Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-28
PREFACE
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I'm thirteen years ait and Ira
cru-s current and .aa.radrs'.uu Tha'
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T.nrs SHY I've a,rlIrd 9" make
buna - o. rMuf '- l' rru'5 wHI n,.
book "n3 / shall have 'u calr %
dlHrH. "n rr.uni ~ Father. y"u know
S"nJ q ar 'r.r, n'ra a"u.l ha," 'n
do ,hIugs 600 a.,"uar si la'Lrr' Aua
won't .f rna--r r.,. t.E luurHs Tu
lI,Ir- uIh Mrnrr % Boston Eur
oh. m, '-rnr -.a u..a'., I'm usius
her" with hm wN.a 1901 fh"u. {
sgmr AD1huw. l'u hr different. And
that sorrIMre
We'll a'nGf making 'hEs Into book
A. started 'o -Hs. De- wouldn't I"i
me. know he wouldn't. llr says
novels are silly Vustr ot time II rot
hhsnuIrl} wlea,rl Egt % diary ."h.
he lu,.s dMr'", he Lrrrs ru" hlm
self uud nr told me &, UpuII %" m cv.
c"lt"nt md lu~'rucfl," discipline for
me to du Ii. i0,--srt down the weather
and what | nd cycry day.
The weather and wha, | I'D every
day Indeed, Lovely reading that
would MAXI wouldn't Il? Liz" this:
The sun shines this morning
got up. ate my breakfast. went to
school. came home. ate my dinner.
played one hour over to Carrie Hey
woods, practIccd on the piano one
hour, studied another hour. Talked
with Mother upstairs In her room about
the sunset md the snow on the trees
Ate my supper. Was talked to by
Father down In the library abou, i'm
proving myself and taking care not TO
be light.mlnded and frivolous. (He
meant Ike Mother. only he didn't say
II right out loud You don't have to
say some things right out In plain
words, you know Then I went 10 bed"
Just MS II | was going to write my
novel like thntl Not much am. Bu,
shall call Il n diary. oh. yes. shall
call It dIary-tIll | take It to be
printed. Then | shall give 1t Its true
nnme--a novel. And I'm going to tell
the printer that I've left It to him to
make the spelling right, and put in all
those tiresome little commas and
periods and question marks that every
body seems 10 make such fuss about.
II / write the story part. | can't be eI-
pected TO be bothered with looking up
how words are spelt, every five min.
ut1'r A'A AbNN4A% 'ffl u
whole lot OF foolish little dots and
dashes.
As II anybody who was reading the
story cared for that partl The story's
the thing.
! love stories. I've written lots OF
them for the girls. too-lltile short
ones, ! mean: not long one like this
70 going to be. OF course. And It'll
be SO exciting to be living story In
stead OF reading !t-only when you're
living a story you can't peek over to
the back to see how It's all coming out.
shant like that part Still, II mny be
al the more exciting. after all. not to
know what's coming
like love stories the best Fathers
got-oh, lots OF books In the library.
and I've read stacks Of them. even
some Of the stupid old histories and
Biographies. ] had TO read them when
there wasn't anything else to read.
But there weren't many love stories.
Mothers got few. thoush-lovely
ones-and some books Of poetry. on
tbe little shelf In her room. But I
read all those ages ago.
That's why I'm so thrilled over this
new one-the one I'm living. I mean
FPr Of course this will be q love story.
Tbere1l be my love story In two or
three years, when l grow up. and
while I'm waiting there's Fathers and
Apther'a
Nurse Sarah says that when you're
dy(pgced you're free Just like you were
616ofo you were married. and that
eemstimes they marry again. That
mA0s me tAink right away: what II