Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-18
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particular you would like to have
me read, Ted?"
Ted was sitting quietly on her
legs, like Buddha, and she said very
gravely. why, yes, Mrs. Mack. I'd
love the second chapter of first
Chronicles. 1t is one of my favor
ties"
So after so,ne difficulty. Mrs. Mack
found Chronicles, and began on the
son of Israel and the sons of Judah.
She kept on going because she
thought she would reach the end of
the list after a little, and then would
get to Ted's favorite part. But when
she got to the sons of Ram and
Amminadab, and Amminadab begat
Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Sal
ma, and Salma begat Obed," the girls
began to get overcome, and one by
one they slid out. Gloria, who sat
next the door starting the EXODUS,
as L should properly call it.
Still Mrs. Mack read on valiantly.
At THE sons of Onam," l had to go.
l couldn't hold in any longer, but
just as l was getting out in the hall,
Mrs. Mack looked up and saw that
only Ted was left. She took off her
glasses, wiped the p~erspiration off
her forehead, and looked at Ted. Ted
rose with her customary dignity, and.
looking down on little Mrs. Mack
from her height,-she's almost six
feet she said quietly, THANK you,
Mrs. Mack. You are a dear, Good
night" Mrs. Mack looked up at her
with a baffled expression, gave her
a spank, and Ted turned around and
Rugged her and then ran up the
stairs three at a timei
She caught up with Gloria, and
caught her arm. Come along, Be-
elzebub", she said, land gather up
the fragments of the feast. 1t looks
like enough for another, unless" Ted
added alphabetically, you are think
ing of ~disposing OF it TO better ad-
vantagei" A muffled roar of pro-
test went up at such a suggestion,
for of course with that earthly
crowd, heaven consists of just one
angel cake after another.
Mrs. Mack never told Miss @ on
us, and on the very last day Ted
went in to say goodbye to Mrs. Mack,
and put her arms around her neck,
lingering a minute. When she went
out of the room, Mrs. Mound tina
Ted left her a new string of white
corals thai her very best cousin had
just sent her from Switzerland. 1
know how she loved them too! Good
Ted that she is. impulsive and gen
erous and wild, 1 just can't help
loving her, Mary c. l wish thai she
didn't ALLEVIATE SO many people by
just those same untamed qualities
that we who know her best love her
for. 1 don't know whether my Eng
lish is too crooked for you to get
anyway. L get awfully worried, "a,
the meaning or not, but I'll risk it
Ted sometimes. She ought to be
levelled down a little here, and level
led up a little there, and yet she is
a darling just as she is, and there's
one like her.
l heard from her this morning. She |
said she was going to write to you,
and she also said that
Nothing could be hotter
Than this here id Coldwateril"
That's the name of the place where
she lives.
I'm going up to see her a little
later.
Goodbye,
ANNIELovE.
Ted probably knows how lucky
she is to have such friends, Annie
love. Her type is the most interest
ing, the most unhappy and the hap
piest,-I might go on with several
other superlatives, because people |
like Ted 4 always superlative.
They can't help it. And in spite of
their interest and charm to others of
duller hue they would so gladly be
ordinary and commonplace, just like
us others, if only they could. 1t is
so much more comfortable to live on
the plains, knowing neither the
heights of happiness nor the depths
of misery. But Ted is as she is, and
she lends color to a world that is
sometimes drab, so she can be glad
of that, just as she car be glad hat
she has such friends as you, Annie
love, and the others in the crowd, not
to leave put Mrs. Macki She needs
courage. with her temperament, and
that l judge from your letters about
her. she has. So don't worry about
Ted. Annielove,-she probably is
revealing in life in all its aspects,
pleasant Or painful. She is that
kind, unless 1 am much mistaken.
ITO be or not to be" could never
enter her head. She's for BEING,
all the time, being something. The
Teds in the world keep us from
sinking into a coma. Blessed be the
Teds! But twice blessed be the
Annieloves that keep Us sweet and
help us to maintain III equili5riuni
A variety of kinds of people is
good, isn't it? Just as we are in
Five-Fifteen.
Now don't forget, you sirls who
are away, that we are expecting
great letters from you
MARY G.