The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-19

....r Pm bound to follow them. Il
{fas sosa -. family. Ny poor cousin
1ss - mat such another fool. She
Ems v4 IN be married to quiet, re-
les 49,. rsu,,e fellow with a shop of his
ssx three days before the wedding
ons 49, .;sh 4 regiment of marines and
~ 9. :. - color-sergeant. That's what
- hr doing. I've been all the way
osee'.Ss.ie with thst lot you saw me
"a I'VE kissed four OF them-the
- q. =. -sstches. I'm nice sort Of girl to
Waking out with Respectable MIX
a deeply disguised with herself
..se.ed superfiuous for ANYBODY else
oen.Nsrsnt With her; and Ethelbertha
- ~ tone and tried to comfort her.
~ ~ou'II get over all thai nonsense.
- she said iaughingiy; you see
bee11'ss hoe silly It il. You must tell
HogIsu TO keep you away from SOL
- can't look at it in the same light
-. vou do. num- returned Amenda
sy-hst reprovingly; "A girl that can't
~ n red marching down the street
:.s.s,s vsnting to rush out and follow it
~ 81 "a be anybody's wife. Why, |
es'n - leaving the shop with nobody in
!. sssst tvice . week, and he'd have to go
4 Ind of ali the barracks in London
I..;r~ IA me- shall save up and get
s,ssi} INTO iunatic asylum. that's what
~: ssr,sIh.Jiberthstha began to grow quite
49, But surely this is, something
Hsasshs, new, Amenda,' she said: you
~ ssye often met soldiers when you've
-. cut in London
ss,h ves: one or two at . time, walking
.t snvhow; 1 can stand that all right.
~ nan there's lot Of them oil together
- . hand that lose my head
: Van don't know what it's like, num-
). add. noticing Etheloertha's puzzled
L.,.rssion: you've never had it. l only
!ws kept careful watch over Amenda
..,;ne the remainder of our stay At Folke-
- and m anxious time We had of it.
S~.vy day some regiment or other would
s,eh through the town, and at the first
~ Of its music Amsnda would become
~aIsse and excited. The Pied Piper's
- could not have stirred the Hamelin
1ldren deeper than did those Sandgate
- the heart of our domestic. Fortu-
s1sly they generally passed early in the
~eeninR when We were indoors, but one
- rsturning home to lunch We heard
xssant strains dying away upon the
Srthe road. We hurried in. Ethelbcrtha
down into the kitchen; it was empty
- into Amenda's BEDROOM; it was va
- We called. There Was no answer.
That miserable girl has gone of
.uin.' said Ethelbertaa. What a terri
misfortune 1t is for her. It's quite q
koeaee
~Etbelbertha wanted me to 60 to Sand
- camp and inquire for her. was sorry
the girl myself. but the picture of q
rane and innocent-looking man wander
9 sDout complicated camp inQuiring
lost domestic, presenting itself to my
Iipd, said that I'd rather not.
"Eshelberths thought me heartless, and
"A shat il would not 60 she would go
s,ef. l replied that thought one fe-
- member Of my household was enough
that camp At time. and requested
NOT TO- Etheibertha expressed her
- Of my inhuman behavior by haught-
declining to eat any lunch, and / ex-
vesed my sense Of her unreasonableness
yswssping the whole meal into the CRATE,
~ which Ethelbertha suddenly devel-
"a exubefant affection for the cat (whO
Hat want anybody's love, but wanted to
i under the crate after the iunch), and
esme supernaturally absorbed in the
y before yesterday's newspaper.
Ia the afternoon, strolfing out into the
nnisn. heard the faint cry of q female in
1sfnm. listened attentively. and the
~ Va repeated. l thought it sounded
tke Ansnda's voice. but where il came
tun could not conceive. 1t drew nearer,
lsssver. - approached the bottom of
- garden, and at last located it in q
nal wooden shed, used by the proprietor
he house - dark room for developing
phosaenphs.
The door WAS locked. Is that you,
lnsnda? cried through the keyhole.
.'Ya, SIR came back the muffied an
~. Will you please let me out: you'll
/ ~ ~ hey On the ground near the door.