Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-08-09
A Tooth For a
Tooth
BY CHARLES ALDEN SElTZER.
Copyright, 1910, the Pearson Publish
ing Company.
One side of Aunt Doris's red mouth


Aunt Doris glanced at the twins and
had placed finger upon her lips just
as Grandmother Pollard came in at
the back door.
where's your mammal" she asked
Of Narcissa.
Papa came and took her in buggy
over the mill. They're going to
have a sugar-pull and stay all night
at papa's boss's house." Narcissa
dropped into a chair, winding one
slim leg round the other.
1--WE been acrost to Mis- Crosier's to
/ see about the rug. It's nearly done"
grandmother said. Mary Crosier
thinks it's the prettiest she's wove
since young Mis- Spencer was mar
ried. and that was too bright"
The twins clapped hands and
jumped up and down. Through the
winter evenings they had helped sew
the rags that pieces saved from each
new dress in the family, made, for the
rag-rug. Every spring the Pollards
had a new one. And from the time
the brightly colored balls were wound
until they came out of Mary Crosier's
loom, beautiful rug, the waiting kept
one in a CULVER Of anticipation.
will it be done by time the addi-
ton is?" they asked.
Grandmother Pollard nodded, her
eyes cleaned streak of blue between
the rims of her very black lashes.
The black lashes were so beautiful
with her snow-white hair.
"I'll stir up few drop-cakes long
as you've got good fire." she said to
Aunt Doris, land you can have them
with lemonade for your company to-
night"
Aren't you too tired?" Aunt Doris
said, but her mother only hurried
away to take off her shawl.
The pink chambray was finished
and Aunt Doris beckoned the twins
| into the little wash-room and began
upon Valora's hair.
at doesn't matter, DEAR" she said.
what anybody says about your
mamma, whether she ran away or
and that is all you care about, isn't
| it?"
Valera nodded violently.
you aren't either of you old enough
! to understand, but some day you will
/
| bors round here ever can" Aunt Doris
went on. "One day your mamma got
a funny notion she could live without
| your papa and her little girls, so she
went away and tried. She found out
that she couldn't, very soon, and then
she came back"
/ 81 remember the day." Valera
cried.
The same day she came back"
chimed Narcissa, jumping into the
place of Valera. whose hair hung in
a short, fiaxen mop from a huge pink
bow
so feel kindly towards people who
use words incorrectly" Aunt Doris
went on, and who speak of others I'M
justly. think to yourselves-'they
! don't understand Leah, you see, only
repeated what she'd heard, poor
| child"
"She didn't really say renegade"
| Valera admitted.
"She said her father owned our gate,
though" breathed Narcissa.
He owns a good many peoples
gates. but not ours" Aunt Doris said.
and added very low, ANY more"
That evening Mr.. Calvin Barry
walked up Main Street in a new. light
| spring suit and overcoat He hur-
ried along eagerly. the young ladies
| bowed who knew him, and those who
| did not dropped their eyes to his
pointed tan toes as he passed them.
The young men, anybody could see.
| wondered why he did not stay in his
| own town or choose some other than
| theirs to start in business. He turned
east toward the street, the Pollard
twins lived in.
The Pollard twins-it was quite an
odd thing how subordinate everybody
| was to them. Their dear grandmoth-
er, living years and years before they
were born, since then was nearly al
WAYS spoken of as the Pollard twins
grandmother Young Mr.. Dan Pol
lard was known as the father Of the
Pollard twins, instead Of as the fore
man of Murphy's Mill. as Mrs. Dan
Pollard was known as their young
mamma, instead of just as her pretty
| self, and the teacher of a great big
country school was just the Pollard
twins aunt, Doris Pollard, and now.
wise ones were saying she will marry
| Cal Barry and make him the Pollard
|
He arrived and rang the front door
bell. and while the twins scrambled
over opening the door, Mr.. Barry
gazed at the addition. Narcissa let
him in, he seized a twin under each
arm. whirled completely round with
them and as he set them down he bent
and whispered:
Call me Uncle Cal and see what
you get!"
Uncle Cal, Uncle Cal. Uncle Cal, -
they shrilled, jumping round him.
He drew a big paper bag from his
pocket, filled with every kind OF
candy. Just as Aunt Doris came. in
smiling. She stopped in the centre
of the room as shy little girls do.
"Why, CAL" she giggled, aren't you
the great one TO teach them that?"
Grandmother Pollard came in in her
black alpaca with her human hair
chain, and Mr.. Barry hurried to shake
her hand and seat her. with a foot
stool.
New moon tonight" she said po
litely. Children. sit down and try
to act nice"
She frowned at Narcissa. who was
supposed to behave as an example fol
her more flighty sister II was tax
still Narcissa had gained distinction
| for propriety. She sat down ant