The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-21

Mother answered And / don't doubt YOU
would get great comfort out Of her, She
always seemed like a nlisterius little thing
TO me- though, with her long yellow braid
and her soft voice and her slow steady
glanse
YOU see II she should deveIlup into some
thing dreadful later on, Mother began
and then She stopped as if she was wondring
just how to finish IT,
Oh, nonsense Mrs. Gannet answered.
That was her real name, Mrs. Gannet Oh,
nonsense, bosh and nonsense She said. /
should have no more fear Of her developing
into anything Of thai sort than should Of
your own rightfull childrendoing II, she said
The other ladys name was Mrs Bemis
and She gave ganse at me then and
Mother did too
Well, | suppose there are dangers even in
that line, Mother said and laughed
II looks full Of dangers and horryble
possibilities, this particular little person
behind the coffee pot, doesn't 1t Mrs,
Bemis said, and they all laughed again
knew they were talking about me now,
but ! didn't know exackly what they meant,
either, knew one thing though, and that
was that Mrs, Gannet thought she would
addopt the little girl with the sussiety rib
bun on her dress The one that wheeled
the baby BY the house and lived next to
Harry Paines, wonder II she knew about
II herself the little girl mean? Or if it
was going 70 be q surprise to her2
They didn't say much more about it
then, but after supper when they had all
gone home, ! went into the libary where
Mother was reading by the big lamp.
Mother what the name Of the little
girl with the blue ribbun2 asked her.
What ii il, Felix2 she said
What Is the name Of the little girl Mrs,
Gannet is going to addopt7 | asked, and
Mother looked up as If she hadn't intirely
heard the first time.
Her name2 Why, really don't know,
she answered Was her name mensioned2
Because il il was, don believe | heard it.
She didn't say anything more, and by the
next day guess / had forgotten about the
little girl Perhaps would have forgotten
her intirely if it hadn't been for what hap
pened after school But just as was COM
ing home happened to glanse off down the
walk as turned to 80 IN the gait, and there
she was coming along, wheeling the baby
just the same ais usuyal Il wasn't crying
any now, and she was looking around as il
she didn' have opay much attention, But
il was funny, just as she got to that same
place BY the lilac bush where was waiting,
II began to cry again.
She stopped and took it out Of the car
ridge and began to rock it Oh her showlder
tic same way she did the other time His
head dropped back SO that his hair touched
hers the same way, too, But was looking
at the blue ribbun on her dress. 1t was
pinned on just the way il was before, with
the letters printed on II like badge.
/ didn't know just what to say To ner,
but pretty soon | asked her il he always
cried like that.
She didn't answer at FIRST but when she
did remembered what Mrs, Bemis said
about her soft voice and her yelow-broNn
eyes All she said was No, but | couldn't
help wishing She would stop and talk some
more.
Il that a sussety you belong tos | asked
her kind ol pointing to the badge with the
letters Oh Il, and her face was always pail
before, but noticed that all of 4 sudden i
grew red. She didn't answer this time
either, but looked At me quite steady until
her face grew pail again, and then she
turned of to 90 away.
followed her too. the same way did the
other time, and she looked back and saw
me coming,
DO you live next % Harry Painesp |
asked her
She nodded at me for An answer.
DO you know who Mrs. Gannet Isl I
said
She looked al II she was wondring why /
should Say that, and then she swallowed
In her throte.
don't know her very we'll, she SAID real
softly. but know she's luyly.
Would You like to live with herr | said.
] guess ought moi 10 have said IL, either,
because She looked something the way she
did when spoke about the badge. real red,
and She swallowed III her throte again
guess she wouldn't like to have me do
that, she answered
could see Harry Paine cn his sidewalk
now and the little girl just glansed at him
minute and then she TUNED and wheeled
the carridge III her yard ] noticed She vas
real pail though, and guess stood look
inn after her, when Harry rode Up On his
losaipede.
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