The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-19

John Darlington sWcclHtutfH,
Wholesale aud Retail Ton years
ago John harrington had had that
aucciuot inscription painted over
tho front Of a tiny shop Ia Little
Japan 81, and ho could IN afford
the 30 shtliiuFa II cost hat ms their
| Rildcd faces faded. aud THAR blood
rod perspective grew dims the
boarded %aoverclRna gathered. The
neat wooden boxes OF confectionery
oyerfioWed Into first one room aud
then another of the squat dark
! house and a glass roof shot out over
the cramped yard IN tho ear For
tune smiled upon hia ventures.
TO look At John harrington Wa
eomolY enough, being unbont and
atraiRht Of limb. despite all hia
shopping. having bright eyes. q deli
cateiy nodded chin. and a Viking
nose. "A a whole. lndeed. he was
strikinHlg Morse. for his head
itself square and comnact-wa set
squarelN and somewhat ioftliY ON a
pair Of small bonod muscular shout
dsrs. 0ulY. Instead Of being fair
aud criapiy curling hla hair vac
dark aud fire. with = gentle ripple
In ita raven masses. Ills cyeL were
a. blue aud his skin waa az Mtr az
those 81 "a princess iu a fairy story
There vas English blood la his
veins. but not more than a wine
slaasml or fwo. the rest aaa italian
and spanish And FAR back on his
dead mothers hide nhe bad been \
NeAp0litah was the hot blue blood
of the Cloths flowing down from
odln himself. John harrington vas
q racial hybrid How such n man
could endure 60 toll uKer chnhhnaka
and ledger Was n mystery When
John harrington entered upon his
tenancy IT the shop Ia Little Japan
~. be had IS aud 3 halfpence Nov
he was probably worth from 1900
10 Eag0o. Yet. 10 be fair 10 him. he
did not care never had cnred@A
rush Tor 4 single sovereign. " was
the JOY Of SETTING Il which was
sweet 70 him lie Naa a modern
viking on terra firmH. a lin de
steele land pirate.
necenttf @barause the Wholesale
business vas showing ITSELF distinct.
~ ior profitable. he hsi rellus
quished attendance upon the count
er. aud had engaged an assistant
Why - grave and nfeoerupied q
man "A John harrington should
have chosen 90 delegate this part u
hla work to n person ~ the fem
mime gender viii nefsr be quite
satisfactorily aAsertalned but vhsn
MadRe Smith appeared umurouslY
upon the scene. John harrington
merely looked at her andemcnsiFa-
lively. inquired her previous 81.
p~.ft~uee aad appointed her forth
With. Then fhs currents % both
.iirea flowed on slds b side silent
IL. formally. IN a routine that vas
delightful 90 the man. mechanical to
the girl
John harrington had NOT engaged
the services Of Madse IN preferences
10 thuas % a member 81 the stefusf
ser from motives 81 masculine
weakness lie never noticed her o.
rept 20 lasne bis Instructions Nor
vas his choice ~ her 70 be set doNn
10 motives 81 economy lie paid tls
feminine aid &C a seek. and I'D
not cyiree b look o. word that he
wns doing anything unusual
The twa golden muxefeiKnA we're
handed into tho little palm each
Saturday utght with the aailafief
air Of 4 Huii TODD merchant set
Ting a heavily discounted invoice.
BEING set FREE from the counter.
John harrington devoted bis Sat.
urdaY afternoons 70 his isdgcrp and
accounts. when his assistant came
back from her tea. Il as hts custom
10 leave her in charge 81 the shop.
and. retiring 90 tho duskv parior
behind. to plunge Into hts books for
the rest II the evening
Along the even tenor 81 this quiet
xay Joan Harrington and bis en-
p'oya proceeded Zoe SIX months. and
ihsn the former became aware that
in the vague concerto Of voices
which nu#tea 90 him from the shop
on these came Saturday nights uue
xas~t familiar 10 his ear. and that
ono not the voice % Matge II pro-
roedea Enthusiastically from q maacu-
limo throat and was a youthful bar
itone capable 81 modulaiinE itaeif
into tender tones and careaslng Ayl-
iahiea. John Harrington grew IN
easy.
One Saturday he got up and SCI
tho door aieaithily apart Ho could
He~ into the ahop Madre stood be
hind the counter sewing. the cuarHe
brown holland uf fhe material
gathered MP over her wrist and
busnm In that womanly fashion
witch Il 80 u%ureaeunahlY appealing
10 the lonely masculine heart. On
the ahopward side % the counter a
young man a with hla elbows on
the scratched and bruised veneer.
hls chin upon his kuuehles. and his
eyes mruei up 10 Madge.
John Darlington listened. and ha
ha listened his Gothic blood spranE
into its old h~fth-century heat with
n rapidly that made him reel under
a mad Benaerk desire 10 take the
unnffendlnF youth BY tho neck
from behind. gt n knee planted
EPILEPSY CAN BE CURED.
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