The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-16
GRAY HAIRS SHOW LiFE'e
CARES


As I named Dick and Malcolm
Stuart TO each other. little book.
there was a quick look of appraisal
IN each mans eyes ns he appaient'
~ took IN the others proportions,
mental and physical.
Roth men were in the first flush
Of maturity. and altho both were
over the average In height and
build. Dick was slightly the small
er of the two.
suppose II was because Dick
had been working SO very hard
that he looked older than Malcolm
in reality Malcolm Stuart was n
few years older than Dick. Dick
was growing little gray at the
temples and thcre was the begin
ming OF "a crows foot or two at the
corners OF his eyes. His lips were
firmcr and his jaws squarcr than
Aalcolm's.
why. Dick. poor Dick. IN begin
ming 10 look old" said TO myself
wonderIngly For the first time u
came To me that the last year and
half might have been as hard on
Dick as Il had been on me. suf'
fering and responsibility. however.
had brought 10 Dicks face some
thing which made him better look.
ing than he had been In his care.
free youth.
To-day his cicthep were mnsaed
and wrlnkled. They showed I'M
/ n lstakable signs. OF his hot. tie
some Journey. he wore an uncom'
Portable looking Derby hat. altho I,
was late August. and remember.
cd that he had worn that hat all
summer.
He has been too busy even To
think OF a straw hat" I said 10
myself. and somehow tina, foolish
little bit OF what know mnst
have been greet discomfort 10 him
4 ade me sorrier for him than the
big worries knew had beset him.
waking and sleeping.
Strange. Isn't II. little book. that
sometimes a silly little annoyance
will make us appreciate. for the
first time. the great hurts tina,
have been borne by those about ns :
Lost was the ready smile thA, used
20 play about Dicks llps. tha,
crooked little smile tina, I loved 70
coax out with all sorts OF childlsh
play.
why" I said 10 myself IN .
kind OF wonder. we have Etuwn
up. Dick and / the playtime Ia
over. II We hurt each other ever
again II, will be the terrible blow
that maturity gives and takes
Dicks beautiful gray eyes have
grown dark and sombcr. and today.
whether from soul or body ~eari.
ness. they arc 90 tired he hardly
lifts tho heavy Ida"
A wave OF sorrow pass~d over
mo AZ I noticed thia Dicks eyes
that used TO look upon the world
Wild. open and full OF laughter
ere now heavy looking and dulled
with care.
As write all this. little book.
Z, sounds as tho I had taken n long
time TO study the faces OF the men
who. at this critical moment OF my
,.fo and theirs were meeting for
tho first time. In reality. all !
have written was photographed on
my brain as a flash OF lightning
EigIsgs across 4 hitherto darkened
sky.
saw. too. that Malcolm Stuart
net Dick squarely face TO face.
and the little smile that ] had
often watched begin at his eyes
End drop down to his thin'iipped
nouth-the smile that transformed
his whole countenance --was H.
/ Illuminating his whole face as he
held out his hand to Dick.
And I. little book. etood bctweon
tho woman whom presumably
each man loved. the woman eacn
man thought loved him, the woman
who. married TO one. yet had lis
tened TO an invitation TO 90 away
with tho other.
II was n horrible situation. and
yet We three stood there inter.
changing little social common
places as tho we we're Che veriest
strangers.
Was any other woman ever
placed In Fuch a positionl
Ito BE- continuedl
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