The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19

round telling folks he's engaged to her when h. amt
s fat a hs te efs5 we % think
was hungry at ALL but to have things brought UP this
You've got to saucer Strawberries after
ward" said Sylvia. happily She watched the girl eat
she in of ecstasy, which neverthe-
less troubled. After while, when Rose had nearly
finished the strawberries she ventured a remark
Lucy AYrcs is queer girl" dsshe. I've known
all about her for time. She has been thinking
were in love with her when they never had
an idea of such thing, ever since she was SO high
tSyvia indicated by her outstretched hand point about
a a half from the foor).
1T seems il she must have had reason some
times, said Rose. with impulse Of loyeity toward
the other girl "she is very pretty
LAS know young In East westand
has ever thought of marrying her said sylvia 7
her nose off,
began Rose then she stopped. for Lucys expression
which had caused revolt in her was directly within
her thought. II have her making eyes,, said She
poor Lucy making eyes
What girl is TO get married for anyway
when she a good home good mother can't
began sylvia leading directly the subject in
secret place
Rose blushed with apparently no reason. But she
cant have her mother always, you know Aunt Sylvia,
said she
Her mothers folks awful long lived. But Lucy
younger; the she will outlve her
mother and then she viii be all alone"
What IL she lis? Amt she got her good home and
money enough to live on II she's careful
Il always thought 1t would be dreadful to live
alone" Rose said with another blush
well. she needn't be There's plenty of women
if she don't to-
But it isn't quite like Rose hesitated.
TT wouldn't quite much like your own
home would it as ~ Rose hesitate sao again t
ried II she's got money enough to live on. said She
why Aunt Sylvia wouldn't have married Uncle
Henry if you had had plenty of money!? asked the girl
Sylvia herself coored family That was very
different matter" said she.
Because it was said sylvia bringing up one Of her
mpregnable against argument. But the girl
persisted = don't see why she said
cle Henry is in thousand, said she. Il know
silly girl thinks she found just that but
she's mighty lucky If she don't find that the in
thousand Is another wonlans HUSBAND Wheh She gets
her eyes open Then there's another hinsnothing has
betwiXt
Il mean We've had no family said Sylvia firmly, al
though her color deepened 81 know you think it's
down this street at the folks that got married about the
same time Henry and did. How many of them that's
had families amt had reason to regret it? tell you
what 1t is child, girls don't know everything It's
full having children strainng to bring
them up right and then to have them of in six
months in consumption the the Masons lost their
three children-two boys and a grI-or to worry and
fuss until you are worn to shadow the way Mrs
George Emerson has her and then have him
take to drink There wasn't any consumption in the
Mason family on either side in straight line but the
three children all went with it, and there amt any
drink in the Emerson family her side or his all as
straight as string, but Mrs. Emerson Weaver
and she had greatuncie who drank himself to death
don't believe there's family anywhere around that
hasn't got some dreadful thing in it to leak out when
you don't expect children sometimes 1t only leaks
in straight line and sometimes it leaks sidewise You
never know Now, here's my family was White
know, like Aunt Abrahama. There's consump-
ton in our family, the worst kind never had any
doubt but what Henry and would have lost chill
il we'd any"
But you didn't have any" said Rose In curiously
naive and hopeful tone.
We are the only that got married about the
time we did who didn't have any said Sylvia her
conclusive tone.
But Aunt Sylvia" Rose. you wouldn't stop
eyerybodys getting married? Why, thee wouldn't be
any people in the world in short time
in he O hal won
be good sight better Of 1t for themselves
other folks" said Sylvia.
red?"
say is going to stop them but I'll miss my Il
some OF the girls that married had the faintes
idea what they going into they stop short II
II sent them rail Folks girls
IN rias Is awful risk Vfu