The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-08-24
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.e1sa THANKSGIVING

CHAPTER vl-0'0''"''''
-, nays AFTER THANKSGIVING
r,ol,ulst has got rival, I'm
Ine has. It's Mr.. EasterDrook'
gre a a'd| mi as fOrty-ond bald,
bss 90 and fat. and has got lots 81
saoeu And he's a very estimaDle
p'"S'' q heard Aunt Hattie say thn H.
s'e ,stully jolly, and l like him. ne
Be- 80 the loyeliest boxes OF candy
s ~ calls me Puss. q don't Ike , tn hat;
90 ., .a I'd prefer MIN to cal
w.. ApdersonO He's not nearly
Ds , n,5. as the yiolinist' The
s. s is lots more thrilling but !
as .1s0,, wonder If Mr.. Easterbrook
=. more comfortable to live WIN, on
~ NJ yiOllnist is the kind Of a man
l YES you want to sit up and
o.. o. ns and have your hair and
-. -. nails and shoes just right; but
my n, Easterbrook you wouldn't
n MI sitting in a big chair be-
-. s a, FIRE with a pair Of old slippers
: your feet were tired.
y, tasterbrook doesn't care for
-. He's a broker. He looks aw-
s N, bored when the violInist is play
~. and he fidgets with his watch
-, and clears his throat very loud
I'M !, INST before he speaks every time.
y. ,u,ouobile is bigger and hand
..rs, than the yiollnist's. (Aunt Hat
!. .y, the yiolinist's automobile Is
s,rpd one.) And Mr.. Easterbrook's
.,vsrs that he sends to Mother are
s.0dsuer too. and lots more Of them
Al, the violinist's. Aunt Hattie has
.,acsd that, too. In fact, l guess there
mn ANYTHING about Mr.. Easterbrook
| ,h,, she doesn't notice.
Amt Hattie likes Mr.. Easterhrook
"a, hotter than she does the violinist.
/ heard her talking to Mother one day
ONE WEEK LATER
TSere hasn't much happened-only
~. or two things. But maybe I'd bet
~ ,eIl them before / forget 1t, espe-
daily as they have a good deal to do
vlth the love part Of the story. And
I'm always so glad to get anything of
hat kind. I've been so afraid this
vuuldn't be much of a love story, after
Ill But | guess II will be, all right.
Auybow, know Mothers part will be,
,r lis getting more and more excit-
he-sbout Mr.. Easterbrook and the
reinist | mean.
rney both want Mother. Anybody
un zee that now, and, Of course, Moth
a ices Il. But which she'll take !
iunt know. Nobody knows. It's per-
ietly plain to be seen, though. which
one Grandfather and Aunt Hattie want
hg 10 takel It's Mr.. Easterbrook.
And he is awfully nice. He brought
ne q perfectly beautiful bracelet the
cher day-hut Mother wouldn't let me
lesp II. So he had to take II back.
ldOct think he liked 1t very well, and
didn't like II, either. / wanted that
hnceiet. But Mother says I'm much
100 young to wear much jewelry. oh.
VII the time ever come when I'll be
ID enough to take my proper place In
De vorldi Sometimes 1t seems as If
4 never would!
Well as / said, It's plain to be seen
vhe Il Is that Grandfather and Aunt
Hattie favor; but I'm not so sure about
xaher. Mother acts funny. Some
unes che won't 90 with either of them
nrhere; then she seems to want to
pM me time. And she acts as If
ne DIDN'T care which she went with,
sang as she was just goins-some-
uss think, though. she really likes
Ne volinist the best; and l guess
s1Ddiather and Aunt Hattie think so,
m
~nethlng happened last night.
usnolather began to talk at the din
" uo'e. He'd heard something he
ent Ike about the violinlst. / guess.
~ ne started In to tell Mother. But
NO stopped him. Mother and Aunt
niue looked at him and then at me
~ nen back TO him, In their most
shoshere! - you mustn't-taIk-be.
saer way. So he shrugged his
Asa'ders and stopped.
ou guess he told them in the II.
80 afterwards, for l heard them all
lug very excitedly, and some loud
guess Mother didn't like wha,
sld and got quite angry, for
ner say, when she came out
wen the door, that she didn't be,
va word Of 1t, and she thought /,
wicked, cruel shame to tell
80 ME that Just because they
saf Ike man.
NC WEEK LATER
- ! guess now something has
~ ~0ed all right And let me say
way that don't like that violin.
sa ~, either, any better than Grand
,,. a ald Aunt Hattie. And it's not
a, y" because Of what happened last
ss. ether. It's been coming on fol
Ss,. never since l first saw hin,
% Theresa in the hall wher
mn. MN 70 one night a week ago.
a. = Is Awfuny pretty, and
,. ae thinks so. Anyhow. I heart
- wiling her so in the hall and sb,
0 and blushed and looroa .,so