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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-02
PETER
Comes Home
BY THE STORY LADY


Walnut ave. lay quiet in the
blazing heat OF an August after
noon. Mrs. Jones was piacidiy
erocheting. on the front porch.
Corny was lying on the porch rug
kicking tho bannister.
CORVALLIS Jones, stop that this
minute" ordered his mother.
Cant you think OF anything any
better to do than TO kick all the
paint off tho porchf'
mo" said Corny. snlkiiy, III I
could think Of anything 10 do ia
20 do IT,"
About this same time Hal rolled
out OF tho hammock with n
thump.
Darn Il ALL" he said.
"Hal. dear" reproved Aunt
Phoebe. gently.
Il know. Mother Phoebe, but
what's a Teller goln' TO dor"
Far down Walnut ave. there
came tho ug-ohug OF n car Hal
pricked up his ears. Honk- honkl
II was coming right up the avenue.
A little breeze wandered up the
street, and with II came something
like iii lIppity. lippity, soomty-
boomty. ah-oo."
IL was tho war cry OF the gang.
Corny loaped the porch railing
and disappeared. Hal was half
way up the street before tho call
was ended. Billy. who was sup
posed to be taking n nap. slid out
OF the bedroom window and Mary
Ellen sat up I'm the porch ewinR.
perked up the ribbon bow on top
OF her head and started In tho
same direction.
An hour later Corny camo DASH
ing In after his new ball glove.
Whats all the excitement ?'
asked his mother.
why don't you know? Peters
come home.'
HELEN CARPENTER MOORE.
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something worth while done toward a
definite. purposcful end. She took
up her singing again with a distinct
relief.
Time passed quickly and unevent
fully enough between the wedding
day and tho date OF her Granada en-.
Eagement II seemed a more breath.
ms space before tho middle OF July
rolled around. and she was once more
aboard a Vancouver boat In the in.
term. sho had received letter from
the attorney who had wound up her
fathers vstate. intimating that there
was now market demand for that
oil stock. and asking n he should
sell or hold for a rise IN price which
seemed reasonably nurc7 Stella teie
Eraphed her answer. N that left.
ever OF speculative period would
bring a few hundred dollars. u would
never b. OF greater service TO her
than now.
All the upper reach OF Puget Sound
hasked In It's normal midsummer
haze. the day stella started FOR Van
couver. That great region OF island.
dotted sea spread between the rugged
oiympics and the foot OF the Coast
range lay hathed In summer sun. un.
troubled. somnolent But nearing the
international boundary. the Charlotte
drove her 30-knot wny into a thick.
enlng atmosphere. Northward from
Victoria. the rugged shores that line
those inland waterways began 10 ap-
pear blurred. Just north 81 Active
Pass. where the steamers take To the
opsn Euif again. vast bank OF
smoke flung up blue and gray. a roll.
Ing mass The air was pungent. op-
pr.s.ivc. when the Charlotte spanned
the so-miie gap between Vancouver
Island and the mainland shore. she
nosed into the Lions Gate under a
slow bell. thru a smoke pain thick as
iierins Sea FOG. Sfoiia'n recollection
swung back 90 Charities uneasy growl
% a month earlier. Firei Turnout
tho midsummer season there was al
ways the danger % fire breaking on,
In the woods. Not all IN. fire-ranEer
patrols could guard against the care
isasncss OF fishermen and campers.
ats tough summer over here for
inc 'fnpfF oNnrrns nHr ue@afu ttAtf
remark. 1--WE been 20 years on the
coast and never saw the woods 80
dry"
"Dry's no name" his neixhhor re-
spond.d. ''ft's like finder. A cigar.
etts stnbTf start blarr 20 men
couldn't put out. les IN. that knows
a. I've got four limits on the North
Arm. and there's flrc on two sides Of
me. You bet I'm praying for rain. :"
They say tho country between
chehalls and Roaring Lake IL one
big blaze" the firu; man observed
"so-- the other replied. PITY. too.
Fine timber In there. I came near
buying some timber on tho lake this
spring. Some stuff that was on the
market as a result OF that Abbey.
Monohan split Glad I didn't now.
ia iust ms soon have all my. money
out Of timber this season"
They moved away In IN. press Of
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CHAPTER xxi.
The Iire Iirhlnh the Smoke

