The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10

three who we're left in that little
brown house, queer emptiness
seemed to be gathering with the
twilight shadows through the
rooms, for in that home the first
day was drawing to its close when
daddy was gone.
Jimmie G. was pacing up and
down the room intent on STEPPING
only on certain figures in the rug,
while Jean was curled up in a cor
ner of the window seat listlessly
watching the passers-by, when Mrs.
Gray came in and turned on the
soft shaded light IN the lamp.
want the paper mother" asked
Jimmie, as Mrs. Gray took her
place in the fathers chair beside
the library table. But before she
could answer Jean came over and
climbed up in her lap, hiding her
face against her mothers shoulder.
Jimmie G. slowly turned away,
looking down at the tightly rolled
evening paper, but the next mo
ment he Strengthened up to his full
height, and wheeling around toward
his little sister with sudden energy,
he said, Now Jean, listen. It's
pretty lonesome without dad, |
know, but he's just here in America
all right, and We'll see him every
week or two, and I'm not going to
cry yet
."Ill tell you what let's do" said
Mrs. Gray, Lets have a little
meeting here in the council chair,
as daddy said, remember Jimmie?
And then while I'm putting Jean to
bed, you can write to him and
tell him how this day has gone"
"All right" agreed Jimmie.
And thus it came about that af-
ter thoughtfully biting the end of a
we'll chewed pen and distributing
scratches and ink spots about gen.
orally, Jimmie G. triumphantly end
ed his first epistolary masterpiece.
Dear Dad:
You ought to see the way get to
be man around home here now it
sure is great, you know mother
said l could sit in your place so I
do and get to carve the meat and
squash gravey around, and say dad,
but it's fun only l don't see how
you get potatoes and things in the
spoon. l half to chase them all
around the dish and then just flip
um over on the plate, but they get
there after while and l don't like
the arms on your chair very much
either because they get in fellow
way so bad when he's carving.
just stand up most of the time, but
we wont have carving meat very
much any more so don't worry.
At school this afternoon Miss
Hamilton said because on account
of you dad, I could choose all the
songs so | did and we sang My
Country Tis OF The three times.
you see dad, Tom Harlow said he
didn't like it because it wasn't real
ly just OURS and | told him he ought
TO like it twice because it was ours
and our Allies too, so when | had
a chance | thought I'd make him
like it. because you know dad how
mother always kept telling me if
I'd get used to things like eating
salad dressing and carets I'd like
UNI, so | thought mabey all Tom
needed was getting used to things
too. Dad you sure can count on me
to help win the war
Tonight after supper we had a
meeting in the council chair like
You said dad. only mother sat in
the middle this time. and then we
planned out how we're goin to do
things. Jeans gets to take care of
the big clock and | get to lock up.
because you know dad, Jean isn't
big enough to do things like me,
but she wants to help some too, so
she can wind the clock because it
isn't hard and anyhow you only do
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