The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-06-01
CHAPTER I.-Continued.

on course, when you stop TO think
sn its sort of queer and funny.
though naturally / didn't think of II,
,-Oring no with il as did. and always
having IL. until suddenly one day 1t
occurred TO me that none of the other
strls had two names, one for their
father and. on. for their mother to
rsll them by. | began 10 notice other
things then, too. Their fathers and
mothers didn't live In rooms at Op-
nOslte ends of the house. Their fathers
and mothers seemed to like each other.
and 10 talk together. and TO have little
mixes and laughs together, and twinkle
with their eyes. That is, most of them
did
And II one wanted to go 10 walk,
or to a party, or to play some game,
The other didn't always look tired and
bored, and say. ooh, very well, If you
Ike" And then both not do ii. what
ever Il was That is, | never saw the
ether girls fathers and mothers do that
way; and I've seen quite lot Of them,
TOO. for I've been at the other girls
houses lot for long time. You see l
don't stay at home much, only when |
have to. We don't have round table
with red cloth and lamp on IL. and
children round il playing games and
doing things, and fathers and mothers
reading and mending. And it's lots
joller where they do have them.
Nurse says my father and mother
ought never TO have been married.
That's what heard her tell our
Bridget one day. So the first chance
eIt asked her why, and what she
meant.
"0h. la! Did you hear that?' she
demanded, with the quick look over
her shoulder that she always gives
when she's talking about Father and
Mother well. little pitchers DO have
big ears. sure enough"
Little pitchers" indeed. As if
didn't know what that meant! I'm ut
child to be kept in the dark concern
Ing things | ought to know. And
told her so. sweetly and pleasantly
but with tirmness and dignity. | made
her tell me what she meant, and
made her tell me lot of other thing:
about them. too. You see, I'd just de
dded to write the book, so | wanted
10 know everything she could tell me
didn't tell her about the book, o
course. ! know too much TO tell Sc
crels TO Nurse Sarah! But l showet
ny excitement and interest plainly
and when she saw how glad | was L
hear everything she could tell, sh'
hlEed a lot, and really seemed 10 en-
Joy Il. too.
lou see, she was here when Mothe
INST came as bride, SO she know
everything. She was Fathers nurs
Shen he was little boy; then sh
STAYED TO take care of Fathers mother
Irandma Anderson. who was an in
'ai'd Tor great many years and VIII
udnt die till just after l was borI
ihen she took care of me. So she
tways been in the family ever sine
sne was young girl. She's awful
CD now-'most sixty.
First / found out how they happene
70 marry-Father md Mother. II
u'kihg about nOw-only Nurse say
sne can't see yet how they did happe
70 marry, just the same. they're SO tee
totally different.
but this is the story.
rather went to Boston to attend
ois Meeting Of astronomers from a
o'er the world, and they had banquet
sno receptions where beautiful ladie
went In their pretty evening dresse.
anu my mother was one Of them. (He
,s'her was one Of the astronomer,
Nurse said) The meetings lasted fou