Every one understood that an in
vitation for me must include Eliza
beth. She seemed to delight in the |
"newspaper game" as much as I j
did. and was soon taking her part in ;
the fast and furious conversation, !
with comical understanding and acute
ness. None of my new friends —all
people of intelligence and tact—treat
ed her as if she were a baby. I treat
ed her as if she were my most inti
mate friend, a real person, and my
friends took their cue from me.
.Tust a year after I began my news
paper career I was sent out of town
«*n a lung assignment. For safe-keep- i
sag .and companionship with Children.
Elizabeth was placed in the Sacred
Heart Academy at Waco, though we
were not < 'at holies. She was not en
rolled as a pupil, for she was too
voting, according to the head of the
institution, and I certainly had no de
sire to "push” her, against which
crime 1 had been repeatedly warned
hv mothers of less brilliant children.
! returned to Waco the last of May.
just as the convent school was closing
for the Summer. Atid I was met with
the astounding news that Elizabeth
had passed all examinations for en
ttance into the second grade. T was
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