The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-16
CONFESSIONS
OF q
WAR BRIDE
4 ACCEPT TEMPTATION DIS.
GtIStD As A CONCERT
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pr. certeia dined with us tonight,
and Daddy Lorimer detailed Bobr
experience with shell shock.
shell shock faseinatea the brain
specialist said Certeia. Both the
geniuu and the coward fall eaHy vie.
tima to shell shock. and all the
eases between these two types are
individual different. The more sen.
sitive a mans nature-the more re
fined. delicate. impressionablc--th
harder that man Is 10 cure"
Bob was always a temperamental
duck" Daddy put in. Gets genius
from his mother, Always forget.
ful euas. too Gets that from me. "
he ramhled on Joylally.
knew Daddy meant well lie was
trying TO tell me. Indirectly. that
perhaps bob had failed 20 write TO
me because he wah ntlil suffering
from shell shock.
Ny checks were flushed and mv
eyes. l suppose. as round as those
Of a bewlldercd child. The idea was
new 20 me. IL confused but IL did
not satisfy me. l threw one scared
glance at Dr. csrieis His intuition
il certainly extraordinary Cortsln
couldn't possibly guess the details of
my trouble, but he looked quickly
from Daddy 10 me and then smiled
on mo with intentional deliberate,
ness--and my misery faded away
al II had been hypnouzed.
why should ! worry about Bob
IL he doesn't worry about me-" /
asked myself. Bob may not under.
stand me. but here il man who
does. who has for long time. aud
who persists in spite Of discourage,
meut"
Later In tho evening DR.. ccrtnln
came and leaned over me aa | snug
sled in a corner OF tho big dlvan
near a lamp and stitched away on a
small garment designed for one of
tho layettes the lied Gross is aaking
for.
do not worry about Bob" be
said. putting my o9n resolve into
words. Doubtless Bob 10 quite 70.
covered by this time. lie will be
home soon. And | shall have loat
my chance OF being a cavalier for a
war bride. Row there's Calli
curcl--'
smiled up n, him eneouraglngly.
Tomorrow night"
Instead OF flnitcrtng nervousiy
and swinging the talk to the art %
Call Curci. an I might easily have
done. as certainly would have done
week ago. | smiled some more. II
takes mighty little encouragement TO
carry csrteis on a way he wants to
60. But on the whole. thought.
Isn't that Just tn. reason like Ger.
tells so much lie goes after what
he wantA~and he EotA IL.
Perhaps you will let me take yop
10 the Galt curei concert. Jeanne =
surely will" I responded I'm
perfectly Wild 60 so--and Daddy just
hatca singing Chrys is afraid
% the flu--and Mother Iorimcr ts
working 40 hard In the food saving
campaign that aha IL too tired to
take me-
realized that my long string Of
rcasoas sounded little like excuses.
but IL certsls fei, tho same way. be
did not betray IL.
Thank you" he said simply. as
our fingers touched Ia a perfectly
formal good night
II can't find a reason why you
should not go, Jane dear" said
Mother. when ! pu, the case TO her
"Dr. Csrteis IL DaddY's best friend
and our little Jane is a girl Of
common sense. just 10 foil the goa-
sipers. my dear. Ill AJAX tho doctor
to dinner again tomorrow
Were I really a girl Of common
sense. would have owned up tina,
minute that Gaiii Curci was the
least Of tho concerts attractions for
me. and that tho main reason why
should not 70 out alone with Ger.
tets was that | 80 very much wanted
to go.
CTo BE Continued