Starting Gaily
We spent the rest of the summer on my granmother in Indiana and my
father finley went to the worst series to write it up as he has
followed sports of all sorts for years and is a expert so he bet on the
wite sox and when he come home he acted rarther cross.
Well said my mother simperingly I suppose we can start east now.
We will start east when we get good and ready said my father with a
lordly sneeze.
The next thing was how was we going to make the trip as my father had
boughten a new car that the cheepest way to get it there was drive it
besides carrying a grate deal of our costly bagage but if all of us
went in it they would be no room left for our costly bagage and besides
2 of my brothers always acts like devils incarnite when they get in a
car so my mother said to our nurse.
If you think you can manage the 2 older boys and David on the train
myself and husband will take Bill in the car said my mother to our
nurse.
Fine replid our nurse with a gastly look witch my mother did not see.
[Illustration: _Grandmother at Goshen_]
Myself and parents left Goshen Indiana on a fine Monday morning
leaveing our nurse and brothers to come latter in the weak on the
railway. Our plans was to reach Detroit that night and stop with my
uncle and ant and the next evening take the boat to Buffalo and
thence to Connecticut by motor so the first town we past through was
Middlebury.
Elmer Flick the old ball player use to live here said my father
modestly.
My mother forced a smile and soon we were acrost the Michigan line and
my mother made the remark that she was thirsty.
We will stop at Coldwater for lunch said my father with a strate face
as he pulls most of his lines without changeing expressions.
Sure enough we puled up to 1 side of the road just after leaveing
Coldwater and had our costly viands of frid chicken and doughnuts and
milk fernished by my grate ant and of witch I partook freely.
We will stop at Ypsilanti for supper said my father in calm tones that
is where they have the state normal school.
I was glad to hear this and hoped we would get there before dark as I
had always wanted to come in contack with normal peaple and see what
they are like and just at dusk we entered a large size town and drove
past a large size football field.
Heavens said my mother this must be a abnormal school to have such a
large football field.
My father wore a qeer look.
This is not Ypsilanti this is Ann Arbor he crid.
But I thorght you said we would go south of Ann Arbor and direct to
Ypsilanti said my mother with a smirk.
[Illustration:
GLEE CLUB
_Uncle Bill_]
I did say that but I thorght I would surprise you by comeing into Ann
Arbor replid my father with a corse jesture.
Personly I think the suprise was unanimous.
Well now we are here said my mother we might as well look up Bill.
Bill is my uncle Bill so we stoped at the Alfa Delt house and got him
and took him down to the hotel for supper and my old man called up Mr.
Yost the football coach of the Michigan football team and he come down
and visited with us.
What kind of a team have you got coach said my father lamely.
I have got a determined team replid Mr. Yost they are determined to not
play football.
At this junction my unlucky mother changed the subjeck to the league
of nations and it was 10 o’clock before Mr. Yost come to a semi colon
so we could resume our jurney and by the time we past through Ypsilanti
the peaple was not only subnormal but unconsius. It was nerly midnight
when we puled up in frunt of my ants and uncles house in Detroit that
had been seting up since 7 expecting us.
Were sorry to be so late said my mother bruskly.
Were awfully glad you could come at all replid my ant with a ill
consealed yawn.
We will now leave my relitives to get some sleep and end this chapter.