The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-12-29
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ELEANOR H. PORTER
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RH.LIVINCSTONE.
fcaryrish, BY ELEANOR n. PORTER,

RttoR ~ u YIN I'M
~ ibe raeni. a, I always had hciare
Instead ~ said
~Nhaf arr yea doing there. MayY
* nofhlng" Father froNned aud
hitrted .u bis chair Faiher always
bitches IN his chair when he's lrrl,at
"a and nervous. You can't hr doing
nothing Nobody hut a dead fnAn does
no;hng We aren't - sHre about
him what are you doing Mayf
"iust blocking out The window
~Come here want - talk 20 yoa-
"N~s Father"
went. ~ course. az once. and sat
down iu Tie chair near him lie
hifched Ag-ln In his seat
"Why sent you do something read.
sew. knltf~ be demA ndcd ~Why DO
slwnys nnd ron moping around, doing
naihlngf
Just IKE thst he said u and when
BE- had Just told me-
why Father cried aud know
that showed hoN surprised was
= thought you inst sid couldn't 10
nothing ihat nobody could"
"Ehi What Tut. Tut ne seemed
very angry az nf~f; then suddenly he
leotea sharply into my face Nexi, II
youli believe IL. he laughsd -lhe
aueee little chuckie under t's breath
thar I've heard him give two or three
times when there was something ke
thought WAS funny "Humph :" he
grunted Then he gave me another
sharp look ont q bis eyes. and said
4 don't think you meant that 10 he
quite 50 imntriinent ~ IL sounded.
Mary. 80 we'll let Il pass this time.
rh put ms question this way Don't
you ever knit ~ resd or Sew
= DO sew every day Ia Aunt James
rom. ten minutes hemmlng ten min.
utes scanning and ten minutes hastlng
patchwork squares together don't
know how 10 knit"
slow alwut readlngl Don't YOU
carr for reldingr
"Nhy - course I DO I love n" I
cried. "And do read lots-s'
home"
"Ai--homeY"
| fnew. then. Of course that I'd
made smother awful hrenk. There
wasn't any smile around Fathers eyes
now. aud his lips came together hard
and thin over that last word
"At-st my home stammered. Il
mean. my other home
"llumph. :" grunted Father. Then.
after a minute but why. pray. can't
yuu read herel I'm sure there are
books enough" lie nourished hls
hands toward the bookcases all
around the room
ron. dos little: but. you sce.
I'm 80 afraid m leave some - them
out when I'm through explained.
~well. what of ~ What n ycu DOR
he demanded.
'Why. Fatheri" I tried 70 show by
the way said n that ne knew--of
course he knew. but he made me tel
him night out that Aunt Jane wouldn't
like H. aud that the books always had
to be kept exactly where they be-
longed.
Well Why notf why shouldn't
theyi Aren't hooks down there-ln
Boston-kept where they belong
pnyr'
Il was The first time since I'd come
that he'd ever mentioned Boston and
| almos, Jumped ont of my chalr when
heard him. But soon saw it wasn't
golng % be the last. for right then
and there he began 20 question me.
even worse than Aunt jane bad
lie wanted "a know everything.
everything: all about the house. With
tfs cushlohs and cozy corners sui cur.
iains way up. and books lef' arouud
easy % gei aud magazines. and Baby
LesieA and the fln ve had romplug
with him and everything Only. of
course. didn't mention Mother Aunt
Jane had told nc not fo-naf any.
where: and a. b. specially careful be
fore Father But shat can yuu d.
when be asks you hinseif. right oat
plainf And that's shat be iil
He'd bern np 90 bis feet. iramping
up sud down the room ali the time
Ia been talking: ard nos. ~ y
sudden. he wheels around ana stops
short.
"How is-your mattrr. Maryf- he
asks And Il Tas just a. n bed
opened the door 10 another rosin. be-
had such a whole let y questions % {
ssk nfier that Ard when bed M
Isiied be kneu everything. shat time
~ 90 30 and went 70 bed. aud shat f.
ue did al dag. and the parties and |
dinners snd auto rides. and TIE folks
that came such . - 70 see Nafis@r
Then al u . sudslen hs soppe'l-
asking eucsiions. nlesn. lie stofFed |
Just as ssddeniy As he'd begun Why |
was right In the Middle - telling
about = coucer1 Tor ehsriiy W got ~ !
5usf before I came away. ant hge
Mother had prscticei Tor days and /
days with the young man who played +
The yiaiiu when 81 % x1dsien "a.
iler 5erked his watch from bis psc.ef /,
ard said.
.There. there. NarF. is getting .
late Yon're talked enorgh--tno
mnch. Nou 70 70 hed Good night"