This a. no intimate chronicle Of
Charlie nenton and Linda Abbey.
save In 80 Tar as they naturally fur.
nish a logical sequence IN what trans
pired. Therefore the details OF their
nuptiaia Is % no particular concern.
They were welded. eercmoniaiiy
dincd a. hcfit,ed the occasion. and
departed upon their Hypothetical
honeymoon. surrrptltlou-ly ahhrwvi.
ated from an extravagant swing over
half OF North America 20 70 miles by
rail- and 90 by water.-and a month
OF hlinsfui sccinsicn. which suited
those two far better than any amount
OF Pullman touring. besides leaving
them money tn pocket.
when they were gone. Stella
caught the next boat for Seattle. she
had drawn frcsh breath in the mean.
time. and while she felt tcnderiy. al
most materially. sorry for Jack t'yfe.
she swung hack 10 the old attitude.
Even granting she argued. that she
could muster courage Co take up the
mantle % wtfehood where she laid Il
Oft there was no surety that they
could do more than cornpromsse.
There was the stubborn fact that she
had openly declared her love for an.
other man. that BY her act she had
plunged her husband into far Preach
ing conflict. such a conflict existed.
She could put her finger on no con.
crete facts. but q was in the air. She
heard whispers of battle between
giants--a financial duel 20 the death
with all the odds against Jack
Fyfe.
Win or lose. there would be scars.
And tho struggle. II not % and By
her deed. had at least sprung Into
malevolsnt activity thru her. Men,
she told herself. do not forget these
things. they rankle. Jack Fyfe was
only human. No. stella felt that they
could only come safe 20 the old port
by virtue OF passion that could
match Fyfe's own. And she put that
rather sadly beyond her. beyond fhs
possibilities. she had feit STRINGS
Of IL. but not 10 endure. She was
proud and sensitive and growing wise
with bitterly accumulated experience.
II had 20 be all or. nothing with
them. a ci>avfnT together complete
enough 10 erase and forever obiiter.
ate all that had gone before And
since she could not see that as q pos.
siblltty. there was nothing 70 do but
play tho game according 20 the cards
she held OF these tn, trump was
work. the inner glow that comes Of
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A s PETER RABBIT sa, aamiring

A S PETER RABBIT sat admiring
"A Rosebreaxt tho Grosbeak. an
other bird appeared in the tree with
Rosebreast-
who's that7- cried Peter.
Mrs. Groabeak, OF counsel Who
else would Il be7" sputttered Jenny,
rather GROSSLY.
Never. never would I have
guessed It," replied Peter. "She
doesn't look the least bit like him.
except that she Is the same size and
shape"
This was quite true. There was
no beautiful rose color about Mrs.
Grosbeak She wore brown and gray
principally. with little touches OF buff
here and there, and with dark
streaks on her breast over each
eve was n whitish line. II didn't
seem possible that she could be the
mate OF handsome Rosebrcast. To
Peter she looked more like an over.
grown member OF tho Sparrow fam
lily. While Rosebroast sang. Mrs.
Grosbeak was very busy picking buds
and blossoms from the trees. This
struck Peter as queer.
what is she doing that for7" he
inquired
For the same reason that YOU bite
Off sweet clover blossoms and
leaves" retorted Jenny Wren, tartly.
fDo you mean to say that they
live on buds and blossoms?" cried
Peter. Il never have heard of such
a thing. I shouldn't think Farmer
Brown would like that"
Tut. tut, tut, tut. You can ask
more silly questions than anybody
OF my acquaintance" retorted Jenny
Wren. 'of course. they don't live
on buds and blossoms. If they de.
pended ON those, they would soon
starve to death. Use your head.
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Farmer BrolDn's Friends
BN TffURNfON w. BIhbESS
Copyright 1918. by T. w. Burgesso

