Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-26

But tfeF< want my vHl6EIe u his
eyes. nor the least LITTLE BIT of an IN
derstandinB smile: and ] was disap-
pointed ! had been looking for It. !
knew then. when ! felt % suddenly
lost and heart-achey. thst I had been
expecting and planning an day on that
twtnkiy understanding smile. You
know you feel worse when you've juse
found Q father and then lost himl
And had lost him- ] knew it the
minute he sighed and frowned and got
up from his seat and said. .-Oh, yes. to
be sure" He was just Doctor Anderson
then-the man who knew all about tbs
starr. and who had been unmarried to
Mother. and who called me 'Alnry" In
an of-course-you'remy daughter tone
Of voice.
Well. he took my books and hear:
my lessons. and told me what ! was
TO study next day. He's done that two
days now.
Oh. I'm 20 Tired Of being Maryl
And I've got more than four whole
months Of IL left. didn't get Moth
er's letter today. Maybe that's why
I'm specially lonesome tonight.
JULY FIRST.
School II done. both the regular
school and my school. Not that my
school has amounted to much. Really
II hasn't Oh. for three or four days
he asked questions quite Ike just Q
teacher. Then he got to talking.
Sometimes IL would be about some
thing In the lessons: sometimes q
would be about 4 star. or the moon.
And he'd get SO interested that I'd
think for u minute that maybe the un.
derstanding twinkle would come into
his eyes again But II never did.
Sometimes II wasn't stars and moons.
though, that he talked about. II was
Boston. and Mother. Yes. he did. He
talked a lot about Mother. As I look
back af Il now. I can see that he did.
He asked me nll over ngain what she
did. and about the parties. and the
folks that came to see her. He asked
again about Mr.. Harlow. and about
the concert. and the young man who
played the violin. and what was his
name, and how old was he, and did
like him, And then. right In the mid
die Of some question. or rather. right
In the middle OF some answer ! was
giving him. he would suddenly remem-
Der he was hearing my lessons. and
he would say. "Come. come. Mary.
what has this to do with your les
sons?"
just as II I was to blame! (But,
then. We women always get the blame.
] notice.) And then he'd intend strict
~ 20 the books for maybe Ave whole
minutes--before he asked another
question about that party. or the vio-
linist.
Naturally the lessons haven't
amounted to much. as you can imagine.
But the term was nearly finished. any
way and my real school Is In Boston.
Of course.
It's vacation now. do hope thai
will amount to somethingi
AUGUST FIRST.
II hasn't. 20 far-l mean vacation.
Really. what q world Of disappoint.
ment this Is! How on earth Tn go
ing TO stand being Mary for three
months more { don't know. But I'VE
got to. suppose. I've been here Mny.
June. and July: and that leaves Au.
gust. September. and October yet to
come. And when think Of Mother
and Boston and Marie. and the darling
good times down there where you're
really wnnied. ! am simply crazy.
II Father wanted me. really wanted
me. wouldn't care a bit. ~ be Will.
ing to be Mary SIX whole months. Yes
I'd be glad 10. But he doesn't. Tin
Just here by order OF the court. And
what can you do when you're moth.
Ing but daughter by order Of the
court3
Since the lessons have stopped.
Fathers gone back to his Good morn
Ing. Mary" and Good night" and
nothing else. day In and day out.
Lately he's got SO he hangs around
the house an awful lot. too. so | can't
even do the things l did the first Of
the month. mean that I'd been play
ing some on the piano. along at the
FIRST. after school closed. Aunt Jane
was out In the garden q lot. and
Father out to the observatory. 30 !
just reveled in piano-playing till ]
found almost every time I did II that
be had come back, and was In the
library with the door open. 70 !
I don't dare to play now.
And there Isn't pleased thing to
do. Oh. have TO sew an hour. and
now ] have 70 weed m hour. too |;
and Aunt Jane trleu to have me learn
to cook: but Susie Gin the kitchen)
nntly refused to have me .messing
around" 20 Aunt Jane had to give
that up. Susie's the one person Aunt
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