolately among her dolls.
whose large, handsome mansion filled
one corner of her little room at st. Ur-
sula's and wondered how she was GO
ing to stand it.
Miss Fanthorne had gotten a letter
only that morning, saying that her
papa would be at the school to see
his daughter on that very day, and
that Miss Fanthorne might expect him
on the first train.
Mary Marcella had felt very proud.
Almost anybody can go home for Eas-
ter, but ii is not every one whose very
busy papa spares the time to come
between terms to ones school. And
Miss Mum had looked pleased and had |
smiled at her encouraglngly while she
helped her to change her dress and TO
put on her new ribbons.
And then her papa had arrived and |
had taken her on his knee in his alb
way and had shaken
handsSwith the teachers and had asked
Miss Fanthorne If she ever kept any
of the girls through the summer.
Mary Marcella's heart gave a dread
'ul jump when she heard this ques-
ion. She looked up and saw a queer
title expression on Miss Munn's face,
and she slid quietly down from her
oapa's knee and went and stood by
Miss Mum.
AS she stood there perfectly quiet at
Miss Munn's side she heard her papa
ell Miss Fanthorne that his sister had
suggested IT would perhaps be best
hat Mary Marcella should stay at the