The Nevada County picayune., 1922-04-20

l as tiresome to live with as Fathers stars, when it came right down to wanting husband to live with you and talk to you every day in the year. You know you have to think of such things when 1t comes to choosing 1 new father-I mean a new husband. q keep forgetting that it's Mother and not me that's doing the choosing.)
 Well, to resume and go on. There's the violinist. I mustn't forget him. But, then, nobody could forget him. He's lovely: so handsome and distin- guished-looking with his perfectly beautiful dark eyes and white teeth. And he plays-well, I'm simply crazy over his playing. 1 only wish Carrie Heywood could hear him. She thinks her brother can play He's travelling violinist with show and he came home once 10 Andersonville. And l heard him. But he's not the real thing at all. Not bit. Why, he might be anybody, our grocer, or the butcher, up there playing that violin. His eyes are little and blue, and his hair is red and very short. wish she could hear our violinist play!
 And there's another man that comes to the parties and teas ;--oh of course there are others, lots of them, married men with wives, and unmarried me0 with and without sisters. But l mean another man specially. His name A Harlow. He's little man with . brown pointed beard and big soft brown eyes He's really awfully good looking, too don't know what he does do; but he's married l know that. He never brings his wife, though {; but Mothers always asking for her, clear and distinct, and she always smiles, and her voice kind of tinkles like little silver bells. But just the same he never brings her.
 He never takes her anywhere. l heard Aunt Hattie tell Mother so at the very first, when he came. She said they weren't bit happy together, and that there'd probably be divorce before long. But Mother asked for her just the same the very next time. And she's done 1t ever since.
 l think 1 know now why she does. I found out, and was simply thrilled. It was so excitingl You see, they were lovers once themselves-Mother and this NIT. Harlow Then something happened and they Quarreled. That was just before Father came.
 Of course Mother didn't tell me this, nor Aunt Hattie. It was two ladies. l heard them talking at tea one day. I was right behind them, and l couldn't get away so just couldn't help hear ing what they said.
 They were looking across the room at Mother. MT. Harlow was talking to her. He was leaning forward in his chair and talking so earnestly to Mother; and he looked just as if he thought there wasn't another soul in the room but just they two. But Mother-Mother was just listening to be polite to company. Anybody could see that. And the very first chance she got she turned and began to talk to a lady who was standing near. And she never so much as looked toward MT. Harlow again.
 The ladies In front of me laughed then, and one of them said, with lit- tie nod of her head, "I guess Madge | Desmond Anderson can look out for herself all right"
 Then they got up and went away without seeing me. And all of sud- den felt almost sorry. for l wanted them to see me. wanted them to see that knew my mother could take care of herself, too and that ] was proud of 1t. If they had turned I'd have said 60. But they didn't turn.
 l shouldn't like MT. Harlow for 6 father. know l shouldn't. But then there's no danger, of course, even If he and Mother were lovers once. He's got wife now, and even if he got a divorce. l don't believe Mother would choose him.
 But of course there's no telling which one she will take As l said before, l don't know. It's too soon anyway, to tell. l suspect 1t isn't any more proper to hurry up about getting l married again when you've been m married by a divorce than 1t is when you've been unmarried by your hus- , bands dying. asked Peter one day 1 how soon folks did get married after a divorce, but he didn't seem to know. Anyway, all he said was to stammer "Er-yes, miss-Do, miss, mean, l don't know, miss"
 Peter is awfully funny. But he's nice. like him, only l can't find out much by him. He's very goOd-lOoking, l 4hnnnh hn,r nnife old He's almost