News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-09-20

PREFAcE-,Mary Marie" explains her
why she is "cross-current and contra
writing the diary-later to be a novel. The
diary is commenced at Andersonville.
CHAPTER I.-Mary begins with Nurse
which seemingly interested her father,
who is a famous astronomer, less than q
new star which was discovered the same
mother wanted to call her Viola and her
father insisting on Abigail Jane. The
child quickly learned that her home was
In some way different from those of her
small friends, and was puzzled thereat
Nurse Sarah tells her of her mothers ar
rival at Andersonville as bride and how
astonished they all were at the sight of
the dainty eighteen-year old girl whom
the sedate professor had chosen for
CHAPTER I.-Continuing her story,
Nurse Sarah makes 1t plain why the
household seemed a strange one to the
child and howher father and mother
drifted apart through misunderstanding
each too proud to in any way attempt to
smooth over t=.a situation,
spent ''out vest where the perfectly
all right and Ienteel and respectable
divorce was being arranged for. and her
nv tba s Nuo heT1 una .i behavior
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six months of the year with her mother
and six months with her father Boston
leave Andersonville for that city to spend
the first six months.
CHAPTER Wat Boston Mary be-
comes So Marie" She Is d s with her
| house at Andersonville. The number Of
gentlemen who call on her mother leads
her to g, speculate us on the possibility Of
prospective suitors." finally deciding the
choice is to be between ''the violinist''
AND Mr. Harley conversation 0tnas she
| Harlow convinces her that it will not be
that gentleman, and ito violnist" seems
eey zee the eey yro ee
| son, her former husbands sister, WIFI is
keeping house for him, reminding her that
MARY" is expected at Andersonville for
| the six months she Is to spend with her
| father. Her mother Is distressed, but
| has no alternative, and Marie" departs
| for Andersonville
is not to 60 to school at all. any more"
she gasped.
Exactly" Father read on in his
paper without looking up.
Aunt JAMES lips came together hard.
Charles, I'm amazed at you-yield-
ing to that child's whims like this
that she doesn't want to go to school
It's the principle of the thing that I'm
Directing to. Do you realize what it
, will lead to-what it"
Jane" with a jerk Father sat up
straight. II realize some things that
perhaps you do not. But that is
neither here nor there. / do not wish
Mary to go to school any more this
spring. That is all; and l think-it
is sufficient"
Certainly" Aunt James lips came
together again grim and hard. per
haps you will be good enough to say
what she shall do with her time"
Time? Do? Why-er-what she
always does; read, sew, study"
STUDY" Aunt Jane asked the ques-
ton with a hateful little smile that
Father would have been blind not to
have understood. And he was equal
to it-but l most fell over backward
when found how equal to 1t he was.
Certainly" he says, study. I'M
hear her lessons myself-in the IL
brary, after l come home in the aft
ernoon. Now let us hear no more
about it."
With that he pushed back his plate
and left the table without waiting
for dessert. And Aunt Jane and /
were left alone.
l didn't say anything. VictorS
shouldn't boast-and l was a victor, |
of course, about the school. But |
when l thought of what Father had |
said about my reciting my lessons to |
him every day in. the library |
wasn't so sure whether I'd won out |
or not. Recite lessons to my father2 |
Why, couldn't even imagine such a |
thing!
Aunt Jane didn't say anything either. |
/ guess she didn't know what to say. |
And it was kind of queer situation, |
when you came right down to it. Both ,
of us sitting there and knowing !
wasn't going back to school any more,
and l knowing why, and knowing Aunt /
Jane didn't know why. (Of course L /
had not told Aunt Jane about Mother !
and Mrs. Mayhew.) 1t would be
funny world, wouldn't it, If we all
knew what each other was thinking
all the timer Why, we'd get so we
wouldn't any of us speak TO each 9TH
er. I'm afraid, we'd be so angry at
what the other was thinking.
Well. Aunt Jane and didn't speak
that night at the supper table. We
finished In stern silence then; Aunt
Jane went upstairs to her room and
l went up to mine. (You see what
perfectly wildly exciting life Mary is
living! And when think of how full
Of good times Mother wanted every
minute to be. But that was for
Marie, of cOurse)
The next morning after breakfast
Aunt Jane said:
"YOu will spend your forenoon study
ing, Mary. See that you learn well
your lessons, so as not to annoy your
fstha-"