The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-08

ache with ioneiineas."
But not now" shs inurmured.
ITS home. nowf'
''Yea." he agreed. smiling
"Ah. but IL isn't quite" shs
ohoked down a lump IN her throat.
Not when I think OF those little feet
that used To patter on the floor. oh,
Jaek'-when ! think OF my baby boyi
My dear. my dear. why did all this
have to be. I wonderr'
Fyfe strokod her glossy coils OF
hair.
we get nothing Of value without
q price he said. quietly. Except
by rare accident. nothing that's
worth having comes cheap and Easy.
We've paid tho price. and we're
square with the world and with each
other. That's everything"
Are you comp letciy ruined.
Jsrky- she asked after an interval.
-Charlie said you were.-
-weli," h. answered. rofiectiveiy,
Il haven't had time to balance &C
counts. but ! guess win be. The
timbcr's gone. Two saved most Of
tho logging gear. But II realized on
everything that's left. and squared
up everything. | gueas ia bo pretty
near strapped
win you taxi. me In ~ q business
partner. Jachy'' she asked. eagerly.
THAT'S what I had In mind when
came up hcre made mp my mind
to propose that. AFTER I'd heard you
woro ruined oh. II seems SHY now.
but I wanted 20 make amends that
way. NJ least. tried 20 tell myself
that Ltsten' when my father died.
he left supposedly worthless oil
stock. But u proved TO have a mar.
kct value. ! got my share OF II the
other day. I'm help us TO make a
fresh start--togcther-
She had the envelope and the check
tucked inside her waist Shs took IL
out now and pressed tho green alp
into his hand.
Fyfe looked at :, and AZ hss. q NJ.
Tie ohuckie deep In his throat
Nineteen thousand five hundrcd. :"
he laughed. wei. that's quite a
stake for you. But n you go part.
ners with me. what about your sing
mgr
II don't SO how can have my
cake and eat II. too" she said. light.
~. Il don't feel quito 30 eager for
n career az I did
We'll. wen se~," he said THAT
light Of yours shouldn't be hidden
under a bushel And stifi don't like
the Idea OF you being away fEpm me
which a career implies"
He put the check bach IN the en-
v~ioW. smiling Oddly TO himself. and
tucked II hack In her bosom she
caught and pressed his hand there.
against the soft flesh.
Won't you usa IT, Jack she
pleaded. went ~ heipr Don't let
any ssliy pride influence you. There
mustn't ever be anything like that
between us arain--
'~rhcr. won't be- he srnf,ed
Frankly. II ned ~. IN use IL.
hut that's a matter there's plenty
% tim. 90 decide. You see. aitho
technically I may be broke. I'm a
long way from the end OF my tather.
I think III have my working outfls
clear. and the oountry'n fun OF tim.
Der. I've got a standing In the bust
ness that neither fr- nor anything
else can destroy. No. haven't any
false pride about the money. dear.
But the money part Of our future
In . detail. with the incentive rye
got now 10 work and plan. ~ won't
take me fivo years to be a bigger
toad In the timber puddle than I
ever was. You don't know what a
dynamo am when ] get going
II don't doubt that" she saiA.
proudly. Blu, the moneys yours. n
you need IT,
II neea something else a good deal
moro right now" he laughed That's
something 10 eat Aren't you hun.
cry. stcilar Wouldn't you like a cup
OF coffeey-'
I'm furnished" she sdrnitted-she
literal truth. Tho vaultng upilft OF
spirit. that glad little song that kept
Hitting In her heart. fiied her with
peace and cont~ntment. bu; phys.
icaiiy abe was beginning TO expert.
cnco acute hunger. Che recalled that
she had eaten scarcely anything that
day.
wen so down 10 the camp F'yfe
suggested. "The cook win have sorne-
thing left. Were camping like
pioneers down there. T-hs shacks
were all burned. and somebody rank
the cookhouse scow.-
They went down the path to tho
bay. hand In hand. feeling their way
thru that freblackencd area. under
a black sky.
A red eye Eiowcd ahcsd Of them. a
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