The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-24
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I PRIMITIVE SELF COMES
OUT AT DISASTERS

Wait FOR mo. Margie." called
Dick. paid not the slightest NJ.
,ention 60 him. | wished never
had 10 sposk To him again. never
to look upon HIS face
~ were sure Malcolm stuart
were drowned whispered 10
myself. Il would swim out until
could swim no longer. and 40 with
him TO farther shore even than
he had asked me to"
For the first time since had
known him ! told myself loved
him. and ! upbralded myself Tor
not telling him so when he asked
me just before he swan out 10
eternity
You see. little book. / was sure
he was dead. was sure he would
never speak TO me again. and be-.
cause OF this | felt a great rush OF
love for him | had never felt bo-
fore.
Perhaps this was because 81 my
purltanical conscience. which would
not let mo. n married woman. love
any other man while living with
another as his wife Il la very
hard to analyre my feelings. little
hook. as rushed inshore followed
By Dick
one moment Was saying 10 my
self. Come back. Malcolm. come
back 10 me and III tell YOU ! love
YOU. will so anywhere with you.
The next moment ! was monoto-
nously murmuring. He Is dead. ne
II dead. and ! am tied To the COW
ard who let him die
Almost the hlEgoat breaker |
ever saw struck mo unaware and /
was bowled over did not Try TO
help myself at all. but Dick had
come up behind me by this time
and. putting his arms around me.
said. STEADY now. MarElc. steady
fought him of with all my
strength. Don't touch me. Leave
mo alone. | screamed
Il can't leave you 70 drown" ho
answered.
oh. 10 on. You bot you can
That seems 10 be one OF tho best
little things you do"
At the time did not realize I
was talking slang. and Il must
have sounded Grass and hard To
Dick | waa under such powerful
excitement think vas like per
son who SAYS things under an an
esthetic she would never have
thought In her normal mind
have noticed all thru my life
that under great stress OF feeling
I have been sarcastic and not par.
ticuiar about my English won.
der N. suhoonsciogsiy. there Ia an.
othor Margie Wayeriy even do
not know.
II was only when Dick ret me
on my feet near shore without
word. and then STROBE up TO the
firstaid tent. that realized what
I had said. and then. little book. I
laughed hyBterlcAiiy--yos. strange
as IL may seem. ga, down IN the
shallow water right whrro the
thought came 10 me. and laughed |
Ny mirth must have been |
maudlin. for a number OF persons |
rushed TO me and picked me up
bodily. struggling. laughing. even |
trying 10 strike and bite the people !
who we're helping the
Here Is the peculiar pHycholog /
teal side of this incident The I
conventional MarEie Wayerly knew
and vas ashamed she was doing !
these things. but the primitive /
Nargie Wayeriy was mad. quite /
mad. with grief for Malcolm and |
for Dick.
Was II her husband who was
some one asked
no. answered another. But !
guess she thlnka Il was. poor lady "
Is Malcolm dead" | demanded.
suddenly stu
No. lady. your husband IL safe !
II Is the other one"
Evidently they thought Malcolm
was my husbands name.
They are still working over the
other one. They are using the pull
motor now said another. May.
be they can resuscitatc him"
turned my reluctant feet to
ward the first.aid tent knew II
was no use--I was sure Malcolm