The Nevada County picayune., 1922-07-06

.re now. For instance: One week
 vo she gave me perfectly lovely
 = of chocolates-a whole tw0-pound
 or All at once; and I've never had
 (ore than half-pOund ar once before.
 ,,t inst as 1 was thinking how for
 rce I was going to have real feast,
 I'd all wanted to eat-what do you
 link she told me? She said l could
 ave three pieces, and only three
 eces a day; and not cue little tiny
 no more. And when 1 asked her why
 he gave me such a big box for, then,
 that WAS all I could have, she said
 WAS to teach me selfdiscipline. That
 elf.discipline was one of the most
 ronderful things in the world. That
 she'd only been taught 1t when she
 vas a girl, her life would have been
 ery. very different. And so she was living me a great big box of choco-
 ates for my very own, just so as to
 leach me to deny myself and take only
 hree pieces every day.
 Three pieces and all that whole Dig box of them just making my mouth water all the while; and all just to leach me that horrid old self-disci- bline! Why, you'd think it was Aunt bane doing 1t instead of Mother! DINE WEEK LATER
 It's come-Father's letter. It came past night. Oh, il was short, and It didn't say anything about what l wrote. But l was proud of 1t, just the same I just guess l was He didn't get Aunt Jane to write to Mother as he did before. And then, besides, he must have forgotten his stars long enough to think of me little-for he about the school, and that l couldn't go there In Anderson vile, and so he said 1 had better stay here till it finished.
 And was so glad to stayl It made me very happy-that letter. It made Mother happy, too. She liked 1t, and she thought 1t was very, very kind of Father to be willing to give me up almost three whole months of his six, 30 l could go to school here. And she said so. She said once to Aunt Hattie that she was almost tempted to write and thank him But Aunt Hattie said, Pooh" and it was no more than he ought to do and that she wouldn't be uFrt fn yhn Cn pQ~ fully avoided writing to her. So Mother didn't do 1t, l guess
 But l wrote. l had to write three letters, though, before l got one that Mother said would do to send. The 1rst one sounded so glad l was stay Ing that Mother said she was afraid ne would feel hurt, and that would be Too bad-when he'd been so kind. And me second one sounded as if l was so sorry not 70 go to Andersonville the nrst of April that Mother said that would never do in the world. He'd Ihink didn't want to stay in Boston. But the third letter I managed to hhke just glad enough to stay, and lust sorry enough not to go. So that Mother said it was all right. And sent it.
 APRlL
 Well, the last chocolate drop Went yesterday. There were just seventy 'N pieces in that twO-pound box. counted them that first day. Of course, hey were fine and dandy, and just owed them but the trouble is, for the ast week I've been eating such snippy 't'ie pieces. You see, every day, with 'ut thinking. I'd just naturally pick Jul the biggest pieces. So you can imagine what they got down to toward lie iast-mestly chocolate almonds.
 AS Tor the self-discipline-I don't see is feel any more disciplined than l llo before, and I know I want choco- ates just as much as ever. And I said 10 to Mother.
 But Mother is queer. Honestly she s' And can't help wondering-is she 'ettlng to be like Aunt Jane3
 NOW, listen to this:
 Last week I had to have a new party itesS, and we found a perfect darling T pink silk. all gold beads. and gold ilppers to match. And knew I'd look divine in it ; and once Mother ,ouid have got 1t for me. But not HIS tlme. She got a horrid white mus- 'h with dots in it, and blue silk sash uilable for child-for any child.
 VI course. l was disappointed. and l