The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-29

mo. and III see 10 Il that she
never does. She's my sort Of woman.
and the children arc absolute iover'
| like that sort OF old fashioned pref
udice--honestiy l do-that honor.thy.
fatherand-thymothcr-a n holy.
the sabbath day sort OF person. Don't
you. Gregg
We'll. don't Ike nnrrownean.
sweet"
No" Rachael pondered In the
dark Yet n you're not narrow you
secrn 10 be-rcaily tho only word for
u ia-loose." she submitted. Some.
how. lately. a great many perEor~-
tho girls l know-do seem 20 be a
little bit tina, way"
You don't ind them judging your
her husband said. Rachael answered
only by u rather fnJnt negative. ahc
would not elueidate further. This
was ono OF tho things she could
never tell warr~n--a thing indeed
that abe would hardly admit 20 her
own soul.
But abe said 20 herself that she
knew now tho worst evil Of divorce.
she knew that II ooarsened whom.
ever It touched. that Il irrr~istibiy
degraded. that II lowered all the hu.
man standard Of goodness and en-.
DURANGO. and soifmlcrircc. However
justified. n was an owl: however
properly contaminated. II soiied tho
little group II affected. Tho dimin-
clination OF n good woman like Alice
Valentine 20 enter into a ciose
friendship with younger and richer
and moro beautiful woman whose
history was the history Of Rachael
Gregory was no marc preiudicr. i.
was the feeling OF a restrained and
disciplined nature for an unchecked
and iglreguiated ono: II was the fesl.
ing OF a woman who, af any cost.
had kept her solemn marriage vow
toward a woman who had broken her
word.
Rachael was beginning 10 md II
more comprehensive. even more &C.
ceptable. than tho attitude Of her
own old world. Fresh FROM the Eden
that was her lifs with Warren. she
hAh tufheu uach 70 ,ho tr'ehns Whoac
viewpoint, had been hers a few
months ago
Were they changed. or was she7
Both wcrc changed. she decided
she had been a cold queen among
them once, BATTERED by their praise
and laughter. reckless In speech. and
almos, an reckless In action. But
now her only Kingdom was in war
rcn cregorys heart. shs had no
largesse Tor these OUTSIDERS she oouia
not answer thcm with her old QUICK
wit now. indeed. she hardly heard
them And on their side, where
once there had been that certain
Difference duo 20 the woman VINO
however wrctched and neglected, was
rtiil Clarence Brecksnridges WE
now shs noticed. with quick shame
a familiarity. a careiessness' tha'
indicated plainly exactly tho Tine
claim TO dchcary that she had Tor
fcited- Her position In every way
was better now than II had been
then. But In some subtle personal
sense she had lost caste. story
was venturcd when abe CHANGED TO
DO alone with Frank WHITAKER and
George Pomeroy that her presence
would have forbidden In the old
days. and Allen Phrrnnlee gave her
sensation OF absolute sickness by
merrily introducing her TO his sister
from Kentucky with the words
Don't rtnro at her so hard' bess'
or course You remember her; abe
was Mrs. Breckenridge last year but
now she's making a much peter
record as Mrs. Gregory
The women were even more frank;
clarcnce's name was often mentioned
In her presence; she was quite simply
and cnvted.
MY dear" said Mrs. Cowles. ut
women's luncheon, you were ex-
traordinarily clever. OF course. but
don't forget that you wcrc extremely
lucky, too. Clarence making no
fuss, taking all the trouble To pro-
vide tho evidence, and Greg being
only too anxious to step into MS
shoes. made IL easy for your
I'm no prude." Rachael smiled,
over n raging heart. But couldn't
aea this GINNING. nobody did. All
could do was to break free before
my self respect was absolutely
gomez
GO toll that to the White Wings.
laughed Mrs. Villalonga,
lazily blowing smoke into rings and
splrnls.
seriously. Vera, | mean it,
seriously. Rachael. do you mean
10 tell mo that you hadn't the slight