Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-28

Hes always nnding out something
about those old stars just when We
want him 10 pay attention 70 some
thing else And. Oh ! forgot 10 say
that kn0g Il T. constellation. and
not "cDnst.rlailDn-" Bot I used 20
call them that when vas e little zlri.
and Mother said Il was a good name
FOR them. anyway. FOR they Nsre q con
s;ernHtl0n 20 her ali right oh. she
said right OF afr-rEard rfla, she didn't
mean that and that must forget sh.
said IL Mothers always saying that
shoGr things be says
Well. a. was saying. F~hs- didn't
know until after brea Etast that he had
n little daughter. I'VE never tell hin
disturbing exciting things just beforr
meslsJ And then Nurse told him
asked Vhat be said and Surse
laughed and gave her funny Iii,lc
shrJE To her shoulders.
Yes. what I'D he say. indeeif- shs
returrct "He fruwnsd- looked kind o,
dared then muiiored: Well. well. up
on my soul Yes. TO b. su-er"
Then he came in 10 see me
don't know. of course. what he
thought Of ne. but guess he didn'r
think much ot me. from what Sursa
said OF oours. I was very. very small
and never yet saw q little bit OF ,
baby that WIS pretty, or looked as r
Il was much account so maybe ynr
couldn't really blame him.
Nurse said he looked at the. NUT.
tered. We'll. we'll upon my soul -
again. and seemed really quite Interest.
81 TN they started 10 put me ia his
arms. Then he threw up both hand
backed on and cried. "Oh. no. no. no
lie turned TO Mother and hoped sh.
vas feeling pretty well, then he e.;
out Of the room Just as quick as =.
could And Nurse said that was th-
end uf II. SO far as paying any more
attention to me was concerned Tor
quite q while
He wus much more Interested in his
new star than he was In his new
daughter We were both born the
same night. you see. and that star was
lots more consequence than I was
But. then. that's Father all oter. And
that's one Of the things. ] think. that
bothcr- Mother heard her say once
10 Fnther that she didn't see why,
when there were 80 many. many stars.
paltry one or two more need to be
mad" such fuss about. And don't.
either
But Father just groaned. and SHOOK
his head, and threw up his hands. and
looked So tired. And that's all he said
That's all he says lots OF times. But
rs enough. Its enough to make you
feel so small and mean and lnsIgnif-
cant as II you were just little green
worm crawling on the ground Did
yon ever feel ike green worm crawl.
Ing on the Groundl It's not a pleasan;
feeling AT all.
Well. now. about the name OF
course they had TO begin to talk about
naming me pretty soon: and Nurse
said they dld talk lot. But they
couldn't settle II. Nurse said that that
was about the first thing that showed
how teetotaily utterly they were going
to Disagree about things
Mother wanted TO call me Viola.
after her mother. and Father wanted
TO call me Abigail Jane after his
mother: and they wouldn't either one
give In to the other. Mother was sick
and nervous. and cried a lot those
days, and she used to sob out that II
they thought they were going to name
her darling little baby that awful Abb
gall Jane. they were very much mis-
taken: that she would never give her
consent to it-never. Then Father
would say In his cold. stern way:
VERY well. then. you needn't But
neither shall ! give my consent TO my
daughters being named that absurd
Viola. The child Is a human being
not a fiddle In an orchestra Z"
And that's the way II went, Nurse
said. until everybody was just about
crazy. Then somebody suggested
Mary" And Father said, very we'll.
they might call me Mary: and Mother
said certainly. she would consent to
Mary. only she should pronounce Il
Marie. And so It was settled. Father
NnAN' AhN niotHcr
me Marie. And right away every
body else began TO call me Mary
Marie. And that's the way It's been
ever since.
OF course, when you stop to think
OF it, It's sort of queer and funny.
though naturally l didn't think OF IL,
growing up with II as I did. and always
having 1t, until suddenly one day Il
occurred to me that none of the other
girls had two names. one for their
father and. one for their mother 10
call them by. | began to notice other
things then. too. Their fathers and
mothers didn't live In rooms at op-
posite ends Of the house. Their fatherp
and mothers seemed to like each other,
and to talk together. and to have little
jokes and laughs together. and twinkle
with their eyes That In. most Of them
did.
And II one wanted to 20 TO walk.