Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-05
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Thr nreak L. Md

And thars the way Nursr Sarah
Finished her story. only she shrugged
h"r shoulders again and looked hack,
n--r one uuy. then another As for
her calling me "Shnt,crhuy she al
ways calls me 'hui when she's been
doing all ih" taIiiug.
a, near as can remember, | have
IoIa Nurse S5rah's story exactly as she
told II 10 the. ln her own words But
ot course know | didn't got II right
all the time, and know I've left out
Vui1" lot. But anyway. lts told n
whole lot morn than | could have told
Why they got married In the first place.
mud 10 brings INV story right w TO the
paint where I was horn. and Tyc al
ready told about naming inc, and what
"a time they had over that.
OF. course what's happened since
up 90 now, don't know all about. for
Was only child for the first few
years. Now l'In almost a young lady.
standing with reluctant feet wherv
the brook and river meet" Il read
that last night. | think It's perfectly
beautiful So kind OF sad and sweet
II makes me want TO cry every time
| think OF IT. But even II ! don't
know all OF what's happened since
| was born, | know good deal. for
I've seen quite lot, and I've made
Nurse tell me a lot more.
know that ever since can remem-
Der I've had to keep as still as a mouse
the minute Father comes into the
house; and know that never could
imagine the kind OF a mother that
Nurse tells about. II II wasn't that
sometimes when Father has gone of
on trip. Mother and have romped
all over the house. and had the most
beautiful time. know that Father
says that Mother IS always trying to
make me Marie" and nothing else;
and that Mother says she knows
Father'll never be happy until he's
made me into stupid little Mary"
with never an atom OF life Of my
own. And. do you know1 II does seem
sometimes, as II Mary and Marie were
fighting inside OF me. and wonder
which is going TO beat. Funny, isn't
lit
Father Is president OF the college
now. and don't know how many stars
and comets and things he's dlscoy-
cred since the night the star and
were born together. Blu, know he's
very famous, and that he's written up
in the papers and magazines, and is
In the big fat red who's Who" In
the library. and has lots OF noted men
come TO see him.
Nurse says that Grandma Anderson
died very soon after was born. but
that II didn't make any particular dif-
ference In the housekeeping; for things
went right on Just as they had done,
with her giving the orders as before
that she'd given them nll alone any
way, mostly. the last year Grandma
Anderson lived. and she knew Just
how Father liked things. She said
Mother tried once or twice to take the
reins herself. and once Nurse let her.
just TO. see what would happen. But
things got In an awful muddle right
away. so that even Father noticed II
and said things. After that Mother
never tried again. guess. Anyhow.
she's never tried 1t since can remem-
her. She's always stayed most Of the
time up in her rooms In the east wing.
except during meals, or when she
went out with me, or went to the
things she and Father had to 70 to
together. For they did go to lots OF
things. Nurse says.
1t seems that for 4 long time they
didn't want folks to know there was
going to be q divorce. So before folks
they tried to be Just - usual But
nurse Sanah aid che knew there Kas