News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-11-01

| SHAfIEh 1l1.-Mary tells or the tim
| spent out west" where the perfectly
! all right and Tenteel and respectable
divorce was being arranged for, and heI
mothers Ito herr unacountable behavior
| BY the courts decree the child Is to spend
six months of the year with her mother
and six months with her father. Boston
| is Mothers home, and she and Mary
| leave Andersonville for that city to spend
| the first six months.
ONE WEEK LATER
Well, | guess now something has
happened all right And let me say
ist now, either, any better than Grand
father and Aunt Hattie. And it's MOI
entirely because of what happened last
night, either. It's been coming on fol
whichever since | first saw him
talking to Theresa in the hall when
she let him in one night week ago.
Theresa is awfully pretty, and
guess he thinks so. Anyhow, l heard
him telling her so in the hall, and she
laughed and blushed and looked side.
ways at him. Then they saw me, and
he stiffened up and said, very proper
and dignified, kindly hand my card
to Mrs. Anderson" And Theresa said
"Yes, sir" And she was very proper
and dignified, too.
Well, four days ago l saw them
again. He tried to put his arm around
her that time, and the very next day
he tried to kiss her. and after min
ute she let him. More than once, too.
And last night l heard him tell her
she was the dearest girl in all the
world, and he'd be perfectly happy If
he could only marry her.
Well, you can Imagine how l felt,
when l thought all the time 1t was
Mother he was coming to see! And
now to find out that 1t was Theresa he
wanted all the time. and he was only
coming to see Mother so he could see
Theresa!
AT first, l was angry-just plain an
CRY; and l was frightened, too, for
couldn't help worrying about Mother
for fear she would mind, you know,
when she found out that it was The
ItSd Illdl Ic CuiCu lOI, ulINi an
remembered what a lot Mother had
been with him, and the pretty dresses
and hats she'd put on for him, and all
that. And l thought how she'd broken
engagements with Mr.. Easterbrook to
go with him, and it made me angry all
over again. And l thought how mean
1t was of him to use poor Mother as a
kind of shield to hide his counting of
Theresa! l was angry, too, to have
my love story all spoiled, when l was
getting along/so beautifully with Moth.
er and the violinist
But I'm feeling better now. I've
been thinking it over. | don't believe
Mothers going to care so very much.
l don't believe she'd want man that
would pretend to come counting her,
when all the while he was really court
ing the hired girl mean maid. Be
Sides there's Mr.. Easterbrook left
(and one or two others that l haven't
said much about, as didn't think they
had much chance.) And so far as the
love story for the book is concerned.
that isn't spoiled, after all, for it will
be ever so much more exciting TO have
the viollnist fall in love with Theresa
than with Mother, for, of course, Their
esa isn't in the same station of life at
all, and that makes it "a mess-alli-
ance. q don't remember exactly what
the word is but know it means an al
lance that makes a mess of things be-
cause the lovers are not equal to each
other.) OF course, for the folk who
have to live 1t, It may not be so nice;
but for my story here this makes ii
all the more romantic and thrilling. So
that's all right
OF course, so far, I'm the only one
that knows, for I haven't told it, and
I'm the only one that's seen anything.
OF course, l shall warn Mother, if
think it's necessary, so she'll under
stand it isn't her. but Theresa, that the
violinist is really in love with and court
ing. she won't mind: I'm sure, after she
thinks of it a minute. And won't it be
a good joke on Aunt Hattie and Grand
father when they find out they've been
fooled all the time, supposing it's
Mother. and worrying about it?
Oh, I don't knowi This is some
love story, after all