The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-08-10
cuApTER V-continued.

slr you SICK M"i''
aOOk my head.
.oaa you hurt yourselfT
sCCk my head again.
=. ,nr-your mother-you haven't
!, Md news from herr"
IA then I blurted 1t out without
.,s,,-without thinking at all what
~vlpg: "No, nO-but l wish j
..,Ivlsh | had; cause then | could
! her. and go away from here!'
Z. minute I'd said 1t l knew what I'd
,0d how awful 1t sounded; and |
- nv fingers to my lips. But I
:. ma late. It's always too late,
-, vou'ye once said II. So / just
"ss for him to thunder out his
..,,,. for Of course, ] thought he
ia thunder in rage and righteous
,Snaton.
mn 10 didn't. Instead, very quietly
I'd gsntly he said:
A., ycu so unhappy, then, MARY
lmr
ldI looked at him, and his eyes
N hls mouth and his whole face
y,ut angry at all. They were just
M actually sorry. And somehEw,
Isr, knew II, I was crying az, in,
ID Fsther, with his arm around me
m Ms arm around me! think of
rfL-Was leading me TO the sofa.
md cried and cried there, with my
NJ On the arm of the sofa, till I'd
ns big tear spot on the linen
rg; and | wondered If II would dry
! before Aunt Jane saw it, or if it
wiz change color or leak through To
4 red plush underneath, or some
ng dreadful thing. And then. some
NJ, found myself telling 1t all over
Fsiher-about Mary and Marie, /
ban Just as If he was Mother, or
ks one loyed-I mean, some one |
Ed and wasn't afraid of; for of
krx love Father. OF course l do
Vel told him everything (when l
y rarted there was no stOpping)-
ltcut how hard II was TO be Mary.
b bow today / had tried to be Marie
, inst little while, to rest me. He
Fsrupted here, and wanted to know
hat was why / looked so different
kh,-mOre as | had when | first
prf; snd ! said yes, that these were
hhe things that Mary couldn't wear.
y when he asked, "Why, pray?" In
nIce almost cross, | told him. of
Fsx that Aunt Jane wouldn't let
, that Mary had to wear brown
~ and calfskin boots that were
aSe, and that would wear well.
40 when ! told him how sorry /
y a0cut the music and such a noise
u been making. he asked if that
= Aares fault, too; and said yes.
uuse-that Aunt Jane didn't like
ave Mary play at all, except
us and funeral marches, and Mary |
~ Know any. And he grunted a |
hitle grunt, and said, "Weil,
upon my soul, upon my soul -
~ Sid, 60 on" And / did 60 -!
aa hin how / was afraid II was |
% be just Ike DR.. Jekyll and |
Toe' u forgot to say I've read |
wv Hound II In Fathers libraryD |
si~ mol just like it, only one of |
~ soing TO be bad, and one good.
= maid, If didn't look out. III
NO now Marie always wanted TO |
~ rugs and move the chairs ont
1i sockets In the carpet, and !
'"As around handy, and such
ana so today it seemed as If
eV' 10 have a vacation from
hot gingham dresses and
woes. And I told him how
was without anybody, not
ana l told about Charlie
a raul Mayhem and Mr..
nslngstoce, and how Aunt
'Vuan't let me have them.
ven II ! was standing where
s's and river meet.
gave another funny little
~ s and got up suddenly and
hu 10 the window. | thought
:. ae was angry; but he wasn't
ven more gentle when he
49,. a and sat down again. and
Y Interested, very much inter.
~ y, s'erything l told him. But I
kl,,ss 49, u time from saying again
i, eo could go back TO Bos-
kss.. I'm not sure but he knew 7
In vas very nice and kind and
i 70 worry about the music
d severn, mind NJ it at all. He'd
kltba. .sial times and heard IL.
rs, s s almost, by the way he
ls ~ =. ned come in on purpose 70
Y Just put IL 'I tha, was m.a a m mis-,
Mn NJ over it-about its
def 70 say more. maybe:
n Am, .now. l had to run 7
\ sss lanes voice on the piazza
<sbr to the lady that had
= I'D a ao'ne; 50, of course, I had
II q, S sng Marie in the closet
tene And l did,
- s l had on the riDv.
MAJ moi clumsy shoes
~ mao washed my face in ,
NJ a. : mad got most of the ,
sM IN. ! didn't want Aunt
~ ! s, and ask questions, of
500, s 's she didn't. Any.
- nav 49,
= M o.ss anything, either, I