Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-29
(Ceutinssd frem Lat WE'LL

''Yo,i.s WASN'T Di Hashed Mt her.
Luiu's color deepened. hut there
seemed 10 he no resentment In her.
>h. mus, deal with this right-that
was what her manner seemed TO say.
And how should she dealf
"Di.- she cried. come back with
nic-and walt till mamma and papa
eef home"
That's likely. They say I'm not to
he married TIL I'm twenty-one.-
-weil. bnt how young that is!-
1T Is 10 YOU
-Di. This L. wrong-it In wrong
There's nothing wrong about get
ting marriei--if you stay married.
We'll then II can't be wrong TO let
them know
lit isn, But they'd treat me
wrong. They'd make me stay NJ
horne And ] won't stay AT home-I
won; stay there. They act as II !
WIS ten years old"
Abruptly In Luln's face there came
n light OF understanding
~W'hy, pi." she said. do you feel
that WAY. too;-
III ult-tI iuit- sue WtUt on
I'm grown W. feel just rs
grown up rs vhey io And I'm not al
lowed Ia do h thing feel. want to
be nway-I WI. he ay:y.'
Il know about tI,at part" Lulu said.
she now looked ut hi with atten-
tisM Was II possible Cat III was
suffering in tile air Of that home as
n L..
Thought Of that There III had seemed
50 young. so dependent. so--asguirin.
Here, by herself. waiting for Bobby.
in the Hess house at Milton. Size was
curiously adult. Would she be adult
IL she were let alone!
You don't know what it's like" DI
cried TO he hushed up an laughed ut
and paid no attention to everything
you say
Don't IL said Lulu. Don't IT,
She was breathing quickly and look
ing at III. II this was why DI was
leaving home. ~
But. Di." she cried. do y6u love
Bobby Larkiny-
Hy this III was embarrassed Tive
got tc marry somebody" she said.
..nnd II might as well be him"
Ruf Is II hIm!''
"Yes. II is,- said DI. But she
added II know ! could love almost
anybody real nice that was nice to
me" And this she said. not in her
own right. but either she had picked
II up somewhere and adopted 1t. or
else the terrible modcrnIty and hon
esfy of her day somehow spoke
through her. for It's own. But to Lulu
Ii was ns II something familiar turned
its face to be recognized.
"Di," she cried
"Ifs true. You ought to know
that She waited for moment.
"You did II" she added Mamma
said So
At this onslaught Lulu was stupe-
fed. For she began to perceive its
truth.
Il know what I want to do, guess"
Df muttered. as II to try to cover
what she had said.
Up to that moment, Lulu had been
feeling intensely that she understood
ID. but that Di did not know this.
Now Lulu felt that she and Di actual
ly shared some unsupported sister
hood. II was not only that they were
both badgered by Dwight. 1t was
more than that. They were two wOrn-
en-. And she must make Di know that
she understood her.
"Di," Lulu said, breathing hard,
what you just said Is true, guess.
Don't you think don't know. And
now I'm going to tell you"
She might have poured II all ont,
claimed her kinship with Di BY virtue
Of that which had happened in savan-
nah. Georgia. But Di said:
Here come some ladies'. And good
ness, look At the way you look I"
Lulu glanced down II know she
said, -but ! gues youn have to put
{ up with me-
The two women entered, looked
about with the complaisance Of those
who examine 4 hotel property, fnd
criticism incumbent, and have NO
errand. These two women had out
dressed their occasion. In their pres
ence Di kept silence. turned away her
bead. gave them to know that she had
nothing to do with this blue cotton
person beside her. When they had
gone on, -What do you mean by my
having to put up with your Di asked
sharply.
Il mean I'm going to stay with
you"
Di laughed scornfully- she was
again the rebeilious child. II guess
Bobby1l have something to say about
that" she said insolently.
They LEFT you in my charge
But I'm not baby-the Idea. Aunt
Lulur
Tn going to stay right with you,"
said Lulu She wondered what she
should Do II Di suddenIy marched
away from her. through that btiGht