The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-23


have GOMEZ Yes. for a was I'm.
pssioun. that eail.
Ana he found himself inahihE WIN
interest az the Individual buried Va
sleep uho sat opposite. Had he emily
lust returned from a lonE satpufn
w she teapless Wac be slso COM
ING back 10 contradict the belief that
he Naa asaaf Perhaps moi fsssl-
bly, he haA not come from abroad.
he mlsht be merely making nns of
the special train.
nai faf himself. an Il Was differ
eut. n would be iInpossfbis nos 10
gick up that old thread Il Ions aEo.
a he'd been dropped "a hurry.
abandoned Ia disgust There haa
NOT been much time for reflection
since th.n.
Was h. mad ihsnY Il might hav.
hseu thought -. he Remembered
mat cd scene. n was at a bee ter
minus IL the sssnins He had left
everything. burst his sosss. cut his
uxisfesiee IN I've. 80 y we're II vaH
FnerriY b. reasoning lie hha
shnoght u over Life IN an office.
existence Ia = small auburb. the mar
row hoetKna. che prospect u the
never ending train ~ = small career
- al that fear - ennui. tbs dread ~
nndina tEfs impossible. Esa caused
hifn 60 ~ lie soaid dIaarpeaf--
80 20 ths wssi. Then BE ueuid re-
farn long sftsf. like . fwsutieih
century Hlnhmd De would have
made ms fortune which seemed then
90 desirable
Tne iaea vas merely = vision a.
fret nat gradually II had taken
soild form. Why siioafa Re nss RoY
Ne would be coming beck SOME
time There uas nothinG % prevent
hls departure The extreme asotian
~ "a "a Dot strife hin. Tha grace.
l.s~susaa. the iugrAgitsas Il II never
crossed his nsind 10 would 10 anf
fina a foftuar. return q hsfo-.no
matter TIE rest
he had had an engagement thas
eveninx. les. There MAS Haftsbady
tu fetch from concert lie had
been at the office all daY lie never
snif 4 wers a. 10 what he wss about
10 a.. And the hopsisnsnwna of u all
faded "a the fsvcrish excitement q
q eadasu aspaftsrs. lie felt sur
prtnrsi himself the Homent hr had
hts seat IN ths train. lie had dfwani 1.
"a % anlna 49, but V had always
sHefsod = rgsna noe. q rtataus- aou1s-
ihlng IN the far distance lie mtanf
have acted in sort of trance n he
hAa fully ard rainsly thought abssii
" perhaps Ne would never have
suns.
onre out there he's different n
had been from what hs had rlc-
tur~a Its realtaea shat ne had
done. Frtenta. associates al had
vanished lie should have worked
ouf hsA life IN Enxiard. where pso-
rie waited for birn They hardly
believed that hs could have gone
n was eair that ~ vas bitten By
nat ldiefic Grass fof thuafficaiilfy
sudden eiAappeaFsuce. a sudden
rwcoraing
Ard the time had Nliflred away
he had lahnred 10 BE- rtrh. And he
had bsaosna rieh Hui then 4 seem
"a \ rhimsfa Nov ~ vas return
iaR Wei. he would hardly be 70
unriuhsred Perhaps he had sscfl.
firud bis afe. After alt o. Vas only
FOR 3 Hhlm. re wouid be forgot
ten or psFhspr they would be
dead - KNf
And efaanaily. a. TIE express
Numbered on. al that long period
- famine. prosperity and work
SEEMED Is fade The past and The
present were bridEea Thete came
up before him a vivid plsiure af
small Interior. uuiei horne. Nhrre
there we're pleasant faces. klnf
words. Il vac all that which he had
deserted.
n might have been WORSE ne re-
morse II he had failed utterly IN ac-
comprising his aims lie had
wealth naw az barrier before the
upcoming wave Of regret. o. sad
ness
what would he 40 with The riches
nowT Opportunity had gone per =
hnpss Destiny cannot be played
with. And that old home What o.
SCI Would there be anyone whom
he knew iiviuE there now An. how
he had dreamed he pictured 10
himself 4 scene on a sunday morn
ing y presented itself very clearly
before him Somebody vas dead
They s.Fa starting for church
There uaa the walk over the hills
ia the sunshine They could hear
the bells ringing from afaf what
" there vas no onof lie shfxcred
slightly Then he wouid have come
back 20 M purpose; there would
ouiy he regrets
Then came other thoughts. hut
the iouFn#y was nearly At an end
The engine began 10 emit piercing
shrieksi enc train commenced 60
race past walls
The platform was fuli The train
came 70 a dead stop IN an electric
lighted terminus
Re allghsed The place had hard.
~ changed. the iifc which passed
had not Affected A. Then came the
bic West End hotel with ifa elarinH
lights, lts attentive servants. n
was a strange eenrat ton. that Of re-
turning 70 the huge capital Clocks
were Ginning there was perpetual
rumbilna. the strcota were brightly
lighted. The next day he would 60
down home.
Hc knocked al the door. but no
body came. He glanced 10 al the
window that ttfaa the ffsssf4s tsahuf..
the piano used ~ often to be heard
The blue wistnria was climbing up
But everything seemed deserted. the
house vas empty, ana a lahnrer IN
the farmyprd was the only living
soul 90 be seen tie stroiied through
The garden. II was getting tangled.
How many summers had Eoual
There was the RreonhouHet thorc
ware the hedges OF box there wai