The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15

In love with anybody. haven't time
TO b. In love. I have my profession
now
bah, A woman's real profession
In love"
sidney differed from this ho,iy.
60 warm did the argument become
that they passed without seeing a
rniddiesged gentleman. short and
rather heavy set struggling thru n
snowdrif, on foot. and carrying In
his hand a diiapldatod leather bag.
Dr. Nd hailed them. But tho cut
ter slipped by and left him knee
deep. looking ru~fuliy after then.
THE young scamp he said. 80
that's where Peggy la
Nevertheless. there was no anger
in Dr. Eds mind. only n vague and
tnartlculatr regret. These things
that came 20 easily 10 Max. the af
lection Of women. gay little irrespon-
sabiliti~~ like the stealing OF Peggy
and the sleigh. had never been his.
IL there was any faint resentment.
Il was at himself. lilo had raised
the boy wrong--hs bad taught him
20 be selfish Holding the bag high
out OF the drifts. he made his allow
progress up the Street.
At something after o'clock that
night X. put down his pipe and lis
tened lie had not been able to sleep
since midnight In his dressing
gown he had sat by the small fire.
thinking The content OF HIS first
few months on the Street was rap.
idly giving way 10 unrest He who
had meant 10 cut himself on from
life found himself again in close
touch with Il: his eddy was deep
with IL.
For the frat time. he had begun
70 question the wisdom OF what he
had done. Had IL been cowardice.
after ailr II had taken courage, God
knew, to give up everything and
come away. In way. II would have
taken more courage to have stayed.
Had he been right or wrong7
And there was n new element. He
ha dthought. at first. that he could
fight down this love for sidney. But
Il was increasingly hard. THE inno.
cent touch OF her hand on his armt
the moment when he had held her
inNhis arms after her mothers death.
the thousand small contracts OF her
returns TO the little house--ali these
set his blood on FIRE. And II was
fighting blood,
III "a 4 fnst0txf
many conflicts those winter days
over his desk and ledger AZ the OF.
nee. In his room alone. with Harriet
planning fresh triumphs beyond the
partition. even by Christlne's fire.
with Christine just across, sitting In
silence and watching his grave pro.
file and. steady eyes.
lie had n little picture OF Sidney
n snapshot that he had taken him
self II showed sidney minus a
hand. which had been out OF range
when the camera had been snapped.
and standing on steep declivity
which would have been quite q level
had he held the camera straight.
Nevertheless. II was Sidney. her hair
blowing about her. eyes looking out.
tender lips smiling when she was
not at home, II sat on KS dresser.
propped against his collar box. When
she was In the house. II lay under
the pin cushion.
Tko o'clock In the morning. then.
and X. In his dressing gown, with
the picture propped. not against the
collar box. but against his lamp.
where he could sec It,
lie sat forward In his chair. his
hands folded around his knee. and
looked nj IL. lie was trying TO pic
ture the Sidney of the photograph in
his old life-trying TO ind a place
for her. But 1t was difficult There
had been few women In his old life
His mother had died many years be-
fore. There had been women who
had cared for him. but he put them
impauently out of his mind.
Then the bell rang.
Christine was moving about below
He could hear her quick steps. Al.
most before he had heaved his long
legs out OF the chair. she was tap.
ping nj the door outside.
ITS Mrs. Rosenfeld. She says