But Mother says I'm much too young to wear much jewelry.

Oh, will the time ever come when I'll be old enough to take my proper place in the world?
Sometimes it seems as if it never would! Well, as I said, it's plain to be seen who it is that Grandfather and Aunt Hattie favor; but I'm not so sure about Mother.

Mother acts funny.

Sometimes she won't go with either of them anywhere; then she seems to want to go all the time.

And she acts as if she didn't care which she went with, so long as she was just going--somewhere.