Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-26

-YeS. ssr-
wei. yuu may 60 and tell he- noE.
rssase. hat yoz are SOFT. and that
zoo vii - 70 srhool tits sfre-noosn.
YOu nay 20 now And he ts1rnesf
10 the table and picked Up his book
slda't 20 q ours ! Jss- stood
here ru-is-in- ny hsndkerchley In my
.ngerS: and. O, course. right away be
saw Ne. He had sat down thea
-Mary. didn't yo1 hear Tne7- he DE-
1andet-
-Yes- sir. but-Father. can't 90
hack TO that school, choked And
began 70 cry-
bat tel yoG that you must
shook ny head
4 can't
DO yc1 mean that you defy ne as
VOC ssId your Aunt Jane this morn
lnzi-thar yol refuse to go back 20
schoolT
~Yes, sir
For a minute be sat and stared At
ne rus. as Aunt Jane had done: then
he lifted his head and threw back his
Shoulders as II he was throwing OF .
heavy weight
Come. come. Mary he said stern
Iy. Il em not 8 patient man. and my
,efaper has reached the breaking
point. You Will 90 back to school and
ycu viii 20 now. mean that. Mary
But Father. can't choke-d and
I guess there WIS something In my
face this time that made even him see.
For again he just stared for a minute.
and then said:
-sisry. what In the world does this
meant Why can't you 90 back; Have
you heen-erpenedT
-oh. no. sir
Then you mean you won't go
back
Il mean I can't-on account Of
Mother"
| wouldn't have said II IL l hadn't
had TO. / didn't want TO tell him. but
knew from the very FIRST that I'd
have 10 tell him before got through.
I could see IL IN his face. And 50. now.
with his eyes blazing as he jumped al
most out OF his chair and exclaimed:
Your mother - ! let Il ont and got
1t over as soon as possible
Il mean. on account or Mother
that not FOR you. OF Aunt Jane. or
anybody viii 90 back 10 tina; school
and associate with folks rhac won't
associate with ne-on account =
Mother
and then told it-nll about the
girls, Stella Mayhem. Carrie, and
how they acted. and what they said
sbout my being DIR. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde because | was q Mary and Q
Marie and the ice-cream. and the
parties they had 10 give up If they
went with Ia And / know was cry
Ing so could hardly speak, before I
finished; and Father was on his feet
tramTdn= up and down the room NUT
terinZ something under bis breath. and
loekIns-oh. ! can't begin TO tell how
he looked. But Il was awful
-And 20 that's why / wish In
ished chokinSly. that II would hurry
up and be year. so Mother could get
married"
M4rried,- Like q fash he turned
and stopped short. staring al me.
why. yes explained: -for II she
did get married. she wouldn't be d.
vorced any longer, would she?-
But he wouldn't answer. With Q
queer little noise In his throat he
turned again and began to walk up
and down, up and down. until thought
for . minute he'd forgotten l was
fhnrs Pnf hA hG 81,
while be stopped again right in froot
OF me.
$50 your mother Is thinking OF get
ting married" he said in 4 voice 10
queer II sounded as II II had come
from away OF somewhere
But l shook my head and said no,
Of course: and that WAS very sure she
wouldn't till her year was up. and
even then ! didn't know which she'd
take, so ! couldn't tell for sure any
thing about IT. But I hoped she'd take
one Of them, so she wouldn't be di.
Sorced any longer.
Father turned, and began 10
walk up and down again, with his
hands In his pockets: and I didn't
know whether TO go away or &c stay,
and suppose I'd have been there now
II Aunt Jane hadn't suddenly appeared
in the library doorway.
Charles, II Mary Is going to school
at all today II is high time she was
starting" she said But Father didn't
seem TO hear. He was still trampIns
up and down the room. his hands In
his pockets
-Charies.- Aunt Jane raised her
voice and spoke again. Il said II Mary
Is going to school At all today It q
high time she Was starting"
-Eh? What7" II you'll believe Il
that man looked as dazed as II he'd
never even heard Of my going to
school Then suddenly his face