Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-19
CHAPTER v
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N-.f here am I've been here tao
dHys nov. und -1l,~s u better write
t"un What, AarI~u,rI So far. before
! forget H.
FIrr armu' my leaving Boston.
Poor. dear Mv,hcr did take on dread
FULLY. aud rIn,H-Hf SO. JUS; wouldn't
let Iur Eo She went with mo 10 the
Junr'lnu where bad 90 change, and
asked the eoafrrtor tu look out for
m~ tA~ II ! u-,drd that--a young
lady Ike me Tm fourteen now.
had birthday Iasi week.
Hu, ! thought al the last she just
wouldn't let no" 80, she CluuE 10 me
So. and begged me io forgive her fog
Hll ,he.d hrauEbt Gr"u uIe; md said Il
WAS cruel. cruel shame. when there
urn. children. end rvgTIs ought to
stop and think and remember. and be
willing Io stand anything. And then
;n Ihe next hrra'h. she'd beg M. no; 10
Inr-r, beg. aud not 20 love Father bet
Ter than l did her "a, II there was
any danger " thatD And 10 write To
her every few minutes.
Then the conductor cried. -AiI
aboard e. and the bell rang. and she
had TO go and leave the. But the last
I saw Of her she was waving her hand
kerchicf. and smiling the Kind OF a
smile that's worse than crying right
out loud Mothers always Ike that.
No matter how bad she feels. at the
last minute she comes up bright and
smiling. and Just rs brave as can be.
had a wonderful trip to Anderson
VILE. Everybody was very kind to me,
and there were lovely things to see
out OF the window. The conductor
came IN and spoke to me several times
no; the way you would look after
child. but the way a gentleman
would tend to q lady. l liked him
very much.
There was 8 young gentleman In the
seat In front, too. who was very nice.
He loaned me Magazine. and bought
some candy for me: but I didn't see
much more Of him, for the second time
the Conductor came In he told me he'd
fcuad q nice seat back In the car on
the shady side. He noticed the sun
cane In where sat. he said q hadn';
noticed II specially, But he picked
up my bag and HaSaEine-but guess
he forgot the candy box the nice young
gentleman In front had Just put on my
wtneow-sIll. for when / go; into my
new seat the candy wasn't anywhere;
snd Of course / didn't Ike to so back
for II But the conductor was very
nice and kind. and came In twice again
TO see II | liked my new seat: and OF
course | said l did I, was very nice
and shady. and there was lady and
baby In the nexr seat. and played
with the baby quite lot
II was heaps Of fun to be grown UP
and travelling alone! sat back in
my seat and wondered and wondered
what the next six months were going
TO be like And wondered. too, If
I'd forgotten how to be Mary"
Dear me, How shall ] ever re
member no, 10 run and skip and laugh
(. loud or sing, or ask questions. or do
anything that Marie wants TO do.- I
thought 20 myself. And wondered II
A@AAA %sAs s6ltlI LllSrs me, ana Wkizf
she would he Ike. She came once
when | YVES a little girl Mother said;
but didn't remember her.
Wei, ~ last We got to Anderson
Vile John WIS there with the horses.
and Aunt Jane, too. OF course / knew
she mus, be Aunt Jane, because she
was with John The conductor was
awfuliy nice and polite. and didn't
leave me TIL he'd seen me .ate In the
hands Of Aunt Jane and John Then
he went back to his train and the next
minute II had whiz=ed out Of the sta
don, and I vas alone with the begin
nfng Of my next six monthA
The drst beginning wls Z nice