The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-21
THE MAN WHO
OAR
John Hunt Tells Why He Married
Anna Sterling, Who Had Lived
"On the Line"

1 against an engaging stranger
] She had gone swimming with me
at Sutros aud the Lurline Baths.
/ My admiration OF her physical ef
I ficicncy was reused by the way she
diyed and sprlnted. showing mus.
cular control rare IN women
And yet her captivating physical
endowments alone could not have
/ held my interest. Nor did she seem
eager TO attract mo on the plane.
In fact. for the first few months
the ardor seemed rather all on my
side. white her own response 60
sentiment had the GOODNESS OF In.
difference Al times | even thought
she slyly laughed at my eagerncHs
TO win her permanent regard
~ like you, John Hunt" she
said, with the first CLEAN OF
tenderness IN her harel eyes,
because you're jos, a big boy.
and you don't bother me with a
lot OF tiresome plffle. always
feel rested and sort of--sSeil.
eheered. after I've been out
with you. Don't ever spoil II.
viii you. John1"
And that was great deal
better than tho kss ! might
have taken that frat night
"i'ii try never 20 spoil a."
promised. And then Jus, q
touch Of Jealousy leaped 20 my
mind az Anns's implication
that other admirers had both.
cred" her and that there had
been something sordid In their
attentions.
This. again. renewed my specu.
latlon as TO her relucthnee-lndeed.
her positive refusal-io reveal any.
thing about her life after her .Oth
year. That left ak years Rho was
now &c ahrouded in mystery.
Whenever attempted TO Invade
that period she voored quickly to
some other topic. sometimes with
an lnscrutabic smile. oftener with
a glooming OF tho eyes that hur, me
10 see
recall that grew persistent
when had taken her TO Muir
Woods We were seated on shhE.
~. fallen monarch ~ those twilight
gladcs. with the ripple % stream
In our ears and Mild black berry
stains on our cheeks For a mo.
msnt she was thrown off her per.
aistent guard
She had gone 10 the Girls high
school here che had prepared 20
enter California University. but
hadn't been able TO- Later she had
started business training. That.
too. had fallen through.
She had always. she said.
wished she had been boy.
Boys rad such splendid possl.
bilitics 20 do thinss--to 90 ad-
Venturina; 10 taste life ard
upe~ out what was bitter,
without having 10 call IN the
doctor. the preacher or the 20
iiceman. They could shoulder
their way thru. When they
made mistakes they were
laughed at. overlooked. soler-
ated
Her earnes,nesa gave her
new charm. could seo that
this vas matter OF tire
mcndous impor, 10 her. Before
she closed her confidence had
plainly gathered tina, here ~ss
woman who sought TO EN-.
brace moro OF life and living
than society accorded 10 her
seq. She was In rebellion. Az
she talked the color flooded her
face and ! grew a little afraid
Of ter. a little amazed at her
fury and her passionate longing
for the freedom I had never az
ISOLATED with discreet women.
Don't mind me-" she con.
eIudcd abruptly, aware that she
wss giving a key 10 her char.
aeter.
! hadn't much 10 ssy for time |
We gathered ferns and picked more
berries In wild brambles. She AZ.
fectcd n gayety that ] suspected
was designed 10 erase the effect OF
her tempcstuous outburst when. |
ever she found a particularly lus.
cious berry she Insisted that cat
f. And once she became so hope
iessly enmeshed in the bushes that