The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-05
ANOTHER MANS
HOUSE

" vas NNf WY ANihh NAAff etfH
0~urFie had been talking about the
niEht heforci
Nobody knows how hate Il.
aho had cried. puekcring her
amoogh forehead. "Out Of bed be
foro daylight getting breakfast In
a freezing spelling your
hands With dish watcr-bullylng
groccrJ boys-oh. George. we're
too young and tender To take care
Of ourselves Why DON'T somebody
adopt uafT
And Georsie. gazing about their
by 10 living room. could but echo
her words.
10 when Mr. Ceorris come home
With the kinEmanH proposition
they were radiant with delight
The kingmana vefo a ehlldlcas
old couple who lived IN a hig houss
and had more servants than tho
Georges had rooms In their fiat
klnEman vas the vice president
of tho bank where GsorEie worked
AZ assistant bookkpeper al t2b
week. The KinKmans weru Old
very old Indeed TO youth like the
Georges They were tired Of liy.
ing alone IN their great Turnkey.
haunted house. and they wanted
Mr.. and Mrs C-orgie To come and
live with them Would theyf
Would thoyi
Liliie Mr.. George laughed aloud
at the absurdi,y Of the question.
Then she and George spent several
happy hours packing their moro
Intimate belongings Tho next daY
CcorEie found another bank clerk.
married even more recently than
he. who jumped at tho chance 10
move Into their furnished apart.
mont. md that evening they urr.
installed In one Of tho kinkmana
guest suites.
For several weeks life for the
Georges was a dream. Every morn.
Ing they had 10 pinch each other 10
make surr they were really awake
and preparing for breakfast. about
which they knew nothing uEsil
they were al the table. EVER
night after reaching their own
rooms they exclaimed to each other
about tho charm Of some new and
unfamiliar dish at dinner.
ny the end Of the second month
they know the COOKS achievements
30 we'll that surprises were inife.
quent. Thcy also knew Just what
stories Mr.. Kingman told at certain
points during the dinner. and Iust
what excuses the wellupholstefed
Mrs. klnKinan would make ~hen
she forgot the trump or failed 10 70.
turn her partners lead. by another
week they realized they had settled
into a rut and that this rut was not
Of their own demarkatlon. but that
which the kingmans had worn BY
many years Of travel hlons tho same
easy routes
Mrs Georges hands recovered
their old whiteness. but she would
have welcomed the old burns and
Fuckers for an opportunity to got
into the kitchen and devise some
Of the. dishes with which she used
10 surprise tho homes coming
George. Even the viands Of a chef.
they found. may In time grow
monotonouE II was the same with
bridge. Half dozen fubberE every
evening left them hating the very
sight OF the spotted pastcboards
One Saturday afternoon George
came home with hll his old buoy.
ancy restored. AZ tho door he. with
difficulty. smoothed his youthful
countenance 10 acmblHnce Of the
sober lines II had recently learned
TO wear. I've bad nowa for you.
dcarie," he told his wife, ns she
came TO greet him. THE Andef.
sons who rented our suite are
Obliged TO give II up. Anderson
has a good job offered him In Boa.
ton and they leave early next week
It's the wrong season for renting,
and | fear We cant find anybody
else 10 take tho lease off our
hands"
For a brief moment hia wife
stood regarding him with puzzled
suspicion. Then with a squeal Of
Joy she lcaped into bis ontstretched
arms.
"ohl" she cried, you feel 10.
tool You know you DO. You needn't
try to hide II We've both been
crazy TO get back for the last
month. o. tho dear little fiat.
Don't you love II. Georgle7"
I'D love any place | could call
my own" growled Georgia. "We1l
move back the day the Andersons
leave"