The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-22

OF thc best, and the
long railway journey had iarred them
She had lett little bag in The carriage
and that had Jared them still more;
Tor there were relies in the bag that
she held holy. Her nephew and niece
inlay had Jared her nerves further.
.John was so different from the curyhcaded
boy OF her memory; so undcmonstratiye
compared with the little fellow who
Ned to leap at her Christine was not
al all as She had expected Johns wife to be-.
She had fair hair, and Aunt Caroline mis-
trusted iair-haired women, They we're
attentive enough, but a triAc formal. She
ielt herself a stranger among them instead
OF one Of the family. They pretended to
be interested in the fate Of the bag, and in
her history Of all its contents; but they
stole from the room in turn to run upstairs
and look at the two-months baby. When
they were Doth present they were always
looking at each other He called her
Girl . and she called him Boy. They
squeezed each others fingers when they
thought that Aunt Caroline would not
notice They did not realize how very little
escaped Aunt Caroinc's eyes. Her maids
said that she had a spare pair in the back
OF her head They were very silly young
people, She thought, and She had made her
pilgrimage in vain She wanted relatives
who were interested in her; and they were
only interested in each other, and the little
squcaling, red-faccd baby She was not
even sure that she liked the baby 1t
favored its mother, and she wanted a grand
nephew who favored John SO She felt
disappointed and irritable. At ten o'clock
she stated that she had a headache, and
would 90 to bed.
1t was a warm night, and the bedroom
window was open She went and sat by it
to soothe the Jared nerves. The window
Of the drawing-room below was open too,
and she heard the voices Of the young couple
distinctly. 9Hcr hearing was very acute
! ooh, Boy the girl cried. I've got
you to myself at last
h. Bless you, Girl. said the man. =
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