The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-02-02
SISTER MARY
DOES THINGS

she has written 4 book. Therefore
the TWO sisters and the brother are
lehieRt with Mary and pardon her
SEINE extraordinary things which she
does from time to time. Mary is not
stupid, but when she has work on
hand she is apt to become somewhat
aesent-minded.
One day the family moved into a
new fiat, During the process of set
Ting In the new quarters one of the
practical sisters gave Mary package
OF little hooks to be screwed up in
clothes presses, bathroom, kitchen and
wherever else one might be supposed
to want to hang things.
Those little screws in the end,"
said the practical sister, won't screw
iRto this woodwork unless you make
little hole with the gimlet. Get the
! gimlet out of the kitchen"
Mary disappeared. After = while her
brother heard her calling and found
her IN . clothes press vainly ehdeator.
ing to bore hole IN the under side of
an overhead shelf.
Johnny" said she, you'll have to
start these holes. l can't see why, but
somehow don't seem to have strength
in my wrists to make an Impression"
Johnny looked, and then beckoned
silently to the two practical sisters.
They came and gazed. Mary was try
ing to bore a hole with the corkscrew
One day the sisters came into Mary's
room and began. a systematic search
for some article which was lost or
mislaid. Mary was busily writing at
her desk, After while she silently
rose and began to aid her sisters in
! their search Suddenly one sister
poked the other Mary was wander
ing around and around the room, peer
ing into corners and cupboards, and
although it was broad daylight she
carefully bore in her hand an un.
lighted lamp.
Another time Mary took this same
reading lamp into the kitchen to fill
it, 1t having expired while she was at
work. She performed the simple oper.
alton quite naturally and successfully;
filled the lamp through the little hole
in the top of the bowl, screwed on
the cover of this hole, and then set
the oil can neatly in its place. Then
she returned, lit match, and instead
of removing the chimney removed
again the cover OF the little hole. One
sister grabbed her just as she was
about 20 light the lamp by inserting the
match In this hole, but as the match
had gone out probably no catastrophe
would have occurred.
Sometimes It is borne in upon Mary
that she leaves the work Of the family
too much to her sisters. One day she
appeared where the two were sewing
and said: Haven't you any work that
could do? l could help you a while
now"
"All right" said one sister. "You
can haste up that pillow-case for me. .
She handed the pillow-case. neatly
cut and laid together, to Mary and be-
took herself to the sewing machine
Mary finally said, cheerfully: This
is finished, give mO another"
The practical sister took the pillow,
case. 1t was sewed up, tightly and
neatly, with fine, small stitches, on
all four sides.
ORe night Mary had came home very
late, after all the rest had gone to bed
She let herself in with her latchkSy
and before going to bed set the alarm
clock for an early hour next morning
After she had got int bed, however
she reflected that she WOULD be very
tired next day, with so little sleep, aRd
that there was really nc reason WIZ
she SHOULD not postpone her trip one
day. SO she rose, took the alarm
clock, ana battered down the long hal
to the kitchen. There she looked
about for q suitable place to concea
the clock. PercesVing a tall tia bread
: can, she lifted the cover and tucked
T. the alarm clock sRugly In aRsRg tbs
losyes of bread. Next morRiRs Will;
one OF the sisters was getting break
fast, she head q mutiied roar from th'
breadcsn Two hours later, whili
Mary was at breakfast one Of the lat
: ter said: What made you put the
' slarm clock in the breadcsn, Mary
Mary explained.
But why didn't you turR the alarm
forward" asked the sister. Mary
paused. "Why. might have done
that" she said In such a natural, sur
prised tone that the two long-sufferins
sisters broke into shrieks OF laughter