The herald., 1922-05-25

particularly about the stars for Father
was in the observatory. and couldn't
he disturbed. eve never disturb
Father when hes there, you know
And 81 he didn't even know hc had
daughter until the next morning when
he came out g. breakfast. And he was
late To that. for hr stopped tu writ,
down something he had found out
about one of the considerations in the
night
He's always finding out something
about those old stars just when We
want him to pay attention 10 some
thing else. And. Oh, | forgot 10 say
that know il is constellation. ana
/ not Consideration" But | used IL
/ call them that when was little girl.
and Mother said ii was a good name
for them, anyway, for they were "A con
sternation To her all right. oh, she
said right off afterward that she didn't
mean that, and that l must forget she
said It, Mothers always saying that
about things she says.
Well as | was saying. Father didn't
know until after breakfast that he had
a little daughter. eve never tell him
disturbing. exciting things just before
mealS.) And then Nurse told him.
asked what he said, and Nurse
laughed and gave her funny little
shrIg to her shoulders.
"YeS. what did he say. indeedF she
returted. HE frowned, looked kind "i
, dazed. then muttered: We'll, well, up
on my soul, Yes. to be sure"
Then he came in to see me.
| don't know. of course, what he
thought of me. but | guess he didn
, think much Of me, from what NurS'
I said. OF course | was very, very small
: and | never yet saw little bit or
: baby that was pretty, or looked as !
r il was much account. So maybe yH'
couldn't really blame him.
Nurse said he looked at me, NUT
tered. well. well, upon my soul
| again. and seemed really quite Interest
ed till they started to put me in hi
arms. Then he threw up both hands
hacked off. and cried. "Oh no, no, no
He turned To Mother and hoped sh
was feeling pretty well, then he GO
out of the room just as quick as h
could. And Nurse said that was tn
end Of il, so far as paying any NOR
attention TO me was concerned fo
quite while.
He was much more Interested in n
new star than he was in his ne
daughter. We were both born II
same night. you see. and that star W;
lots more consequence than l wa
But. then, that's Father all over. Al
that's one of the things. | think, tn;
bothers Mother. / heard her say on'
TO Father that she didn't see VIII
when there were so many, many star
a paltry one or two more need 10
\ made such fuss about. And l don
either.
y But Father just grOaned. and shoe
8 his head, and threw up his hands. al
y looked so tired. And that's all he sd
That's all he says lots Of times. Il
It's enough. It's enough To make Y
feel so small and mean and Insight
cant as if you were just little gre
worm crawling on the ground. L
you ever feel like a green worm GRAY
10 ing on the ground? It's not pleasa
feeling at all.
,at Well. now. about the name.
,vo course they had To begin 10 talk abe
tor naming me pretty soon; and MI
on said they did talk n lot. But Il
;+ Nrrr thpf
nor was about the first thing that show
Ike how teetotally utterly they were go
an To disagree about things.
six Mother wanted to call me Vic
all after her mother, and Father want
tes 70 call me Abigail Jane after
mother; and they wouldn't either
her give in to the other. Mother was 5
Of and nervous, and cried a lot IN
I'd DAYS. and she used TO sob out that
le's they thought they were going to MI
hen her darling little baby that awful !
are gail Jane, they were very much II
TOO. taken; that she would never give
he consent to it-never. Then Fat
ned would say in his cold, stern W
every well, then. you needn't.
ats neither shall | give my consent to
the daughters being named that abs
lor- Viola. The child is a human bein
not a fiddle in an orchestral
a And that's the way it went. M
ont said, until everybody was Just al
v. I crazy. Then somebody sugge'
But 'Nlary." And Father said. very "
for they might call me Mary; and Mot
got said certainly. she would consent
Mary. only she should pronounce
Marie. And so 1t was settled. Fa
called me Mary, and Mother ca
me Marie. And right away CIV
body else began 10 call me y
the Marie. And that's the way it's
[ in ever since.