The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-30
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HIS drunkenness was Of the mind.
mostly. But Grace knew the signs.
you can't come in"
"Of course I'm coming in"
She retreated before him. her eyes
Vutchful Men in hts condition were
apt 70 be as quick with a blow as
With a caress. But. having gained
~ point. he was amiahle.
Get your things on and come out
We can take In a roof garden
rive told you I'm not doing that
jort Of thing
He was ugly in a flash.
You've got somebody else on the
string"
Honestly. no. There-there has
sever been anybody else. Palmer ''
/ He caught her suddenly and
1<rked her toward him.
You let me hear OF anybody else
and III cut the CUTS out OF him.
H. held her for a second. his face
! olnck and fierce. Then. slowly and
tneg1enbly. he drew her into his
Arms. He was drunk and she knew
A. But. in the queer loyalty Of her
<lAss. he was the only man she had
cared for. She cared now. She
(puk him for that moment. felt his
M kisses on her mouth. her throat.
submitted while his rather brutal
1 hands bruised her arms in fierce
caf~eees. Then she put him from her
rooolutely
Now you're golngr'
The hell I'm going
Hut he was less steady than he
had been. The heat Of the little
4 fiat brought more blood to his head.
| He wAyered as ne stood just inside
| The door.
You must go back to your wife"
~She doesn't want me. She's in
Nc with fellow at the house.
I palmer. hush
sLemme come in and sit down,
| wont you2"
| She let him pass her into the sit.
. Unx room. He dropped into a chair.
ssYou'sc turned me down. and now
! Chrisfine--she thinks I don't know
I'm no fool: see a lot OF things.
| m no good know that I've made
t1er miserable. But | made a merry
little hell for you too. and you don't
h1ch about IT,"
You know that"
She was watching him gravely.
0he had never seen him just like
This Nothing else. perhaps. could
have shown her 30 well what a
broken reed he was.
n got you In wrong. You were n
good girl before I knew you. You're
/ good girl now I'm not going TO
10 you any harm. I swear IL.
| only wanted to take you out for n
| good time. I've got money. Look
heref"
He drew out the roll Of bills and
4 showed " to her. Her eyes opened
! wide. She had never known him to
| have much money.
Lots more where that comes
! from"
A new look flashed into her eyes.
! not cupidity. but purpose.
she was Instantly cunning.
"Aren't you going to give me some
| Of THAR
sWhat for?"
I'll want some clothes"
~ The very drunk have the intuition
k0metimes of savages or brute
beasts.
you lie"
II wanted It for Johnny Rosen-
field"
He thrust II back into his pocket.
but his hand retained it's grasp
Of IL.
: sThat's IT," he complained. Don't
femme be happy for a mlnutel
Throw 1t all up to me"
'sYou give me that for the Rosen-
field boy. and III 80 out with you
III / give you all that, won't
have any money 10 go out within
But his eyes were wavering. She
could see victory.
take off enough for the even
ing"
But he drew himself up.
nI'm no plker." he said largely.
"Whole hog or nothing. Take IT,"
He held Il out 20 her. and from
another pocket produced the eighty
dollars. In crushed and wrinkled
notes.
ITS my lucky day" he said
\ fhickiy. PLENTY more where this
came from. DO anything for you.
Af,ive IL to the little devil. +" He
Fawned. God. this place Is hotv'
His head dropped back on his
chair: he propped his sagging legs
on n stool. She knew him-knew
that he would sleep almost all night.