Gunnison news-champion., 1922-05-12

anybody. our greer. or tie butcher.
up there playing that violin. His eyes
are little and blue, and his hair l.
red and very short / wish she could
hear our violInist playi
And there's another man that comes
70 the PARTIES and teas oh. OF cours.
there are 0thers. lots of them. married
men with wives and unmarried men
With and without sisters But ! mean
another man specially. His name Is
Harlow. Hes a little man with q
brown pointed heard and big soft
brown eye He's rally AwfuIly good
locking. too. don't know what he
does do: but he's married know
that. He never brings his wife. though
but Mothers always asking for her.
clear and distinct. and she always
smiles. and her voice kind Of tinkies
Ike llttle silver bells. But Just the
same he never brings her.
He never takes her anywhere
heard Aunt Hattie tell Mother 50 at
the very first. when he came. She
said they weren't a bit happy together.
and that ihere'd probably De a divorce
before long But Mother asked for
her just the same the very next time.
And she's done II ever since
think / know nov. why she does
! found out. and was simply thrilled.
II was 50 exciting You see. they
were lovers once Mother
and this Sh Harlow. Then something
happened and they quhrreled. Thai
was Just before Father came.
OF course Mother didn't tell me this.
nor Aunt Hattie II was two ladies,
I heard them talking at tea one day
7 was right behind them, and couldn't
get away, SO just couldn't help hear
Ing what they said
They were looking across the room
n, Mother Mr.. Harlow vas talking
10 her. He was leaning forward In
his chair and talking SO earnestly to
Mother: and he looked Just as II he
thought there wasn't another soul irT
the room but just they two. Bur
MOther-Mother was just listening 10
be polite to company. Anybody could SEE
that And the very first chance she
got she turned and began 10 talk to
lady who was standing near. And she
never 81 much as looked toward NJ
Harlow again.
The ladies in front OF me laughed
then. aud one Of them said. with lit
tie nod Of her head. Il guess Madge
Desmond Anderson can look out for
herself all right"
Then they go, up and went away
without seeing me. And all Of n sud
den felt almost sorry, for ! wanted
them TO see me. | wanted them to sne
that knew my mother could take car
Of herself. too, and that was proud
~ II. II they had turned I'd have said
so. But they didn't turn.
shouldn't like Mr.. Harlow for
father. know ! shouldn't But then.
there's no danger. OF course, even II
he and Mother were lovers once. Hes
gut d wife now. and even II he got a
divorce. don't believe Mother would
choose him.
But Of course there's no telling
which one she win take. As | said
before. / don't know. It's too soon.
anyway. ta tell. | suspect II Isn't any
more proper to hurry up about getting
married again when you've been IN
married by divorce than 1t is when
you've been unmarried by your hus-
bands dying. | asked Peter one day
how soon folks did get married after
a divorce. but he didn't seem 10 know.
Anyway. all he said was 10 s;ammer:
"Er-yes. miss-no. miss, / mean.
/ don't know. miss"
Peter Is swfully funny. But he's
nice. like him. only / can't find out
much by him. He's very good-looking,
though he's quite old. He's almost
thirty. He told me asked him. He
takes me back and forth to school ev-
cry dny, so I see quite q lot Of him.
And. really, he's about the only one ]
can ask questions Of here. anyway.
There isn't anybody like Nurse Sarah
used to be. Olga, the cook. talks so
funny l can't understand = word she
says. hardly. Besides. the only two
times I've been down to the kitchen
Aunt Hattie sent for me. and she
told me the last time not to go any
more She didn't say why. Aunt Hat
tie never says why not to do things.
She Just says, DON'T Sometimes Il
seems to me As II my whole life had
been made up OF .-don'ts." II they'd
only tell us part Of the time things
to do" maybe we wouldn't have so
much time to do the 'don'ts." THAT
sounds funny. but guess folks'll know
what I mean.)
Well. what was I saying? Oh.
know-about asking questions. As !
said. there isn't anybody Ike Nurse
Sarah here. I can't understand Olga.
and Theresa, the other maid, is just
about as bad. Aunt Hattie's lovely.
but I can't ask questions of her. She
isn't the kind. Besides. Testers al
ways there, too; and you can't discuss
family affairs before children. OF
course there's Mother and Grandpa
Desmond. But questions like when
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