The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-15
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son.
Back again 10 Dr. Mus La Moyuo.
unpackinx sandwiches from . has
ket. was aroused BY . sheer resent.
ment to indtscretion.
You like this Wilson chap pretty
well. don't your
what do you mean"
You talk about him rather n lot. Sc
This was sheer recxiessBess. OF
course. He expected fury. annihiia.
ton. liz did not look up. but busted
himself with the luncheon. When
the silence grew Oppressive. he ven.
tured TO glance toward her. She
was leaning forward. her chin
cupp~d in her palms. staring out
over the valley that stretched at their
feet.
Don't speak to me for n minute
or two" she said. I'm thinking
over what you have just said
Maniike. having raised the issue.
X. would have given much TO evade
Il. Not that he had owned himself
In love with sidney. Love was net
for him. But a ray OF light. She
typIhsd that youth and hope that he
had felt slipping away from him.
Thru her clear eyes he was begin.
ming to see a new world. Lose her
he must. and that he knew: but not
this way
Down thru the valley ran n shall.
low river. making noisy pretensions
to both depth and fury. lie remem-
bered just such a river In the Tyrol.
with this same Wilson on n rock.
holding the hand OF a pretty Aus
TRAN girl. while he snapped the shut.
ter Of n camera. He had that pic.
ture somewhere now: but the girl
was dead. and. OF the three. Wilson
was the only one who had met life
and vanquished IT,
I've known him all my life" Sid.
ney said at last. You're perfectly
right about one thing; talk about
him and think about him. I'm
being candid. because what's the use
of being friends II we're not frank
I admire him--you'd have to see him
In the hospital. with every one
deferring to him and all that. To
understand. And when you think of
a man like that. who holds life and
1 death In his hands. Of course. you
rather thrill. IL honestly believe
that's all there is to IT,"
III that's the whole thing, that's
hardly mad passion" lie tried to
l.A o..
well, OF course. there's this, too.
know he'll never look at me. I'll
be one Of 20 nurses; indeed. for three
months I'll be only probationer.
He'll probably never even remember
I'm In the hospital at all
II see. Then. II you thought he
was in love with you. things would
/ be different"
"If I thought DIR. Max Wilson was
In love with me-" said Sidney. sol.
EMMY. I'D 70 out OF my head with
JOY"
One Of the new qualities that X.
lie Moyne was cultivating was OF
living each day for itself. Having
no past and no future. each day was
worth exactly what II brought. lie
was to look back to this day with
mingled feelings; sheer giadness at
being out IN the open with Sidney;
the memory Of the shock with which
he realized that she was. unknown 10
herself. already I'm the throcs Of a
romantic attachment for Wilson:
and Ioug altar xubep he had Uopc
down to the depths with her and
saved her by his steady hand. with
something Of mIrtb for the untoward
happening that closed the day.
Sidney fell into the river.
They had released Rnginald, re-
leased him with the tribute Of a
shame.faced tear on Sidney's part
and handful OF chcstnuts from X.
The little squirrel had squcakcd his