The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-10

/ There are some women who must
I vncate favorlte lounges on the mcz.
/ Il was limited yesterday.
her-she's a nice little beggar. You
might get some sleep. should think
| I'm going 90 hang around until some
sort OF family iamboree n over. at
| o'ciock--your mother insists that
we have dlnner--and then IN go out
10 the rawnch. But I'll bo in In the
morning.
"Girlr' said Clara. apoiogcticaiiy.
whlmsicnily. dsprccaiingly. her weak
fingers ciinRing tightly 10 his.
"Ah. well. one can't help thatf' be
answered. philonophicaily. Wen
have n row OF jolly little chaps YETI
But there was never another child.
Clara. having east her fortunes ia
with her lord WAS faithful TO him
thru every breath she drew But be.
fore ilaehael's FIRST crying. fovcrish
little summer was over there had
been nome dennlt. changes at the
ranch Thomas was gone. and Clara.
pale ana exhausted with the heat. en-.
gagged Ella. a young woman nervant
Of her mothers selecting. 90 bake
and wash and carry In stove wood
Clara managed them all. Gerald. the
baby and the maid Perhaps at FIRST
nhe WAS Just n little hHtonishod TO
md her husband ar easily managed
an Ella and far more easily managed
than Rachael Gerald Fairfax wna
surprised. too. laxiiy concedlnr his al.
tered little wife her new and ener
getlc way with n mental reservation
that when she was strong and well
aeain and the child less n care.
things would be as they were. But
/ Clara, once In power. never weakened
for a moment again. Rachael grew
up. a solitary and unfricndiy. yet a
tactfui and diplomatic. little person
on tho ranch. She early developed
and n consequent regard for herself
as superior to her associates. Ehe
ruled her mother absolutely from her
/ fourth year. and remained her
/ rrandfnothcr'a great favorite among
/ a constantly increasing lock 81
grandchildren. Some innate pride
and Hcorn and dignity In the child
won her her own way thru school
and school days, her Young cousins
were bewiidercd themselves by the
respect and fcaity they yielded her
despite the contempt in which they
held her afrcctaiionH
Clara had never been religious
woman and. married To an utter un.
believer. she had little enough 60 give
child % her own. But Ciara's
mother was a church woman. and
her father a deeply religious man
IL was hin mother. ''oid Lady Mum
fcrd---BAohasrs erra, grandmother
who taught the child her catechIsm
whenever ahs could &c, hold OF that
restieas and lawiees little giri.
Rachael had great fear and respect
for her great grandmother. and
everything that was fin- and good in
tn, child inHtinctiveiy responded TO
the atmosphere Of her little home. II
was an unprctentious home. even for
Loa Lobos: only a whitewaEhcd Call
fornla cabin with a dooyard fun OF
wall flowers and Eeraniums. ana pun.
gent mariRolda. and margucriics that
were budding. hiosaoming. and gone
70 rusty decay on one and tho same
bush. The narrow paths were out.
lined with white stone ale bottles.
turned upside down and driven into
tho soft ground. and under the
rustllnK tent OF lilac bush there
were three or four clay pots filled
with dry earth. There was n rallied
porch on the east side OF tho house.
with vines climbing on strings about
u. and here tho old woman. clean
with tho wonderful. cool fingered
cieauncss OF frail yet energetic Is.
would sit reading In tho afternoon
shade that fell from the great shout
derH OF the blue mountains.
Inside were three rooms. there was
no bathroom. no light but the kero.
scne lamps the old hands tended
daily, no warmth but the small
kitchen stove All the furniture was
old and shabby and cheap. and the
antimacaHSars and pictures and tea.
cups old Mrs. Mumford priced 30
dearly were OF no value except for
associations sake. Rachacrs great
grandmother lived upon tea and toast
and fruit sauce. sometimes she picked
a dish OF peas In her own garden
and sometimes made herself rico
pudding. but II her children brought
her IN chicken or n bowl OF soup
she always gave II away 10 some
poorer ncighbor who was III. or who
was nursing that great strapping
baby"
She read the Bible 10 Rachael and
exhorted tho half.bellevinr. half.
ashamed child TO lay It's lessons TO
heart.
your life win he full OF change
and OF pleasure. there viii be many
temptations and much responsible.
lty." said the sweet. stern. thin old
voice. Arm yourself against the
wickcdness Of the worid!"
Rachael. pulling the old collle's
silky ears. thought nothing OF the
wickedness OF the world but much OF
possible change and pleasure. She
hoped her aged relative was right:
certainly one would suppose Granny
TO be right In anything she said.
The time would have swiftly come
when tho child's changing heart
would have found no room for this
association. but before Rachael was
~ Granny was gone. tho little house.
with It's few poor treasures shut in.
side H. was closed and empty. And
only a year or two later n far more
important change came into the girls
life. She had always dlsliked Los 10.
hos. had schemed and brooded and
fretted necessarily thru her child.
hood. II was with astonishing de.
light that she heard tina, her parents.
who had never, in financial sense.
drawn a free breath since their mar.