The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-12-16

! Girls had two names one Ter their
fathe- and. ous sor their mother a.
caH fNcm hy. I began 20 notice other
things then. too. Their fathers aud
mosher~ didnt live Ia rooms a. op
posite ends - the house Their father,
and riCfhrrs SEEMED to Ike cath either
and % talk togsihef. and io have Aiiis
iokes and laugts ioEeiher ard twfntt
vita iheir saes. That Is most u them
Ad
And u ore wanted % ~ 20 walk
or 20 parts. of 70 play souae game,
the other didn't always look iirea and
tored. and say. "uh. very wei II you
Ike And thea both uQt d. b. SHAT.
ever Il aas That T.. never saw the
cther siris fathers and mothers a. that
way. ani I've seen quite lot ~ them.
900, far I've been "a the other girls
hp,kss loi for = loug time iou see /
dout say "a heme much only when I
have a. We dout have q round fable
with a red cloth aud a lamp on H. and
chlldren 'ruund e playing games end
doing things and fathers and rathsrs
reading and menaing And hs lots
jelller where they a. have them
Nurse says ml father and mother
ought never 70 hake been la0ied.
That's What heard her ,.a our
nrliEe' one day 50 the frsi chance
gol ! asked her Why and what shs
meant
"Oh. ial hid you hear ihsts size
iemuude'l with she quick laak ever
hsr shoulder that shc always gives
wien she's talking about faihsr ana
Mother "Wcli. hiile pitcher. a. lave
hg ears sure enough
LNiie pitchers. lndeed A. n l
didn't knua what thai meant I'm 40
,hild a. be kept IN the darl cone rn-
lar tainr ] ought 60 Know And
told her SD. swcefly and pleasantly
hnl With lnaness snd dignity ! made
her ieil me what She mennf and
made her iell me a lni ~ other th'ngs
abpri them. toe. You sce. ~ iast 81.
eidei a. write the book. 50 wanted
o. SNOW everything SIZE could ten me.
] didn't tcll her about the book q
course know too much a. iell 81.
creis o. Nurse Sarah Rgt showed
ny excitement and Interest plaIaly,
ard when she SAW how glad was 20
hear everything she could toll she
talked iot. and realty seemed 10 IN
joy Il. too.
You see. she vas here when Mother
nrst came as a bride, 80 abe knows
everything she was Fathers nurse
when he was a little boy, then she
STAYED % take care of Fathers mother
1randnn Anderson. Who was an In
valid for great many years aud who
didnt die ,ill just after I Was burn
Then she took care cf me. - sizes
always been in the family ever since
she was q young glr. She's awfuiiy
old now most sixty.
First I found cut row they happened
20 marry Father and Mother fm
talking about now-only Nurse says
she can't see yet how they did happen
10 marry. Just the same. they're 80 tee
totally different
But this Is The story.
Father went 10 Boston TO ATTEND a
BIG meeting of astronomers from al
over the world. and they had banqueis
and receptions where beautiful ladies
went In their pretty evening dresses.
and my mother was one Of them. uiler
father Vas one of the astronomers.
Nurse ssid) Tie meetings lasted four
days. and Nurse said she guessed my
father saw = lof Of my mothrr during
tAat tinle. Anyhow. he was lnylied 10
their home. and he stayed anoiAer four
days after the meetings were over
The next tllns they knew here a. ihe
house. Grandma Anders0n had q tele.
gram thar be was going 20 be married
70 Miss Madge Desmond. and wonld
they please send him some things De
wanted aud he vas going on . wed
ding trip and would bring bis bride
home In about = month.
I, wss Just as sudden as that. And
surprising Nurse says thunderlap
out of q clear blue sky couldn't bafe
asionisicd them more. Father was 81
most thirfy years old at that time and
he'd never cared a thing Tor girls nor
paid them the least little BIT - atten-
iisn SO they supposed. of course. that
he uas q hopeless Old bachelor and
wouldn't ever marry He was bound
up In bis stars. even then. and vas
already beginning 70 be famous. he
cause q a comet he'd discovered lie
uas a professor IN our college here.
where hls father had been president
lis father bad just died few months
before. and Nurse said maybe thar ~as
ore reason whv Fafher got caught iu
the matrimonlai net Ike that. fIhose
are her words. not mine. Tie idea
u caulng my mother a net But
nurse never did appreciate Ho.her1.
But Father just worshiped bis father.
and they we're always together
--Grsndma being sick - much
and - When he died my father
was nearly beside himself. and ihsf's
one reason fhey vere 80 anxious he
should q 70 that meeting IN Boston.
They thought Il might take his mind
OF himself. Nurse said Bot they
~e~nr sto.swhf af Ia nuffinr hfx mind