Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-02-22
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ayes, he wanted to. But Prudence
has set her heart on coming home. She
says she'll never feel that Jerry Junior
got the proper start II II happens any
place else. They'll have trained
nurse"
"Jerry-what2" gasped the twins
after a short silence due to amazement.
"Jerry Junior-that's what they call
It."
"But how on earth do they known
"They don't know. But they have to
call It something, haven't they3 And
they want Jerry Junior. SO Of
course they'll get 1t. For Prudence
is good enough to get whatever she
wants."
"Hum, that's no sign" shifted Carol.
81 don't get everything I want, do II"
The girls laughed, from habit. not
from genuine interest, at Carols subtle
insinuation.
swell, shall we have her conner"
EYES," said Carol. "but you tell Prue
she needn't expect me to hold II until
II gets too big to wiggle. I call them
uusty, ilttic uis.
Miller made me hold hers, and II
squirmed right Off my knee. wanted
to spank It,"
"And tell Prudence to uphold the
parsonage and have a white one"
added Lark. "These little Indian eff
fects don't make hit with me-"
"Are you going to tell Connie"
a III L. no NM lxasu nVSvx
Z. urteen."
"You tell her" Carols voice was
emphatic. "Thcre's nothing mysteri-
Gus about 1t. Everybody does II. And
Connie may have few suggestions Of
her own to offer. You tell Prue I'm
thinking out lot Of good advice for
her, and"
"You must write her yourselves. She
wanted us to tell you long before"
Fairy picked up the little embroidered
dress and kissed II, but her fond eyes
were anxious.
So, n few weeks later weeks crowd
ed full Of tumult and anxiety, yes, and
laughter. too, Prudence and Jerry came
to Mount Mark and settled down to
kissed Prudence very often. leaped
quickly to do her errands, and touched
her with nervous fingers. But mostly
they sat across the room and regarded
her curiously, shyly, quite materially.
"Carol and Lark Starr" Prudence
cried GROSSLY one day, when she inter
cepted one of these surreptltious
glances, 'you march right upstairs and
shut yourselves up for thirty minutes.
And IL you ever sit around and stare
ut me like stranger again. I'll spank
you both. I'm no outsider. l belong
here lust as much as ever l did. And
I'm still the head of things around
here, toow
The twins obediently marched, and
after that Prudence was more like Pru
dence, and the twins were much more
twinnish, so that life was very nearly
normal In the old parsonage. Prudence
said she couldn't feel quite satisfied
because the twins were too old to bt
punished, but she often scolded then
in her gentle, teasing way, and tho
twins enjoyed 1t more than anything
else that happened during those days
of quiet.
Then came night when the foul
sisters huddled breatal,ssly In thu
kitchen, and Aunt Grace and thu
trained nurse stayed behind with Pru
dence behind the closed door OF thu
font room upstairs. And the docto
went In, too, after he had inflicted
few llght-hearted remarks upon tn
two men in the little library.
After that-sllence, an immens'
hushlng silence-settled down over tn
parsonage. Jerry and Mr.. Starr, alon
In the library, where faint odor o
drugs, anesthetics, something ina
smelled like hospitals fingered, stare
away from each other with persisten
determination.
"Where are the girlsf" Jerry asked
picking up a roll OF cotton which ma
been left on the library table, an
flinglng 1t from him as though
scorched his fingers.
I-think I'll go and see," said MI
Starr, turning heavily.
Jerry hesitated minute. "I--thin
I'll go along" he said.
For an instant their eyes met, syn
pathetically, and did not smile thong
their lips curved.
Down in the kitchen, meanwhile
Fairy sat somberly beside the tabl
with pile OF darnlng which sh
lnbbed mt vlclously with the needle
Lark was perched on the ice chest br
Csrol, true to her childish instinct