Peter. use your head You know
well anough that buds and blossoms
last only very short time. The
Grosbeaks eat few just for the
sake OF variety. but they live mostly
on bugs and insects. You ask Farm
or Browns Boy. who helps him most
in his potato patch, and he'll tell
you it's the Grosbeaks. They GER
taiply do love potato bugs. They
eat some fruit. but on the whole they
are about as useful folk around the
garden as any one know. Now run
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tcontlnued From Yesterday

continued from Yesterday
Stella laid ono hand on his knee
unhiddcn tears were crowding up in
her gray eyes,
You were eood 10 me" she whls
pered "Rut just being good wasn't
enough FOR pervcrse creature like
me. couldn't he a sleek pussy'cat
comfortable beside your fire. I'm
fun OF queer longings. want
wings. must be variation from
the normal type or woman. our
marriage didn't touch the real me
at all. Jack II only scratched the
surface. And sometimes I'm afraid
% look deep. for fear Of what III
see. Even II another man hadn't
come along and stirred up a tenn
porery tumult IN me. l couldn't
have gone on forever"
a temporary tumut." fNfs
unused "Have you thoroly ehueked
that ltluslonf knew you would
Of course. but had no idea how
lcng q would take you"
Long ago" she answered. Even
before left you. was shahy
about that There were things I
couldn't reconcile. But pride
wouldn't let me admit Il. can't
even explain u 20 myself"
Il can" he said a little sadly,
you've never poured out that big.
warm heart OF yours on a man It's
there. always has been there. those
concentrated essences OF passion.
Every unattached mans a possible
factor. potential lover. Nature
has her own devices 20 gain her
end. couldn't be the one. We
started wrong, l saw the mistake
OF that when II was too bate. Mon
chan. highly magnetic animal
came along AZ a time when you
were peculiarly and rather bllndly
receptive. That's all. Sex-yon
have I, in a word. II couldn't stand
] knew Il would only last until you
got one illuminating glimpse Of the
real man OF him. But don't want
TO talk sbou, him. Hen keep.
Sometime you1i really love a man.
Stella. and he'll be very lucky
mortal There's an erratlc streak
IN you. lady. but there's a bigger
streak that's fine and good and
true. You'd have gone thru with
n TO the bitter end. II Jack Junior
hadn't died. The weaklings Cont
Do that. Neither DO they cut loos.
as you did. burning all their eco.
monte bridges behind them. DO you
know that 1. was over a month
before I found out that you'd turned
your private balance back Into my
account suppose Their. WINS a
keen personal satisfaction In going
on your own and making good from
the start Only couldn't reSt until
until
HIS voice traiied huskily off into
silence The gloves in his left hand
were doubled and twisted In hts un.
easy fingers Stelia's eyes were
blurred
well. Tn going he said. BE
good
He slipped off the table and stood
erect. n wide. deep chested man,
tanned brown. his fair hair with
its bronze tinse lying back in a
smooth wave from his forehead
blue eyes bent on her. hot with a
slumberins fire.
Without warning. he caught her
close In his arms 20 that she could
feel the pounding Of his hear,
against her breast. kissed her
cheeks. her hair. the round. firm
white neck OF her. with lips that
burned Then he held her off at
arms length.
That's how I care he said De.
fiantly. That's how want you
No other way. I'm n onewoman
man. Some time you may love nk,
that. and II you do. youT know
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No. .
The fnn-Black Friday.


The rnn-F3iack Friday.
Dcarie Joan:
Passing the Desk last night on my
way upstairs. I raw an envelope In
my box. Yes. darling. you're n prime
gues-rr. n was from Captain Wallis
In my room I pounccd upon t.
heart a-beat and eyes a-riisscn. And
IT 10 80 puzziing that I copy II for
you to pore over:
Dear Lovely Lady:
Il found II irkEome 20 leave no
abruptly. but a wire from pub
Usher commanded my presence In
town early In the morning.
"In search OF you I went but
shrank from EoodbyinE In the pres
ence of that solemn-faced stranger
who was beside you on tho porch.
There are times when what one
cares TO say. tho poor at best. would
.be hopelcssiy bungied before a third
person.
Il wanted to ten ron that o~r.
tain weary soldier whom know Ia
grateful for your goodness and
warmly apprcciative OF your sweet.
meas and light Just now. In taking
something from his pocket. this
soldiers memorandum book licked
out and fell opcn-pagcd 10 the floor.
The page bears simply a date-June
27--and two initiais-D. (which
might stand for the Latin meaning.
God willing
II think. however. that the soldier
made that entry an n man sets
down the memorandum no wished TO
learn more OF ID. W Look up so.
and-so--.' I believe and I know that
he sorrows now because Fate
hindered him.
Until we meet again,
your faithfully.
ERIC WALLIS"
Joan, dear, ~ can mean nothing.
or everything. Clearly he was not
hurt by my yesterdays mood Mt Sun.
set Point. And clearly his going was
not induced by any treatment OF
mine. Equally clear is II that his
gently @DTOUD'1 uFsiI fllE0l nave
been used toward his sister or his
nursel
I slept badly. woke early and went
down TO the beach for n swim, soil
tarily. before even the Inn servants
were astir. The surf was rough and
ugly, but I was too taken up by own
thoughts to notice particularly.
dove In and struck out with all
my strength. II was n JOY 10 fight
something, to feel at least my
physical power.
Presently got the impression that
! was not moving forward. I strove
harder. SIN no progress. An awful
fear clutched mo as | strained and
strained, the waves breaking into my
face, my breath nearly beaten out OF
my body. The undertow, that | had
been warned against
! tried TO keep my head. Turning
on my back ] tried to .rost by float.
ing. but the water was too turbulent.
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Council Will Vote
on Sale of Station

