The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-16
Confessions ofaW1fc
ASHAMED or THEIR SEX

After Pat finished reading the
third letter which John Sterling left
behind. telling III. tragedy of his
life. little book. tho s,ranEcst feel.
ing Of suppressed emotion seemed 10
p.rvade the room. There was utter
silence for half a minute. and 7
know during that tim. every woman
there was saying TO herself that she
was thoroiy Ashamed OF her sex.
At last Tim spoke up. surely.
Mr.. sullivan" he said. your police
reporter will give mr. the address Of
that woman. You say she has no
reputation 10 lose. no what objection
can there be7''
No. my dear Mr. Commissioner.
! am afraid that I shall have 10 keep
even the name OF the woman from
YOU The lady viii get into your
clutches soon enough"
II hope she win said Annie vi.
ciousiy.
We all laughed at Annics We.
hcmence. for sane. sensible Annie i-
not apt to make hard speeches about
any woman unless there Is very
great provocation. II would not
have believed raid Annie. ~ you
had not read this TO us. that any
woman could be so horrible. e
"I'd like TO hear her side OF the
not born that somewhere In
her character there must be some
spark OF decency"
THAT IN what most men who
have known her have thought. my
reporter says. and they have set
out to find II only TO be dropped
into the net as was John Sterling +"
What about your reporter man.
Pat7" I asked. lis he immune?''
II think no. sometimes tell him
that he has printers ink in his
veins instead OF red blood II seems
that he had seen John Sterling at
this woman's home. and when the
news OF the suicide came out he did
a little sleuthing on his own account
By flattering the woman one minute
and telling her that he did not be.
lieve she had been able to subjugate
John Sterling the next. he finally
got the letter from her. He brought
II TO me personally and was very
much chagrined when told him
would not publish IT,"
! saw Alicc's hand steal into Pats
ms he said this and was very glad.
for by that caressing little hand
clasp I understood that Pat and Al.
Ice had been rccanciled and that
they were on n basis OF perfect un.
dcrstanding and sympathy again.
Dick. who loves story quite as
much as a child. had quite forgotten
about me and the check. could
see Jim had not, but ! knew that he
would never say n word TO me on
the subject unless first brought up
the matter.
After the letters had been read
and discussed we had bite to eat
and then Jim set the Nictrola going
and insisted that he should have n
little turn at dancing. I danced
first with Harry Symone. and took
occasion TO tell him how happy I
was over his election.
IL don't deserve II. Margie," he
said soberly. you and l know fun
well that nothing good would ever
have come To me II II had not bean
for Elicne. She has always stood by
me like brick. She has been more
than friend, more than wife. more
than confidant. more than counsellor.
| cannot tell you how that letter she
wrote to the newspapers Mt the time
they dug up the story OF the twins
affected me. II was wonderful. Mar
gle. TO know that Eliene could feel
that way toward me. don't believe
any man living Ii worth what
Eliene has done for me-"
II am so glad that you appreciate
her now. Harry. You certainly did
not when you were first married." /
answered.
tTO BE Continued