The Jasper news., 1922-07-06

course should never step my foot L
inside Of that schoolhouse again. That
I couldn't out OF respect to Mother
That ] should tell Aunt jane that to-
morrow morning. There isn't any
other school here. 70 they can't send
me anywhere else. But It's most time
for school to close, anyway. There
are only two weeks more.
ONE DAY LATER.
And, dear. dear. what a day l. has
been!
told her this morning. She was |
very angry. She said at first: "Non- |
sense, Mary, don't be impertinent OF |
course you'll go to SCHOOL," and all |
that kind Of talk. But kept my teni-
per. did not act angry. was sim.
ply firm and dIgnihed. And when she
saw l really meant what said, and
that | would not step my foot inside
that schoolroom agaln-that II was a
matter of conscience with me--that
did not think It was right for me to
do 1t, she simply stared for a minute,
as II she couldn't believe her eyes and
ears. Then she gasped:
'Mary. what do you mean by such
talk to me2 DO you think shall per
init this sort Of thing to 60 on for .
mOment2"
thought then she was going to
send me home. Oh, did 80 hope she
was. But she didn't She sent me
TO- my room.
"YOu will stay there until your fas
ther comes home this noon," she said.
'"This is a matter for him to settle"
Fatheri And / never even thought
of her going 10 him with It She was
always telling me never to bother Fa-
ther with anything. and ! knew she
didn't usually ask him anything about
me. She settled everything herself.
But thIs-0nd the very thing I didn't
want her to ask him, too. But Of
course I couldn't help myself That's
the trouble. Youth is so helpless in
the clutches of old age.
Well, l went 10 my room. Aunt
Jane told me to mediate on my sins.
But l didn't ! meditated on other
people'S sins. didn't have any to
mediate on. Was 1t a sin, pray, for
me to stand up for my mother and re-
fuse to associate with people who
wouldn't associate with me on account
Of herr l guess not
But even with all this to mediate
on, 1t was an awfully long time CON-
ing noon; and they didn't call me
down to dinner even then. Aunt Jane
sent I'D two pieces OF bread without
any butter and a glass of water. How
like Aunt Jane-making even my din
ner a sin to mediate on! Only she
would call 1t my sin. and I would call
II hers.
Well, after dinner Father sent for
me to come down to the library. So
knew then, of course, that Aunt Jane
had told him. didn't know but she
would wait until night. Father usu-
ally spends his hour after dinner
reading in the library and mustn't be
disturbed. But evidently today Aunt
Jane thought was more consequence
than his reading. Anyhow, she told
him, and he sent for me.
My but hated to gol Fathers and
Aunt James are two different propO-
| SltlOlS. fHIHtTS HhNc uOIc TlButA
and privileges, Of course. Everybody
knows that.
Well, went into the library. Fa-
ther stood with his back TO the FIRE
place and his hands In his pockets
He was plainly angry at being dis
turbed. Anybody could see that He
began speaking at once, the minute
got into the room-very cold and dig
; nified.
"Mary. your aunt tells me you have
J. been disobedIent and disrespectful L
a her. Have you anything to sayT
d shook my head and said. mo, sir.
r What could I sayf Old folks ash
n such senseless questions, sometimes
II Naturally wasn't going to say ha(
a been dIsrespectful and dlsobedien
p when l hadn't; and Of course,
" couldn't say l hadn't been when Aun
a, Jane said had. That would be Jus
Z like saying Aunt Jane lied. SO. o
n course. had nothing TO say. And
said so.