Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-08

.... ..- ..r IS t.- ....rcst IN
..r he.t-a- tl- ... reality with
'.- usual philosophy. te thrust deep
C.'>u il lis Aart Tie passion that
newer could lee ,radicatcd. and his
sterling. unii!nching honesty trans
formed + IN time into Il fratcrnal af-
fiction as self sacrificing IS it was
loya' v4ich tr oNtr.'Dd 10 the man
I.... Laj ,l.>cr g.. a,r ufy pcrtuer
" III L.~ fc,n perception Ar add .oou
seen mat 'lat rlu was morally weak.
irrcsoluje Of purpose. incompetent III
business and thar his love for his wife
was not of that kind which counted
sacrifice for her Is privilege and for
bearance. Indulgence and unfailing
consideration for her Sentler and
purer nature rs Il duty. But it was
not for him 20 judge or 20 condemn
That Emn!9 was satisfied was sutti-
cicnt. No other consideration matter
cd :. particle. And be ,.~tccrIcd him
self happy in bcin. admitted to the
little household on terms of the in
timacy of an elder brother. In all the
world there WIS uu one else he cared
for or who cared fer him.
When Mrs. Rrouk> and he rc-enteced
the apartment ana she turned to him
and told him that it WAS good to see
him back she meant it.
1t is good IT, ne to be back again."
he admitted. ii only for Il few hours"
why few hours. Jimsy:'
"WilliamS expects me to take tie
midnight train for Boston There is
some legal lanS!e about our dock lease
there"
''Oh. see Did Joe tell you about
our good fortune? OF course you can
see the change" and she made Il ges-
ture that took in the whole room.
You mean the raise in salary and
back pay"
Yes. Wasn't it splendid of Captain
Williams?'
1T certainly has agreed with you"
he responded evasively. Never saw
you look so WELL
Ibid the captain tell you about it,?
A>O, liz hcNCi luCHtlOlICu IL.
"Why snot?'
Captain Williams has n habit Of
keeping n whole lot to himself"
1T came as complete surprise-at
least to me-"
Seems TO have done your mother II
whole lot Of good She never did
shine up to that Harlem hat"
I'm all the years I've known you.
Jimsy, you've never spoken of your
mother or father. suppose you doA't
care to-"
An expression of pain fitted over his
face.
mo; it amt pleasant" he confessed.
Mrs. Brooks was sincerity sorry for
her rather thoughtless remark.
"Forgive me, Jimsy. l wish l hadn't
said that Could l help to make it
more pleasant? Id like to-" she said
alphabetically.
He gazed at her with a queer look
and for few moments did not speak.
He appeared to be debating something
in his mind.
MY mother, as near as have been
able to find out, hiked out into Colo
RADIO when it was a territory. There
wasn't much law and. l guess, no con-
ventionalities. Everybody kind O
drifted along the best or the worst
they could. the majority voting the
straight ticket for the worst. A shake
Of the hand was as good as a bond.
and there wasn't any law in the land
except that between man and woman.
Some Of them out there yearned as
much for the sanctity of the marriage
vows as an Arab In the Sahara does
for q sun bath. 1t was loose coun-
try, full Of loose people. My mother
fell in love with a rowing miner. and
he promised to marry her. but before
make Il little loose change tying mat
rimoniai knots pa got into an argu-
ment concernin. alcoholic capacity
and got plugged with A"
"Killed?''
Yes. He passed on Later | was
showed into the midst of an unsuspect-
ing public My coming into the world
without the usual legal credentials hit
my poor mother awful hard. and be-
fore l could open my eyes she died
Then there was an awful argument
about where belonged"
How"
1.-TWO cities claimed me. Denver said
was born in Omaha. and Omaha
blamed it on Denver Those that look.
ed after me when | was a kid got a
little careless obout my education, and
finally the city of Denver adopted me
as a favorite son. Fathers only known
name was Jim. grabbed It. l had to
have a last one on the handle, so
chose Smith, feeling tolerably certain
It would pass the scrutiny Of an in
Quisitive world without raising q storm
Of curiosity"
He paused, then concluded. with q
wan smile:
You see, Emma, l an some shy"
I'm awfully sorry. Jlmsy, but 4
doesn't make a lot of difference. does
it," she said consolingly.
mo, only that's why | came east
The west amt conducive TO pleaSan,
recolections."
Its nothing you could help"
NO. figure you can't always
blame people for what they can't help
If Il fellow comes into the world shy
he's shy, and the chances are he's
doing the best he can the very time ht
goes 10 the bad"
How ~ V hat way?
You seem puzzled" he said, moving
his char so that 1t brought hin
squarelt facing her. well, for In
stance out in Denver I knew a fellow
who married q girl who'd had pretty
n+rh Wu9t 81" wanted. but he'd beer
lI Bard luck. IL WIS Il love match al
!-'". 10th critics being clean foolist
""'r 'a j 't4er Well lie didn't cer
'D- t.I size Aat e. WulA pretty MARI.
ila-F ue thought her health ano
spirits NDre about busted up Oh &C.
count o! tie work. ana he commenced
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