The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-29

tgz SazeI table" is something that Aunt Eva gets
Uncle Charles to say you've got to do,
and when you submit to it it means that Won can't
think of any way of getting out of doing it. This
does not happen to us very often, but sometimes it
does.
We live at Toronto and Aunt Belinda lives at eith
AT least Leith her postoce and that Is partly whv
do not like the idea of going-t must be verv curl
Gus to live at place that isn't place at all but lust
apost-ofce Aunt Belinda lives there in the old house
where grandpa's father lived when he first came to
Canada She says is historic and she likes its being
historic SO much that she says she would feel out of
drawing " anywhere else. Andra and | looked I'm
out OF drawing in the Encyclopedia, but couldn't
find it. So asked Uncle Charles, who said that in
simpler words it meant that Aunt Belinda couldn't
" fit in anywhere else. This seems simpler but It's
not very simple, either because though Aunt Belinda
IS very tall she is not big around and there are heaps
OF places IN Toronto where she would fit in quite nicely
Uncle Charles said it wasn't her body but her mind
he explained that she had an historic mind" That
IS another reason why we didn't want to go But we
both is thu that t1 trying to get out Of useless
Since our runaway plan ended in fasco-"
A what? asked politely. Usually | don't bother
about Andras words for she doesn't like explaining
hasco," said Andra, is a fre-cracker that won't
&c, off"
That's squib," said, triumphant.
Andra looked at me if she was thinking hard. and
then she said: Fasco is French for souib
haven't started French yet and told Andra I did
not think it nice to talk in that language when was
present. but she only said: Don't be present then"
as snappy as possible.
All this is a kind of introducer" to let Won Gee
how hard it is, most of the time reason with girl
Uncle Charles says that Andra is the eternal fem
nine, whatever that means But the real thing am
gong to tell about began to happen when the time
came tor us to make up Our minds how we could get
the most fun out OF the journey to Aunt Belinda's
- Have you anything in your mind?" asked Andra
She always asks me If | have anything in nv mind
but It doesn't mean anything 1t is lust poiteness
The kind OF things have in my mind do not seem to
suit Andra; she prefers to use her mind as rule
I on VIII see what mean when tell you that she did
not wait Tor me to answer but went right on to ask
me about the bump on the back of my head She
came over and felt it.
" It's good size yet" she said "Ts Il VERY, sora,n
got the bump the last time | fell downstairs but
that was two days ago, so said it didn't hurt as long
punch. '''''s : s00u
again"
Well, that's one good idea gone!" she said, dis
appontedly. your bump was hurting badly I
thought we might play pilgrims Pilgrims are people
who go to shrlnes, and pools and things to get cured
Old Mike O'Neil did. Don't you remembcT he had
bone in his leg. He said it was most excrusiting'
But we can't play pilgrims if your bumps better, uI-
less-unless you would care to bump it againl
SAID 1t might be just as well to think of something
Have you anything in your rnind7" asked she .nd
then Just as was going to tell her what had in my
mind, she went right
Inc only other plan thought of was for us to
be knights-errant Knights-errant were people who
didn't have any regular work to do, SO they lust
mounted the steeds and rode all over the place help
ing people who had wrongs and too busy to at
tend to them. =
What did they get out of itl" asked. can't
help thinking of these things
Andra looked at me in way wished she wouldn't
:" hope you are not going to be like your Uncle
Thomas" was all she said My Uncle Thomas made
lots OF money, but nevertheless is not considered
credit to the family didn't want to be like my Uncle
Thomas, but didn't like the knght-erran idea either
SO said: -
We haven't any steeds, so we can't do it,"