The herald., 1922-09-14
...p1ER va-cOnt'nued'
W. IL

AUGUST -,,.
:, .u the topsy-turvy worlds
ven .ho topsy-turviest, | am sure,
D, ., DO they want me TO 90 do' GA n"I y
shcn " ~ inst a plain Susie or Bes-
r'h a ! T not a cross-current AND Il con
& sDu with a father that wants
rsdcuO"'. os thing and Il mother that
p % '. 70 be another 1t was bad
"ne y before, when Father wanted
s'1sn ~ DfI Mary, and Mother wanted
% :. y 10 Marie. But now
% y ' % begln at the beginning
~ ~, al Over-the love story tory IL ! mean %arG
-, now why it's been 50 hard
DO % remember TO be Mary ana
=, everything is different ana iTaL AL
w ~. aon't want me TO be Mary
~ rant me to be Marie.
ir' ,ou don't know what to
~ n Mothers going TO want me
= ~ = Mary, and Fathers going s:,, to
NO 10 be Marie, how am going
&c what anybody wants, everf
s.,.ss Il was getting to be such a
,s..,,,ul love story-Father and Cou-
= Gnce. And now
-. i, me tell you what happened.
= 70. last night. We were on the
,.,,,. Father. Cousin Grace. and l.
4, cot up and went into the house
:. .oue,hIng-Cousin Grace, | mean
IA al Of a sudden determined to
- rather how glad was, about him
:, consin Grace; and how i hoped
: rould lsst-having him out there
IN us and all that. And l told him.
rao't remember what l said exact
!. Rut I hadn't anywhere near said
,.s wanted to when he did stop
= Why. he almost jumped out of
n chair.
Mary he gasped. "What in the
,wd are you talking about?"
Why. Father, was telling YOU, l
rplsIred. And ! tried to be so cool
ma eslm that II would make him calm
nd COOL too. (But 1t didn't calm him
e0l him one bit.) ITS about when
uN married and"
Married. he interrupted again.
tlAg never let me interrupt like
naD
TO Cousin Grace-yes. But Father.
ym-yOu are going TO marry Cousin
Gaze, aren't your" l cried-and did
INST CRY, for | saw by his face that
h vas not
That Is not my present Intention"
h said. His lips came together hard.
md he looked over his shoulder TO see
I Cousin Grace was coming back.
But you're -oing to some time" !
legged him.
I DO not expect to-"
ffel back In my chair, and know
looked grieved and hurt and disap-
plnied. as | almost sobbed:
oh. Father. and when I thought
10 were going to-"
There, there, child! He spoke,
rrn and almost cross now. This ab-
md hcnsensical idea has gone quite
hf enough. Let us think no more
bout IT,
II Isn't absurd and nonsensical !"
eaed. And l could hardly say the
sxds ! was choking up so. Every
sg said you were going 10, and I
mte Mother so; and"
Tu wrote that to your mother?"
" % Jump from his chair this time.
les; and she was glad"
Vh she was" He sat down sort of
lrpllEe and queer.
fs She said she was glad you'd
a'nc an estimable woman to make a
hone for you"
IN she did," He said this, too, In
~ queer, funny. quiet kind Of way.
ia spoke. decided and firm. I'd
san 10 think, all of a sudden, that
we ne didn't appreciate Mother as
am " she did him; and l deter
= right then and there to make
u ] could. When l remember all
lovely things she'd said about
Is'ner.' ! began; and I spoke this
'en more decided and firm. 81
Oelleve you appreciate Mother"
n whatY'
y made me jump this time 10
-. - sround with such a jerk, and
" sharply. But In spite of the
sili held on to my subject.
"a nd decided.
cont believe you appreciate
y "ner. You acted right now as
49, ~ u0nt believe she meant II when
1 sou she was glad you had found
: nsee woman to make a home
~ But she did mean It. I know.
=, -. sne said 1t before, once, last
,as' she hoped you would find
~. -. and thar isn't all. There's
ar~ reason why / know Mother
~ aas-nas your best interest at
Z. !. soe-she tried to make me over
me- you.- came So as to
: nm w wnat! Once more he made
- ~ ne turned so suddenly, and
n, !, sna such a short. sharp snap.
q a. .p,e OF the jump ! went right
~ - ! had before, firm and DO.