The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-20
CHAPTER XVI.

| Celestial. life. o.. tells HI. father by
sdap,iea he ~ssts 10 marry The Goddess
CHAPTER XVI.
Copyright. 1918. by the Star co.,
Meanwhile no less important q
person than Mary blackstone had
looked for celcstia and found her
Descending from twelve.thounand
dollar car OF foreign make. she
had runs tho front door bell OF the
Douglas house and had been adj
mitted by Freddie the Ferret
whose chief pleasure in life II had
become 10 be ever as near cciestia
as possible. TO do chores for her
and To run errands.
You want To see HERR" asked
Freddie
Celestial Yes"
Step right In"
He ushercd her into a front room
whore Ceieatia was busy at a
table covered with papers.
'iilgh-f1yer To see you" an.
nounced Freddie. and wi,hdre~.
CcleHtia rose and cam. shyiy for.
ward She did not know her Wis.
itor by name She had never seen
her before. hut something told her
that the slim, beautiful. dark giri in
'he ;ailormade suit was no, alto.
gethcr stranger
Mary was careful 10 choose a
chair which stood with its back to
tho light.
Il came. shc said. upon = mos,
delicate GRAND"
Yea"
we have a mutual friend
MFR. Barclay"
How did you gaessr'
None OF my other friends would
be at all likely 10 be friend OF
yours. too. All my friends In this
world. 40 far. are either poor peo-
ple or laborrrs."
IAN but Mr. Barclay'"
Celestial nodded.
I've come to speak 10 you nbou,
him. lie has. as you know, n great
future before him. His friends
very naturnlly-pleas. don't misun.
derstand NETS nothing against
you--but we've all heard OF the
melodrama,ic Ocingon fire rescue.
and We all know how susceptible he
Ia TO romance and beauty and
you are beautiful. DO you mind n
| say thatg You are perfectly
beautiful"
But belong to a different sta.
ton In life than this mutual friend
Of ours who IL so susceptible TO
romance and beauty. md you have
come 10 beg off for him with ar.
gumenis about blasted prospects
and ruined careers and social ostra.
cism,"
Though Celestial spoke with great
sebtleness Miss Blackstone was for
moment greatly taken aback.
But recovering she laughed good.
naturedly and said:
You are not only beautiful but
clever"
Why couldn't ! mako him a
good wife7"
You are too sensible 20 AJAX
questions like that You couldn't
expect his friends to
Receive me- Perhaps not.
And yet ! speak n number OF Ian.
guages. ] have your word for e
that ! have good looks. At table
my chic. weapon is a fork. am
young and healthy. and haven't
been long enough in this world TO
have past.
III | am to let him off you must
give me better line OF reasoning
than maybes and perhapses. What
II my whole happiness was bound
up In him. his in me- II | told
you that We were already mar.
RED"
Good God" exclaimed Mary.
Don't worry said Celestial. I'VE
are not. But ! am certainly not
going TO give him up on the grounds
that am not his social equal"
III he does marry you" said
Miss Blackstone. suddenly losing
control OF her temper at tho look
on Celestla's face. people will say
II was because he had TO. Two
can't camp In the North Woods
without chaperon, and escape
malicious talk"
ut would seem So" said Celestial
slowly. And she started TO turn
very pink and ended by turning
white. And there began TO burn
suddenly in her breast n feeling OF
which uutil that moment she had
known nothing. Sweet she was.
gracious and good. She though.
she had been sent by heaven TO
help everybody in the world
Neverth eless those sharp burning
pangs which she was enduring
were jealousy.
you love him yourself" she said
quickly. and so think will
marry him after ALL"
One can't argue except with an
equal said Miss Blackstone. and
tsrned upon her heel
AS she left the house, Tommy
Barclay was On the point OF enter.
Ing It, She was so angry thet, she
cut him dead.
lie expected to find Celestial az
usual. friendly, cool. we'll poised
and aloof. She was none OF these
things Tears were Just going to
overflow her eyes and run down
her face, and as for being aloof. |
she no sooner saw Tommy than
she ran to him. as a child runs 10
Its nurse. and flung out her arms
about his neck, and told him that
she loved him and would marry |
him. Right away" she said.