The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-10
room. while rino baked wafnss in

room. while Tiliio baked waf.es in
the Kitchen.
Johnny goaenfeld. going around
the aide path 20 the kitchen door
with visions uf hot coffee and q
country supper for his frozen storm
ach. saw her thru the window bend.
Ing flushed over the stove. and hes
ltated. Then. without q word. he
tipso~d back to the car again. and
crawling into tho tonncau. covered
himself with rugs. In his unsutored
mind were certain great qualities.
and loyalty TO HIS employer was one.
The 81 in his pocket had nothing
whatever TO do with IL.
At ~ he had developed a phiioso-
phy OF four words. II took tho place
Of the Golden Rule. the Ten Com
naandments. and the Cai~chism. II
was: Mind your own business"
The discovery OF Titles hiding
place interested but did not thrill
him. Title was his cousin. II she
wanted TO do the sort Of thing she
was doing. that was her AFFAIR. Title
and her middle-aged lover. Palmer
Howe and Grace--the alley was not
unfamiliar was such relationship. IL
viewed them with tolerance until
they were found out, when Il raised
It's hands.
True 20 his promise. Palmer
Weakened the sleeping boy before nine
O'Clock. Grace had eaten little and
drunk nothing. but Howe was
slightly intoxicated.
Give her the once over. he told
Johnny. "and then go back and crawl
into the rugs again. III drive in"
Grace snt beside him. Their prog
rcss was slow and rough over the
country roads. but when they
reached tho state road Howe threw
open tho throttle. lie drove well.
The liquor was In his blood. He
took chances and got away with
them. laughing at the girls gasps OF
dismay.
Wait until get beyond simkins.
VILE" he said. and I'll let her out.
You're going to travel tonight.
honey
The rirl vat beside him with her
eyes fixed ahead. He had been drink.
ing. and the warmth Of the liquor
was in his voice. She was deter
mined on one thing. She was going
10 make him live up 10 the letter OF
his promise to go away at the house
door; and more and more she realized
that IL would be difficult. His mood
was reckless, nasterful. Instead OF
laughing when she drew back from a
profrered caress. he turned surly.
Obstinate lines that she remembered
appeared from his nostrils TO the cor.
ners OF his mouth. She was uneasy.
Finally she hit on plan TO make
him stop somewhere In her neighbor-
hood and let her get out OF the car
She would not come back after that
There was another car going
toward the city. Now IL passed
them. and as often they passed H.
~ became contest of wits. Pal.
mers car lost on the hills. but gained
on the long level stretches, which
gleamed with coating OF thin ice.
II wish you'd let them get ahead,
Palmer. Its silly and reckless"
II told you we'd travel tonight"
He turned little glance at her.
What the deuce was the matter with
women. anyhow? Were none OF
them cheerful any more? Here was
Grace an sober as Christine. Ho felt
defrauded.
His light car skidded and struck
the big car heavily On smooth
road perhaps nothing more serious
than broken mudguards would have
been the result. But on tho ice the
small car slowed around and slid
over the edge of the bank. At the
bottom of the declivity II turned
over.
Grace was flung clear of TIL
wreclSagc. Howe freed himself and
stood erect, with one arm hanging
at his side. There was no sound at
all from the boy under the tonneau.