The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-08


Will meet sou AT the depot
Jonas aud EffIo were aeIIlsd at
last keeping house. instead Of
boarding and l Was due iu the rltf
aud wac expected o. look them up.
/ hoped that the ordeal would not
be too much fHr me ! had been
dHuadmily Ia love with Rifle my
self though Efflr said it didn {
count as had made IL "a point a.
fall in love with every Elrl / had
ever met. and she Naa only enc Of
II Ions procession II vas like
Jonas - $50 lH and yin the girl I
Was making love 90. Ia the tef1 mo=
mrut Of ms widest lnfatuhtlan aud
I had told him az the time that /
considered % aneak.uK hut all that
happened "a year agu. aud Thought
II possible ! mlEht meet Effie uue
without wishing to murder Jonas.
especially aa the youngest 81 those
erals girls had come over from
school and however. that really
doesn't matter.
stepped down from the train
uIth my NaIiae iu my hand. aud
looked around ever the crowd vain
" tor Jonas How like the iudif
ference nf e brother that waai Trust
a brother f1f failing 60 meet YuH
after ION have sired him just when
You wete gomlna Faf a minute og
Two { Thought % Eolne to q hotel
and Swing Jonas the Eo. BY alto
kethrr lt would serve him fight
Then I remembered that Effle would
SUPPOSE ! vas afraid Ia trust myself
near hef. aud would plume herself
On II ali the test 90 bee life
I flung nv fallse into an open
cab ana flung myself after e.
No 1di Maple street said
sulkiiY 90 the driver aud in a mo-
mcnt the cab uaa ioltinE over the
Wrviched Cuhblestousa. which wcfe
slippery with the ralu that had just
begun 10 fail
The rain vas falling harder when
the wheels finally grated against
che eufnafone. and the driver Waa
adWatIHg bis oil coat a. he opened
the duof for ne aud announced
Here you arr. STR 80 Sd Ma
pie
The light At the corner lllumi=
mated the fruaf % the house aud
showed tho figures painted on the
fransam { paid the driver and Jet
him So and then fan up the steps
and rang the bell While / stood
there waitiuH ! waaHere8 which
would come To the door jonas or
Efnc hoped q vauld Be Jonas
for didn't care fuf her o. sec me
until aaa ffeahruet ap a tlf
Neither came. After Asblle
faug fhe bell aKain. and yet aEaln.
With the same result Thea 10 o.
earred - me haw strange teas that
there aaa no light Ia the house
uhen they must have been expecting
tue too
Another turn al the bell This
time there vac some response 4
aoman. evidently = servant. came
slouE tae yard a. the aide 81 the
adjoining house. and said Iu tha
tone 81 one impairuE general Ia.
formation
"Thef aiu't uobotF az home
fhrY We gone - the h open an it'a
the servants Hlght b est
Thsu she sent hack and Isfi ne
% ny fate
The rain a. pouring No chra
traveFHed that street Judging ~
the distance had come / mBst be
miles from a hotel The eah { had
arrived lu uaH The last one had
seen. and there wAa probably not
another one in the city. Tor { AS
filled WIfh q deep disgust that took
In the city and everything belonging
- it.
d vas impossible - thInk - ven
turing cut in al that rain. Witch
vas aa8n driving in 9Th such force
that { began 20 b. wef. even Ia that
sheltered fnaHHaY / must make a
run for some ether part ~ the house
and try % get into q drier place
~ fun brought me % a little
Feranda covered uith houeY Me.
~ The side uf the house auA there
eaa another door While I stood
looking az the door 10 The ahad
uHu. uas seized Wtfh an iuspira
tlnu took my home latch ksf
out u my pocket and tried Il In the
fhs lock
Joy
opened the door and walked ln.
and set my vallas doan With a HIEh
uf relief Aha Jones. my boy. you
might have knoWn your brother
better than 70 try q lock him out
f ! said Elecfaily. % myself. remem
herinE the times without number
when I had piiiaged Jonas store 81
apples. and read hts Juvenile lovs
letters And then Z struck a match
After that spent several min.
utra striking more matches aud
trying % learn the combination uf
a tail lamp covered with a rrlukiY
and f0unced affair which have
since discovered vas a rcd Hila
lamp shade I finally lighted ths
lamp. and NJ the same moment So
f fire 10 the shade. eKtinEuIHhrd the
fire b. putting the shade on the
floor and stepping on o. repeatedly
I Then { lcft IL where Do had fallen
I n would teach Effe a lesson for a
great ffillsd affair like that ON d
/ lamp Is exceedingly dangerous.
| found that this was the back
parlor. and I walked around and
/ looked ~ everything. and wa
filled with aatoniahmcut Really
f Jonas must have done very sell. IN.
f deed - furnish house ln thi=
/ kind ~ style To- the short time hf
/ had been In business
Suicide Prevented