The herald., 1922-09-21
r.ores vIIl-cOntinued.


u and he kissed me again
VT Then | whlzzed off, and he
:. sanding all alone on the
..,r And ! felt so sorry iOr MN !
A be way down to Boston ton. ! KEPT alS
y A. bim-what he said, and
nt LOO. and how fine and splen-
s.ny.woman-wouId-be-proud-of-
" .s as he stood on the plat
rsIus goOd-by. -, .,,.,.,,r
II mess was still thinking
=. being sorry for him when
!. postou. That's why i couldn't
.,,ry and hlIariously glad when
IN. met me. l suspect. Some
n a a sudden, ! found myself
r., he could be there, too.
s,nrse / know that that was
"a wicked and unkind to Mother
"a feel 50 grieved not to have
.ussed with her. And l wouldn I
IA her of 1t for the world. SO
J. inst as hard as ! could to for
s.--ou account of Mother, so as
|. arsl 10 her. And ! did most
aim By the time I'd got home.
IN cane back again little later
!. we're unpacking my trunk.
. N Mother found the two new
1, dresses, and the dear little
knew then, Of course, that
4 have to know ALL mean, how
mint pleased Father. even after
y pains trying to have me go as
m Marie. what In the world is
n dc demanded, holding up one
b. new dresses.
uuld have cried.
rpr<s she saw by my face how
IA, I felt cause she'd found 1t.
q course, she saw something
be matter; and she thought 1t
Ea the first thing / knew she was
Its It me In her very sternest,
hit way. and saying;
b Marie, how could you? I'm
laned Of you'll Couldn't you wear
Nay dresses one little three
Eh to please your father?"
ID cry, then. After all I'd been
Nd, to have her accuse me of get
hose dressesl Well, / Just
Ilhf stand 1t. And ! told her so
VII ss could, only was crying
y DOW that I could hardly speak.
v Der how II was hard enough to
Ny part Of the time, and Marie
q the time, when / knew what
vinted me to be. But when she
kn i've me Mary while he wanted
nanG and he tried to have me
y While she wanted me Mary-I
VI know what they wanted; and
sAed had never been born unless
sh have been born plain Susie
Seslie or Annabelle, and not a
p hr'e that was all mixed up till
nj know what i was.
- then ] cried some more.
'Aa dropped the dress then, and
ne In her arms over ON the
z md she said, There, there"
NJ was tired and nervous. and
wssht up, and to cry all / wanted
~ by and by. when l was calm
ush tell Mother all about 1t.
~ did
- Der how hard I tried to be
y NE way up to Andersonville
~ ! got there; and how then
Nt oil Of a sudden one day,
a'aef had got ready for Marie,
eont want me to be Mary,
vas why he had got Cousin
@o the automobile and the
IN the window. and, oh,
s that made 1t nice and COM
ney. And then is when they
'ne new white dresses and
e white shoes. And 1 told
course, 1t was lovely to be
liked II. only knew she
sei bad to think. after all her
NIKE me Mary, Father didn't
- Mary at all.
NJ think you need TO worrv-
st ssammered Mother. But,
-vhy did-your father
% Be Marie and not Mary?"
told her how he said he'd
sd what I'd said to him in
mat day-how tired | got
-, and how I'd put on Ma.
Just to get a little vacation
snd be said he'G never for.
ana 70 when 1t came near
!. ne to come again. he deter.
~ y Z % wouldn't have to
all And 80 that was wby,
80 Mother 1t was all right.
"a'se ! liked IT; only II did
.xiully. not knowing which
Be Mary now, and which
'Aey were both telling me
\ =. so !. what the- ever had be-
y ~. a.' Z was hard, when you
! Just the best you knew
ssnn to cry again.
- aid aid there, there, once
~ :. ,''eo me on my shoulder,
! =, : !. , needn't worry any more
II \ understood 1t, If II
n1us,ss ,ne was beginning
- : lot of things that
= ! saoesstood before. And
~ : "a: very. very dear dear
~ - ~sat he did. and that
ns about her being dis
~ nat she was pleased.
II 4. J. believed he meant her
~ ,... - s.id | needn't think
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