The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20


firut.claAr shoe store than does the
town OF coraiio. There are 1000 In
habitants IN the place. and not sin,
sio shoe ntorrl Tho situation speaks
for itasH. This coast II rapidly be
coming the goal Of cntsrpfiains bust
ness men. but the shoe business In
one that has been sadly overlooked
or neglected. In fact. there are a
considerable number OF our citizens
actually without shoes at present.
BESIDES the want above mentioned
there IL also a crying need for q
brewery. a college Of higher mathc
maticn. n coal yard. and clean and
intellectual Punch and Judy show.
l nav. the honor to be. air.
Your Obt. Servant
John ID. oraffenrcid Atwood.
u h. Consul at cofalio.
P.g. Hsiio' Uncle Obadiah. How'u
tie old burg HskinE aionE1 What
would the government do without
you and met Look out for n green
headed parrot and a bunch Of ba-
nanA4 soon. from your old friend.
Johnny.
7 throw IN ina, postscript" ex
planned the consul. 80 Uncle Ola
diah won't take off~nse al the off
clai tone Of the letter Now. Biliy.
you got tina, correspondence fixed
up. and send Pancho 90 the postoffles
with II. The Aradne takes tho mail
oat tomorrow II they make up that
load Of fruit today
The night program IN Corniio
never varied Tho rrcreati0ns OF the
people were soporific and fiat They
wandered about. barefoot and aim.
lesa. speaking iowiy and smoking
cigar or cigarette. Looking down on
tho dimly lighted ways ono seemed
20 sec u threading maze Of brunette
ghosts tangled with a procession OF
Insane flfefilcs. In aotnc houses the
drumming Of luKtIbrious guitars
added TO tho depression OF tn. triste
night Giant treefrogs raitled IN
tho foliage a. loudly as the end
mans bones In a minstrel troupe
By o'clock tho streets wrTo almoat
deserted.
Nor at the consulate vas shsre
often a change OF bill Ksosh would
come there nightly. for coral.ois one
cool piRe. Was the little seward
porch Of that official residence.
The brandy would be kept moving.
and before midnight sentiment uouid
begin 20 stir In tho hear; Of the self.
ssilsd consul Then he would relate
10 ksoEh the story Of his ended TO-
nance. Each Night keogh would
listen patiently Go tho tale. and be
ready With un'lrinr sympathy.
~nut doffst you think for q minute
thus Johnny would always con.
ciude his voefui narrative - that
I'm xriceinr about that girl Billy.
i've forgotten her. Che never enters
my mind If mh. we're TO enter that
door riEht now. my pulse wouldn't
gain . beat That's all over long
ago
Don't know ny Keogh would
answer. OF course you've forgotten
her. Proper thing 20 do. warnt
quite O. X. Of her 20 listen 10 the
knocks ,hst--ef--Din PAwaon KEEP;
giving you
Pink fiawson---a world 81 con.
tempt would be In JUhnny-a tones
Poor white trashi That's wha, he
was. Had 500 acres Of farming land.
tho. and tisa, counted. Maybe IN
have q chance 10 get back at him
some day. The pawrons weren't
anybody. Everybody In Alabama
knows The Atwoods. SAY. Blli, did
you know my mother was = DE
oraffenrcid-
why. no. Reoxh would say: Ia
that aor' lie had heard II some 800
tlrnes
Tact Ths D. Graffcnrcids Of
Hancock county. But ! never think
Of that giri any moro do I. Billy
not for a minute. my boy" would
be the last sounds heard b. the con.
aueror OF Cupid
At this point Johnny would fali
into n gentle siumbcr. and kcogh
would saunter out to his own shack
under the csiabaSh tree at the edge
OF the plaza
In day or two the letter from the
Daierburg postmaster and It's an.
s~cr had been forgotten by the
Coraiio erIles. But on the 2sth day
OF July the fruit of tho reply ap.
'pearcd upon tho tree OF events.
The Andanor. a fruit steamer that
visited coraiio regularly. drew into
the offing and anchored. Tho beach
was lined with spectators while the
quarantine doctor and the custom.
house crew roved out TO attend TO
their duties.
An hour Later Billy Keogh iounred
into tho consulate. clean and cool In
HIS linen clothes. and grinning like
pleased shark.
Guess what9- he said TO Johnny,
iounginr In his hammock.
Tod hot To gucsz- said Johnny.
llzily.
Your shoe store mans come said
Keogh. rolling tho sweet morscl on
his tongue. with a stock Of goods
big enough TO supply the continent
az far down as Terra del Fucgo.
They're carting his cases over TO the
custom-housc now. Six barges fun
thoy brought ashore and have pad.
died back for the rest oh. ye saints
in gloryl won't there be regaiementa
In the air whom he gets onto the
joke and has an Interview with Mr..
Consult TIN be worth nine years
In tho tropics just TO witness that
ono joyful moment"
"keogh loved to take his mirth
easily. He selected a clean place on
the mating and lay upon tho floor.
Tho walls shook with his enjoyment.
Johnny turned half over and blink
ed.
Don't ten me-" he snid. "thnt any.
body was fool enough TO take that
letter seriously"
-Four thousand dollar stock OF
paa1arf srua H..