The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-27
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James parlor. and then watch what
happened. on. OF course. the party
couldn't stand IL long-not In there
with the hair wreath and the coffin
plate. But they could stand II long
enough for father tn thunder from
the library. Jane. what In heavens
name 10 the meaning OF all this1''
And for Aunt Jane TO give one look
at the kind OF clothes real folks
wear. and then flee with her hands
TO her ears and her eyes appraised to
the ceiling. Wouldn't II be funf
But. therc, What's the use OF I'm.
agining perfectly crazy, impossible
things like thstf We haven't Ind a
thing here In that parlor since /
came but one missionary meeting
and one ladies' aid sewing circle: and
after the last one tthe sewing cir
cicl Aunt Jane worked a whole day
picking threads off the carpet. and
smoothing down the linen covers be
cause they'd got so mussed up. And
! heard her tell the hired girl that
rhe shouldn't have that sewing cir.
Gle here again In n hurry and when
shc did have them they'd have TO
sew In the dining room with sheet
spread down to catch the threads
Ny but I would like 20 sve Aunt
Jane with one OF mothers teas in
her parior,
l can't see A. father has changed
much OF any these last two weeks
He stili doesn't pay much OF any
attention to me. tho / do find him
looking at IN. sometimes. Just as n
he was trying To make up his mind
about something. lie doesn't aay
hardly anything TO me. only once
or twice when he got TO asking ques.
tons again about Boston and
mother.
The last time I told him all about
Mr.. Harlow. and he was 80 inter.
| estcd, ! Just happened to mention
his name. and h. wanted TO know
| right away II II was Mr.. Carl Har.
low. and II knew whether mother
| had ever known him before. And OF
course l told him right away that
IL was-the same one she was en-
gagged TO before she Was engaged to
him.
Father looked funny and Kind OF
gruntcd and said. yes. yes. he knew
Then he said. THAT viii do. Mary. :"
And he began to read his book again.
But he never turned a page. and ~
wasn't five minutes before he got
up and walked around the room.
picking out books from the book.
cascs and putting them right back.
and picking up things from the
mansei and putting them right back.
Then he turned to me and asked
with n kind OF of.coursc- i-don't-carc
air:
Did you shy you saw quito q little
of-this Harlow fellow"
But he did care. I know he did
He was real interested. I could see
that he was. And 10 told him
everything. all about how he came
there to the teas. and sent mr. flow
ers and candy. and was getting a
| divorce himself. and what he said
on the sofa that day. and how
mother answered. As said. told
him everything. only I was careful
not TO call Mr.. Harlow n prospective
sutton. OF course. remembered too
well what Aunt Hattie had asid.
Father didn't say anything when I
got through. He just got up and
left the room, and pretty quick I
saw him crossing the lawn to the
observatory.
guess there aren't any proSpcc.
tive suitors here. I mean. guess
father isn't "A prospective sutton
anyhow. not yet tOf course. it's the
man that has to be the suitorJ He
doesn't go anywhere. only over TO
the college and out to the obscrva.
tory. I've watched so to see.
wanted specially to know. for OF
course IL he was being n prospective
sutton 10 any one. she'd be my new
mother, maybe And I'm going TO
be awfully particular about any new
mother coming into the house.
A whole lot more. even. depends
on mothers than on fathers. you
know: and II you're going TO have
one oil ready-made thrust upon you.
you are sort OF anxious TO know
what kind she Is. Some way. l don't
think I'd like new mother even
~ well as I'd like a new father: and
] don't believe I'd pke him very
well.
OF course, there are quite n lot
Of ladies here that father could have.
There are several pretty teachers In
~
ried ladies in the church. And
there's Miss Pamela Snow. She's
Professor SHOWS sister She wears
glasses and Is terribly learned. May.
be he would like her. But, mercy
I shouldn't.
Then there's Miss Grace Ann San.
born. She's fat. and awfully jolly.
She comes here lot lately to see
Aunt Jane. don't know why. They
don't belong TO the slime church. or
anything. But she runs over" az
she calls II. almost every afternoon
just a little before dinner--I mean
supper.
Mrs. Darling used 10 come then.
too. when / first came: but she
t'bt'e VNtf iCW
be It's BECAUSE she doesn't like Miss
Grace Ann. I don't think she does
like her. for every time she saw her.
she'd say: "Oh. you? SO you're
herer' And then she'd turn and talk
to Aunt Jane and simply ignore Miss
Grace Ann. And pretty quick she'd
get up and go. And now she comes
evenings. She's fixing over her
house, and she runs and asks Aunt
James advice about every little
thing. She asks Fathers. too. every
chance she gets, when she sees him
in the hall or on the front steps.
heard her tell Aunt Jane she con.
sidered Professor Anderson "A man
Of most excellent taste and Judg.
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