The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-04

an have our proper pfiicl
- said 20 rnYasis there mast
ne na noise RE wounded hltd
bidns hls agony behind a TUT at
sras. thus would I Wish O. die In
snws hidden corner. rrsffr'Y and for
gotten. with these eleslae lnlru-
fiona. took thr % train tnt
Medan II deposited me-. tn ms
auah 81 m. evening, about a hum
drrsta steps from the Lion def.
very sell known hotel with eftshi
pleasant rooms. aH vNeelisnt table
ami comfortable beds.
what shall serve 70 Non.
aErur ~ asked a ittfie maid whom /
later reooEuirsd ~ Be very pretty
Nothing
vas not hungry. I went - ny
ruon ard tried Ca sleep but nv nap
uean restless FT~rp instant seemed
10 Sc vtctagine. wasn't she called
Nictnrinr. leaning upon ne arm M
my rival Then I woaiA rush fur=
card and my fist would * bang
against the wall. On the iron Of my
bsi or on the corner ~ the little
eiassirai table with the marble top
I w'as quite black and hiue when !
woke up hut that maftgfsd little
since I vas about a de ! began g.
.~srah for a cord had thought
that N one was going 81 hang him
self there vas nothing easier u
fInH than rop~. n Taaa mistake
I searched the Whois hotsi without
b~inF ahie - fiud the cord wanted
The little maid. whafu { later knsw
20 be very pretty. asked NE
~aut. fnonairua, What do you Nant
TO DO wlth itT"
AZ last. with a long length q
hemp In my pockst. | started out
I from thu hotel and reaaiut-iY took
the road that I'D 70 a little wood
witch knsN we'll. having frequent
ed II before tn happier time. There
behind an tfnp~nstfabis screen 81
isafy hogaats. was a aeisctrd little
I rorHsr who're had stopped % dream
one day. What more discreet riare
could find IN which ta dirf
A. I vent along I thnrEht ~
E Bertha i am very sure that her
nhua- was BERTHA. I cursed her with
all my heart Then I locked at mY
rope. measured a. proved its
power Of reslatsHce II wasn't the
rope I should have chosen. Il seemed
short 10 me. and not very Holif.
waa vexrd There is no doeht about
g. my friends. but a teasing dis
satisfaction iike that has Us influ-
ence upon the course % ones ideas.
SIN another vrxatlnn when /
reached the SPOT ! bad decided upon
I vas very disgreeahly SURPRISED 10
| find n occupied by another And
although I could only see his back
I could see Il uHH = man who vas
! precisely ocespisi tn tying himself
{ to a rose. the other end 81 which
was fastened 10 n branch. the very
I branch that at first makt I shot6 4
have chosen tsyseif
What are ypu etslnx ttpere7''
demanded
He tafnea asilctiy arsSpd
what bsssnsaa 70 y Of yours wat
! I avn doinR7-
10 ysu tsards 7 cannos Rpsrrs
yAsgr INF sasi@s p crtsd
And r. wis4 = klh myself I
shsaid tkiak tkat was nohody'a
hsstHsss hut NV oval"
XIII Vourasiff"
loolpas n h4ss. RE was pssas
/ ing ias wftb an open fnea a ayrs pa :
thstic to0k ard an Interesting pol
iar
"y~s vssh 10 xsn yass-seSf7"
AEa Hsrmisiae m kiw tha vfs.tiwl
Of an unhappy love. ! I'D asss aFoz
a as@d for nethlsa fiirtT"
'ktonsassrf" if~ cried.
rosr fsal tieosEtt. ~ uHl triaa
30 dsecrd her. Loxsvs are az The
same.
The unknown was silent
'FAopld yen hlta soras havics ?" I
remarked Esrtiy Leave yaur rope
heTe. I will SOC W'hsfhsr n Il better
than naf1ns. and ~ has& 10 your
hsrta. Yea viii thazh me aanpe
day"
RE rhssk his hradI
II wart 10 Al~"
'D@ not prepare 0Neswheirning
FsEreta for saoyirHelf trssaoFrsw."
coatihsad with a cafrn peraiat ar eel
was thiulFiae ~ nyzalf whoa you
sFs burie@. y@a All fsagr q your 1--we
IN ess IN vuia. II viii be $50 lata."
Yeu Do NET hn0w what has hap
ri 70 Fna
u can Rueun
NO yva eannet Huaga. u waa a
lady a4orsa, msnaaeqsr, for whom
10y
And tipeFegPon be told me al his
story. stEssaRn, vac II not. bfIt q