The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-16
A Philistine
IN Bohemia

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George Washington. with his
bright arm upralsed. sits his iron
horse at the lower corner OF Union
Square. forever signalling the Broad
way cars TO stop as they round the
curve into isth St But the cars
buzz on. needless. as they do at
the beck OF private citizen. and
.he great general must feel. unless
his nerves are iron. that rapid
ransit gloria mundl
should the general raise his left
hand as he has raised his right Il
would point to quarter OF the city
that forms a haven for the op
pressed and suppressed Of foreign
lands. In the cause OF national or
personai freedom they have found
3 refuge here. and the patriot VINO
made II for them sits on his steeu.
overlooking their district. while ne
listens thru his left ear to vaude-
vile that caricatures the posteriy
Of his proteges- Italy. Poland. the
former Spanish possessions and the
uolyxot tribes of Austria Hungary
have spilled here . thick lafher OF
their effervescent sons In the &c
centric cafes nn1r 1rfufesrHs hospss of
the vicinity they have ever fheif
native wines and political secrets
The colony changes with much fire.
&auency. Faces disappear from the
Aaunts 10 be replaced BY others.
Whittier do these uneasy birds ftt!
Nor half OF the answer observe care
<huffy the suave foreign mir and for
eixn courtesy oy the next walter
who serves you your table d'hote.
For the other half. perhaps II the
barber shops had tongues tand who
win dispute itD they could tell
their share.
Titles are as plenty as finger rings
among these transitory exiies. For
lack Of proper exploitation a stock
Of title goods large enough to supply
the trade OF upper Fifth ave. Is here
condemned to a mere pushcart traf-
fic- The new-worid landlords who
entertain these offshoots Of nobility
are not dazxled by coronets and
crerts. They have doughnuts 10
seIi Instead OF daughters. With them
II IL a serious matter Of trading In
flour and sugar instead Of pearl
powder and bonbons.
These assertions are deemed fit
ting as an Introduction 10 the tale.
which is Of plebeians and contains
no one with even the ghost OF a
title.
Kate Dempsey's mother kept a
furnished room house In this oasis
Of the aliens. The business was not
profitable. II the two scraped to-
xether enough to meet the land
lords agent on rent day and ne
gotiated for the ingredients of a
daily Irish stew they called 1t a
success. often the stew lacked both
meat and potatoes. Sometimes II
became as bad as consomme with
music.
In this mouldy old house Katy
saxed plump and pert and whole
'6some and as beautiful and freckled
"a
fairy who was guilty OF placing the
damp clean towels and cracked
pitchers Of freshly Numbered Croton
in the dodgers rooms.
You are informed fby virtue OF
the privileges Of astronomical dis
coyery) that the star lodger's name
was Mr. BrunellL His wearing a
yellow tie and paying his rent
promptly distinguished him from
the other lodgers. His ralment was
splendid. his complexion olive, his
mustache fierce, his manners a
princes. his rings and pins az mag
nificent as those OF a travelling
dentist.
He had breakfast served in his
room, and he ate II in a red dress
ing gown with green tassels. He
left the house at noon and returned
at midnight. Those were mysterious
hours, but there was nothing mys-
terious about Mrs. Dempsey's dodgers
except the things that were not
mysterious. One Of Mr.. KiplinR's
poens is addressed to "Ye who hold
the unwritten clue 20 all save all
unwritten things" The same read
ers" are invited TO tackle the fore
going assertion.
Mr.. Brunelli. being impressionabIe
and Latin, fell TO conjugating the
verb "amare," with Katy In the oh.
> 5ective case, though not because OF
antipathy. She talked 1t over with
her mother.
sure, / like him." said Katy.
Hes more politcness than twinty
candidates for aldermen. and he
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