The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-07
I ItENItN nm HISTORY
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The stefnness ~ the man aatou.
lahrd me Sever before had ! heard
Hamilton Ceftels speak in that way,
land Rad known him for years
When / vas a small Nchasil Girl he
had fret come 90 e. Amesyille with
the G.ogimsr boys one summer u
twts then thsl initiated the boys
and called him Tony
I All the town followed the queer
stunts q the rich young foreigner
Ilt was said tina bis parents lived
half ~ the year ln thln country. bat
go one knew what business kept
them wandering over the face II the
earth the other slE months.
I remember well the comments ~
.he small towu college circle 10 whom
Cettsis was an Interesting specimen
lie had b-.n twice around the Globe
lee could speak all ~ the ma ior and
some 81 the minor languages ~ ia.
rope And bee CROSSED the Atlantic
ANNUALLY
To our little clique ~ professors
and tutors. an devoted 10 acquiring
and spreading culture 81 q Ruarau.
.eed brand. tho friend ~ the LorimeS
boys represented the world abroad
which few 81 them bad ever visited
Tony had been educated 10 Europe
and had become ~pr Hamilton Ger
tets" before Hob received his degrce.
when his parents died. hc opened AN
office ln the Middle West city where
the Iorimera lived And there wac
sent 10 flash my collcg. course. for
altho my own father was a college
president. he believed that part 81
my education consisted In being
away from my own home.
/ Hamilton CrrtcA nearly made me
forget about fub forincr that win.
tier
His love making was wild expert.
cncs Seldom day went by that
+ DE Gid not see me While he waA
with me he delighted iu telling mo
I now adorable 1 was aud how much
/ ho loved me- And he was satisfied
with such small return II l would
slt Btill and permit him 10 pour out
1 his devotion In the most ardent
T phrases. he was completely happy.
] OF course I was finttercd. And of
course I listened. ~ the spring
term of school drew To close. Tony
announced that he must spend tho
summer Ia Europe. lie demanded
an immediate marriage and was
nearly caught up and carried into IL
i Is his impetuoua wooinE
( Then Bob came home and quietly
resumed his old mysterious sway
over me. And such is the instability
( ~ young girls heart. that between
/ the two of them. didn't appear to
have any mind OF my owu ! was
very unhappy but on tho whole
vastly relieved when Ccrtcis finally
said polite and hurt "goodby and
started on his trip overseas.
Before he came back. my engage
mcut Ia Bob Lorimcr had been an.
uOuBced
After the war broke out I'm Europe
Or Cersois and Bob's father formed
some kind OF business connection
They shipped chemicals 20 Europe
and Bob always hated the millions
his father acquired that way. That
enterprise ended when this country
entered the war. but the intimacy
between Ccrteis and Daddy Lorimer
continued. Except for il. Ccrteia
would doubtless have gone out of my
life, and I would never have had any
| confessions" OF my great tempta.
tton TO write about. He came and
went In the Lorimer house like one
OF the family, always respectful to
me as the Lorimer warbride. But
after BobA enlistment. his old tumul.
tuous self came to life again, and his
old passion for me flared into words
and into one impetuous embrace
and once into an lmpulsive threat.
And yet ] forgave him. knowing
that Daddy iorimcr esteemed him
and remembering well the honest