The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-06

ana burning she WAS hardcncd-a little
IshmaeL If nobody loved her, why
should she love any oue7 II was very
evident mat # she died no one would
care; Even the thought that they would
all be stricken with rcmorse as they
gazed al her in her fowcr.trimmcd cot
mn had cold comfort in it
She began TO look for the reasons
winch went to tho making of this sit.
uation: Why did her parents love Gene
Vievc, better than they loved her! Why
was she not adorcd as Emmy Woods was
aadored by her mother? Thinking of
Emmy made her remember the green
bottle, and that she had been seeking
n sympathetic confessor to tell of lis
ruin when the knowledge of her un.
loved condition had come upon her. She
now woyo the thought of this disaster
INTO the questions prompted by her
sense of injury
If Emmy had broken the bottle. En-.
my. the pampered pct. who was loved
and guarded both By her mother and her
German. covcrness-wouId Emmy be
scolded7 No.
If Gencvicvc had broken it.Gene.
we've, aged five, whom everybody kept
would she be punished! No.
if her brother Bob had broken it
Bob, aged eleven. off st boa riding.
school, whose homccomings were feasts,
Tor whom tho best of everything was
kept-would he be punished? Hardly
nothing to speak of, certainly. He would
hear a few rcgretfu words and be
dispatched TO apologize 10 Mrs Woods.
This was injustice, and Susy rccog-
n'zed 1t as such. She began to under
stand II IN her own way; Emmy vas
an Only Child. Genevieve was Young
est Child. Her brother Bob was an
Eldest Child. But she had been placed
by unkind fate. in the most unattrac-
tive position possiblc-shc was in the
middle. She began 10 think that the
talry stories were wrong and that Gin
derella must have been a Middle one
Well, what would happen to n Middle
one when she quite by accident. broke
n green hottle3 She would he taken
sadly by her mother 10 a quiet library
whore her father would sit sternlv
waiting, and after a lot Of talk about
how awful she was, and what dsap.
pointment TO her parents, various pun.
ishments that she did not care to dwell
upon. even in fancy, would be arranged
for her.
At This point the instinct of self dc
fense brought her to decision:
1T say. nothing about the bottle
no one Will know. -
Her face frightened. WHY not7 Whv
confess and be punished 7-she. the Gin
derella, the unloved Middle Child? Mrs.
Woods would fancy that Emma had
broken the bottle. Very well, let Emmy
who had everything made pleasant for
her, bear the blame. She, Susy Gil
Vary, had trouble enough in her dark
lie without bothering about nasty
lIttle bottle that must have been very
cheap to break so easily, So, from A
stumbling sinner she became an cx.
ultant one. When she saw Genevicvc
come back from her drive with n bal.
loon. she almost did not mind. she was
so wIckcdly happy in having put the
onns OF her own fault upon an Only
Ch1ld, Her eyes were rcd, but 81.
lence eloquent OF dark things wrapped
her about,
"Susy, dear" her mother asked,
what g the mattcr?' and she drew
her to her. plating her hair afrcsh after
the tender. busy manner of mothers
- Were You disappointed because YOU
weren't taken driving today? Pm
sorry, but there wasn't room for vou
in the carriage -
Susy wriggled from her Wordsl
Words! Wordsl
On Saturday week. If il IS fine. YOU
shall come and Gcneyicvc shall stay al
nome Geneyieve won { mind, viii you
my swcet?'
Gcncvieve paused in her balloon-fiy.
ing. She looked dubious.
What would | do while Susy went
away in the hausom7" she asked eau.
tiously.
"Why. Margaret could take you to
Central park to see tho lions
oh, then | wouIdD t care if Susy
went cried Gcnevicvc.
You dear, generous. sweet mitci''
and Mrs. Gilvarry caught her and
smothercd her with kisses.
Susy had retreated 10 a corner. and
set her mouth. her folded arms. were
not unlike those Of the exilcd Napo-
leon s in the famous painting, The
little scene had borne ont her previous
logic only too we'll. OF course when She
was taken driving. something equally
charming was provided for the Young
est Child, She went 10 bed that night
a rebel, ripe soil for more deception
If by il she conId champion the Cause
Of the great army Of unapprcciated
Middle ones,
But as usual when one is eight. all
this was almost entirely forgotten long
before four davs had passed. So many
new and really pleasant things had
happened, that dark reflections had
been crowded out On Tuesday. she
had won praise in school for her real
rendition of "Thc Charge of tho Light
ptlgdOC, ana SnP llkcI To remember
the hush after she had cried in her
best chest tones:
"'Theirs but 70 do and die
Noble SIX hundred.
Also new girl had said it was a
shame to plait such curly hair as Susy
had. and this had led 10 friendship,
sealed and signed with many marsbmal.
low drops, and other confcctions so
dear TO the childish heart II WAS not
strange. therefore, that on Thursday,
when Susy reached homo from school.
she was genuinely light hearted, and
WAS about to run upstairs to show Gene
We've the pinwheel which the new girl
had given her when Mrs, Wood s draw.
ing. discontcntcd voice neatcd to her
throu II the open parlor door,
She broke it. my dear Mrs. Gil.
vary. beyond q doubt, ] am simply
What shall | say To Uncle
Roger when he comes back from Mo.
roccoi That hztoc bottle was as the
apple Of his eye. Every scrap of the
lava adhcring 10 il was dear to him.
IT was one Of the specimens excavafcd
during his first expedition TO Yucatan.
fifteen years ago, when he went for the
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