The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-29
Confessions
of a Bride
A BLOT or INK. THE SUNLIGHT
"A MIRACLE AT HAND
Copyrighted. 1919. by the News
paper Enterprise Association

The vision OF Bob IN the act OF
saving my rival from the bandits.
and being artistioaliy and dram
aticaily rewarded by that fair young
person. kept mo awake for hours.
Across the silence OF midnight came
tho whistle OF a locomotive. 1 rose
and looked from tho deep-Bet win
dow OF the hacienda. and saw the
lights OF the train slow down at the
adobe station on the edge Of the
town. At noon, next day. another
train for the north would stop there,
but 30 far ms I was concerned. IL
might as well pun up somewhere on
Mars
1 admitted. reluctantly. that | was
practically a prisoner in the hacienda.
hadn't perceived this at first. II
was not apparent that anyone was
OBTAINING me. The administrator"
or manager Of tho place was deaf and
blind 10 my movements. neverthe-
lees II WINS impossible for me 10
reach the railroad station without
his knowledge. impossible for me TO
take the child away without his con.
sent
must look TO the sky for help
and at midnight there didn't seem 10
be much prospect OF assistance com
ing from that direction.
But tho morning renewed my
faith In Jimmy boys promise. nltho
I strained my enrs In vain for the
whir Of his airpiane. Morrison
came out from the town and watched
tho sky as anxiousiy ms ] did. lie
warned mo that no ship" had ever
sailed above San Jose. and he
prophcsied that when one did ap-
pear. IL would be a wonder 10 the
populace. Every peon In the region
would come TO tho landing field. Then
how In heck was I going TO make
my getaway
didn't know-but I'd trust 20
Jim. Jr.. | said. All could do was
TO stretch few yards OF white stuff
on the ground. as AN \. O. g.. and be
patient. Just as Jim had ordered.
Accordingly made my plans and
there was an odd thrill In the
thought TINT never before in tho TO
manccs OF the world had lady in
distress waited for n brave cavalier
10 drop down from the clouds'
mnde my plans In the seciusion
Of my chamber. IL was quite an
elegant apartment Evidently the
owner Of the ranch had n fine mag
ination ana vast resources. The room
was fitted UP with. low Napoleonic
beds. In the latest New York fashion.
And attached 10 IL was u modern
bath And the bedding which !
needed no desperately to use TO signal
my knight OF the skies. looked as II /,
had come straight from this counters
Of n New York importer. Blankets.
sheets and counterpane were eSpen.
slve and Immaculate. They certain.
Is didn't need 10 be t.eaehed In the
sun. Nevertheless. an I Eazed upon
them. my Inspiration came.
sat down at the pretty writing
desk wondering. In passing. for
what fine lady IL had been purchased.
and then I summoned the pretty
giri. who. because she could speak
English. had been appointed 10 val,
upon me.
''Inkr' demanded.
Ink" she repeated with a shake
OF her head. She had 20 appeal 20
tho housekceper. middle-aged
woman OF such aristocratic bearing
that one wondered what her past
had been and how SHE had becom,
fparooncd in the hacienda.
There was ink. In the admins
traders office--she was pleascd &c
have the small maid bring g.
For n little time. Babs assumed ar
active role In tho drama She climbed
onto the pretty bed and pretended &C
take her nap. while we waited for
the maid 10 bring the writing fluid
And Just as I reached for the bottle
Babs rolled dangerously close 10 the
edge OF tho bed ] grabbed for her
TO save her from a bad fan, And "
&, was not surprising that dropped
the ink and sent n great splash OF
black dye TO sep thru layer after
layer OF that costly bedding
The housckeeper was much toe
polite TO he distressed about the nc
ciden'. altho she averrcd 10 the maid
In Spanish. tina, II would DO the work
Of the devil TO sc, out such stains
l shook my head and laughed
Common salt and vinegar would do
IL: that was the American way. After
washing the articles. we would
spread them with salt and wet them
with vinegar. and stretch them on
the ground. and the bright sun would
work n miraoiei
So far as was concerned. n
miracle did happen very soon. but |
shall never know whether salt and
vinegar and sunlight saved those