The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-30
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ne was 0U4G$ X f1eI Se1y EtSsstS
scsused TO blush as she booked - i and
rad the narse--Mr c. Daun Dsiier-
am writing xp ske Puget s0Gnd coCn-
try Tor q New York paper. and should
Ike 10 make my headquarters here af
wna<cors, tssx can't stand the hotels
in your new towns It's the most 1ffsaz-
ing thingr' he went on. smiling at har
as she stood twisting the card tn her
fingers, not knowing exactly what to DO
with II. 'sYon 60 90 sleep al night IN
q Puget sound Village with the fronts
Of the stores painted green, bsa1e and
red. s<sasnsosiIc patches OF sidewalk here
ard there. dust snkie deep. and M
street aghts--xna yea wake in the
7ssosuing sn a city. A city with fine
stone blocks and residences. stone pave
meats. electric lights. and railways. gas.
splendid water works. --he was check
ing OF now. exestediy on his fingers
sewerage, big mills. factories. Gamer
les, public schools that wruid make the
East stare, churches, libraries he
stopped abruptly. and. dropping his
arms Imply 20 MS siGes. added-..and
not a hotel. Not a comfortable bed or
a good meal TO be bad for love Or
money!"
Yes. that's so.'' said Lavinia. reluct-
lantiy But you can't expect us TO get
everythia' all at oncs. Why. What
CONS boom only started in about six
months ago."
Ar. c. Daun Diller looked amused.
''On. IL IL we're this town only" ne said.
sitting down on one of the hair-cloth
chairs and feeling himself slide gently
forward, II shouldn't have mentioned
1t. But tie truth is. there are only
three decent hotels in the whole Puget
sound country. But know"--here he
smiled at her again--sstlaat it's not safe
To breathe a word against Puget Sound
TO a Puget sounder."
ssSo. It amt" said the girl. respond
Ing to the smile and the respectfully
baHtering tone. Their she moved TO the
door. .'Well. III see what NAV says to
II. she said. and vanished.
Mr. C.. Daun Diller stooH up and
pushed his hands Down into his pock-
cts, waaisthng softly. He walked over
TO the organ and hooked at the music.
There were three large books: The
Home Circle" .Tha Golden Chord,
and 1.-The Family Treasure a sim
p,iflad'' copy of THE Maiden's Prayer"
and a book OK Gospel Songs"
The young man smiled.
'.4all the same" he sa;d. as IL IN
answer to a d3sparaging remark made
by some one else, shes about the
handsomest girl i ever saw. I'm get
ting right-down anxious to see myself
what nav will say to It,.
After a long while Mrs. Walden APP
peared In crispfy starched Bingham
dress and a company manner--both OF
which had been freshly put on for the
occasion. Mr.. DEler found her rather
painfully polite. and he began to Won
der. after paying his first weeks board.
whether he could endure two or three
months OF her. but he was quite. quite
sure that he could endure full year
Of the daughter.
A couple OF evenings later he was sit
ting by the window in his quaint but
exquisitely neat room. writing. when a
light rap came upon his door. Upon
opening Ii he found I4avinia standing.
bashfully. a few steps away. There
was a picturesque, PREDETERMINED hat
set cceuettishiy on her splendid hair.
Nav wanted / sh'u'd ask you IL
you'd like to see an Indian canoe race
she said.
would 70" he calculated, getting In
to great excitement at once. well,
1 should say so. Awfuily good OF your
mother to think--bat where Is it-when
is Il? How can see its''
Its down by the viaduck-right
now" said Lavinia. Then she added
shyay, pretending to be deeply en-
crossed with her glove: I'm Just
goin'."
''Oh. are you?" said Dilier. setzing his
hat and stick and coming eagerly out
10 her. And may l go with your
viii YOU take mo In hande I haven't
a ghost OF an idea where the viaduct
is
''oh. yes. FL show you." she said.
with u glad little laugh, and they went
swiftly down the stairs and out into
the sweet evening.
You know" she said, as he opened
the gate Tor her with a Difference to
which she WAS not accustomed, and
which gave her thrill OF innocent ex-
uitation. ''the Alaska Indians are just
comm back from hop piclsin' down
around P,iyal.up an Yakima an Seat
tie. an they alwus stop here an have
races with the dummies an the Nook
sacks"
Mr.. Diller drew deep breath.
''Do you know" he said, IT wouldn't
have missed this for anything-not fer
anything I can think Of And yet I
should If 1t hadn't been for''-he
heeitated, and then addea-'your
mother" They locked into each other's
eyes aRd laughed. very foolissslly and
happily
Tho sun was selting-moving slowly.
scarlet and II dazzling bsillianey, down
the Western sky. that shaded rapidly
from pale blue TO salmon, ard from SAL
nsan 10 rssiest pea green T;eneath, su-
perhly motionless. at full tile, the
Sound stretched mile on In4ls away Ia
1lunssii peninsula against whose hills
the sun rested~-every Ar tree on those
noble crests standing out against that
FURNISHED background 4 broad, un-
broken path OF gold stretched from,
shore to shore. Some sea gulEs were
circling in endless. sasSary rings through
sgle amethystiae haze between sea- and
sky. The old. rotten pier running a
mile ont TO sea- ishone Ike a strip Of
god above the deep blue water. 1t was
crowded with people, iniifferent To dan
ser. In their eaxefTess II see the races
Indeed. there seemed to be people every.
where: on the high banks. tia piers
and tiie mills ssastered over the tide
fats. ami ont in rowboats. Two brass
hands were playing stirring strains 81.
tessaa teiy. There was much excltemen;
-~syssfC-h shouting ht~rying running