Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-28

couldn't 90. and there weren't any
brothers or sisters. only Aunt Jane In
81 Paul. and she was 50 mad she
wouldn't come on So there was no
chance Of seeing the bride I'll Father
brougtt her home.
Sur~- said they wondered and won
der-f what kind OF a woman Il could
be that had captured him. Il told
her wished she wouldn't speak of
my mother as II she vas some kind of
hunter out after game: but she only
chuckled and said that's about what
II amounted TO IN some cases) The
very ideal
The whole town was excited over
the affair. and Nurse Sarah heard a
lot q their talk Some thought she
was an astronomer Ike him. Some
thought she was very rich. and may
b. famous Everybody declared she
must know n lot. anyway. and be
wonderfully wise and intellectual: and
they said she was probably tall and
wore glasses, and would be thirty
years old, at least But nobody guessed
anywhere near wha; she really was.
Nurse Sarah said she should never
forget the night she came, and how
she looked. and how utterly fiabber-
easted ever!body Was 10 see her
little slim eightecn-year-oid girl with
yellow. curly hair and the merriest
laughing eyes they had ever seen.
Don't know7 Don't just love
Mothers eyes when they sparkle and
twinkle when were OF together some
times In the woodsD And Nurse said
Mother was SO excited the day she
came. and went laughing and dane
ing ell over the house. exclaiming over
everything. q cant imagine that SO
well. Mother moves so quietly now.
everywhere. and Is SO tired. most all
the time) But she wasn't tired then.
Nurse says-Dot a mite.
But how did Father actr I de-
manded. Wasn't he displeased and
scandalized and shocked, and every
ihingT'
Nurse shrugged her shoulders and
raised her eyebrows-the way she does
when she feels particularly superior.
I Then She said:
AftE "hht elu lpbl-
beggin' your pardon an no ofrense
meant Miss Mary Marie-but what
does any man do what's got bejuggied
with pretty face. an his senses com
pletcly took away from him by a chit
of a girlI Well. that's what lie did.
He acted as IL he WIS bewitched. He
followed her around the house like
a Hnn--t,-t.ft hn .t.'s IT,.-
something new an he never took his
eyes or her face except 10 look at us.
as much as to say: Now amt she the
adorable creaturcr"
My father did thatf" | gasped.
And. really. you know. just couldn't
believe my ears. And you wouldn't
either, IL you knew Father why,
! never saw him act like thatl''
NO. | guess you didn't" laughed
Nurse Sarah with a shrug. And
neither did anybody else-for long"
But how long did 1t lastf" ] asked
'oh, n month. or maybe six weeks
shrugged Nurse Sarah. Then IL came
September and college began. and your
father had TO go back to his teach
Ing. Things began to change then"
Right then, SO you could see them?''
/ ! wanted TO know.
Nurse Sarah shrugged her shoulders
again.
''Oh, la child, what a little ques-
tion-box you are. an no mistake" she
sighed, But she didn't look mht-not
like the way she does when nsk why
she can take her teeth out and most
Of her hair OF and can't: and things
like that. CAS- II didn't know. What
does she take me fora childO She
didn't even look displeased-Nurse
Sarah loves to talk. CAS- II l didn't
know that. tooD She Just threw that
quick look Of hers over her shoulder
and settled back contentedly In her
chair. l knew then l should get the
whole story. And l did. And I'm GO
ing TO tell It here In her own words,
just as well ns I can remember it
bad grammar and all. So please re-
member that ! am not making all those
mistakes. It's Nurse Sarah.
guess. though, that I'd better put
II into new chapter. This one is
yards long already. How do they tell
| when to begin and end chapters! I'm
thinking It's going to be some Job.
writing this book-diary. mean. But
l shall love It, know. And this 10
real story-not like those made-up
things I've always written for the girls
at school.
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