Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-19
WHEN EDWIN REBELLED.
Considering the affair from all sides, ] terrible time was being had by Ed

Considering the affair from all sides, a terrible time was being had by Ed : win.
 It was being borne in upon him that one should think carefully before talk ing stand on any subject. In this case, he had grabbed his subject nrSt and now it threatened dislocation of his lifes entire habits, to say noth- ing of his emotions.
 When Aunt Grace had punished him he could not quarrel with the justice of the decree, but what had led him to his fatal act was sheer fndigna- tion that the punishment should have been meted out by one whom he so adored. His resentment took the form of an a1oof silence. He guessed that after he had refused to speak to her forever she would realize his opinion of the matter. Even when she got to be an old lady with white hair, and begged him in quavery voice to for give her and to let drop only one word on the marched desert of his si- lence, he wdHid be implacable! This was all very well till dinner time.
 ''Will you have some peas, Edwin ?' she had asked cheerfully. Oddly enough she seemed totally unaware that she was blaclzhsted. She re- peated the question. Still there was silence from Edwin, eyes longingly on the coveted dish.
 "All right" Aunt Grace had said, still cheerfully, If you don't care for them" The dish was set down out of his reach. Why couldn't the woman have passed them without question ing him?
 It was inadvertently the same with the dessert, one of his favorites, blue berry pie. 'Do you care for pie Ed win?' she inquired casually. Silence. ''Why, I thought you liked it!" she had commented carelessly, dealing generous portions to the others at the table. Never had he known Aunt Grace to be so conversational. Us- ually his pie was served him without query.
 Owing to the same resolve not to speak he failed 10 accompany the family to the movies and remained alone on the porch in the semdark ness, breeding. Why under creation, if she was a human woman, could she not have said merely, Come along, Edwin" when they started, instead of blandIy asking if he wanted to go? jured.
 Everybody conspired against him. If when he returned from swimming he had come down Lunt Avenue in stead of Morse he never would have been Jagged by that fat Mrs Crib
 
 his Aunt Grace to come over that aft ernoon and bring her sewing.
 After much toll, mental as well as physical he had managed this un- pleasant situation. With averted head, passing Aunt Grace ir the hall, he had thrust a note at her. The note embodied the invitation, badly. spell ed, and ne had signed it, Mrs Crib ble, per Edwin" That he considered a real stroke of genius.
 Some time later. also with averted head, a note was handed him by Aunt Grace. IT. asked him to convey to Mrs. Gribble her acceptance and horrors!-it was signed. stonily, Mrs. John F. White"-Aunt Grace's for nal name! It removed her to an inn nense distance.
 At luncheon he had presence of mind enough to pull the desired food within his reach, so he was saved from partial starvation. The awk- ward part of the affair was that no- body seemed to realize 1t in the least or take a particle of notice. It seemed decidedly noticeable to him! Did he not make a point of talking loudly to each individual in the house except Aunt Grace? And when he had been so brazenly fond of her, ac- tually inviting pats and caresses