The city council win decide Mon
day whether the bid OF John Davis
& Co. OF ss75.ooo. win be accepted
for the fire station at Third ave.
and Pike st. or new bids be called
for.
At present the city has three bids.
with the Davis bid the highest for
cash. but the finance committee. at
its Friday meeting. was unable to
arrive at any definite decision
Councilman Fitzgerald was Of the
opinion that call for new bids be
made. declaring that the terms Of
the Davis bid were too vague.
Councilman T. II. Bolton declared
the city should accept the Davis bid
Immediately.
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QUAKERS MEETING

The quarterly session OF the Puget
Sound Quaker organization which
includes all organizations in the
Wenatchee and Columbus valleys, be-
gan Friday afternoon In the Memor.
ial Friends church, 23rd ave. and Il.
Spruce vt.
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in sight. Panic-strIcken. I cried out
once. twice, again. with all my
strength--and then felt myself swal.
lowed into darkness and horrible
When / came alive again / was
on the beach with all the people in
the universe standing around. by
righta there should have been an
Apollomilllonaire bending drippingly
above me gnsping, "Shc breathes--
thankgawdr'
But nothing like that. dear. II
was the lifeguard who saved me. and
he was working my arms most unro.
mantically, having come on duty Just
In ume to catch my third time
squeal. SO he dashed to the rescue
as lifcguard should. Feeling too
done up 10 write more.
But always lovingly,
SILLY DOT.
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Recruiting Chief
Arrives in City

Maj. Il. II. Lowndes. in charge OF
marine recruiting on the Coast ar.
rived here Friday on a tour Of In.
spection OF marine recruiting offices
in his district He il being enter.
tained by Mai. #. A. Udell. head OF
the local marine recruiting office.
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THE LETTER

II washed over my head again and
again. taking my breath and ex.
haussing mo utterly.
I started toward shore. No enc
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DOROTHY aged 20, Is spending the summer at Lively
Beach, having stded her job and $500 savings the
Of trimming suitable husband during the summer These
are her letters home to Joan. her chum.)
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thru the Old Orchard. Then Peter
decided II was time for him to leave.
Next story: Peter Finds Friend
I'm Trouble.
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Poverty is the mother Of many ef-
forts.
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QOMANCES of a
~ SUMMER GIRL

BY ZOE BECKLEY u.,yrssh. 1879 BY NKA
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II didn't seem possible ahat she
could DO the mate of handsome Rose
breast.
along. Peter Rabbit. and don't bother
me any more"
Peter didn't run along right away.
lie sat around watching Rosebreast
and Mrs. Grosbeak until he hap
pened to look up to see Farmer
Browns Boy Just starting down
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-23
IN
GOAL SlTUATlON
: IS NOT SETTLED
9alrner Says Way VIII Be
Found to Keep Faith Of
Operators.

