White County record., 1922-09-28
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look my head.
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 isnt-your mother-you haven't Id news from her?'
 then blurted 1t out without e-without thinking at all what @ying: "No, no-but I wish ] wish I had; cause then l could her. and go away from here Y mute I'd said 1t I knew what I'd md how awful 1t sounded; and l my fingers to my lips. But t DO late. It's always too late, you've once said 1t. So I just for him to thunder out his for. of course, I thought he thunder in rage and righteous aton.
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 you so unhappy, then, Mary I looked at him, and his eyes Is mouth and his whole face t angry at all. They were just actually sorry. And somehow. l knew it. I was crying again, hther, with his arm around me bis arm around mel think of Twas leading me to the sofa. cried and cried there, with my n the arm of the sofa, till I'd big tear spot on the linen and wondered If 1t would dry lore Aunt Jane saw It, or If 1t change color or leak through to N plush underneath, or some dreadful thing. And then, some found myself telling it all over Aer-about Mary and Marie, I just as if he was Mother, or ne l loved-1 mean, some one I and wasn't afraid of; for of Hove Father. Of course I do told him everything (when I rted there was no stopping)- Ut how hard It was to be Mary, V today l had tried to be Marie a little while, to rest me. He pled here, and wanted to know was why 1 looked so different more as l had when I first And said yes, that these were lhngs that Mary couldn't wear. pen he asked, "Why, pray?" in almost cross, told him, of nat Aunt Jane wouldn't let Mary had to wear brown aa calfskin boots that were and that would wear well.
 Alen told him how sorry 'D' lhe music and such a noise eeli making, he asked if that 'ss lault, too; and I said yes, S-lhat Aunt Jane didn't like
 nary play at all, except anu funeral marches, and Mary Ilv~ l'. any. And he grunted a '1ae grunt, and said, Well, VI my soul, upon my soul !" 's'u' to on." And I did go uln now l was afraid it was
 0e just like Dr. Jekyll and u forgot to say I've read iOund 1t in Fathers library) V, ao' Just like it, only one of ss., ss'as 10 be bad, and one good, Isiu' II l didn't look out. Il , "" Marie always wanted to 'ass, and move the chairs out os. s.'Ae's in the carpet, and
 es around handy, and such anu sas so today it seemed as if I bot '" nave a vacation from ,s sol gingham dresses and s1Ves' And I told him how
 ana ' without anybody, not ,a qua l told about Charlie h r,,,I raul Mayhew and MT. smn,.a,n,sstone, and how Aunt ,sa ,sl let me have them. and river meet. (p e a another funny list,e lrs, tnu sn got up suddenly and 1 he ws v 'he window. I thought s,ss was angry; but he wasn't. Ok On, "ore gentle when he ld din.a Du Sat down again, and | evs,".'. ss,ested, very much inter- | lust ';I'a,ns ;D ., l told him. But I | shea , tune from saying again | In n.. could go back to Bos- |
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