News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-09-13

now they acted, ana What they said
about my being DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde because / was Mary and
Marie, and the ice-cream, and the
parties they had to give up If they
went with me. And ] know was cry
ing so ! could hardly speak, before 1
finished; and Father was on his feet
tramping up and down the room NUT
tering something under his breath, and
looking-oh, ! can't begin to tell how
he looked. But it was awful.
"And so that's why l WISH" fin
ished chokingly, "that 1t would hurry
up and be year, so Mother could get
married"
Married Like a flash he turned
and stopped short, staring at me.
"Why, yes" 1 explained; "for if she
did get married, she wouldn't be d.
vorced any longer, would she?"
But he wouldn't answer With =
queer little noise In his throat he
turned again and began to walk up
and down, up and down, until thought
for minute he'd forgotten 1 was
there. But he hadn't. For after a
while he stopped again right in front
of me.
$50 your mother is thinking of get
ting married" he said in a voice so
queer it sounded as If it had come
from away off somewhere.
But l shook my head and said no,
of course; and that was very sure she
wouldn't till her year was up, and
even then l didn't know which she'd
take, so l couldn't tell for sure any
thing about it. But hoped she'd take
one of them, so she wouldn't be d.
vorced any longer.
Father turned, and began to
walk up and down again, with his
hands in his pockets and l didn't
know whether to go away or to stay,
and l suppose I'd have been there now
If Aunt Jane hadn't suddenly appeared
In the library doorway.
Charles, if Mary is going to school
at all today it is high time she was .
starting" she said. But Father didn't
seem to hear. He was still tramping
up and down the ROOM his hands in
his pockets.
Charles !" Aunt Jane raised her
voice and spoke again. 81 said if Mary
is going to school at all today it is
high time she was starting"
'Eh? What?" If you'll believe it,
that man looked as dazed as if he'd
never even heard of my going to
school. Then suddenly his face
changed. "Oh, yes, to be sure. Well,
err Mary is not going to school to-
day." he said. Then he looked at his
watch, and without another word
strobe into the hall, got his hat, and
left the house, leaving Aunt Jane and
me staring into each others faces.
But 1 didn't stay much longer than
Father did. l STROBE in to the hall, too,
Dy Aunt Jane. But l didn't leave the
house. l came up here to my own
Dom; and ever since I've been writ
ng 1t all down in my book.
OF course, / don't know now what's
soing to happen next. But l wish you
'ould have seen Aunt James face when
Father said l wasn't going to school
oday! l don't believe she's sure yet
hat she heard aright-though she
lidn't try to stop me, or even speak
rhen l left and came upstairs. But
just know she's keeping up a power
I'll thinking.
For that matter, so am I. What is
DING to happen next? Have 1 got to
o to school tomorrow? But then, Of
curse, shant do that. Besides /
ont believe Father'll ask me to, aft 4
r what said about Mother. He didn't
Ike that-what those girls said-any
etter than / did. I'm sure of that.
Why, he looked simply furious. But
here isn't any other school here that
can be sent to, and
But what's the use? l might sur
Use and speculate all day and not
ONE anywhere near the truth. l must
wait-what the night will bring forth,
S they say In really truly novels
OUR DAYS LATER
And what did the night bring forthp
es, what did it bring! Verify it
rought forth one thing l thought MOTH
* ever could have brought forth.
1t was like this.
That night at the supper table Aunt
lne cleared her throat in the LAM
termined-I-will-speak kind of a way
at she always uses when she speaks
Father. (Aunt Jane doesn't talk
Father much more than Mother
'ed to-
Charles" she began.
Father had an astronomy paper be-
de his plate, and he was so busy
aiding he didn't hear, so Aunt Jane
I'd to speak again-a little louder
is time.