The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-19

| jumped up no quick I thought some
thing had hurt her. and cried. Good
Heavens. Babyf' diow I hate TO be
called "Babyr1 Then she just threw
some money onto the table 10 pay
the bin and hurried me away.
IL was after that that she began
TO stay In her room 40 much. and
not take me anywhere except for
walks at the other end OF the town
where II was all quiet and stupid.
and no music or lights. or anything
And though teascd and teased 10
go back TO the pretty. jolly places.
she wouldn't even take me. not
once.
Then by and by. one day. we met
a little black haired woman with
white checks and very big sad eyes
There weren't any spangiy dresses
and gold slippers about her. can
tell you' She was crying on a bench
In the park. ana mother told me to
stay back and watch tho swans
"hile she went up and spoke 10 her
tWhy do old folks always make us
watch swans or read books or look
into stor. windows or run and play
al the timer Don't they suppose we
understand perfectly well what Il
mcans-~that they're going to nay
something they don't want us TO
hearD Wen. mother and the lady
on tile bench talked and talked ever
80 long. and then mother called me
up. and tho lady cried little over
me. and said. Now. perhaps. n ia
had little Girl like that Then
she stopped and cried some more.
| We saw this lady real often after
that. She was nice and pretty and
sweet. and ! liked her: but she was
always awfuily sad. and I don't be.
lssve II was half no good for mother
TO bo with her as /, would have
been for her TO be with those Jolly.
laughing ladies' that wcro always
having Huch good times. Bu, 1
couldn't make mother sco ID that
Way Mt all. There are tlmen when IL
seems .as n mother just can't see
things the way ! do. Honestly. Il
seems sometimes almost an IL she
, was the crons-current and contra.
dietion instead Of me. IL does.
Well. ms nssd before. / didn't IKE
Z, very well out there. and I don't
believe mother did. either But it's
all over now, and we're back home
packing up TO 30 10 Boston.
Everything seems awfuliy queer
Maybe because father isn't here. for
one thing.e He wrote very polite ana
asked tbs TO com. to get our things.
and he said he was going To New
York on business for several dayn.
no mother need not fear be nho,l,s
annoy her with his presence Then,
another thing. mothers queer. This
morning sho was singing away a,
The top OF her voice and running all
over The house picking up things
she wanted. and seemed 40 happy.
But This afternoon found her down
on the floor in tho library crying ar
II her heart would break. with her
head In fathers big chair before tho
fireplace. But rhe jumped up the
minute ] came In and eaId. no. no.
she didn't want anything. She was
Just tired. that's all And when I
asked her II she was sorry. after all.
that she was going to Boston TO
live. sh. said. no. no. no. indeed.
she guessed sho wasn't She was
just M glad as glad could be tina,
she was going. only she wished Mon.
day would hurry up and come 30 we
could be gone.
And that's all. It's Saturday now.
and We go Just day after tomorrow
Our trunks are most packed. and
mother says she wishes she'd
planned 10 so today. I've said good
bye TO all the girls. and promised 10
write loads OF letters about Boston
and everything. They are almost a.
excited as ] am; and I've promised
''cross my heart and hope 20 die"
that ] won't love those Boston girls
better than do them-apeciaily