The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-29
JOY IN LIFE FOLLOWS
UNHAPPtNESs

so you have been talking 10 the
great optimlsts said Malcolm stu
art. a. he hade my little old man
rood Il come out herr
almost every morning 90 be cheer
cd 90 for the day
Ali at once sudden GOODNESS
ran thru me as ! thought OF what
might have been n Malcolm Stuart
had not pulled me back from the
stormlashed waters that awful
night only four days ago.
did not dare to speak Tor feat
my teeth would chatter. but Nal
COIN Stuart. who seemed always "a
be able 10 read my thoughts
v neither he IL sailing on the Nile
az the other side Of the world OF
close beside me on the pier at AZ
lautic Clty. said. Glad you are
alive this morning. aren't you. Mar
sie7"
looked up and smiled. but
could not speak
Il have been trying 10 think
Mnrgie. what could dim tho radi
ance Of your love OF life. ever
since ! looked into your despairine
face on that awful night You did
not look like Yourself dear little
Lady Saliva. FOR n moment even
did not know you wonder where
that valiant soul OF yours ran
away"
Well. | guess Il has come back
I answered. for | am glad. glad
glad. that today I am IN this old
world. and that same valiant SOU
that you speak Of tells me never
again can any one or anythlnR
make me unhappy have crossed
the Rubicon and on this side Is
happiness.
Something the little old man
said TO me this morning has told
ne I have been looking az life
from wrong viewpoint. Life. like
genius. IL made up Of an infinite
number Of details. When some OF
them 20 wrong. II only throws back
the great ultimate Just little, bat
u can't stop progress unless you
Jet Il do 30
Malcolm Stuart stopped abruptly
n was still early and We seemed 10
be the only people IN all Atlantic
city who were awake lie turned
and took both my hands tn his i'm
pulsiyely. Thank God. he said
leryently. i've got you back. This
morning the Saliva Is holding ny
her brilliantly beautiful head and
smiling again Margie. do YOU
know when / am with YOU always
have q desire 10 confess. bc 40
solved and begin life anew"
Please don't" ! exclaimed fer.
yently. Il have enough 10 hold
myself responsible for in arraying
my own affairs without assuming
the responsibilities Of any one
else
4 wonder what YOU would say
u sometime / did open the book OF
my life 10 YOU" he said muslngly.
some Of the pages ! would tear
ont II dared When am with
you, little Lady Saliva. Il almost
seems to me there is not one page
! could show you without feeling
OF shame"
How about the page on which
is inscribed, one minlon dollars
to make little crippled children
well'?"
That page. my dear Margie ls
not mine, but yours -
"What?"
Yes. I mean H.. can't tell you
how your terrible year Of torture
affected me. You see ! have al
ways thought Of you only az the
very Incarnation Of activity and
radiant life. and when heard OF
you lying there incapable OF NOV.
ing. It seemed 10 me 1t must not be
SOL could not have II so.
40. that million-dollarg ift page
and all the other pages that make
good reading belong to You Tip 10
the time ! knew you. | was q law
unto myself can see now that I
arogated to myself the right TO be
happy IN my own selfish way. re-
pardless OF the trouble might
bring to others. Having known
you. ! hope shall never feel that
way again"
Ito be continued)