The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-05
,1es vIIl-cOntinued.

y? ! , rsr me. Now l was get
bea lO' ss nv dear. She was very
- But But 1t wasn't just tha ,,,,,5 w nos
fs!, ,,. something that l could no,
SIou' II was as If she were
= ncsed for flight know ", , 1t ,'Tm
y IT,, n Was-the very incarnation
y, s'i spirit of youth. And she re, was as
DC ' Why, Mary, she was not so
ns ,ars older than you yourseIf,
You aren't sixteen yet. And ma
=, uother-I suspect she was wa, TOO 90
Iu. s s,orad again
n y ahead at the dancers-w with
ling one Of them, l knew. Then
49, . great deep sigh that seemed
Sus from the very bottom u HIS
. WAS my fault, my fault
~ "a, q, II" he muttered, still star
- s,,Isht ahead. "If l hadn't been
.ab,less- As II l could I'M
y, that bright spirit of youth In a
!, anil cage Of conventionality' and
\ ,rpeet IT to bruise Its wings by
'n,rtng against the bars"
"a rirht there and then it came to
:. a.t Mother said 1t was her fault
:. and that II only she could live II
y ,rsln. she'd do differently. And
v,s Father saying the same thing.
= al n, sudden l thought. well,
1, cpt they try 1t over again, II
!, both want to. and If each says
=. tbelr-no, his, no, hers-well'
,,d her fault. (HOw does the
=, 10, I hate grammarD But l
,,' 4 she says It's her fault. and he
81 Ms his. That's what thought
nav And determined right then
q there TO give them the chance to
,rsIn, II speaking would do II.
Hooked up at Father. He was still
,kDs half under his breath, his eyes
Ming straight ahead. He had for
mo, all about me. That was plain
n seen. II I'd been cup of coffee
trbOut any coffee In ii, he'd nave
,o stirring me. / know he would.
vas like that.
rather Father" l had TO speak
x,s before lie heard me. DO you
,slly mean that you would like to try
nny asked.
n, whatT And just the way he
kned and looked at me showed how
INV miles he'd been away from me.
Try II again, yoS know-what you
Ma" reminded him.
oh, thatw Such a funny look came
lis face, half ashamed, half vexed.
m afraid | have been-talking, my
sr.r
les but would your" / persisted.
Be shook his head; then, with such
dfthatit-could-be smile, he said:
r0 course-we all wish that we
bud 20 back and do II over again
Esrently. But we never can"
les, but, Father, you can go back.
this case, and so can Mother, cause
~ both want to-" l hurried on, al
pet choking In my anxiety to get II
out quickly. sand Mother said II
rs her fault. heard her."
Her fault" I could see that Fa-
u did not quite understand, even
4
f1 yes. Just as you said II was
Ns-about all those things at the
n you know, when-when she was
Fiht Of youth beating against the
M
Fsthef turned square around and
Md me.
Nary, what are you talking about?"
asked then. And I'd have been
aiH Of his voice II II hadn't been
Y The great light that was shining
lis eyes.
But ! looked into his eyes, and
s2t scared; and l told him every
ns every single thing-all about
Mother had cried over the little
V dress that day in the trunk-room,
bow she had shown the furnished
. and said that she had furnished
happiness Of him and of herself
u me; and that 1t was all her
~; mat she was thoughtless and
h and exacting and a spoiled
NJ and oh, II she could only try II
again. how differently she would
Ahd there was a lot more. |
everything-everythIng l could
1oer. Some way, / didn't be-
uat Mother would mind now,
what Father had said. And I
NEW she wouldn't mind If she
hked ' "'
= didn't interrupt me-not long
upuons. He did speak out a
nule word now and then, at
the parts; and once I know I
MN wipe a tear from his eyes
na' he put up his hand and sat
as eyes covered all the rest Of
ane was talking. And he didn't
= U down I'LL said: ~
aaa 50 Father, that's why I told
ause 1t seemed to me II Won
70 Try again, and she wanted
~. yam, why can't you do itP on,
~ nink how perfectly lovely I
N u you did. and II ii worked I
wouldn't care whether I was
y Marie. or what | was. ia
a !. ~ and Mother both together,
W = how should love it!"
L.