Evening star., 1918-08-18

tatHers out OF the iasnion pave put
they We're the ones that had been
standing partly behind other fathers
and had mostly only one leg. or pieces
cut out of their sides or something.
They didn't make Mamie real happy,
guess. SO she thought she'd try to
get some good fathers. They We're
going down to ask Mr.. Swartz for 4
fashion plate.
Swatty was frightened right away,
because he hadn't asked his father II
he could have the old fashion plate.
but had just sort of borrowed 1t. So
he said:
What are you going to ask father?"
I'm going to tell him he gave you
one for me-" Lucy said, 'and I'm going
: to ask him If he'll give me one for
So then Swatty was scared.
No, don't do 1t" he said.
Il will, too, do it," Lucy answered
back. II guess I know your father.
and l guess my father buys clothes of
mother. and ! guess will. too. ask him
II l want to-"
Well. swatty couldn't answer back
because Lucy was his girl. So got
up and stood In front of Lucy and
my girl but only my sister. and ! said:
You will not do 1t. You go home!"
You stop pushing me! i won't go
Yes. you will. when 1 say SOL" I
was going to tell her that as soon
as there were any more old
fashion plates at swatty's fathers,
SSwatty would swi-would get one for
Just took hold of her arm too hard
between my thumb and finger. She
SAID 1 pinched her, but l did not; 1
9nSt sort of took hold of her that way:
she ran back away and stuck out her
tongue at me.
Now, Just for that, Mr.. smarty,"
she yelled, I'm going to tell Mamie
but iGa she 5qTt sRiepaa aarer or started for her.
aMaIiie," she shouted. you'll be
is an anti-prohibition."
Mamie just stood and looked at me.
bf6itiee beeadse I'd said I'd always be pro-
Are you?" she asked.
II SWatty hadn't been right there
l would have changed back to prohi-
al right, but he was there and
wasn't going to have him think that
l would change on account of a girl.
So said:
"Uh, huh"
An right for you. Mr.. Georgie,N
You needn't ever SPEAK to me, again
as long as you live" she said.
II felt pretty cheap. l tried to say
something. and l couldn't think Of
aanything to say. so 1 made a face at
her and she made one at me, and then
we We're mad at each other and she
went away. She went toward down
town, and Lucy skipped across the
street and ran and went with her.
Mr: Swartz said Mamie could have
the 1ashion plate as soon as he was
.hrough with 1t, which would be at
the END or the season when he got a
new one. Lucy let me know that. all
risnt! Il guess it was on account of
Lucy ne promised to let Mamie have
full fond of Lucy
anyway Mamie was mighty pleased
TO know she was going to have a good
father.
When she played paper dolls with
Lucy l used to sort of go over where
.ney were and maybe stand there to
see II Mamie was mad at me still,
ABOUT aid she said was how glad she'll
oe when she had good father. I
guess L heard her say 1t a hundred
times. but she never let on she knew I
was there at all. Sometimes I'd sort
OF drop an apple or something so it
Wouid rail- where she could reach IL.
out she never paid any attention. The
most .she would do would be to pick
up a one-legged father and say:
mere are you going. Mr.. Reginald:
de we're" I'm going down town to
sote WHile II you do not need me to
take care of the baby Not at ali. but
do hope you will show folks you are
prohibition. If / ever heard Won
We're an prohibition 1 would cut
you up into mincemeat.'"
so then l most generally went away.
got Kind OF sick of girls. 1 made
up my mind they were no good, any-
way. and that I'd never have another
one II l lived to be a million years old.
ana when l wrote notes to Mamie in
school 1t wasn't any use because she
always tore them up without reading
them. 1t made me feel awful to have
her so mean,
Wen, 1t came to examination time
and we began to be examined. Swattv
and Bony and didn't have to be ex-
amined in arithmetic until Thursday.
and neither did Lucy or Mamie, SO
Swatty and Bony and I thought we
might as well go fishing that morning.
we got our poles and some bait and
started, and we went down 3d
street and when we came to the rail
way track we cut across through Bur
mans lumber yard towards the river
because that was the quickest way.
Burman's sawmill was the biggest
one In Riverbank then. / guess Won
kho" now big those sawmills were
Great big red buildings with gravel
roofs Where they sawed the logs that
came down the river in rafts. and
where they made shingles, and the
row OF sheds where they dried the
lumber with steam. and another big
one where planers were There we're
hundreds and hundreds Of pilaa ~