sss sWashington. Dec. 23.-The con-
.teoversy between the operators and
Attorney General Palmer regarding
the coal strike settlement terms prob
ably. will go over until after the
christmas holidays.
1.-THE statement Of Mr.. Palmer that
Nthe government will not assume that
the operators will break faith, and,
INDEED, ways will be found to keep
faith in this vitality important %transac-
gt4en,"n was considered today by those
directly concerned in the Goa situa-
~sa May Mean Action.
aSseTo just what extent the statement
could be taken as a u to the attor-
1ey generals future action was today
asssubject of wide discussion. In some
quarters 1T vas regarded as an indi-
cation that Attorney General Palmer
Manned to bring the full pressure of
b government to bear II necessary to
Garry out President Wilson's proposal
ffSf h settlement of the coal con-
froversy. t
- operators have maintained ST.
1ehce since the executive committee
issued the statement Sunday declar-
mp that h governments proposal as
Hrom the 7 plan proposed by former
Fuel Administrator Garfield and
which they had agreed to accept. The
proposed meeting in Cleveland today
fo discuss, the terms has been called
Of and it was said the operators
agreed to withhold announcement of
kheir policy toward the government
until the conference to be held after
Christmas.
win Sec Wisdom Of Cooperation.
Despite the operators refusal to ac-
tept the terms, Attorney General Pal
ne said, the commission will pro-
eeed with its work and II have no
doubt hat upon further reflection
n1at operators will see the wisdom Of
hearty cooperation with it."
Senator Frelinghuysen, republican
New Jersey. chairman of the senate
committee investigating the coal sit
liAtion entered into the controversy
by declaring in formal statement
that in the government negotiations
There must have been some sort of
secret deal made in addition to the
signed statement.
Elm any event." he added, "the pub
He may look for an increase in the
price of coal or another strike" He
characterized the settlement terms
s.4s loaded dice for the American
UEople." L#.t
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Tinker BobcGfH[4
Ea jA1 z<n[@storieSA G2G984E
mCarlxSe Il. Holcomb
MIR. WEASEL MEETS JACK THE
WOOD RAT.
bvCarlvsle Il holcomb

Tinker Bob knew that Mr.. Wood
Rat would be scared stiff to think he
was to appear before Mr.. Weasel the
Great. But the creatures Of the great
forest had learned that what eve the
King said hat is what he meant.
And if he told n of the creatures
that the other would do them no
harm then one could feel safe. 1t is
true that the forest jewellers that
when he was les They even had
moro faith in him than some chill
dren have in their parents. For
there are some little folks that are
even afraid of the dark when their
father and mother says that the dark
will not hurt them.
Jack the Wood Rat was motionless
awaiting the call of the King to come
forth. His hair stood. straight up on
his back and made him look very big.
That was his nature when frightened
to make his hair stand up.
All right Jack the Wood Rat will
now come out" said Tinker Bob.
And Jack did come out as though he
was entering upon a stage before an
audience of M thousand people.
Each step was carefully taken, and
when he came in sight of his bitterest
enemy Mr.. Weasel, his heart felt like
it would jump out of his body.
Mr.. Weasel the Great did not ex-
pect to see such q large fellow. But
he was never frightened by size. Be-
cause Jack the Wood Rat was a big
creature made Mr.. Weasel feel the
more anxious to kill him and suck
his blood.
There was no chance however for
them to fight because the King was
there. "Now," said he to MI. Wea-
sci, "You a see Mr.. Wood Rat is
more powerful than you for the
muscles on his legs T developed.
He carries stones and sticks and piles
them up in great piles while you
either sleep or go out on a killing
trip. He carries corn and potatoes to
store away for his winter food while
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PALMER EXPECTS
DROP IN PRICE OF
.FOODSTUFF SOON

. Wilmington, Dec. z3.-The Afmeri-
can people have been informed by At
torney General Palmer that they may
expect a decline in retail food prices
with the advent Of the new year, and
coming at this time. the announce
ment will add cheer to the Yuletide
celebration.
Retail food prices ordinarily show
a downward trend during the first
two months Of a year.. Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer explained, and it Is be-
lieved "that this trend will be 'accel-
Grated this year by the. campaign in
itiated by the government which is
just now getting well under way"
Primary factors involved in the cost
Of living, which is alreadysIlnder con
troll. the attorney general said, are
increased production, the elimination
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you merely pounce upon helpless
creatures and suck every drop OF
blood out Of them. He is strong and
can face his enemy while o are on
ly strong in your neck and catch
your victims by sneaking upon them
He is noble while o are treacher-
GUS. He helps others while you help
only your self and will not even live
with any of your brothers or sisters.
II did not think Mr.. Wood Rat
was SUCH q great fellow" said Mr.
Weasel.
Wei here he is now if you think
It best to try to kill. him go right
ahead. This statement of the Kink
caused Mr.. Wood Rat much anxiety
but it caused MI. Weasel the Great
to feel for the first time a little timid
about making an attack. What the
King had said did. It's work and MI.
Weasel went away peacefully.
Tomorrow-sThicf, Tfie6' is the cry.