The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-08-17
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w "a him TO read; but rs lie pu' oue
fs y "a take II l guess he saw
, ssndwriting, for he drew oack
s.s,r looking red and queer -.
f Mrs Anderson TO your ne
'~ And when Aunt Jane nodded
pae s.,a he sat still farther back In
" 10. and said, With little wave
N, hand. 81 never care TO read
sssr peoples letters. ronsoD.s
Aun. don't be silly| But she
u n.S hack the letter and read 1t
s s.s giving a kind of an uneasy
s s,S,e IN my direction.
nd spoke. ~ course
r.,,os. but naturally l had to read
s. lstter to you. will write to Mrs.
anderson tonight"
rather looked up then.
Tssr he said quietly; land you
=, ,sll her. please, that Mary Will
o.
Charles"
aunt Jane said that. But II al
,o:t ran around the table and Rugged
Nm ION, how | wish ne was the KIM
..,bo, vou could do that toO
TSarles!" said Aunt Jane again.
Surely YOU aren't going to give In so
,r,ly as this to that child and her
pcherT
TIM not giving In at all, Jane" said
ntber very quietly again. Il am con-
rl,,ps nv own wishes in the matter.
! | usfer to have her CO."
most cried out then. Some way,
hurt TO have hin say It like that.
Ant out-that he wanted me to go.
Yam see, I'd begun to think he was
r,ting 30 he didn't mind so very much
having me here. All the last two
vseks he'd been different, really diff
ssvpt But more Of that anon. I'll
a % With what happened at the table.
Ind ss said, I did feel bad to have
Mn ueak like that. And ! can re-
peuber now Just how the lump came
htht up In my throat.
fAen Aunt Jane spoke, stiff and dig
thed
oh, very well, Of course, II you put
4 that way. I can quite well under
sand that you would want her to go
FOR your sake. But l thought that.
under the circumstances, you would
manage somehow to put up with the
boise md"
Isnew Just like that he interrupt
d md be Numbered, too, SO that
Aunt Jane actually jumped. And i
pes l did, too. He had sprung to
VI feet "Jane, let us close this mat
h once for all. am not letting the
did % for my sake. ! am letting
lT % for her own. So far as / am
uneemed, II I consulted no ones
uhha but my own, l shoult-keep
n here always"
With that he turned ana strobe from
De room, leaving Aunt Jane and me
tst staring after him.
But only for a minute did ] stare
Tome to me then what he had said
-hat be would like to keep me here
usiya For | had heard 1t. even If he
~ nld the last word very low. and
IA queer, indistinct voice. / was
Rn had heard 1t, and / suddenly
walked what 1t meant. So ran after
Nm; and that time, II l had found
an think would have Rugged him
0u didn't find him. He must have
pe quite away from the house. He
Mt even out to the observatory.
snt out to see.
aug next DAY ne was more as he ha.
"a once we had that talk In the
sn0t And he has been differen,
NC uen, you know. He really has
= ns nlked quite a lot with me, a.
ave nid, and / think he's been try
~n OF the time, to find somethin,
%s interested In. Honestly, / thinl
~ 0een trying to make up for CARR,
sso0o and Stella Mayhem ant
s s smith and Mr.. Livingstone.
s sa nats why he took me to wall
- uy In the woods, and why h,
- - me out to the observatory to Sc,
Mn quite a number of times
- s mes asked me to play to him
~. 0ce be asked me II Mary WASH
NV ready to dress up In Marie
40 again. But he was jokin,
NEW, for Aunt Jane was RICH
-, u the house. Besides, I saw tn
.Ale In his eyes that I've seen Their
-. .S'ce before. I Just love tina
e u Fathers eyesl
Ma. ~ mat hasn't come any sine
n. : letter to Aunt Jane arrived
oeen the same in one way. We
sSs 49,. IN another. Honestly. IL
On, @ TOO wildly absurd for an,
should say he was actuoli
xt,s y nave me GO. But, of cours,
IN ~. !. possible. Oh, yes, I know h
49, Jay at the dinner table this
lt~s s.. use to keep me always. Blu
M I'M. %lnk he really meant it. II
Ina. = mite like that since, an
u .I = aid II Just to hush M Ann
~, ~ make her stop arguing tn
~ I'm going tomorrow. An
c0ted l car hardly breathe