The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-09-17
THE NEWCOMER

/ THE NEWCOMER
4 "Come on! Come on in and lister
to my radiop' but the scuffle that fol
i lowed showed that the reluctant one
had made his escape.
'He won't go into anybody's house
Just runs home and sticks there
we'll, let hin!'' and Robert Dunr
i slammed the front door in disgust
as he entered his home.
i "He's strange, Sonny, wait until
he gets better acquainted comforteo
his grandmother. "He came from the
i far west and is strange to our city
and its ways For wise grandmother
had already OWNED that the young
stranger who had come to their
neighborhood some months previous
had made happy impression on hel
impetuous grandson whose friendly
overtures were not meeting with the
success he would have liked.
i "He's the same with everybody,
even teacher can't make him talk, Z
complained Robert.
! How can she teach him?'' asked
/ grandmother.
'She can't. He just sits there and
looks, and says never a word, and
they can't keep the whole class back
for him. They are going to put him
in special.
ooh, l hope not! He is a bright
/ bow and should stay with his grade .
And the woman who had brought up
three sons of her own and was now
mothering this seven-year-old grand
son, grew thoughtful
/ A few minutes later she was in
Mrs. Meyers little sitting room ex-
planning to the newcomer that the
placing of her little son, Harry, in
special meant a step backward.
81 can't make out why he won't
talk at school, said the mother ex-
! asperatedly He talks well enough
around here, but in school, they tell
me, he's dumb"
"What is the difference between
his surroundings here and in Iowa ? Z
asked Mrs. Dunn kindly, feeling sure
that Mrs. Meyer would understand
her interest.
ct was a farm there, and it's a
city here, but he has always adapted
himself easily to his surroundings in
cities we have visited
There is a difference. You see he
has been living here steadily for
nearly year and has been complete
| ly uprooted from his old life. Did he
ever seem to be interested in any one
thing to the exclusion of others in
his Iowa home?"
81 never noticed. There were hors-
les, cows, sheep, farm pets; he took
them all casually enough. But, YETI
suddenly, he loved his rabbits"
eve brought up three sons, will
you lend me your little boy occasion
ally? You see, my Robert is fond of
him, and they make ideal playmates
IF you can make him talk and an
swer his teacher, I'll be grateful, Z
said Harry Meyers mother.
Robert Dunn was surprised at his
grandmother's gift the next day a
pure white rabbit with eyes as pink
as summer evening sky
What do you think, grandmother
1 Harry is coming in to see my rab.
bit!" Robert burst out as he pushee
open the door that night.
Hes lovely, isn't he?'' asked
grandmother picking up the little
white beauty and putting him intt
Harry's eagerly outstretched arms
:. "you love rabbits !"
Eyes ma'am," said Harry.
did you ever own any, asked
gentle grandmother.
"Yes ma'am, seventeen, and SOM
:. hares"
, ooh, is there much difference be
!, tween a hare and a rabbit
i Course there is" said Harry Gag
ierly, rabbits are smaller and hav
( shorter ears, they burrow, hares d.
4 not. Hares can run faster than rab
( bits"
e "Oh," said grandmother again.
. Robert Dunn carried note to hi
t teacher the next day which read:
Dear Miss Reid
u Regarding your problem in connec
!, ton with Harry Meyer, try rabbits
Sincerely yours,
..... Mrs. M. H. Dunn"
cts the funniest thing, confide
/ Robert Dunn to his grandmother tn
: following evening when they wer
. alone, "Miss Reid asked Harry to
: day how many rabbits he would hav
d if he had five and she gave him fiv
I more" -s
e eyes," said grandmother, IAN
d what did he say?"
p "He gave the right answer, TIE
g rabbits Then she asked him hoy
{ many he'd have if a boy took tire
rabbits away from his ten rabbits
!, and he said, 'Seven,' but that if h
: really had ten rabbits and anybod
= took three away from him, Their
d would be a fight"