The Nevada County picayune., 1922-06-22

sofner ffan the vi011nTsr1. Aunt HdY. lie says the violinist's automobile is a hired one.) And Mir. Easterbrook' s mowers that he sends to Mother are handsomer, too and lots more of them. than the violinist's. Aunt Hattie has noticed that too. In fact, guess there isn't anything about MT. Easterbrook | that she doesn't notice,
 Aunt Hattie likes Mir. Easterbrook lots better than she does the viollnist l heard her talking to Mother one day. ONE WEEK LATER
 There hasn't much happened-only one or two things. But maybe I'd bet ter tell them before l forget it, espe- cially as they have good deal to do with the love part of the story. And I'm always so glad to get anything of that kind. I've been so afraid this wouldn't be much of love story, after all But I guess 1t will be, all right Anyhow, l know Mothers part will he for it's getting more and more excit- ing-about Mir. Easterbrook and the violinist, I mean.
 They both want Mother. Anybody can see that now, and, of course, Moth CT sees It. But which she'll take l don't know. Nobody knows It's per fectly plain to be seen, though, which one Grandfather and Aunt Hattie want her to take! It's MT. Easterbrook
 And he is awfully nice. He brought me perfectly beautiful bracelet the other day-but Mother wouldn't let me keep It. So he had to take it back. l don't think he liked 1t very well. and l didn't like it. either. I wanted that bracelet. But Mother says Pm much too young to wear much jewelry. Oh will the time ever come when I'll be old enough to take my proper place Ill the world? Sometimes 1t seems as If It never would
 Well, as 1 said, it's plain to be seen who 1t is that Grandfather and Aunt Hattie favor; but I'm not so sure about Mother. Mother acts funny. Some times she won't go with either of them anywhere; then she seems to want to go all the time And she acts as If she didn't care which she went with. so long as she was just going-some where. I think, though, she really likes the violinist the best; and guess Grandfather and Aunt Hattie think SO, too
 Something happened last night. Grandfather began to talk at the din- her table. He'd heard something he didn't like about the violinist, 1 guess and he started in to tell Mother But they stopped him. Mother and Aunt Hattie looked at him and then at me, and then back to him, in their most see-who s-here. - you mustnt-talk-be- fore-her way. So he shrugged his shoulders and stopped
 But l guess he told them in the H. brary afterwards, for I heard them all talking very eXcitediy, and some loud i, and I guess Mother didn't like what they said and got quite angry, for l ieaTu Ter SdN, NHtH slie Cdiic ouI through the door, that she didn't be lieve word of 1t, and she thought 1t was a wicked, cruel shame to tell stories like that just because they didn't like man.
 This morning she broke an engage ment with Mir. EasterbroOk to go auto riding and went with the viollnist to a morning musicale instead and after she'd gone Aunt Hattie sighed and looked at Grandfather and shrugged her shoulders. and said she was afraid they'd driven her straight Into the arms of the one they wanted 10 avoid, and that Madge always would take the part of the under dog.
 suppose they thought wouldn't understand But did. perfectly. They meant that by telling stories about the violinist they'd been hoping to get her to give him up, but instead of that, they'd made her turn to him all the more just because she was so sorry for him.
 Funny, isn't it7