The herald., 1922-08-31
.o1sR vI-continued.

49, chat she interrupted, and
10 y. 90 shocked. Then she be-
!" walk again, up and i,, down s Hp
gov. .r an the couch and began
'S nd sob as If her h # would
And when tried to comfort
~ only seemed to make e.d II worse %s
a. threw her arms around nie
red; 49, INV darling. don't
w how dreadful 1t is, how dread
Rbr .,o hogan 70 talk
~ ,ors about being married. ana
'.I,d ss we were. She held me
amin and began to sob and cry,
- NV darling. don't you see how
..ttul It oil is-how unnatural II Is
n 10 lIve--this way? And Tor
..r moor child what could be
=. FOR you, And here ! am jeai-
,..lous of your own father. for
3 yodll love him better than you
IN I know I ought not to say all
!, 70 yOu-I know I ought not to:
sp't-help It. I want you!
:, ,ou every minute; but l have
=. Won up-six whole months Of
~ wear | have to give you up to
And he's your father. Marie.
IA hei q good man. ! know he's a
4 man. I know 1t all the better
: spce I've seen-other men. And
rfbt TO tell you to love him. But
n afraid-you'll love him better
I, YOU do me, and want to leave
And | can't give you up! / can't
be you up"
Ts,o | tried to tell her, Of course,
M ,he wouldn't have to give me up,
a that I loved her whole lot bet
: than did Father. But even that
rst comfort her, cause she said /
ant 10 love him. That he was lone
me and needed me. He needed me
tt AZ much as she needed me, and
ksybe more. And then she went on
IuIp about how unnatural and awful
vu to live the way We were living.
un ne called herself a wicked wom-
\ that she'd ever allowed things TO
h TO such q pass. And she said If
n could only have her life to live
Ws again she'd do so differently-oh,
differently.
lhen she began to cry again, and
uqldn't do a thing with her; and,
L course. that worked me all up and
seesn to cry.
Ae stopped then, right of short.
I'D wiped her eyes fiercely with her
ID ball Of q handkerchief. And she
uksd what was she thinking of, and
ttt she know any better than to
hf IKE this to me. Then she said,
sns we'd 20 for a ride.
nd We did.
md all the rest Of that day Mother
~ % gay and lively you'd think she
tht know how to cry.
sm, wasn't that funny1
q course, I shall answer Fathers
ens night away, but / haven't the
hsiest Idea what to say.
mr WEEK LATER
answered it-Father's letter, /
san-yesterday, and It's gone now.
~ bad an awful time over 1t. /
~ qdn't know what In the world
sI I'd start out all right, and I'd
enf was going to get along beauti-
nv Then, all Of sudden, 1t would
we over me, what / was doing
uuns letter to my father! And
sua 'masine Just how he'd look when
w II all stern and uignified. sit
n Dis chair with his paper-cutter
d imagine his eyes looking down
reading what wrote. And when
u'asnt Of that my pen Just wouldn't
me Idea Of my writing anything
y miner would want to readI
MO I'd try to think Of things that
"ald wrte-big things-big things
would interest big men: About
resident and our-country-'tis-of.
and the state Of the weather
me crops. And so I'd begin:
uaf Father: l take my pen In
I'd to inform you that"
.1 10 stop and think and think
new my pen-handle. Then I'd
= osn something. But II was aw.
snd knew 1t was awful. So Ii
20 Tear II up and begin again.
se umes did that; then begar
- II did seem as If l never could
~. 'ss' letter. Once l thought Of
:. Ing Mother what to say, and get
70 help me. Then remem
-. y" nov she cried and took on ant
~. @nes when the letter came. anC
~ - about how dreadful and I'm
si u all was, and how she wa,
a. 80 Tor fear I'd love Father bette
~ old her. And l was afraid She,
y yam and so I didn't like TO asl
= And 50 l didn't do IL. ~ "''
~ after a time, got out his LET
49, u read II again. And all Of ,
- 80 ! felt all warm and happy
m. nd when l first got II; ar,
as,.y was back with him IN n,
,Iw, ' ,S and he was telling me al
lh~ 1 .ae stars. And forgot al
ss,,s 'ns afraid Of him. And I Jus
N mo that he'd asked me :
sdTl Nnaf did on Christmas day
a. anew right of that that woul
b n. why, tust the easiest thin
nh we, world And so / got ont
meet Of paper and dInned m