Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-16

told her 10 20 right into the iih-a-
where Cousin Grace was. So We were
left alone again. E:rer a minute.
Il vas most DARK on the piazza, but
! could see Fathers face In the lish,
from the window aud II l0okei-weil.
I'd never seen It look Ike that before
Il vas a. II something mat had teen
OF IL for year. had dropped OF and
lert Il clear where before IL nad been
blurred and lndist!nct. No. thHr
doesn't exactly describe Il either I
can't d"srrih. IL But III go on and
say what he said.
After Mrs Small had gone into the
house. and he saw that sh" Was sit
ting down Virh Cousin Grac. In the
library be turned 20 me and said:
And 80 you came a. MHryT.
said yrs. I did
well II got ready for Marie
But then didn't quite understand.
not even when looked at him and
saw n" old understanding twinkle In
his eyes.
You meHn-yuu thought I was com
Ing as Marie. of course" said then.
Yes" be nodded
"But cam" ns Mary
Il see now that y"u did Well. Mary.
you've told IN" your story, ~ sup
pose may as we'll tell you mlnc-n0w.
You see. not only got ready for
Marie but | had PLANNED TO keep her
Marie, and not le' her "a. Mary-at
all"
And then he told me lie told me
how he'd never forgotten that tay in
'ho rarlnr when | cried and D" saw
then how hard !t was lor me to live
here. with him SO absorbed IN his
work and Aunt Jane go stern IN her
hnrs dress. And he said put II very
yIyINy whou ! talked about being
Marie In Boston. aud Mary here, and
be- saw Just how Il WIS. And 50 he
thought and thought about u an win
tor. and Wondered shat De could do.
And after q time IL came 20 hIm-hr'd
let me- be- Marie here that Is, he'd try
10 make ~ 81 could be- Marie. And
be- WIS lost wondering how Er Uny
going GO ger Aunt Jane TO help him
when she was s~nt f0r RuJ asked to
gn tv no oiH friend who was sick.
Ard De told her IN -U. ny an mems to
-. Then hr HuF Cousin Grace % COME
here n" said he Errw Cousin Grace.
and DO was sure nha would Eu1w how
10 IsI- him 10 lrf me- a'uy Marie So
Dc fuIsrd Il over with her-how they
rwfI lnf we lnUGh. aud sing aud play
tho piano nu ! wanted 20, and wear
tho clothes 7 brought with me-, uGd
De fgs' us near 8s I cuulI be the way
WIS 600 Boston.
And IN think after AN NV prenara-
'l0n '0r Marie. YOU should be Mary
already, when you CauH," be finished.
FaiIer had covered his eyes with
his hand. as II thinking and thinking
lUst a7 hard ms ru cDull And sup
pose Il 1fd seem queer 70 him, that
Dc should be- trying 10 make me Marie.
and Uu the while Mother was trying
10 maEc me Mary. And II seemed so to
me as / began to think It over.
And SO your mo'her-dld hat
Enther muttsred: and there was the
queer little catch In his breath again.
He didn't say any more. not single
word. And after a minute he got up
and went Into the house. But he
didn't go Iut0 the library where Mrs.
Small and Cousin Grace We're talking.
He went straight upstairs TO his own
room and shut the door. heard II.
And be was still there when | went
mp to bed afterward.
How do you suppose Mothers going
10 feel whou ] teIi her tnat after all
her pains Father didn't like 1t at all.
He wanted me TO be Marie. It's a
shame, after all the pains she took.
But won't write 1t To her, anyway.
Maybe won; have to tell her, unless
she asks me.
But know H. And pray, what am
! TO do? or course. can act Ike
Marie here all right, II that is what
folks want. But ! can't wear Marie
for haven't single Marie thing here,
They're all Mary. That's all i brought
Oh. dear SUI mel Why couldn't
Father and Mother have been Just the
common iive-happy -ever-after kind. or
else found out before they married
that they were unlikesf