The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-10
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thing about such things. And that
was why she was reading TO me now.
Then she said again that she thought
We owed Il TO father. when he'd been
30 good TO lee me stay.
IL rrems 80 funny TO hear her talk
such lot about father a. she does.
when before abe never used TO men
tion him--oniy TO say how afraid
she was that would love him better
than ! did hcr. and to make me my
over and over again that ! didn't
And I said 80 one day 10 her-I
mean. said I thought Il was funny.
the way she talked now.
She ooiorcd up and bit hsr lip. ana
gave q queer little laugh. Then she
grew very sober and grave. and said:
Il know. dear. Perhaps am tank.
ing more than used to. But. you
sre. I've been thinking quite a lot
and 1--we learned some things. And
now. sipcc your father has been no
kind and generous In giving you up
70 me ~ much OF his time. 1--we
grown ashamed: and I'm trying TO
make you forget what I said--abous
your loving me more than him. That
warnt right. dear Mother was
wrong. She shouldn't try 70 In.
fiucnoc you against your father. He
II = good man: and there are none
too many good men In tho world
No. no. won't say that" she broke
| off.
But she'd already eaid n. and. Of
coursr. ] know she was thinking Of
the violinist I'm no child.
| She went on more after that quite
. lot mora And she said again that
! must love father and try TO please
him In every way. and she cried .
little and talked lot about how hard
II was IN my po~ition. and tina, she
~as afraid she'd only been making
Il harder. through her eiflshnesa.
ana ! must forgive her. and try to
forEet t. And she va VERY sure
she'd DO better nov. And ahe aid
that. aftev all. life wasn't IN just b.
lag happy yourwR II wAs In how
much happiness you could give 70
Others
On. u vAs lovely And I cried, ana
she cried somc more. and ne kiased
Zach other. and I promised. And
after ~. went away I felt all up-
raised and holy. like you do when
you've been 10 . beautiful church
service with soft music and coior~d
windows. and everybody hneeiinx.
And ! felt ~ II ia never Be naughty
or thoughtiees again. And that ia
mover mind bring Mary now. Why,
Id b. glad TO be Mary half the time,
aud oven more--tor fathex.
Hut. aiAA
Listen Would you hrneve III yust
that same evening mother stopped
mo again laughing too loud and max
Ing too much noise playing with L~~-
t~r. and felt real crosA just
boiled inside Of me. and sAid I hated
Mary. and that mother was r~tiins
to be Just like Aunt Jana And yet
jrt that morning.
oh. II only that hushed. stained
window ostmuac feeling would last,
Juna.
Wen. once morv school n done. my
trunk IL all packed. and I'm ready
TO 30 10 Andersonvilie. I leave to.
morrow morning. But not as ] left
last year. Oh. ua IL In VERY. very
different Why. this year I'm really
going a. Mary. Honestly. mother
has turned me into Mary before 20.
Nov. what do you think Of that7
And u I've rot 70 b. Mary there and
Mary hera. too. whom can ! ever be
Marie, Oh. know I said ia Be-
willing 10 BE- Mary half. and maybe
more than haif. the time. But when
| Il comes TO really being Mary out Of
turn extra time. that u quite ~.
other thing.
And I am Nary
Listen:
I've iesrnsd % cook That's Mary.
I've been studying astronomy.
That's Mary.
I've learned 10 walk quietly. spsak
softly. laugh not too loudly. and be
y lady at AL .times. That's Mary.
And now. 10 add 10 all thiA mother
has had me dress like Mary. Yes.
she began two weeks ago. She came
into my room one morning and said
she wanted to look over my dresses
| and things: and could sec. by the
way she frowned and bit her lip and
tapped her foot on tho floor. that she
wasn't suited. And was glad: for.
OF COURSE. I always like TO have new
thingA 50 Was pleased when she
said:
Il think. my dear. shat on satur.
day well have to 20 In town shop
ping. Quite a number Of these things
win not do at all
And I was 70 happy Visions OF
new drcsse and hate and shoes ROSE
before me. and even the pink beaded
silk came into my mind--though
didn't really have much hopes Of
that
Wen. w went shopping on Satur.
day. but-dId We get the pink siIk7
We did not We did get--youd never
guess what We got two new Eing.
ham dressee. very plain and homely.
and q pair OF horrid. thick low shoes
Why. could have criedi / did most
cry IA I exclaimed:
| Why. mother. those axs Mary
thingsr'
"Of course. they're Mary things"
answered mother. chccrfully--the
kind OF checrfulness that says: I'm
being good and you ought to be"
Then she went on That's what