The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-05
SISTER MARY
DOES THINGS

Mary lives with two sisters aid
brother She writes short stories aid
she has written book. TLefetCEs
the two sisters and the brother are
. lenient with Mary md pardon her
some extraordinary >hiDgs which she
does from time 10 time. Mary, is MOI
stupid. but when she has TX on
hand she is apt to Become someUl at
ahsentmiAded.
One day the family moved into A
new fat During the process of set
Ting in the new quarters one OF the
practical sisters gave Mary package
of little hooks 10 he screwed up in
clothes presses. bathroom, Kitchen and
wherever else one might be SUI Eosed
to want to hang things,
Those little screws In the end"
said the practical sister, won screw
into this woodwork unless you make a
little hole with the gmltt- Get the
g.mlet out Of the Kitchen"
Mary disappeared After a while her
brother heard her calling and found
her in a clothes press yainly endeayor-
ing to bore II hole In the under side of
an overhead shelf
Johnny" said she, you'll have to
start these holes. can't see why, but
some,ow don't seem 20 have strength
I = my wrists to make an IMPRESSION.
/ Johnny looked, land then beckoned
silently to the two practical sisters.
They came and gazed. Mary was try
ing 10 bore hole with the corksqrew,
. One day the sisters came into Mary's
room. and began a systematic search
for some article which was lost or
nlislaid. Mary was bpsily writing at
her desk After Il while she silently
rose and began to aid her sisters in
their search. Suddenly one sister
roked the other Mary was wander
ing around and around he room, peer.
ing into corners and cupboards, and
although 1t was broad daylight she
carefully bore In her hand an un-
lighted lamp
Another time Mary took this sane
reading lamp into the Kitchen to fill
it, il having expired while she was al
work. She performed the simple opcs
alton quite naturally and successfully;
filled the lamp through Che little hole
in the top OK the bowl, screwed on
I the cover OF this hole, and then set
she oil can neatly In its place Then
she returned, 1T a match. and instead
Of removing the chimney removed
again thn cover Of the little hole One
sister &. abbed her just as she was
about 70 isht The lamp by inserting the
match ir this hole, but as the match
had gone our probably no catastrophe
would have occurred,
Sometimes it is borne in upon Mary
that she leaves the work of the family
too much 10 her sisters One day she
appeared where the two were Sc wing
and said: Haven't you any work tat
/ could do7 I could help you while
now" .a.#
"All right" said one sister You
can haste up that pillow-case for ne
She handed the piliow-case, neatly
cut and laid together, TO Mary and be.
took herself to the sewing machine
Mary finally said cheerfully: This
is finished, give me another"
The practical sister took the pillow
case. 1t was sewed NJ, tightly and
neatly, with fine, small stitches, Oh
all four sides.
One night Mary had came home very
late. after all tue rest MAJ gone to bod.
she. let herself In wirh her iatchkey
and before going to bid set the alarm
t clock for an early hour next morning.
After she had got into bed however,
she reflected that size would be very
tired next day, With so Httle sleep, and
that there was really. 30 reason why
she should not postpone her trip one
day. so she rose, took the alarm
clock, and battered down the long hall
10 the kitchen. There she looked
about for q suitable places to conceal
the clock. Perceiving q tail tin bread,
can, she lifted the cover and tucked
the alarm clock suugiy IN among the
loaves of bread Next morning while
one of the sisters vas getting break
fast, she head a mufTiot roar from the
breadcan Two hours later, while
Mary. was at breakfast one Of the lat
ter said: What made you put the
alarm clock in the breadcan, Mary"
Mary explained.
But .hy didn't ydu turn the alarm
forward?' asked tbe sister. Mary
paused Why, | might have done
that" she said, in such 2 natural, sur
prtsed tone that the iva long,suffering
skaters broke into snrieks of laughter
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