White County record. [volume] (Judsonia, Ark.) 1922-200?, 1922-09-21
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ho pot up from the table he
nen no. ~ shall expect to see you
y ,m IN the library at four, Mary"
u 0''s Mary answered: Eyes. Father"
. ~ and proper, as she should; but
J. inside was just chuckling with
Iose of 1t all
y next day l watched again at
y f0r Father to come up the walk;
rhau he had come In l went down
\. library. He was there In his
's.t before the fireplace. (Father
- ats before the fireplace,
,sor there's a fire there or not.
sometImes he looks SO funny sit
there. staring into those gray
J, lust as If 1t was the iveliest
If fire he was watchlng.)
said he was there, but I had
.,ssk twice before he looked up.
for minute. he stared vaguely.
NJ, Ohl Ah-er-yes, to be sure"
uttered then. you have come
vour books. Yes. l remember"
there wasn't any twinkle In his
nor the least little bit of an un-
t,udIng smile; and l was disap-
nod | had been looking for it. l
then, when felt so suddenly
and heart-achey, that l had been
ctlng and planning all day on that
ps|y understanding smile. You
YOU feel worse when you've just
hi father and then lost him!
TeD he took my books and heard
lessons, and told me what l was
udy next day. He's done that two
now.
I'm so tired of being Mary
I've got more than four whole
Tbs of it left. l didn't get Moth
letter today. Maybe that's why
specially lonesome tonight.
" FIRST.
AOol is done, both the regular
Dol and my school. Not that my
pi has amounted to much. Really
hasn't. Oh, for three or four days
asked questions quite like just a
Aer. Then he got to talking.
edmes 1t would be about some
In the lessons; sometimes it
I'D be about a star, Or the. moon.
he'd get so interested that I'd
X for minute that maybe the I'M
bhndlng twinkle would come into
ayes again. But 1t never did.
alurally the lessons haven't
united to much, as you can imagine.
the term was nearly finished, any
and my real school Is in Boston,
course.
. vacation now. I do hope that
amount to something!
tusr FIRST.
hasn't so fart mean vacation.
NY what a world of disappoint-
this Is How on earth I'm go
% stand being Mary for three
Nos more | don't know. But I've
% suppose. I've been here MAY,
and July; and that leaves Au-
&ptember, and October yet to
And when think of Mother
Boston and Marie, and the darling
uhes down there where you're
wanted, | am simply crazy.
ia'ner wanted me, really wanted
wouldn't care a bit. I'd be will
we Mary six whole months. Yes,
" sad to. But he doesn't. I'm
hefe by order of the court. And
can you do when you're moth
ua' daughter by order of the
said before, if only there was
','s mere that wanted ME. But
Nnt or course Father doesn't.
sVes without saying. And Aunt
s'esn l. That goes. too, without
y carrie Haywood has gone
.0f all summer, so l can't have
Ae'' and of course. wouldn't
~ win any Of the other girls,
=, = 'ney would associate with me
a'ch they won't.
raves only Mothers letters.
' uear' and l love them. Il
s aaOw what I'd do without them.
!, ~ sometimes l think maybe
nv Nurse than If l didn't have
iney make me so homesick.
aass cry SO after get them.
IN !, NOW !, just couldn't live a
wasn't for Mothers let
Dssn,. uoesN't like ladies'. l know
Dr.. ne always runs away from
lis u, 'ney don't run away from
Ian. ~ ol them call here to see
s .vor, ana they come lots Of
kno,, and late afternoons,
than !, now why they do it. They
I ha because they think Father'I
to sao !. az that time ;and they
t' 1t now, but nevar thor,,,,.