The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-11
CONFESSIONS
WAR BRIDE
ANOTHER pI.A>--i DETER
NINE TO go To THE SAN
ITARItM IN EIOISES
PLACE

awoke myself with long siEh In
the dark % the January morning.
why was I 30 drprcns-df" I won.
dcrrd Then my SEA 81 troubles
spread deep before me. and ! would
have been submerged In sclfplty
but for one thought: Thousands Of
good women awake every morning
70 meet a fate which they think very
hard And they arc far better WON.
en- than l. for they do tot whimper
Ms do. Quietly or atrcnuously. each
tn her own way. they Rct Themselves
to conquer Those who lay down
on tho job" either belong In sani.
tariuma or are not worth counting
at all In tho great game Of life.
hurried to my hath. SAM.
tarium" suggested Eicisr. felt
doubly ashamed Of my sllly hopeless.
ness.
Tho Belgian girl had suffered
more and had lost moro In tho war
than any woman I knew. Even her
liberty was In peril. She was about
to be placed In a private asylum for
the insane.
And she isn't one bit cfazicr
than 1 am" was my mental com.
mant ITS certainly queer that
good people like Daddy Lorimor and
Mother and wise man like Tony
CertniH. can manage 90 make such a
perfectly dreadful mistake. Some.
body ought to"
My bath was frigid before had
decided what somebody" ought to
do, and who that somebody" might
be. But | recovered from my chill
very quickly. for | had a brilliant
plnn--and IL required swift action
Shortly before noon let myself
into the Lorimer house. / haa the
latchkcy OF the small door under the
portc-cochcre.
knew that there must have bcen
considerable excitement at break.
fast about my absence from home.
but mother would have quictcd Il IN
accordance with our short telephone
talk.
/ had chosen an hour when
wouldn't by any chance meet moth.
er or Chrya in the house. II was
their regular morning at the Red
Cross. | knew the servants routine
for the day. | could probably avoid
meeting all Of them
A. | entered the long upper hall
from n rear stairway. a huge person
in olive drab darkened the window
at the front end OF the hall. His
service hat was adjusted at most
unmilitary angle. and he was swing.
ing himself into "A huge trench coat
az carried my invisible kisses on it's
collarl and he was whistling that
musical atrocity. TX X Katy, Beau.
tiful Katy" as he disappeared down
the grand front stairs.
II was almost too much for me. |
hadn't expected to catch glimpse
Of Bob. Certainly, not Of Bob In
such a joyous mood whistling a
slangy love song az il there was no
such thing as an ideal love--as lost
love--in his whole experience!
| burst into Eloisos room. too
much agitated to wait for her TO an.
swcr my knock She was alone. and
out OF the convalesccnt stage. 1t ap.
pcarod. for she was dressed for
walk In the park
"Janer' abe exclaimed. rushing up
and putting her arms about my
neck as II | were n child who needed
comforting. why | believe you're
sickl You're in worse shape than
ann
II think so. too. E.loise. And I've
decided that | ought 10 go into that
sanitarlum you're booked for"
Then we sat down In chairs facing
each other, and looked hard at each
other, and when we spoke again. 1t
was without fencing.
you want to go WITH mc7"
Eloise asked.
mo! WANT TO 60 IN YOUR
PLACE"
CTo BE Continued