The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-03

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down. with her ulster over her
nightgown. aud looked the sald
pallid soul In tho face. She had
boon n fool. and she knew II. II
she had pleased welningcr last
night. he would have looked after
hcr until her foot got better
Ttily crowded shoe over her
aching foot. put on her ulster. gath.
cred UP her shabby little mum. and
llmped out She had not a krone
10 her name. and sho vas n vague,
but sufficient number OF miles -
somewhere In the thousands-frotn
home.
She went 20 tho Prater that aft
ernoon and sat on a bench watch.
Ing tho carriages go by.
At dusk an officer In uniform,
sauntering by. stopped and looked
at her. Then he said something IN
German; Tiliy was glad shs did
not understand She looked past
him frigidly. and he went on
Struggling his shoulders. he bad
only asked her II she was cold. and
would like a cup OF coffee. but Tniy
was In arms against tho world.
At ten o'clock that night T'ily
llmped to the Bal TRbarin and
asked 10 see tho barrnaid. The
doorkeeper would not admit her
and said roughly In bad English
that the barmaid was not there
lilly did not believe him. She
staggered away. back 10 her bench
In the park. and lapsed into a sort
OF stupor from cold and discourage
ment
II was almost midnight when a
policeman reused her and made her
move on. She was Rcutely
wretched Hsr foot was increas
ingly painful Long before she had
unfastened tho buttons. but tho tor
ture OF the swollen toe persisted
She was not starving. but she was
weak with hunger and numb with
cold Still. her determination did
not give way. All that was gone
vas her perspective. she could acc
only two ways out OF her wretched
ness, and one vas unthlnkable. The
| other
She turned toward the Pratci
lake and made her way there slow
~ along snow-c covered path. She
was shaking with fright. but her de
termination held There we're only
two ways out This was one. the
other being unthinkable She said
over and over. mechanically. III
die first" She oven heard herBeli
saying Il
And 40, limping and shivering
she reached the bank OF the Pratei
I lake.
She would not look at tho water
She put her muff on tho ground
and tried with her stiff flngers tc
take out her hatpins She wa,
past thinking. certainly there wa'
no reason for saving the hat And
then. suddenly. her eyes fell on the
lake. and she broke into choking
hysterical laughter.
This way was closed The lake
was frozen. solid.
Having seen his sister and her
husband off for the opera. Sullivan
had his evening free. He went tc
theatre. and found his meagei
! knowledge OF German. complicated
by the atrocious Wiener dialect, In
adequate Had he been quito frank
with himself. no would have ac
knowledged that he was only pass
ing tho time until the Bal Tabarir
opened after tho opera
Sullivan had thought. nj frequent
intervals during the day. OF Tilly
Reilly-not OF course. that he
called her Tilly Reilly. He had
thought mostly Of her eyes. eyes
that did not belong to the Bal Tab
arm. eyes that had dropped de-
,nurely as'she danced
Sullivan went 10 tho Bal Thbarir
very early. Instead Of logo. h,
took n table near the center Of tn,
/ room, and sat back. smoking n Gig
arctic and watching the place M
mp.
He watched with more engernesi
than he would have cared 10 admit
for THY With the informally %
the cabaret. tho performers lounReC
around the doorways or mixed witt
I the crowd
The Apache dancers did thell
turn, with much pulling and twist
Ing. much flying OF skirts and re-
yealing Of hideoua lingerie aD,
thick cotton stockings. a coloret
bow freAh from GnnrPln annp rnr