Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-04
FAME OR MOTHER?
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pest glrl III the Wh0le unlVef-
Sity." May Triton dashed into
the room, grabbed her friend and
whirled her around till both Of
Them were dizzy.
As soon as she caught her
breath, Alice demanded, whats
the mattcrY Did your rich uncle
die, or did you get old Professor
Crab to smile2"
"Oh, you foolish child, it is
something so much better than
that. | have a chance to 20 down
to the Hawaiin Islands this sum
mer and work as a sugar chem
iat, all expenses paid, and a good
salary. Did you ever hear of such
luck ?"
"I'll say luck! But then you
dear girl you deserve it. All this
year while the rest of us have been
having a good time, you have
worked like a good fellow. Just
the other day one of the profs
told me he never did see a girl
who could and would concentrate
like you can and do"
And just think Of the oppor-
I,unity to learn chemistry by cX-
pcricnce Oh, | will work so hard,
for | do want to be known some
day as 'The Famous Chemist,
Miss Tifton'."
ooh, | guess there isn't any
doubt but that you will, May
Triton. Any girl that could hold
the highest chemistry average for
three years, can do most any
thing she wants to.
May laughed "Well, I can
come down to earth anyway long
enough to ask. if l got any mail
today?"
eyes, one letter, from home |
guess."
May tore it open eagerly, and
started to read. 1t was rather
unusual to get letter from her
father, and she was pleased at the
uneXpectcdness of it. 1T was
very ordinary letter, telling of
the doings of all the dear ones at
home. He told too, how good
The crops were, and she smiled to
herself as she thot, Good, I can
surely come back next year
them"
But when she came to the last
page, her smile was replaced by
troubled look. "Don't tell
mother I wrote this" she read,
but she is not any too well. |
don't know what is the trouble,
! but | guess that at least part of
her trouble is that she is home
sick for you. Since all the other
children are gone, she banks a
lot on you, and | thot maybe you
would cut out that two weeks
visit to your friends place, and
hustle home. Maybe she will
write to you and ask you to, but
anyhow don't let her know |
wrote this"
Just few moments ago every
thing had seemed so perfect, and
now May was not at all happy.
Her first thot, was to write and
tell them about her wonderful
chance, for she knew if she did,
her mother would not ask her to
come home. Perhaps her father
had imagined her mother was
worse than she was. Still she
would wait and give her mother
the time to write to her and ask
her. As it was two weeks yet be
fore school closed, May decided
to do nothing yet.
Several days later May came
home, and found there a letter
from her mother. She was almost
afraid to open it, and yet she was
sure, somehow, that her mother
would say nothing about her
coming home. She fusssed around
the room, and let the letter lay
as long as she could, but finally
she picked up the courage, and
opened it. She needed to read
10 farther than the first lines, and
she knew that her father had been
right. "My darling girl, | am so
Lonesome for you, that just can
not stand it," There were two
pages, all in the same strain, and
| it ended with a plea for her to
come home the minute school was
out.
One moment it seemed to May
that she just could not give up
her plans. It meant everything
to her to make a success of chem
Iistry. She would write to the